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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

Salena Zito · November 3, 2026 9:34 am

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?

Collage of Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate James Talarico and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Extremist Democrats boosted by corrupt Republicans

Look at the counties Ted Cruz won in Michigan. Six of them are clustered on the western edge of the state, the part that includes Grand Rapids and Holland. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond)

Cruz wins the Dutch vote in Michigan

Timothy P. Carney March 9, 2016 11:12 pm

"I've never seen anything like this," Les Moonves, CEO of CBS said just before Super Tuesday, "and this going to be a very good year for us. Sorry. It's a terrible thing to say. But, bring it on, Donald. Keep going." (Bloomberg/Daniel Acker)

Our major media are not up to this election

Timothy P. Carney March 9, 2016 12:51 am

It's noticeable that the Trans-Pacific Partnership which Donald Trump rails against doesn't contain the words "free" or "trade" in its title. Neither does the EU-U.S. deal currently being negotiated, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.

A Trump-Clinton race means the end of free-trading America

Dan Hannan March 7, 2016 5:01 am

The Reagans arrived at 1600 Pennsylvania at a grim moment and almost immediately set about lifting the county's eyes and mood higher. (AP Photo/Tim Aubry/File)

Prepare for that brokered convention with the Reagans in mind

Hugh Hewitt March 6, 2016 10:00 pm

A reversal of usual pattern when the front-runner in the first dozen contests attracts widespread support. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Will a Republican majority rally to defeat Donald Trump?

Michael Barone March 6, 2016 5:01 am

Donald Trump is a dealmaker. That's half of his pitch and half of his appeal. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Trump is a con man, and you’re his latest mark

Timothy P. Carney March 4, 2016 12:52 am

I certainly hope women don't start demanding special treatment in the workplace because of a biological function they should have learned how to deal with in middle school. (AP Photo)

On ‘period leave’: Ladies, suck it up and go to work

Ashe Schow March 3, 2016 6:00 am

Donald Trump is seen in silhouette as he speaks during a campaign rally in Columbus, Ohio -- right before he swept seven of the 11 states voting on Super Tuesday. (Bloomberg/Ty Wright)

Did dumbed-down conservatism lead to Trump?

W. James Antle III March 3, 2016 5:58 am

The New York Times' opinion editor publicly acknowledged the existence of "off the record" comments from GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump from when he recently met with the Times editorial board. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Can Donald Trump be stopped? Maybe

Michael Barone March 2, 2016 10:51 pm

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump smiles while giving a speech during a campaign stop at the Signature Flight Hangar at Port-Columbus International Airport, Tuesday, March 1, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Why Trump’s trade case is working for him

Timothy P. Carney March 2, 2016 1:00 am

Trump's an honest-to-God builder and he will rebuild the Navy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Six reasons Trump is still better than Clinton

Hugh Hewitt February 29, 2016 5:53 pm

European Council President Donald Tusk, left, and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, second left, participate in a meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron during an EU summit in Brussels on Feb. 19, 2016. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP)

Why Americans should back Brexit

Dan Hannan February 29, 2016 5:02 am