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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Why Did Carly Fiorina Endorse Ted Cruz?
Her backing for the Texas senator looks like another sign of Republicans coalescing around the lesser of two candidates they don’t love.
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Jim Young / Reuters Bernie Sanders Upends Clinton, and Expectations, in Michigan
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Michigan Says It Wants a Revolution
Bernie Sanders pulled off a stunning upset, on a night when much else remained unchanged—with Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton both adding to their overall leads.
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Gretchen Ertl / Reuters Tyrant-Proof the White House—Before It's Too Late
Bush and Obama ran roughshod over Madisonian checks and balances, but there's still time to restore them.
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Carlos Osorio / AP Why Michigan Voters Are Hungry for Change
The state’s vibrant, blue-collar era is over—and what’s left is a core of hard-bitten residents who are disconnected from the political system.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The Republican Party Decides to Settle
As the reality of Donald Trump’s lead sinks in, party figures who once insisted Ted Cruz was at least as bad are starting to come around.
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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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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.
