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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared a “Freedom Summer” in his state, using a name that powerfully resonates in American history, Curtis writes.

American history turned upside down — and that’s the point

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted June 13, 2024 at 6:00am
California’s dominant role in winning the popular vote for Democrats is clearly growing, Winston writes.

Want to understand the Electoral College? Just look at California

By David Winston
Posted June 12, 2024 at 6:00am
Electoral models can’t account for the idiosyncratic factors that are shaping the current presidential race, Shapiro writes. Above, Donald Trump leaves a campaign rally at Sunset Park in Las Vegas on June 9.

Ten rules for understanding the 2024 elections

By Walter Shapiro
Posted June 11, 2024 at 6:00am
Donald Trump walks toward the stage to speak at a rally at Montana State University on Aug. 9.

The path to victory for Trump is policy, not personality

Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and attorney Ben Crump, left, leave a news conference at the Capitol on Wednesday after meeting with congressional leaders about increasing minority representation in the multibillion-dollar luxury spirits industry.

Editor’s Note: Running the numbers in Congress

By Jason Dick
Posted June 7, 2024 at 5:06pm
People gather outside Trump Tower in New York as Donald Trump holds a post-conviction press conference on May 31. His fans are loud and proud of their guy, no matter what a jury decided, Curtis writes.

Just give Donald Trump, baggage and all, the GOP crown

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted June 6, 2024 at 6:00am
Joe Biden seems to be taking a page out of Hillary Clinton’s playbook, Winston writes. Above, the pair attend a ceremony on Capitol Hill in 2016.

Is Biden channeling Hillary Clinton’s campaign strategy? 

By David Winston
Posted June 5, 2024 at 6:01am
Donald Trump holds a presidential campaign rally in Crotona Park on May 23 in the Bronx borough of New York City.

It’s past time to retire covering rallies as signs of momentum

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted May 28, 2024 at 12:50pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer conducts a news conference after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on Tuesday.

Strange things are afoot at the Capitol

By Jason Dick
Posted May 24, 2024 at 4:10pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., flanked by the Bipartisan Senate AI Working Group members Todd Young, R-Ind., Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Mike Rounds, R-S.D., holds a news conference on artificial intelligence in the Capitol on May 15. Former Reps. Loretta Sanchez and Greg Walden write that the U.S. must continue to innovate its technology in order to win the war of values with countries like China.

US-China tech race will determine values that shape the future

By Rep. Loretta Sanchez and Rep. Greg Walden
Posted May 24, 2024 at 6:00am
The procession outside Donald Trump’s hush money trial over the past couple weeks has looked like a casting call for “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” Curtis writes. From left, Rep. Byron Donalds, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Speaker Mike Johnson and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy listen as Trump speaks to reporters in New York City on May 14.

Trump’s mini-mes in uniform are waging war on American institutions

By Mary C. Curtis
Posted May 22, 2024 at 6:15am