2016 National Elections

Hillary Clinton Warns the World About Donald Trump

The Democratic presidential frontrunner calls her Republican rival’s ideas “dangerously incoherent” in a sweeping foreign-policy speech.

• Clare Foran
• June 2, 2016

Paul Ryan Finally Falls in Line

After weeks of agonizing, the House speaker lets the world know as quietly as he can that, yes, he’ll be voting for Donald Trump in November.

• Russell Berman
• June 2, 2016

A Sanders Supporter Leans Toward Supporting Trump

Some Democratic primary voters are indulging in the dangerous fantasy that burning down the system is best.

• Conor Friedersdorf
• June 2, 2016

Trump's Rhetoric of White Nostalgia

Trump’s core promise is to return to white, working-class Americans what they feel they’ve lost.

• Ronald Brownstein
• June 2, 2016

The Lament of the Anti-Trump Republican Women

Powerful female members of the GOP are caught between party loyalty and the front-runner’s misogyny.

• Michelle Cottle
• June 1, 2016

Trump Takes Aim at the Independent Judiciary

The Republican candidate isn’t directly attacking democracy—but he’s targeting the institutions that sustain it.

• Peter Beinart
• June 1, 2016

The French Connection

The farcical quest for a conservative alternative to Donald Trump finds National Review’s David French, and produces a farcical reaction by the press.

• David A. Graham
• June 1, 2016

How Not to Achieve Democratic Unity

Calls to rally around Hillary Clinton likely won’t convince Sanders supporters to give up on the U.S. presidential primary.

• Clare Foran
• June 1, 2016

The Art of the Swindle

In court filings, former employees of Trump University allege that it preyed on the insecurities of its students, selling them courses they did not need or could not afford.

• Matt Ford
• June 1, 2016

Where Did Donald Trump Send Veterans' Millions?

Unfavorable news reports on fundraiser money dogged the Republican nominee. Trump, it seems, couldn’t stand it anymore.

• Nora Kelly Lee
• May 31, 2016

Republicans Beg Marco Rubio to Keep His Day Job

Will the failed U.S. presidential hopeful change his mind and run for the Senate again?

• Russell Berman
• May 31, 2016

Gaffe Track: Trump's Attack on a 'Mexican' Judge

• David A. Graham
• May 31, 2016

A $1 Million Fight Against Hillary Clinton's Online Trolls

A super PAC has a plan to defend the Democratic presidential front-runner and her supporters on social media. Will it work?

• Clare Foran
• May 31, 2016

The Seven Broken Guardrails of Democracy

The American republic was long safeguarded by settled norms, now shattered by the rise of Donald Trump.

• David Frum
• May 31, 2016

Remembering Those Who Wore the 'Boots on the Ground'

A metaphor conceals the price paid by those who serve their country in times of war.

• James Wright
• May 30, 2016

The Downside of Democracy

A 1979 book on presidential selection inadvertently predicted the rise of Trump—and the weakness of a popular primary system.

• Emma Green
• May 29, 2016