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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Trump Accelerates Down the Track
The Republican front-runner steamed ahead to five decisive wins on Tuesday night, while Hillary Clinton took four states, leaving only Rhode Island to Bernie Sanders.
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Chuck Burton / AP Why a Judge Ruled North Carolina's Voter-ID Law Constitutional
Thomas Schroeder said the state’s strict new voting law did not unfairly prevent black voters from casting ballots.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Why the Cruz-Kasich Alliance Will Fail
Both men want to stop Trump. But even together, they don’t have the numbers to do it easily.
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Matt Rourke / AP The High-Stakes Senate Primary in Pennsylvania
National Democrats have enthusiastically backed Katie McGinty over former congressman Joe Sestak.
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Matt Rourke / AP Can the Front-Runners Sweep the East?
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump could win all five states that vote on Tuesday, including Pennsylvania and Maryland.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters The Deep Grooves of 2016
This presidential contest has been marked by unusually consistent cultural loyalties since it began, which could say a lot about the final result.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters The Fight for the City of Baltimore
A year after Freddie Gray’s fatal encounter with police sparked protest, which vision for the future will win out?
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Paul Sancya / AP A Cruz-Kasich Alliance to Stop Trump
The Texas senator and the Ohio governor team up against the Republican front-runner in three upcoming states.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters The Party of Lincoln in the Time of Trump
The Republicans are now going the way of the Whigs—by embracing the politics that helped destroy them.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Choosing the Veep of Your Dreams
Let the vetting begin. And the vetters beware.
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Associated Press Riots, Guns, Bribes: TR's Contested Convention
For Theodore Roosevelt’s supporters, forcibly wresting political control away from the party bosses was always an acceptable option.
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Hannah Lazarte 'The Most Important Takeover of Any Organization in History'
Inside the years-long push to perfect the presidential transition
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Orlin Wagner / AP Kansas' Never-Ending Budget Mess
The state is short of money yet again, thanks in part to a tax cut its governor won’t touch.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Why Would Hillary Clinton Pick a Female Running Mate?
A top aide to the Democratic front-runner has said there are women on her short list for VP.
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John Locher / AP Will Hispanic Millennials Vote?
It’s the youngest ethnic group in the United States, but also the group with the lowest turnout and registration rate.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters Donald Trump's Case for Tolerance
The Republican candidate’s defense of transgender bathroom accommodations shows how his approach to the culture war differs from the standard social-conservative line.
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Reuters Welcome to the Never-Ending Primary
If Bernie Sanders hangs in until the Democratic nomination convention in July, three of the past five nominating fights will have gone the distance.
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Andrew Kelly / Reuters Voting Fumbles Hit New York
Residents reported myriad problems while trying to vote. They aren’t the first to confront obstacles this cycle.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters How Not to Disrupt Politics
Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump want a political-system revolution. But, with no plan for what’s next, they aren’t doing a very good job at it.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Will Sanders Stay in the Race, or Will He Go?
A senior adviser reportedly said the campaign would “sit back and assess where we are” after upcoming primaries.
