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Mary Peltola

Alaska — a stain on Democrats that the blue wave can’t wash clean

Hugo Gurdon · November 4, 2026 4:00 pm

Supporters cheer as they watch early election results before Democratic Senate candidate Texas state Rep. James Talarico arrives to speak at an election night event in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.

More than a thumping, possibly a realignment

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Looks like starter homes will remain in illegal in much of Massachusetts

Trump.

The arrival of divided government

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

Donald Trump courts Washington as Washington plots to stop him. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Trump tries to speak conservatives’ language

W. James Antle III March 31, 2016 4:01 am

If "Trump 2016" is so triggering to today's snowflakes that they need therapy, I suspect they will need to be committed into mental institutions if Donald Trump becomes the Republican nominee. (AP Photo)

College ‘snowflakes’ keep hitting new lows

Ashe Schow March 31, 2016 4:01 am

Supporters of the so-called "Brexit" agree that Britain and Europe are a bad fit. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Will Britain Leave or Remain in the European Union?

Michael Barone March 30, 2016 10:04 pm

Donald Trump had a 52-point lead over Ted Cruz while Hillary Clinton beat Bernie Sanders by 48 points. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Trump and Clinton crusade to rein in the First Amendment

Timothy P. Carney March 29, 2016 11:23 pm

The growth of international jurisdiction since the early 1990s has been extraordinary. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic, File)

Justice and jurisdiction

Dan Hannan March 28, 2016 4:03 am

What could happen Wednesday night, July 20th, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Brokering a convention

Hugh Hewitt March 27, 2016 9:41 pm

Looking over the election returns, it seems that Donald Trump's support comes disproportionately from those with low social connectedness. (AP Photo)

Does lack of social connectedness explain Trump’s appeal?

Michael Barone March 27, 2016 12:00 pm

Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan speaking at a campaign event in Green Bay, Wis. in October of 2012. Ryan today is totally correct that Ryan back then was totally wrong. (AP)

Romney-Ryan ‘makers vs. takers’ rhetoric helped spawn Donald Trump

Timothy P. Carney March 25, 2016 12:44 am

Earlier Tuesday, more than 20 Senate Democrats sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson calling for a change in the refugee-vetting policy. (AP Photo)

DHS info-sharing ‘open for business’

Charlie Mitchell March 24, 2016 6:39 pm

Sex-related crimes are the only ones in which accusers and victims are not named but the accused often are. (AP Photo/Brian Ray, Pool)

We should stop naming people accused of sexual assault

Ashe Schow March 24, 2016 5:00 am

Trump vs. Cruz splits GOP

W. James Antle III March 24, 2016 4:01 am

Both Trump and Kasich register 33 percent support in the CBS News Battleground Tracker poll. (AP photos)

Michael Barone: A vote for Kasich is a vote for Trump

Michael Barone March 23, 2016 9:51 pm