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Kamala Harris? Gavin Newsom? Pete Buttigieg?!?
Should people who quit get unemployment benefits?
Americans are confronting a whole new reality of patchwork abortion access after the Dobbs decision.
Who’s eligible, is it legal, and other key questions, answered.
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Harris would be a strong nominee. She also has to overcome some challenges.
The sweeping conservative plan for Trump's second term is very real. Here’s what it actually says.
At his press conference, the president proved he can sometimes speak coherently. That’s not good enough.
A recent poll suggests a reversal in a decades-long trend of the public warming to immigrants. What’s causing the shift?
This week’s NATO summit was already dominated by election anxiety. Biden’s shaky performance didn’t help.
Prediction markets have closely tracked Biden’s fate, but they have a long way to go as reliable indicators.
The presser went fine. But the Democratic defections continued.
Why speculation over the president’s health refuses to die down.
Elite clerics still hold ultimate power.
The intellectual Pratap Bhanu Mehta explains how liberalism grew out of 3,000 years of Indian history.
Harris flopped in 2020, but a lot has changed in four years.
No, "history" does not tell us that the Democrats shouldn't change their nominee
Biden says the primary voters picked him. Is there more to democracy than that?
France held back the far right. No one knows what’s next.
The European elections tell us little about Biden’s chances — but a lot about his choices.
The justices are awful at their jobs, and they don’t know that they are awful at their jobs.
Violent crime is falling. But understanding why it surged during the pandemic is still important.
In a live interview, the president appeared too frail to defeat Trump and too delusional to drop out.
Inside the GOP’s transition from the party of Reagan to the party of Trump.
A historic defeat brings in new UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer as the Tories pick up the pieces
The UK is getting a new government. What is it promising to do?
Ironic Kamala Harris meme-ing isn’t so ironic anymore.
The recent reports about the president’s age and health, explained.
Asleep at the wheel? Complicit in a cover-up? The real story is far more complicated — and more interesting.
The urgent question about Biden's mental fitness that Democrats aren’t yet asking.
The musician is packing arenas and performing on The Tonight Show.
The vice president has taken on an expanded role in the last few months. Now Biden needs her more than ever.
The 3 big questions looming over Biden’s huge decision
What the data says, and what it means.
As the GOP’s voting base diversifies, conservative elites are doubling down on white identity politics.
A rebuttal of the bad — but prominent — arguments for the president’s candidacy.
A few minutes before the Court held that Trump was allowed to do crimes, it did hand Republicans a meaningful loss.
The Court's Trump immunity case is a blueprint for dictatorship.
If the stakes of the 2024 election are as great as the party says, there’s no excuse for inaction.
A new book explains how liberalism shapes all of our lives — and lights a way toward a better political future.
A proposed tax hike sparked unrest, but Kenya’s real problem is a debt crisis.
Ultimate fighting and the 2024 election's connections, explained
Some lessons from the two presidents who walked away.
Democrats really need to choose electable vice presidents.