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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
President Joe Biden gives a thumbs-up as leaves Harrisburg International Airport on July 7 after holding several campaign events in Pennsylvania.

The state of Joe Biden: Hope isn’t a strategy

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
President Joe Biden speaks at Gateway Technical College’s iMet Center on May 8 in Sturtevant, Wis.

Editor’s Note: Stock market no panacea for Biden, Democrats

By Peter Cohn
Posted May 17, 2024 at 1:39pm
Joe Biden has lost sight of how he won in 2020, Winston writes. Above, the president is seen on May 3 at a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony.

Biden and Trump: We can’t possibly lose to this guy

By David Winston
Posted May 15, 2024 at 6:00am
This is not a year when any rational voter should believe in ticket splitting, or that a Democratic Congress could contain a President Trump bent on vengeance, Shapiro writes. Above, the Capitol is seen at dusk in October.

Will the last ticket-splitting voter please turn out the light?

By Walter Shapiro
Posted May 14, 2024 at 6:00am
Campaign signs for Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Nikki Haley beside a sign asking voters to write in President Joe Biden before the recent New Hampshire primary. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

A threat to democracy no one is talking about

By David Winston
Posted February 7, 2024 at 6:00am, Updated May 13, 2024 at 6:27pm