2018 Elections

Without a spending deal between Democrat and Republican lawmakers, the U.S. government entered a partial shutdown Friday night. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Government shutdowns prove America is the greatest country on Earth

Pete Kasperowicz -

January 20, 2018 5:35 am

The Trump-sympathetic parts of the conservative movement are right that the president's first year has produced some policy victories, but the first year should not have calmed anyone who was concerned about his erratic behavior. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

A reckoning for #NeverTrump? Trump’s first year has not been a disaster

Kevin Glass -

January 20, 2018 5:01 am

In the case that vulnerable Democratic incumbents - think Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., (pictured) Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., and Joe Manchin, D-W.V. - are pressured into taking a vote to shut down the government over DACA protections getting left out of a spending bill, it won't soon be forgotten by their opponents. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Shutdown blame game will be different for vulnerable Democrats in Trump Country

Emily Jashinsky -

January 20, 2018 2:51 am

President Trump has developed a tendency to push his party off message without warning, as evident Thursday after he nearly upended the GOP's whole strategy to avoid a government shutdown with a tweet. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Campaigns

Trump’s tendency to move Republicans off message is a major midterm concern

David M. Drucker -

January 19, 2018 5:01 am

President Trump said deregulation and the GOP tax reform bill create a deadly combination for vulnerable Democrats facing tough re-election challenges in the fall.

Business

‘It’s the economy, stupid’: Trump predicts economic successes will lead to GOP gain

Gabby Morrongiello -

January 18, 2018 8:36 pm

The Republican National Committee hauled in $11.1 million in December, making it one of nine months in 2017 that it broke its fundraising records for those months.(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

News

GOP expects to double up Democrats on 2017 donations

Anna Giaritelli -

January 18, 2018 4:13 pm

Magazine

As Goes Trump, So Goes the GOP

David Byler -

January 18, 2018 9:40 am

This coming Saturday will be the one-year anniversary of President Trump's inauguration. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Columnists

Michael Barone: Trump’s second year is a tough road ahead

Michael Barone -

January 18, 2018 5:03 am

Karen Handel last June won a targeted special election in Georgia's 6th Congressional District, despite the disadvantage of being a Republican tied to a less-than-popular President Trump. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Business

Top Republicans turn to Karen Handel for help navigating Trump

David M. Drucker -

January 18, 2018 5:01 am

A loud and influential coalition of grassroots progressives has applied enormous pressure on the party for months to demand a clean Dream Act from Republicans and nothing less. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Beltway Confidential

DACA negotiations reveal consequences of Democrats’ increasingly radical base

Emily Jashinsky -

January 18, 2018 4:06 am

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Tag: 2018 Elections

Government shutdowns prove America is the greatest country on Earth

A reckoning for #NeverTrump? Trump’s first year has not been a disaster

Shutdown blame game will be different for vulnerable Democrats in Trump Country

‘It’s the economy, stupid’: Trump predicts economic successes will lead to GOP gain

GOP expects to double up Democrats on 2017 donations

As Goes Trump, So Goes the GOP

Michael Barone: Trump’s second year is a tough road ahead

DACA negotiations reveal consequences of Democrats’ increasingly radical base

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