2016 Election

A Letter to Donald Trump Supporters With One Big Question

You’re right to mistrust conventional politicians. But why do you think he’ll treat you any better?

• Conor Friedersdorf
• August 14, 2015

Donald Trump and the Search for the Republican Soul

The mogul’s rise has baffled those who thought they understood the GOP and highlighted the party’s longstanding divisions.

• Molly Ball
• August 13, 2015

‘The Republican Party Created Donald Trump’

RedState editor Erick Erickson, caught in the middle of Trump’s latest media feud, says he thinks GOP voters will eventually tire of the tycoon’s antics.

• Molly Ball
• August 8, 2015

Hillary Helps a Bank—and Then It Funnels Millions to the Clintons

The Wall Street Journal’s eyebrow-raising story of how the presidential candidate and her husband accepted cash from UBS without any regard for the appearance of impropriety that it created.

• Conor Friedersdorf
• July 31, 2015

There's Something About Bernie

The Vermont senator’s revolutionary zeal has met its moment.

• Molly Ball
• July 29, 2015

Ted Cruz's Cry for Attention

Trumped in the polls, the Republican hopeful tries to force his way back into the race by calling his own party leader a liar on the Senate floor.

• Russell Berman
• July 24, 2015

Hillary Clinton's Coalition of the Aggrieved

Her speech announced an intent to fight for her base at the expense of those outside it.

• David Frum
• June 14, 2015

Hillary's Uninspiring Agenda

The Democratic frontrunner launches her candidacy with a speech that’s long on proposals, short on enthusiasm.

• Molly Ball
• June 13, 2015

Talking With Martin O'Malley: Reform, or Pitchforks?

An underdog (potential) candidate makes the case for a new approach

• James Fallows
• May 7, 2015

Run, Joe, Run: Why Democrats Need a Biden Candidacy

Forget Elizabeth Warren. What the Democratic Party, and the nation, need is a real debate between Hillary Clinton's interventionism and the vice president's restraint.

• Peter Beinart
• May 9, 2014