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In Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Deep-Red District, Democrats Eye a (Very Small) Opening
By Philip Elliott
Fetterman vs. Biden Fatigue in Pennsylvania
By Philip Elliott
Pennsylvania Republicans Nominated an Election Truther for Governor, Putting the Swing State on Shaky Ground for 2024
By Philip Elliott
The Mess Facing Pennsylvania Republicans as Barnette Surges
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Kathy Barnette Is the Trumpiest Candidate Who Wasn't Endorsed by Trump
A few weeks ago, before Kathy Barnette became a true contender to win the Pennsylvania Republican Senate primary, Jackie Kulback, the GOP party chair in Cambria County, had a quick question for the candidate. "I...
By Charlotte Alter
May 16, 2022
News of Fetterman's Stroke Brought Out the Best in His Senate Rivals. Will it Last?
In a swing state like Pennsylvania, candidates are especially wary of alienating any voters.
By Philip Elliott
May 16, 2022
The Back Booth: An ‘Orgy of Oppo' on Madison Cawthorn and an Unprecedented Subpoena
Welcome to The Back Booth, a weekend edition of The D.C. Brief in which we host a conversation between two political pros.
By Philip Elliott
May 14, 2022
To Save Roe’s Protections, Democrats Pour More Money Into Flipping Statehouses
Democrats have for decades been complacent when it comes to state legislatures.
By Philip Elliott
May 12, 2022
Why the Bipartisan Push to Prevent Another Jan. 6 Is Running Out of Time
The Electoral Count Act may not be updated before the 2024 election.
By Eric Cortellessa
May 12, 2022
Why Utah Democrats Decided to Back Evan McMullin Over One of Their Own
"We've never seen anything like this in Utah,” says a Republican state senator.
By Abby Vesoulis
May 11, 2022
In Wisconsin, an 1849 Abortion Ban Could Make for a Chaotic Post-Roe Landscape
Wisconsin’s attorney general, a Democrat, has vowed to not enforce it but can’t stop local officials from doing so.
By Eric Cortellessa
May 5, 2022
Author J.D. Vance Turns Into Pro-Trump Candidate
“I’m not just a flip-flopper, I’m a flip-flop-flipper on Trump,” J.D. Vance says with a laugh, slicing into a half-stack of breakfast pancakes. The Hillbilly Elegy author and newly minted Republican Senate candidate is sitting...
By Molly Ball/Cincinnati
July 7, 2021
How Republicans Downplayed the Capitol Riot at CPAC
Republican speakers at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Friday downplayed the deadly Jan. 6 storming of the United States Capitol by a pro-Trump mob that disrupted the peaceful transfer of power, sidestepping former...
By Lissandra Villa
February 26, 2021
Sheldon Adelson, GOP Donor Who Aided Trump, Dies
During the last three White House races, the Adelson family was the single largest political donor in the U.S.
By Philip Elliott
January 12, 2021
How John Bolton Is Testing the GOP's Fealty to Trump
John Bolton is nobody's idea of a leftist. For the better part of three decades, Donald Trump's former National Security Adviser has been a leading voice for hawkish American foreign policy, arguing for military intervention,...
By Vera Bergengruen
January 30, 2020
My Fellow Republicans Must Stand Against the Alt-Right Virus Infecting America
In the immediate aftermath of the El Paso shooting, a raging argument broke out online and across the airwaves. Given that the suspected shooter used one of Donald Trump's favorite words to describe illegal immigration--invasion--did...
By David French
August 8, 2019
Conservative Conference Avoids Trump as They Rebrand Nationalism and Economic Policy
David Brog had a message for any white supremacists potentially lurking in the crowd the National Conservatism Conference in Washington, D.C. on July 14-16. After hailing the electoral victories of Brexit and Donald Trump, Brog...
By James Kirchick
July 21, 2019
Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher Found Not Guilty
Gallagher faced counts of premeditated murder and attempted murder, among other charges.
By Josiah Bates and Tara Law
June 20, 2019
GOP Takes Victory Lap
Some of which includes a push for new investigations
By Alana Abramson
March 25, 2019
Inside the World of CPAC
The Conservative Political Action Conference is the biggest annual gathering of conservatives, making it a microcosm of the arguments taking place inside — and outside — the Republican Party. This year's theme could be summed...
By Ryan Teague Beckwith
March 1, 2019
The Republican National Committee Just Taunted Michael Cohen
He previously served as deputy national chairman of the RNC
By Kathy Ehrich Dowd
February 27, 2019
What Does it Take to Force a Politician to Resign These Days?
Ralph Northam's career looked cooked. On Feb. 1, Virginians learned that their governor's 1984 medical-school yearbook page included a picture of a person in blackface alongside another in a Ku Klux Klan--style robe and hood....
By Philip Elliott
February 7, 2019
Why Republicans Are Cautioning Trump Against Using Emergency Powers
"Republicans are not united"
By Alana Abramson
January 11, 2019
Susan Collins Is Trying to Stay in the Political Center. But That May Not Exist Anymore
Just off the soaring, tourist-filled rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building, down a chandeliered hallway, up a few floors in what feels like the world's tiniest elevator, in a narrow, echoing corridor, lies the hideaway...
By Tessa Berenson
January 3, 2019
House Republicans Are Facing a Brain Drain of Legislative Leaders
For all of the firsts coming to Washington when the Democratic House members-elect arrive here this week for orientation, there may be an equally significant seismic shift among Republicans’ lasts. Fifty Republican House members decided...
By Philip Elliott
November 12, 2018
Democrats Had a Better Election Night Than It First Appeared
The "blue wave" took a little longer to crest than usual, but after several days of vote counting it looks like Democrats beat the historical average for the midterm elections. With more races called since...
