2016 Election

The Two Things Obama Refuses to Name

The president on Tuesday criticized “politicians who tweet” for trying to goad him into using the term “radical Islam.”

• Marina Koren
• June 14, 2016

Bernie Sanders’s Down-Ballot Effect

A Tuesday primary in one Nevada congressional district will test the Vermont senator’s political potency.

• Nora Kelly Lee
• June 14, 2016

Trump Versus the Press

Even in an era when politicians are increasingly able to be stingy about granting media access, the presumptive Republican nominee’s tactics stick out.

• David A. Graham
• June 14, 2016

Donald Trump's Self-Defeating Reaction to Terrorism

The presumptive U.S. presidential nominee’s promises to protect America could actually make the country less safe. 

• Clare Foran
• June 14, 2016

Trump: Obama Puts America's 'Enemy Over Our Allies'

Once more, the presumptive Republican nominee takes a standard GOP talking point and turns it up a notch, implying the president is guilty of treason.

• David A. Graham
• June 14, 2016

Paul Ryan (Again) Rejects Trump's Muslim Ban

The Orlando massacre has not bridged the gap between the House speaker and the presumptive GOP nominee on national security.

• Russell Berman
• June 14, 2016

Could Congress Have Stopped Omar Mateen From Getting His Guns?

Democrats say yes. Here’s their case for a firearms restriction on people on the terrorist watch list.

• Russell Berman
• June 14, 2016

Why Hillary Has Never Apologized for Welfare Reform

The 1990s policy fight shaped her as a politician. Now, her positions seem to undermine her presidential platform.

• Bryce Covert
• June 14, 2016

Trump's Angry Broadside Against Muslims and Immigration

The presumptive Republican nominee responded to the shooting in Orlando with a blistering attack on Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.

• David A. Graham
• June 13, 2016

Hillary Clinton: ‘Today Is Not a Day for Politics’

Following the massacre in Orlando, the presumptive Democratic nominee seemed to step into a presidential role.

• Priscilla Alvarez
• June 13, 2016

Has Marco Rubio Changed His Mind?

When asked if he would seek reelection, the Florida senator hedged. He has just two weeks to decide.

• Nora Kelly Lee
• June 13, 2016

Standing by Their Man

The women who support Donald Trump will not be bullied.

• Michelle Cottle
• June 13, 2016

A Victory Lap in Blood

Forty-nine people die in Orlando, Florida, and Donald Trump wants a pat on the back.

• Ron Fournier
• June 13, 2016

Trump Time Capsule #20: 'It's War, It's Absolute War'

• James Fallows
• June 13, 2016

Trump: Obama Was Maybe Involved in the Orlando Shooting

The Republican nominee has called on the president to resign and implied in no uncertain terms that President Obama may have been implicated in the massacre at a gay bar.

• David A. Graham
• June 13, 2016