Campaigns · 119th Congress
Eight(ish) California predictions for 2026
A new leader to run the private university would be expected to start July 1 — will they be Trump-friendly, or a fighter?
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Opinion · 119th Congress
The electorate’s inflation report card: three factors to watch
In 2024, Democrats won independents by 1 point and Republicans won 220 seats. In 2018, Democrats won independents by 12 and Democrats won 235 seats.
Opinion · 119th Congress
There’s no sugarcoating inflation
In 2024, Democrats won independents by 1 point, and Republicans got 220 seats. What would the result be if Democrats won independents by 13? Not a particularly hard math problem.
Opinion · 119th Congress
This election was the wakeup call Republicans needed for 2026
↵↵Based on exit polls as of Wednesday afternoon, here are five factors that were in play that Republicans need to understand going into the 2026 midterms. 1) Independents↵↵Republicans' loss of independents
Opinion · 117th Congress
It’s about more than one dinner and a man named Trump
the Right” rally and his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol (both of which were graced with Fuentes’ presence), should be a step too far, even for the former president’s No. 1
Opinion · 117th Congress
It was all about the independents, again
Only 1 percent of independent voters rated the economy as “excellent,” while 19 percent called it “good,” 41 percent said “not so good” and another 38 percent said “poor.”
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Traumatized Nancy Pelosi says ‘it’s time for healing.’ But Donald Trump will never allow it
David DePape echoed them after bashing Paul Pelosi’s head, later telling law enforcement officers “he did not leave after Pelosi’s call to 9-1-1 because, much like the American founding fathers with the
Opinion · 117th Congress
The powerful legacy of the Jan. 6 committee
Another Gallup survey found that Americans, by more than a 2-to-1 margin, believed that the Watergate committee was motivated by a desire to “get at facts” rather than to “discredit” Nixon.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
So little Senate floor time left, so many Biden judicial nominees in limbo
Yet another was $1 billion — that’s how much the CR included to help low-income households deal with winter heating bills at a time when natural gas prices are, like seemingly everything else, climbing
Opinion · 117th Congress
‘What happened to your country?’: The poisoned well of the Trump era
A few days later, during a Sept. 1 prime-time speech in Philadelphia, Biden called Trump and his MAGA believers a “threat” to the country.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Independents will make or break Biden and the Democrats in November
But in 2020, that margin was reduced to 1. In terms of self-identified ideology, in 2016 the margin of conservatives over liberals was 9 points.
Congress · 117th Congress
Power Rankings: How political players resemble the top college football teams in all the land
Playoff-bound 1. Alabama — Senate Majority Leader Charles E.
Congress · 117th Congress
‘I’m not going to meet with MBS’: Biden serves a rare presidential double fault in Saudi Arabia
That’s broken pledge No. 1. “Pariah.” That’s what candidate Biden vowed to treat the Saudi Arabian government as.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Biden unites country, but it’s not what you think
The Pew poll (April 25-May 1) also found that 78 percent of Americans are either “frustrated with the federal government” (60 percent) or “angry” (18 percent), while only 22 percent “say they are
Opinion · 117th Congress
Biden talks inflation: Another swing and a miss
And independents were skeptical by more than 2 to 1 (21 percent to 55 percent).
Opinion · 117th Congress
The Democratic message from Utah — of all places
And the event was the Democratic convention in a state that routinely elects Republican senators by a better than 2-to-1 margin.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Can we just leave God out of it?
Lindsey Graham asked me to rate mine on a scale of 1 to 10, as he did Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, I would have to, as she did, refuse.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Biden: Crisis of credibility
Claim on deficit reduction:“This year we’re on track to cut the deficit by more than 1 trillion, 300 billion dollars. One trillion three hundred billion dollars.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Americans who excuse violence need to see the world through Maxine McNair’s eyes — and soul
A recent Washington Post-University of Maryland poll found that about 1 in 3 Americans believed violence against the government could at times be justified.
Opinion · 117th Congress
Biden’s economic message needs a reality check
Biden will give his State of the Union address on March 1, the latest date for any president in history.