It seems increasingly apparent that the only way to stop Donald Trump now is by trying to force a contested convention. It also seems clear that such a plan probably wouldn’t succeed.
February’s Jobs Report was relatively positive, but there are still shadows hovering over the economy as we head further into the year.
With time running out, the top three candidates for the Republican nomination picked up right where they left off last week.
Mitt Romney came out with a blistering speech denouncing Donald Trump, but it’s unlikely to have much of an impact on the race.
Another poll shows that most Americans would prefer that the vacancy on the Supreme Court be filled by President Obama than that it be left open for the next President to fill, but other factors make it unlikely the Senate will act.
Even as Hillary Clinton heads toward winning the Democratic nomination for President, there’s an server-sized shadow over her campaign.
The Supreme Court seems as closely divided as ever on an issue that has divided the nation for forty years, but the implications of Justice Scalia’s death were quite apparent during oral argument in the Texas Abortion Law case.
Ben Carson announced today that he is skipping the next GOP debate and admitted that he does not see a viable path forward for his campaign. However, he didn’t formally withdraw from the race for the Republican nomination.
American Astronaut Scott Kelly is back home after a year in orbit.
A renewed internal GOP fight to stop Donald Trump seems to be doomed to fail.
As expected, Hillary Clinton won big last night while Bernie Sanders largely floundered, thus going further toward making Clinton’s victory inevitable.
As expected, Donald Trump dominated Super Tuesday, putting himself one step closer to becoming the Republican nominee for President.
Changes that the Republican National Committee made to delegate allocation rules in response to what happened in 2012 are helping Donald Trump in 2016.
A month after raising $6,000,000 for “the troops,,” questions are being asked about where the money Donald Trump raised for veterans causes actually is at this point.
A Federal Judge in New York has denied an F.B.I. request to force Apple to extract data from iPhones involved in a Federal drug case.
It’s Super Tuesday, and both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are likely to go a long way toward securing the nominations of their respective parties.
A new national poll suggests that the newly aggressive tone from Senators Rubio and Cruz has done nothing to stop Donald Trump’s momentum.
Ever since last week’s debate, the race for the Republican nomination has come to resemble a schoolyard fight among a bunch of nine year-olds.
Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions became the latest prominent Republican to endorse Donald Trump, but there are a lot more Republicans who are starting to panic over what Trump could do to their party.
If reports today are accurate, one of the great N.F.L. careers will come to an end this week.
Donald Trump is positioned to do very well on Super Tuesday, while Ted Cruz should win his home state. Marco Rubio, meanwhile, seems to be struggling to maintain his relevance.
The U.S. is poised to send troops to the front lines of yet another war we have no reason to be involved in.
Hillary Clinton crushed Bernie Sander last night in South Carolina, pushing the race further down the path that leads to an inevitable outcome.
There’s little doubt that Hillary Clinton will win today’s South Carolina Primary, the only question is how big a win she’s likely to score.
Not exactly inspiring economic news from the Commerce Department.
Can anything restrain the North Koreans besides direct action by China? That’s unclear, but the new round of sanctions pending at the U.N. seem unlikely to accomplish much of anything.
With one surprise endorsement, Donald Trump stole the post-debate news cycle from Marco Rubio.
Bizarrely, the Marco Rubio campaign seems to be telling donors that their candidate may have to hope for a brokered convention to win the GOP nomination.
Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz landed some punches on Donald Trump last night, but it’s doubtful that they changed the nature of the race.
On Tuesday, Ted Cruz’s campaign faces what amounts to a do-or-die battle in Texas.
If Marco Rubio can’t win in his home state, where can he win?
A new poll shows Donald Trump with historically low support for a Republican from Latino voters. That’s a recipe for electoral disaster.
With the Democratic race headed into territory where Hillary Clinton is heavily favored, Bernie Sanders may finally be coming to realize that he can’t possibly win the Democratic nomination.
Is President Obama planning a Checkmate move in the SCOTUS nomination fight?
This year’s Nevada Caucuses are a good argument for why there should not be any more caucuses.
Donald Trump won his third contest in a row in Nevada, putting him one step closer to inevitability.
Notwithstanding polling that indicates the American public disagrees with them, Senate Republicans emerged from a meeting today largely united on the idea of not giving any Supreme Court nominee named by President a hearing, or even the courtesy of a meeting.
A man who helped create a multi-billion dollar a year industry, and some mighty fine wine, has passed away.
The American people do not seem to support the Republican position on whether President Obama’s expected Supreme Court nominee should get proper consideration by the Senate.
Ben Carson may be a non-entity in the Presidential race at this point, but that hasn’t stopped him from making controversial statements.