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Collage of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, President Donald Trump, and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX).

Maybe don’t bully your own Senate majority out of existence

Tiana Lowe Doescher · November 3, 2026 11:49 pm

Independent Nebraska Senate candidate Dan Osborn, center, speaks at an election night watch party at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Omaha La Vista Hotel & Conference Center in La Vista, Neb., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Bonnie Ryan)

On Election Day, the devil is in the ballot details

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed speaks during a campaign rally.

Michigan race ends with acrimony and funky polls — again

Haley Stevens, left, and Mike Rogers, right, laugh together.

Michigan Democrats’ unity campaign ends in divorce

A Social Security card. U.S. Treasury note, and $100 bill lie atop an American flag.

DC’s most pressing post-midterm question: What to do about Social Security’s pending insolvency?

How quickly can Maryland and the Biden administration reopen the Baltimore Harbor and rebuild the Key Bridge?

Timothy P. Carney March 26, 2024 1:08 pm

McCormick kicks off campaign with wrestling advertisement

Salena Zito March 26, 2024 10:17 am

A Biden-Harris second term is a nightmare scenario

Quin Hillyer March 25, 2024 4:04 pm

Trump, on the Trump intensity gap

Byron York March 25, 2024 8:46 am

Top Pittsburgh Democrats’ far-left power flex divides progressive ranks

Salena Zito March 22, 2024 5:40 pm

Trump should use video of illegal immigrants attacking National Guard

Christopher Tremoglie March 22, 2024 4:53 pm

My own county has ‘banned’ my new book

Timothy P. Carney March 22, 2024 12:16 pm

Never Trumpers can’t afford to impose Biden loyalty oaths

Quin Hillyer March 22, 2024 6:00 am

Mike Pence is the GOP’s bad conscience

Dan Hannan March 21, 2024 9:00 pm

Fairness for Trump?

Byron York March 21, 2024 11:05 am

The electric car fiasco

Michael Barone March 20, 2024 3:42 pm

In this Wednesday Sept. 24, 2014 photo, a customer reaches for the regular switch to fill her tank with the $2.92-a-gallon regular gas at a RaceWay gas station in Richland, Miss. The typical autumn decline in gasoline prices is getting a big push lower by falling global oil prices. By the end of the year, up to 30 states could have an average gasoline price of under $3 a gallon. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Colorado state representative plays coy with gas prices to shield Biden from criticism

Christopher Tremoglie March 20, 2024 1:33 pm