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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Democrats Are Newly Emboldened on Gun Control
Exit polls in November showed that 59 percent of voters in House races favored “stricter gun-control measures.”
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Bettmann / Getty A New Book Describes Hunter S. Thompson’s Prescience
“Trump is present on every page, even though he’s never mentioned once,” the author says.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP Paul Ryan’s Compromised Legacy
The retiring House speaker leaves behind a near-trillion-dollar debt and a Trumpian GOP.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters John Kasich Searches for His Place in the GOP
The lame-duck Ohio governor has virtually no allies in the party and doesn’t know whether the country’s disenchanted centrists are numerous enough to propel a run for president.
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Julio Cortez / AP The Democrats Are Stuck With Menendez
If New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez wins reelection on Tuesday, he’ll have only Donald Trump to thank.
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Matt Rourke / Associated Press In Pennsylvania, One Democrat’s Message: ‘Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump’
A win by the Democrat Scott Wallace in the First Congressional District would signal a blue wave that could give Democrats another three to five seats in the state.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters The GOP Is Suddenly Playing Defense on Health Care
A year after Congress’s last major attempt at Obamacare repeal, Republican candidates are airbrushing their history with the law.
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Rick Bowmer / AP Mitt Romney Isn’t Coming to Help Liberals
The Senate next year could be more MAGA-oriented than ever—and the next senator from Utah isn’t likely to change that.
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John Minchillo / AP Joe Biden’s Endless Rumination About Running for President
The former vice president is hearing mixed messages from Democrats about whether he should jump into the race.
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Michael Reynolds / Reuters Lindsey Graham Doesn’t Want a Primary
A parlor game has begun to explain the South Carolina senator’s volcanic anger over the Kavanaugh nomination and his embrace of the president.
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Jim Bourg / Reuters The Senate’s Ill Winds Blow Across the Kavanaugh Confirmation
The ultimate vote on Brett Kavanaugh will most likely bring disrepute on the Senate and the Supreme Court.
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Jeenah Moon / Reuters If Democrats Sink Kavanaugh, Republicans Think They'll Surge At Polls
Both parties make a plausible case for how they will benefit from a bad result on the Kavanaugh confirmation.
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Reuters What's in It for Christine Blasey Ford?
The 51-year-old research psychologist testified with disarming and convincing simplicity on Thursday.
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Jim Bourg / Reuters Conservative Women Thread a Needle on Brett Kavanaugh
Polls show a majority of women turning on Kavanaugh, but conservative women continue to support the Supreme Court nominee, even as they express sympathy for victims of sexual assault.
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Evan Vucci / AP Donald Trump Might Be the ‘Client From Hell’
The president doesn’t seem to understand what lawyers do—including the ones trying to defend the presidency.
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Alex Brandon / AP The GOP Response to the Kavanaugh Allegations Sends an Unmistakable Message to Women
Weeks away from the midterms, Republicans are confronted with a widening gender gap.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters With Rudy Giuliani, What You See Is What You Get
The Trump lawyer’s talk-show gaffes have created a “fall from grace” narrative, but Giuliani’s days as “America’s mayor” weren’t all they’re cracked up to be.
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Mike Blake / Reuters Stumping for Democrats Hasn’t Always Been Obama’s Favorite Place
The former president has stepped out to campaign for Democrats in the 2018 midterms in a way he never did as president.
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Susan Walsh / AP The Lost Art of Resigning in Protest
Public servants used to quit on principle. Now, they leak to Bob Woodward and write op-eds in The New York Times.
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Chris Wattie / Reuters Mike Pence and His Talent for Being Absent
In the swirl of headlines around President Trump and the White House, Vice President Mike Pence hardly merits a mention.
