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John Locher / AP Unite for Ted Cruz Now or He'll Come Back Stronger
With Paul Ryan’s energy in the House and Cruz’s inevitable loss to Hillary Clinton in the fall, the Republicans still have a shot to rebuild their party.
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Jim Urquhart / Reuters Bernie Sanders Gets His First Senator
Jeff Merkley of Oregon gives the Democratic candidate his endorsement in the presidential primary race.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters The Future of Bernie Sanders's Grassroots Army
Will fans of the Democratic presidential candidate succeed in creating an enduring political movement?
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Mike Groll / AP The Effects of New York's Restrictive Voting Laws
The Empire State’s strict registration rules have already tripped up Donald Trump’s kids—but they might hurt Bernie Sanders the most.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters The Once and Future Candidacy of Paul Ryan
The House speaker declared—again—that he’s not running for president. For now.
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Eduardo Munoz / Reuters John Kasich’s Survival Strategy
The Ohio governor has basically no chance of winning the Republican nomination, but hanging on until the Convention may prove smart.
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Zak Bickel / The Atlantic Why Soviet Refugees Aren't Buying Sanders's Socialism
The ultra-conservative views of many in the Russian Jewish community are driven by memories of life in the USSR.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters Gaffe Track: There's No Good Time for a C.P. Time Joke
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Ben Brewer / Reuters Civic Education in the Age of Trump
Public schools in the United States aren’t teaching students how to engage diverse opinions.
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Brian Frank / Reuters Bernie Heads to the Vatican
The senator from Vermont will speak about creating a “moral economy.”
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Sam Mircovich / Reuters Why Are Voters Drawn to Donald Trump?
Interviews with the people who tell pollsters they are backing the outspoken billionaire
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David Becker / Reuters Rorschach's Crime Bill
Bill Clinton’s unforced error on the trail places the 1994 Violent Crime Act back in play.
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Sam Hodgson / Reuters Why Does Immigration Make Some Americans Anxious?
Some seem concerned with its economic impact—others see it as a threat to the country’s values.
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Charles Rex Arbogast / AP How the Republican Race Could End
Regardless of which scenario prevails, there’s likely to be conflict in Cleveland.
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Jim Young / Reuters Why Bernie Sanders Says Clinton Isn't 'Qualified' to Be President
The Vermont senator’s escalation is more semantic than substantive—he’s been critiquing her decisions on the Iraq war, campaign finance, and free trade for months.
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Nam Y. Huh / AP Bernie Sanders's Successful Insurgency
Win or lose, the Democrat has already accelerated a major generational shift within the Democratic party.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Sanders Catches Clinton
The Vermont senator erases his rival’s national lead in a new PRRI / The Atlantic poll, even as he struggles to close the delegate gap.
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Jim Young / Reuters Why Donald Trump Supporters Are Voting Alone
Most Donald Trump voters are civically disengaged—a fact that may yet cost him the nomination.
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David Moir / Reuters Trump and the Borderers
The Republican front-runner’s appeal seems rooted in a distinctive political culture—born in the British borderlands, and still flourishing in America’s southern highlands.
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Nam Y. Huh / AP There's Still Time for a Serious Third-Party Presidential Run
It's not too late—yet—for Trump or an anti-Trump to make a credible independent bid.
