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The arrival of divided government

Byron York · November 4, 2026 2:56 am

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

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

The rivalry between Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida boiled over on Thursday. (AP Photos)

Cruz and Rubio, the also-rans

Michael Barone May 8, 2016 9:00 pm

Miami's Republican mayor said that he will not vote for Donald Trump in the November general election. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Why conservatism will outlive Trumpism

Philip Klein May 6, 2016 1:43 pm

Trump has conned millions of Americans into thinking he'll battle the system. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Donald Trump builds his K Street and Wall Street Gang

Timothy P. Carney May 5, 2016 11:06 pm

By stroke of luck or of genius, Trump being right on two big questions made the difference. (Bloomberg/Andrew Harrer)

How ‘Never Trump’ failed

W. James Antle III May 5, 2016 4:01 am

Trump, despite his complaints about a "rigged" nomination process, used that process to great advantage and won early contests in a 17-candidate field with plurality votes. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Can Trump disrupt the general election as he did the primaries?

Michael Barone May 4, 2016 10:05 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Ghosting for Donald Trump

Hugh Hewitt May 4, 2016 6:46 am

A "moderate" like Jon Huntsman endorsing Donald Trump shocked some commentators, but it's actually a great fit. Trump embodies the No Labels approach to politics. (AP Photo)

Donald Trump: The ‘No Labels’ candidate

Timothy P. Carney May 3, 2016 10:46 pm

Brokering a convention, part VI

Hugh Hewitt May 1, 2016 9:21 pm

The lower classes have seen significantly slower income growth than the rich and the upper-middle class, a dynamic that a scholar suggested could cause resentment and might be behind the strong support for outsider political candidates such as Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. (AP Photos)

Republicans should have adopted Democrats’ rules — and vice versa

Michael Barone May 1, 2016 9:00 pm

Trump has been helped as much by the system as he has been hurt by it. The Acela primaries are a case in point. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

No contest: Is Trump becoming the convention’s only viable option?

W. James Antle III April 30, 2016 6:04 am

The game is rigged in America today, and big government is doing the rigging. (AP Photos)

Trump and Clinton: Two sides of the same crony capitalist coin

Timothy P. Carney April 28, 2016 11:49 pm

If ever there was a line not to cross, Donald Trump crossed it when criticizing then-rival Ben Carson. Yet there Carson was just a few months later endorsing Trump, even calling him "cerebral." (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Is there a ‘point of no return’ when it comes to political attacks?

Ashe Schow April 28, 2016 6:03 pm