By Philip Elliott
November 9, 2018
Trump Claims Victory Even as Democrats Take the House
While Democrats took control of the House of Representative for the first time in eight years on Tuesday, President Donald Trump told the country that the midterms were actually a victory for Republicans. “It was...
By Brian Bennett and Tessa Berenson
November 7, 2018
Former GOP Donor Blames Trump's Rhetoric for Pittsburgh Shooting
"I think it's more than coincidence"
By Alana Abramson
October 31, 2018
Republicans Think They Could Still Hold the House. Here's How
Some in the GOP give it a one-in-four chance
By Philip Elliott
October 21, 2018
Trump Talks to TIME About His Effect on the GOP
"It’s like really a party for the working men and women in this country"
By Brian Bennett
October 12, 2018
Democrats Consider Breaking Norms to Fight Trump
Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley had barely gotten through the first sentence of his opening remarks the other day before he was interrupted by Sen. Kamala Harris. It was a surprising break with decorum...
By Ryan Teague Beckwith
September 7, 2018
No Matter Who Becomes Arizona’s Next Senator, Trump Has Already Won
In the contest to represent Arizona in the U.S. Senate, The President has already won
By Philip Elliott / Black Canyon City, Ariz.
August 16, 2018
The Political Machine Built by the Koch Brothers Is Preparing for Life After Them
Taking a moment between meetings with super-rich donors in the Rocky Mountains, Mark Holden gave a clipped, three-word response to describe how the network of advocacy groups founded by the Koch brothers is changing. “More....
By Philip Elliott / Colorado Springs, Colo.
July 30, 2018
Koch Network Pushes Back on Trump's Washington
Billionaire industrialist Charles Koch and the network of advocacy groups that enjoy his backing are doing little to mask their disgust with President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans who go along with his antics. There...
By Philip Elliott / Colorado Springs, Colo.
July 28, 2018
Mitch McConnell Has a Plan to Use Brett Kavanaugh's Nomination for Political Gain
It’s easy to miss how well Mitch McConnell wields his power as the Senate Majority Leader. That understated muscle, however, is never far from McConnell’s canny mind — and every ounce of it right now...
By Philip Elliott
July 25, 2018
What Does the Supreme Court’s Ruling on the Travel Ban Really Say?
For President Trump, the Supreme Court's ruling on his travel ban could be summed up in a word. "Wow!" he tweeted. In one of its final decisions of the term, the Supreme Court on June...
By Tessa Berenson
June 28, 2018
With Justice Kennedy Gone, It's Trump's Court Now
The unpredictable Anthony Kennedy's retirement presages a more conservative era on the Supreme Court
By Massimo Calabresi
June 28, 2018
Michael Wear: 'Don't Quit the Republican Party. Stay and Fight'
What is an anti–Donald Trump Republican to do? For Steve Schmidt — a top campaign aide to President George W. Bush’s re-election campaign, Sen. John McCain’s 2008 presidential run and other top Republicans’ races —...
By Michael Wear
June 22, 2018
Steve Schmidt Helped Run Republican Campaigns for Years. Here's Why He Quit the GOP
Steve Schmidt turned heads when he quit the Republican Party this week. After all, he had helped run George W. Bush's presidential campaign, managed John McCain's in 2008 and helped get John Roberts and Samuel...
By Abby Vesoulis
June 21, 2018
Why Republican Lawmakers Aren't Backing Trump on Family Separations
Republicans on Capitol Hill listened dutifully as President Donald Trump blamed Democrats for the immigration crisis on the southern border that he created, tweeted demands that they agree to an immigration overhaul he wants and...
By Philip Elliott
June 18, 2018
Cindy McCain Responds to White House Aide's Derisive Comment
A staffer reportedly dismissed McCain's criticisms because he's "dying anyway"
By Casey Quackenbush
May 10, 2018
Republicans Blame Saccone for Special Election Loss
In the bleak aftermath of Pennsylvania's special congressional race the day before, Republicans on Capitol Hill spent Wednesday grumbling about Rick Saccone. The party had stumbled once again: Saccone, nominally their guy, an archconservative Pennsylvania...
By Nash Jenkins
March 14, 2018
Democrats Shouldn't Get Too Cocky About Their Big Win in Trump Country
The warning was as serious as he could muster. Rep. Steve Stivers, the Ohioan tasked with running House Republicans’ official campaign committee, stood in front of his colleagues at a GOP summit on Capitol Hill...
By Philip Elliott
March 14, 2018
Why Hope Hicks Resigning Matters
Donald Trump wanted Hope Hicks close. When the new President and his team moved into the White House last January, he installed his long-serving press aide in a tiny, windowless room directly outside the Oval...
By Philip Elliott
February 28, 2018
Why College Republicans Think the GOP Should Act on Climate Change
"If climate change is posing a threat to humanity it’s something that needs to be addressed"
By Justin Worland
February 28, 2018
'Clueless' Actress Stacey Dash to Run for Congress
In recent years she's been better known as a conservative commentator
By Maya Rhodan
February 26, 2018
Watch the CPAC Livestream Here
The Conservative Political Action Conference kicks off on Thursday
By Katie Reilly
February 22, 2018
CPAC is a Display of the Republican Identity Crisis
The GOP's political unease is on show at the the annual Conservative Political Action Conference
By Philip Elliott
February 21, 2018
President Trump Endorses Mitt Romney's Senate Bid
Mitt Romney is running to replace retiring Senator Orrin Hatch
By Laignee Barron
February 19, 2018
GOP Lawmakers Who Sprang into Action During Baseball Shooting Again Rush to Help After Train Crash
"It was all too reminiscent of the baseball shooting."
By Mahita Gajanan
January 31, 2018
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