Russell Berman
A Nation of Pundits
Electability is king in the 2020 Democratic primary as voters are choosing candidates they think their fellow citizens would support—not the ones they actually like best.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty The GOP’s Witnesses Aren’t Helping Trump
If Republicans thought Kurt Volker and Timothy Morrison would bust the Democrats’ case for impeachment, they were likely disappointed by what they heard today.
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Shawn Thew / Getty Trump’s Committee to Protect the President
Republicans doing the president’s bidding at the House impeachment hearing were focused less on the truth than on how it got out—like a modern-day version of Richard Nixon’s infamous leak patrol.
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Win McNamee / Getty Trump’s Impeachable Tweet
Nothing in Marie Yovanovitch’s testimony had directly added to the Democrats’ case for removal. Then the president stepped in.
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Andrew Harnik / AP William Taylor’s Big Impeachment Reveal
The ambassador to Ukraine detailed a previously unknown phone call involving President Trump, potentially adding to the Democrats’ case that he put his own interests above the nation’s.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Equal Rights Amendment Is an Artifact No More
Newly empowered Democrats are likely to make Virginia the final state needed to ratify the long-dormant ERA.
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Reuters The Blue Wave Hasn’t Crested
Virginia has been a bellwether in the Trump era, and Democrats hope their historic victory last night points to another national win in 2020.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters Warren Won’t Soak the Middle Class After All
Her Medicare for All plan avoids raising its taxes. But that shouldn’t overshadow how costly and potentially disruptive her plan is.
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Tom Brenner / Reuters Trump’s First Impeachment Win
The House’s resolution should have been the easiest for Republicans to go along with. None of them did.
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Andrew Harnik / Reuters Chris Coons’s Warning to Democrats
The Delaware senator’s insistence on civility has long annoyed the left. In an interview, he says Democrats risk defeat by matching the president “spite for spite.”
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Nancy Pelosi’s Big Move
The speaker long opposed a formal vote on the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. Her reasons for relenting are likely both political and legal.
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Chip Somodevilla / Reuters Trump Has Changed How His Rivals Are Remembered
The unnamed, uninvited president was a spectral presence at the funeral of Representative Elijah Cummings.
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Tom Brenner / Reuters The Whistle-Blowers Are Multiplying
William Taylor is the latest in a procession of Trump-administration officials to cry foul on the president.
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Alex Brandon / AP The Closed-Door Impeachment
The Democrats’ current strategy could undermine their bid to get public opinion firmly on their side.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Elijah Cummings, Reluctant Partisan Warrior
The story of the veteran lawmaker is one more example of how, in Washington, appearances deceive, and public performances and private relationships often diverge.
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Elizabeth Frantz / Reuters John Kasich Is a Man Without a Party
The former Ohio governor won’t vote for Donald Trump next year. But he’s not sold on the Democrats either.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters The Battle for Obama’s Legacy
A scrap over who deserves credit for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was the prickliest exchange yet between two top Democratic rivals, Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren.
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The Democrats’ New War on Warren
A volley of attacks from her rivals at tonight’s debate confirmed what polls have started to show: The senator from Massachusetts is the new leader of the primary pack.
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John McDonnell / The Washington Post via Getty ... The Blue Wave Faces Its First Test After 2018
Eight months after scandals rocked their party, Democrats are on the cusp of turning Virginia into an all-blue state.
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Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg via Getty Trump’s Intelligence Chief Didn’t Make Anyone Happy
Joseph Maguire did not endorse the explosive allegations of an anonymous whistle-blower, but neither did he rise to the president’s defense.
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Andrew Harnik / AP What Pelosi’s Pivot on Impeachment Really Means
Is this a defining moment in the Trump presidency, or merely some creative packaging?
