The budget clash, in many ways, represents the fiscal equivalent to the battle over cultural issues raging through Republican-controlled states.
Mocking the sexual-harassment reckoning is a feature of Donald Trump’s political persona.
Potentially the most consequential shift has come from the Biden administration.
“State antagonism toward cities is not sustainable.”
“They hate the other guy.”
Red states are trying to make their own rules.
The former president’s ability to surmount this latest tumult continues one of the defining patterns of his political career.
The investigations highlight all the aspects of his political identity that have alienated so many swing voters.
The most consequential election of 2023 is in Wisconsin.
Republicans now control most of the House seats in districts where the median income trails the national level of nearly $65,000 annually.
Why Congress doesn’t work
With the exception of abortion rights, the president is working to downplay or defuse almost all cultural issues.
The “party decides” theory faces its biggest test.
Simon Rosenberg delivered a major surprise last week when he announced that he was shutting down NDN, the Democratic advocacy and research group he has led since the mid-1990s.
He has ignited so many cultural confrontations that they’re difficult to keep track of, but he has acted most aggressively on education.
The president called for national unity around shared goals, particularly delivering economic benefits to working families.
California Democrats haven’t seen a Senate primary as energetic as the one now developing since 1992.
The president’s current posture on the issue has a history.
The fight over nationwide abortion rights is only just beginning.
The president hopes to cut many ribbons throughout the next two years.