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Julie Carr Smyth / AP The Pitfalls of Early Voting
With frequent debates and candidates dropping out by the week in the topsy-turvy Republican primary, there’s more risk in going to the polls long before Election Day.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP Do Partisan Senators Make Better Presidential Candidates?
A new ranking of senators’ bipartisan work dovetails with popular notions of their candidacies and personalities.
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Wikimedia / Altairisfar The U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Adopt an Alabama Ruling
In a unanimous decision, the justices struck down a state-level ruling on a same-sex adoption case.
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Jim Young / Reuters Gaffe Track: That's Not the Selma Bernie Was Looking For
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Kevork Djansezian / Reuters Louis C.K.'s Warning About Donald Trump
The comedian and his peers disdain political correctness—yet even they caution that he’s a dangerous choice.
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Scott Olson / Getty Two Democrats Debated and the People of Flint Won
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Scott Olson / Getty Flint Wins the Democratic Debate
Hillary Clinton relied on anecdote and Bernie Sanders on principle—but the real story was that local residents forced the candidates to grapple with their community’s particular concerns.
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Alvin Baez / Reuters A Glimpse of a Different Campaign
On Sunday, for a brief moment, the two senators saw the election playing out as they’d once hoped it would—but their successes won’t be enough to change its course.
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Rebecca Cook / Reuters Super Saturday Yields a Split Decision
Ted Cruz and Donald Trump divided the four Republican contests, while Bernie Sanders pulled out two wins to prove he’s still in the race.
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Alex Wong / Getty Inside La Isla: The Primary in Puerto Rico
Statehood, the Zika virus, and bankruptcy are big issues on the Island of Enchantment, but when you can’t vote for president, how do you make your voice heard?
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Jim Young / Reuters The 40 Seconds John Kasich Will Think About for the Rest of His Life
He had the chance to hit a home run, as a big, slow pitch came right over the middle of the plate. He chose not to swing.
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Ray Stubblebine / Reuters Bill O'Reilly Defends Trump's Vulgarity
Why are figures who complain about the coarsening of American culture giving Donald Trump a pass?
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Jim Young / Reuters When Science Offers No Escape
What went unsaid in last night’s debate.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters Taking a Stand—Sort Of—Against Trump at CPAC
Tensions over the Republican presidential front-runner are running high at the annual conservative gathering.
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Justin Sullivan / Getty Medicare Is Leaving Elderly Women Behind
They have longer life spans and less money, but U.S. health policy is failing the nation’s oldest female patients—and no presidential candidate seems to have an answer.
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Jim Urquhart / Reuters Will Mitt Romney’s Anti-Trump Pitch Work?
The former presidential candidate paints the front-runner as indecent, but he may not have advanced the establishment’s cause very much.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Motor City Meltdown
The Republican Party appears on the edge of collapse, and the raucous exchange in Detroit did nothing to erase that impression.
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Rebecca Cook / Reuters Meltdown in the Motor City
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Brian Snyder / Reuters A Tough Road Ahead for Bernie Sanders
The Democratic presidential contender promises to keep fighting, but a drawn-out primary battle isn’t without risk.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The Republican Party's Best Bet Against Trump
GOP leaders had planned to unite behind an alternative to the front-runner, but after Super Tuesday, they now favor a strategy of fragmentation.
