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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 British media's complaint, it soon became clear, was that David Cameron was richer than the rest of us, which was meant to make us all very angry. (AP Photo)

What Great Britain can learn from Texas

Dan Hannan April 18, 2016 4:02 am

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has nearly a 2-1 advantage over his next closest Republican rival Sen. Ted Cruz, according to a new poll. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Brokering a convention, part IV

Hugh Hewitt April 17, 2016 9:00 pm

New York, like Donald Trump, loves winners and disdains losers. (Bloomberg/John Taggart)

New York exceptionalism and Donald Trump

Michael Barone April 17, 2016 12:00 pm

Trump has taken many stances while seeking the nomination that are incompatible with conservative ideology. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Conservatives engage in wishful thinking on channeling Trumpism

Philip Klein April 15, 2016 4:44 pm

The problem, according to Donald Trump: "Our country's going to hell with being politically correct." In short, we need to stop being so nice and start busting heads, Trump says. (AP Photo/Bryan R. Smith)

In Trump country, an old cop hopes a wall comes down

Timothy P. Carney April 15, 2016 2:22 pm

The facts are that this is not an epidemic. To be sure, sometimes rapes occur on college campuses, and that is horrible, but they are (thankfully) relatively rare. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Why aren’t the Democrats discussing the campus sexual assault ‘epidemic’?

Ashe Schow April 14, 2016 4:01 am

Speaker Ryan and Mr. Trump represent opposing definitions of what it means to be conservative. (AP Photos)

It’s still Ryan vs. Trump, even without 2016 bid

W. James Antle III April 14, 2016 4:01 am

Donald Trump’s insincere process arguments

Michael Barone April 13, 2016 7:34 pm

A President Trump would be dangerous, but not for the reason you think

Timothy P. Carney April 12, 2016 10:41 pm

French soldiers patrol outside the Paris hall of Justice on March 30 while Frenchman Reda Kriket is being questioned by a magistrate who is expected to file preliminary terrorism charges. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

The terrorist threat is getting serious, but we mustn’t panic

Dan Hannan April 11, 2016 4:03 am

The team took its cues from Mitt Romney, who while invariably referring to people by their first names had insisted the team use candidates' titles, or with Donald Trump, "Mr. Trump." (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Brokering a convention, Part III

Hugh Hewitt April 10, 2016 9:00 pm

Michael Barone: The tragic deterioration of Washington’s Great Society Subway

Michael Barone April 10, 2016 4:17 am