The party’s nominee for governor is trying to pick the GOP's two-decade lock on the state’s top job.

General Dynamics opened a Texas factory to churn out artillery shells for Ukraine, but the machines kept breaking. Robot arms smashed into things. Hunks of metal crashed to the floor. There was even a...

The state’s Senate primary pits progressive Abdul El-Sayed against the more traditional Rep. Haley Stevens.

He's a leading Democratic presidential contender for 2028, yet he's a mystery even to those in his party.

Mid-decade redistricting could be a life preserver for Republicans.

Some Democrats have called for the firing of Chairman Ken Martin.

How Trump’s endorsement of scandal-plagued Ken Paxton is shaping the context.

Democrats see an opportunity to tie the president to issues their voters care about.

The seven-term incumbent faces a primary challenge that will tell us a great deal about the president’s influence over the electorate.

US President Donald Trump says he will raise the case of imprisoned Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai when he meets President Xi Jinping in China next week. It might seem implausible that Beijing would...

Lawmakers insist they support the Jewish state and value its relationship with the U.S.

The president has targeted eight state senators who opposed redistricting.

Polling shows populists would likely support the secretary of state in 2028.

A strategic campaign by House GOP leadership helped change the president’s mind.

As the White House tries to quell the fallout from its unpopular mass deportations, the architect of the strategy remains safely in the president’s circle.

The president is selling the war with controversial videos and soliciting donations via email.

GOP voters support the president so far, but setbacks or a prolonged war could threaten his credibility.

A center-left organization tries to steer the party back toward the middle.

The secretary of state has been vocally supportive of J.D. Vance. But some Republicans would prefer him to the vice president.

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What a quarter-million dollar auction bid reveals about the lack of regard for even the appearance of propriety.

A short, sad tale of public grief and newfangled Midwestern Jacobinism in the City of Flour and Sawdust.

Democrats responded with their own new maps, and there will be more competitive districts.

Can the traditionally conservative incumbent hold off two challengers?

The party plans to run against the New York mayor’s socialist agenda in the midterms at the same time the president is endorsing left-wing policy proposals.

As the Pennsylvania governor kicks off his reelection campaign, supporters are discussing a potential White House bid.

Can a Democrat who challenges his own party from the center compete for the nomination?

The president tried the same strategy in 2018, and the GOP lost the House.

There’s a lot more riding on the 2026 midterm elections than the GOP’s congressional majorities.

The issue is fraught for the party, but lawmakers and 2028 hopefuls are increasingly critical of President Trump’s tariffs.

Elissa Slotkin says the Democratic Party needs new leaders and a plan. The Michigan senator is volunteering herself for both.

But key divisions and choices remain that will determine Democrats’ fate in 2026 and 2028.

Why Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is making an independent run for the governor’s mansion.

A thought-provoking look at the internal debates shaping the future of the Democratic Party.

A conservative group is arguing that limits on issue-advocacy organizations are unconstitutional.

Party operatives point to the president’s resilience and the Democrats’ struggles as reasons to be optimistic about the 2026 midterms.

The postliberal logic of frivolously charging James Comey.

A collection of center-left groups seeks to repeat the success of the Democratic Leadership Council in the late 1980s.

The default position should be liberty, not prohibition.

After months of pressure from the president, Jerome Powell announced an expected rate cut Wednesday.

Young populists find U.S. aid for the Jewish state incompatible with ‘America First.’

How primary campaigns vie to earn the president’s endorsement.

How some grassroots Democrats are coping with Trump's second term.

Leftists and centrists largely agree the party needs to improve its messaging on the economy.