2016 Election

The Plot to Stop Donald Trump

The latest effort focuses on changing the rules of the Republican National Convention to let delegates vote for other candidates—but seems unlikely to succeed.

• David A. Graham
• June 17, 2016

Why Voters Hate Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

Both candidates have set records for unpopularity. A poll asked Americans what they dislike about their future leaders.

• Andrew McGill
• June 17, 2016

The Coming Ad Barrage Against Donald Trump

The presumptive Republican nominee faces an onslaught of negative ads, without the cash or staff to respond in kind.

• David A. Graham
• June 17, 2016

The Future of the Sanders Revolution

The Vermont senator is staying in the presidential race, but looks forward to working with Hillary Clinton “to transform the Democratic Party.”

• Clare Foran
• June 16, 2016

Walking Away from Bernie Sanders

In a sign that the end is near, one of the Vermont senator’s most ardent backers shifts his support to Hillary Clinton

• Clare Foran
• June 16, 2016

The Senate Will Vote on Guns

With a 15-hour filibuster, Chris Murphy won the chance to bring up a pair of amendments, but no guarantee that they will pass.

• Russell Berman
• June 16, 2016

What the Press Got Right About Trump's Candidacy

One year ago, the entertainer got into the race—and reporters got him all wrong. Or did they?

• David A. Graham
• June 16, 2016

Mapping the America That Candidates Care About

Wide swaths of the country will never see a presidential candidate make a speech. Does that matter?

• Andrew McGill
• June 16, 2016

The Twin Challenges Facing Charlotte

Like other southern cities, it's becoming more inclusive—but finding equity more elusive.

• Ronald Brownstein
• June 16, 2016

The Legal Residue of American Empire

Imperialism has left tricky sovereignty questions with which the U.S. Supreme Court is only now reckoning.

• Garrett Epps
• June 16, 2016

Trump According to Trump

By his own standards of evidence, the Republican frontrunner is guilty of some pretty sordid stuff.

• Ron Fournier
• June 15, 2016

Stop Blaming the Media for Trump

Voters, not the press, decide elections.

• Molly Ball
• June 15, 2016

Can Donald Trump Move the NRA on Guns?

The presumptive Republican nominee wants a meeting to discuss restricting firearm sales to people on the terrorist watch list.

• Russell Berman
• June 15, 2016

Triangulation for the New Millenium

With the right threatening to make the phrase “radical Islamic terrorism” a major distraction and the left refusing to yield, Hillary Clinton took a page from the 1990s and found a third way.

• Dominic Tierney
• June 15, 2016

Meet the New Trump, Same as the Old Trump

Since the shooting in Orlando, the Republican has adopted some new talking points—including defending LGBT Americans—but his strategy seems to have changed little.

• David A. Graham
• June 15, 2016

The Presidents Who Made America Great

An ahistorical inquiry.

• Conor Friedersdorf
• June 15, 2016