Republicans are planning on pushing judicial nominees through the Senate in case they lose control in November. Meanwhile, the possibility of a Supreme Court vacancy raises the stakes.
Mitt Romney stumbled in his bid to become Utah’s next Senator but he’s still likely to win the nomination anyway.
With just over six months to go before the 2018 elections, the storm clouds are starting to gather for the Republican Party.
The Democratic National Committee has filed a lawsuit alleging a wide-ranging conspiracy to influence the 2016 election. As a legal document, it appears to be little more than a political stunt.
A longtime “Hillary Beat” reporter ruminates on what she and her candidate could have done differently in 2016.
Kyrsten Sinema, the likely Democratic nominee for the Senate in Arizona, is leading all three of her potential Republican challengers. This could spell trouble for the GOP.
The campaign-agnostic political science models predicted a toss-up in 2016 and again in 2020.
The first real poll of the Senate race in Texas shows Ted Cruz with a much thinner lead than might be expected in a state like Texas. That doesn’t mean we should expect a Democratic upset there, though.
Republicans are blaming the President for the fading popularity of the tax reform law passed in December. It’s more complicated than that.
Two months after the shooting in Parkland, Florida, support for gun control measures seems to be slipping.
Republicans have been hoping that the tax bill passed in December would help them in the midterms. That’s appearing to be less and less likely by the day.
New polling shows the Democrat’s lead in the Congressional ballot poll shrinking slightly, but enthusiasm is still on their side.
Some Republicans are suggesting that Paul Ryan should be pushed out as Speaker before the November elections.
Mark Zuckerberg’s second day before Congress was somewhat more contentious than the first, but at the end of the day it’s still unclear that more regulation is the answer to the issues raised by recent Facebook “scandals.”
Paul Ryan won’t be running for re-election this year, opening up both a Congressional seat and a leadership spot.
Republicans are raising the fear of impeachment to motivate a base that could become disaffected heading into November.
Governor Rick Scott has entered the race to challenge Bill Nelson in Florida, creating what is likely to be one of the most closely watched races of the year.
We’re set to return to the era of trillion dollar budget deficits, and Republicans won’t do a thing about it.
Trump’s tariff plan isn’t going over well in farm country, and that could cause problems for the GOP in November.
The great negotiator in the White House is likely underestimating the tools available to Xi.
Tim Pawlenty is attempting a comeback in Minnesota. It won’t be easy.
Former Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen appears to be poised to give Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn a run for her money in the Volunteer State.
President Trump wants to send the military to the Mexican border. This is both unnecessary and a bad idea.
New York and nearly two dozen other jurisdictions have filed a lawsuit seeking to bar the Trump Administration from asking about citizenship in the 2020 Census.
News anchors at dozens of local stations owned by conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group were recently required to read a script mandated by corporate headquarters, and it’s leading to some bad media coverage for Sinclair.
The woman who lost the 2016 election is apparently not going to go away.
As expected, Russia has retaliated for the retaliation against it in connection with the attempted murder of a former Russian spy and his daughter in the United Kingdom.
The Supreme Court heard oral argument in the second partisan gerrymandering case of the term, and once again they appear to be divided.
John Dowd allegedly raised the possibility while the Mueller investigation was closing in on the two presidential advisors.
If you recall your grade school civics, you already knew this.
California has pushed back quickly against the Trump Administration’s decision to include a question regarding citizenship in the 2020 Census.
If the polls are any indication, Democrats may fall short in their bid to take back the House in November.
New polling shows that public support for several gun control proposals continue to increase in the wake of February’s shooting at a Parkland, Florida High School.
Like many Presidents before him, Donald Trump wants a line-item veto. Getting there won’t be easy, nor should it be.
Organizing protests was the easy part. The hard part for those who would seek to expand gun regulations is yet to come.
President Trump continues to obsequiously praise Russian President Vladimir Putin
The network’s longtime “strategic analyst” is “ashamed” of his association because they’ve become a “propaganda machine.”
Challengers to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ruling on Congressional redistricting suffered two big setbacks in court yesterday that suggest that they’ve reached the end of the road legally.
A famous name enters the race to challenge Andrew Cuomo, but it’s unlikely she’ll have much of an impact.
The special counsel may be moving beyond the 2016 campaign and into post-election obstruction of justice.
To nobody’s surprise, Vladimir Putin has won re-election to another term as Russia’s President.
Will Bunch wildly exaggerates the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Things continue to look good for Democrats as we get closer to the midterm elections.
Things are looking good for Democrats in 2018, but there’s some speculation that Nancy Pelosi’s position at the head of the party in the House could be in danger.
Not unexpectedly, Russia has retaliated for Great Britain’s retaliation for Russia’s apparent assassination attempt on British history.
Conor Lamb’s win in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District has set off an inevitable debate inside the Democratic Party about how to approach the upcoming midterm elections.
H.R. McMaster appears to be on the way out as National Security Adviser. The important question is, who replaces him?
Republicans are claiming that Conor Lamb won Tuesday’s Special Election in Pennsylvania because he campaigned as a conservative. These people are either deluded or lying.
The Treasury Department has designated five entities and 19 individuals tied to the Russian government for cyber espionage.
Polls released since the Parkland, Florida shooting show that support for gun control measures is at its highest level since 1993, but will it last?
