Most Americans Want Congress to Fix Budget Crisis, Increase Spending. Huh?
You can't have it both ways.
You can't have it both ways.
Rep. Tom Reed says he was threatened with "consequences" as a result.
It all comes down to one man.
Plus: United Nations goes to bat for Julian Assange and Slack censors chat with Iranians.
"Does the USA want to be the Policeman of the Middle East?" the president asks-and gets a resounding yes from Republicans and Democrats.
NeverTrump conservatives flock to 62-year-old Maryland governor whose foreign policy views are a blank slate.
His 16-year-old blog posts are completely irrelevant to his testimony on the minimum wage.
Conservatives and moderates don't agree on much, but they do agree on this: The state GOP is dead in the water and needs a new strategy to revive itself.
Killing Section 230 would only lead web platforms to ban even more speech.
The race has come to be defined more by controversy than by policy.
By careening towards populism, the GOP handed over to the Democrats modern, growing, diverse and prosperous suburbs such as Orange County.
Supporters are concerned about the bill's future if it doesn't pass this year.
The GOP needs a new theory of government.
Baffled by and fearful of each other, the political tribes remain consumed by loathing and dedicated to total victory.
Should the Senate majority leader really be celebrating more reckless spending?
Bruce Poliquin is currently ahead. But a new requirement that he get a majority vote could unseat him.
No blue wave, no "Trump bump." We're still waiting for politics to catch up with a world of increased individual autonomy.
Plus: The FDA will ban flavored e-cigarette sales at most places, and Chris Christie is being floated as Jeff Sessions' replacement.
The Trumpening of the Republican Party continues apace. What will principled conservatives do now that it's clear they have no home in the GOP?
But a few of Tuesday's big races indicate he did more harm than good.
He's not the first dead person to win an election.
It's unorthodox, but it makes sense.
Plus: Russian bots still stirring election fears and social media growth in U.S. is flat.
Plus, a Gary Johnson honorable mention.
Even when Americans don't love their political allies, they hate their opponents.
Some conservatives are calling it a political stunt cooked up by Democrats. Democrats blame Trump's rhetoric. Trump blames the media.
Plus: Trump condemns poor cover-up of Saudi journalist killing and Houston compromises on sex robots.
Meanwhile, Alex Jones yells at horseshit.
It's misguided to politicize something as non-controversial as an honorary degree.
Imma let you finish, but the Tay and Ye beef is the best political lesson of all time.
Sen. Lindsey Graham had the quote of the day: "I think I know what happened."
We didn't get another Anita Hill hearing. Let's consider that a small silver lining.
Independents now make up a plurality of the public.
Or is the L.P. our best bet for making a difference?
Texas Republicans invoke band membership and dyeing one's hair in outdated character attacks.
"If you surround yourself with white supremacists and Nazis, then you're telling me that you're one of them," Winsome Sears tells Reason.
The former Ron Paul delegate, current state senator, and underdog to unseat independent Angus King says Johnson "would be one of the best U.S. senators."
Don't let the chair of the California Democrat Party catch you donating $25,000 to the GOP.
Many Americans don't care about who is right or wrong; they only care about crushing political enemies.
A Trump loyalist, a Bernie-backed progressive, and lots of moderates were victorious. It's hard to create an overarching narrative out of that.
As with school shootings, terrible events breed really bad policy ideas.
The Republican Party should take a more forceful and public stand on behalf of freedom and opportunity for all.
Rep. Vern Buchanan bought a yacht with a giant loan from a foreign bank that lobbied heavily in favor of tax reform.
The two major parties continue their sorting into democratic socialists on the left and Mercantilist nativists to the right.
"We wish it got the pitch forks out and it doesn't."
Burn victim. Demon. Half-brother to The Undertaker. Knox County Mayor.