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Ed KilgoreDaily Intelligencer |
It’s a strategic truism in politics that if you can’t seize the political “center,” where a lot of unaffiliated voters live, you try to push...
Ninety-five days from the midterm elections, Donald Trump is struggling with Congress over his agenda. Not so much with Democrats, who have very...
Donald Trump’s incessant crusade for the immediate enactment of the SAVE America Act is very likely to fail — thanks to a Senate Democratic...
It’s always been a bit of a reach for Democrats to contemplate winning control of the U.S. Senate in 2026, given a landscape heavily tilted to the...
On the same day the late Lindsey Graham was memorialized in Washington at the Capitol and the National Cathedral, the filing period for the August 11...
With the August 4 primaries in Michigan and Wisconsin fast approaching, the next week is going to be very exciting for an awful lot of political...
Knowing what we know now about Donald Trump’s willingness to interfere with adverse election results on January 6, 2021, the run-up to the 2026...
There is no story line in American politics more beloved than Democrats in Disarray. It’s an ancient narrative that was first and best captured by...
The timing of South Carolina’s upcoming special Republican U.S. Senate primary is a nightmare for any candidate who needs a long runway to become...
Up until now, disagreement between Democrats and Republicans on the need for safeguards against noncitizen voting was based on wildly disparate...
House Speaker Mike Johnson is probably as happy as a clam right now. The House is on an extended recess that will last at least until August 31,...
Democrats need a net gain of four U.S. Senate seats in November to flip control of the chamber. This would deny Donald Trump an easy path to...
One of the crosses Donald Trump has had to bear recently is a less-than-perfect record in endorsing Republican primary candidates. His choices in...
For all the turmoil afflicting Maine Democrats following the implosion of Graham Platner’s Senate candidacy, they moved quickly and decisively to...
Congress is currently lurching through a sluggish summer session, but there’s some high-stakes drama just ahead. On September 30, annual...
For six long years, Donald Trump has regularly alleged that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him, despite the thorough debunking of his...
Donald Trump is a huge proponent of election conspiracy theories, and his fixation on the 2020 election specifically feels pathological. After the...
If you get your information from mainstream media or progressive political outlets, the recent debate over ICE tactics and mass-deportation policies...
Now that Graham Platner has withdrawn his Senate candidacy, his supporters in Maine seem equally furious at their former nominee and at national...
When presidents deliver rare prime-time addresses to the nation, there is usually an obvious topic and some news (or at least spin) that the White...
The Republican Congress is facing an uphill struggle to meet its obligations prior to the midterm elections. As chairman of the Senate Budget...
Four-term South Carolina U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham died suddenly over the weekend at the age of 71, with no evident warning. His abrupt departure...
Many view this year’s gerrymandering battles as merely another skirmish between Democrats and Republicans for control of the U.S. House of...
Donald Trump suffers from chronic election denialism that goes well beyond his well-known insistence, against all evidence, that he won the 2020...
Graham Platner’s once-powerful campaign against Senator Susan Collins is currently imploding. On Monday, Politico published a credible accusation of...
It was widely, almost universally, expected that Donald Trump’s 2025 executive order purporting to abolish “birthright citizenship” would not...
In a mild surprise that instantly produced a not-so-mild reaction from President Trump, a 5-4 Supreme Court majority rejected an administration and...
One of the odder but also most telling quirks of the more intellectual of the MAGA warriors is a decided soft spot for Richard Nixon. That’s right:...
When the current U.S. Supreme Court terms ends it may be remembered as a moment when an otherwise subservient conservative majority finally drew a...
There are two much-discussed problems the Republican Party faces at the moment. One, which is big and real, is that its ability to attract voters...
Juneteenth, the celebration of the good news in 1865 that the great abomination of slavery had ended, is a contradictory holiday. It’s joyful in...
One of the problems with abandoning the separation of church and state, as Christian nationalists like Pete Hegseth are attempting to do, is that it...
The single most important measurable variable affecting the outcome of the 2026 midterm elections is likely the president’s job-approval ratings,...
Donald Trump has been a powerhouse in 2026 midterm primaries, purging alleged RINOs like Bill Cassidy in Louisiana and stubborn rebels like Thomas...
There have been plenty of dramatic story lines in the contest to choose a successor to term-limited California governor Gavin Newsom, from the sudden...
Twenty years ago, after two presidential elections in which George W. Bush won every electoral vote in the former Confederate states, there was a...
In its initial phases, the 2026 Los Angeles mayoral contest was as low-key (bordering on boring) as the parallel California gubernatorial race. Mayor...
When Donald Trump dropped his shock endorsement of controversial Texas attorney general Ken Paxton against four-term Republican Senator John Cornyn a...
Less than four months from now, early voting begins in the 2026 midterm general elections. Political scientists differ on exactly when voting...
Complaints among Democratic activists and influencers over the DNC’s decision to abort its 2024 “autopsy report” was based on a craving for two...
Six states held primaries on May 19 in what some observers called a “mini–Super Tuesday.” The headline contest was in Kentucky, where hardcore...
Two days into early voting in the Texas runoff that ends May 26 and after months of teasing his choice, Donald Trump endorsed Texas Attorney General...
Democrats and Republicans spent much of the past year engaged in a gerrymandering competition. The race was to reshape the maps pushed into overtime...
Lots of well-meaning folks in and beyond both major political parties have quietly hoped that the poisonous atmosphere of partisan polarization in...
Republicans from Donald Trump on down are excited that the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais has invited a wave of partisan...
In a decision that caps a disastrous ten days for Democrats struggling to offset Republican congressional gerrymanders, a 4-3 majority of the Virginia...
When Donald Trump furiously ordered his minions to find and fund primary challenges to seven Indiana Republican state senators who refused to conduct...
At this moment in his second term, it’s very difficult to find bright spots for Donald Trump — other than the perpetual loyalty of his MAGA base...
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Louisiana v. Callais, much attention has been paid to its impact on the midterms and...
Last week, Virginia voters narrowly passed a state constitutional amendment allowing Democratic legislators to rewrite the congressional maps, which...
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