Desperate to Keep His Seat, Ted Cruz Gets Dumber and Dumber on Criminal Justice
The Texas senator's authoritarian attacks on Beto O'Rourke short-circuit rational discussion of police shootings, drug policy, and sentencing reform.
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New Low: Beto O'Rourke Apologizes for Denouncing T&A in College Theater Review
Eventually we'll have exposés of politicians stealing juiceboxes in kindergarten.
Protesters End Ted Cruz's Dinner Early, Accomplish Little Else
They got plenty of attention, but that's about it.
The Texas GOP is Trying to Beat Beto O'Rourke by Accusing Him of Being Too Cool
Texas Republicans invoke band membership and dyeing one's hair in outdated character attacks.
Ted Cruz and Beto O'Rourke's Sprint for the Senate Heats Up
The Texas Senate race is officially a toss-up.
Ted Cruz Challenger Rep. Beto O'Rourke, on a Possible DACA Deal: 'I'm Not Seeing It'
El Paso Democrat, trying to change Texas from red to blue, talks about guns, weed, and how we've already got "record safety and security on our border"
Bob Poole on Trump's Gas Tax, Rep. Beto O'Rourke on Challenging Ted Cruz
Matt Welch hosts Sirius XM Insight (channel 121) from 9-12 ET
Constitutional Conservatives for Defrocked Judges
Ted Cruz joins Rand Paul and Mike Lee in enthusiastically endorsing lawless jurist Roy Moore.
Lawmakers Want Heavy-Handed Regulation of Lighter-Than-Air Balloons
Regulators, for once, are pushing back.
Ted Cruz, Sex Toys, and the Constitution
Ted Cruz thinks a sex toy ban is stupid. That doesn't mean he thinks it's unconstitutional.
Ted Cruz Defends Dildos on CNN, Calls Himself 'One of the Most Libertarian Members of the Senate'
Cruz is walking back earlier support for sex-toy sales bans after his account liked a porn tweet on Twitter Tuesday.
Mike Lee: If Senate Approves Cruz/Lee Health Care Amendment, 'Then I Can Get to a Yes. If They Can't Then I Won't.'
In interview, the Utah senator signals a make-or-break moment for the Obamacare revamp, while Mike Rounds tries to bridge the moderate-conservative gap.
Ron Johnson and Ted Cruz Join the Rand Paul/Mike Lee Opposition to Obamacare Lite
Tea Party senators claim to be "open to negotiation" yet insist on repealing Obamacare, which no version of the AHCA has come close to doing.
Which Republican Will Play Gandalf to Trump's Balrog of a Health Care Bill?
As the president throws the Freedom Caucus under the bus by reportedly calling the AHCA a "mean, mean, mean…son of a bitch," Rand Paul says he'll vote against any "new entitlements," and the swing vote shifts to…Ted Cruz?
Time for Constitutional Conservatives to Start Acting Like it Post-Comey
Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and Mike Lee need to step up their oversight game
Sen. Ted Cruz Wants to Pay for Border Wall with Asset Forfeiture (UPDATE: Criminal Forfeiture Only)
This will encourage even more attempts to seize people's money and property.
Cruz: Republicans Cannot Drop Health Care, Should Focus on Free Market Solutions
"Eighteen days does not a final product make."
Ted Cruz: Republicans Have to Support Asset Forfeiture Reform
Says he can't back criminal justice reform for violent offenders.
Sanders-Cruz Healthcare Debate Rehashes Old Talking Points, Illustrates Problem of Government in Healthcare
Bernie Sanders tells a business owner he doesn't know about the hairdressing business, but he doesn't know about business at all.
Cruz Is the Latest Republican to Endorse a Man He Thinks Is Unfit to Be President
Trump's supporters have called him a "ridiculous" showman, a "con artist," "a pathological liar," and "a cancer on conservatism."
Watch: Donald Trump Brings Up Ted Cruz's Dad and Lee Harvey Oswald, Says He Doesn't Want Ted Cruz's Endorsement
More than 100 days left until the election.
In a Party Filled With Cowards, Cruz Stood Apart
Republican delegates booed when he told them to vote their conscience.
Utah Delegates Still Not Sold on Donald Trump, May Vote for Gary Johnson
On final night of RNC, 2 Utah delegates tell Reason they're still mad their votes for Ted Cruz went to Trump, and are receptive to voting Libertarian.
The Fifth Column From the RNC!
Cruz's ju-jitsu, Trump's WTF policy "ideas," and Gary Johnson's triumphant party-crash
Quiet Liberal Victories at the Republican Convention
Want to see how far feminism and gay liberation have come? Watch what passes without comment at the RNC.
Ted Cruz Defines Freedom As Its Opposite
The Texas senator tells Republicans freedom is just another word for blocking immigration, restricting trade, and banning gay marriage.
Cruz's Constitutionalism Trumps Trump's Trumpism
The Texas senator is the least scary major-party option.
Always Worse Than Trump on Immigration, Obama Plans Big Deportation Raids Over Next Weeks
Donald Trump and other conservatives' deportation fantasies are awful. President Obama's actual record is even worse.
Trump: An Elephant Man for the Beauty Pageant
Trump supporters hold up a funhouse mirror to a political class they find even more disgusting
John McCain Decries the Trumpian 'Nativism' That He Depends on to Stay in the Senate Forever
79-year-old senator wants you to know he feels very bad about the presidential candidate he made possible, yet still won't join Neocons 4 Hillary because he has to win another re-election
Will the Libertarian Party Turn the Trump-Hillary Race Into More Than 1%?
These questions and more debated on the new episode of The Fifth Column
Ted Cruz Drops Out, Securing GOP Nomination for Donald Trump.
Trump vs. Clinton is now guaranteed. #NeverTrump? How about #NeverPolitics. Or #libertarian?
Donald Trump Wins Indiana, Ted Cruz Ends Campaign
Ted Cruz described Indiana as must-win, but it probably spelled the end of #StopTrump.
Ted Cruz Tells Everyone How He Really Feels About Donald Trump
The Texas senator used to call the GOP frontrunner "terrific." Now he says Trump is a "pathological liar" and a "narcissist."
Donald Trump Accuses Ted Cruz's Dad of Hanging Out with Lee Harvey Oswald
"You know, his father was with Lee Harvey Oswald prior to Oswald's being, uh, you know, shot."
"The Surprising Weakness of Invincible Institutions": GOP Indiana Primary Edition
From the Roman Empire to oil-rich Venezuela to Kodak to the GOP, big things go bust all the time. And that's OK.
How to Lose the Latino Vote
The immigration policies favored by Trump and Cruz will alienate people Republicans need to win.
The 2 Million People Who Will Elect the Next President
And what politicians don't understand about them.
2 Million Voters in 7 Counties Will Decide 2016. Who Will Win Them?
Hot Air's Ed Morrissey has surprising answers in his deeply researched new book, Going Red.
Ted Cruz Will Announce Carly Fiorina As His Running Mate. He Knows His Campaign's In Trouble.
The early VP pick is a last-ditch effort to stop Trump.
Donald Trump Sweeps the 5 'Acela Primaries,' But the Republican Party Will Continue to Fracture
One thing Trump is right about: party politics is a "corrupt enterprise."
'Women's Issues' Dominate In 2016 Presidential-Campaign Ads
Equal pay, abortion, and other issues concerning sex and gender are all over TV this election.
Ted Cruz and John Kasich Are Teaming Up to Try to Stop Donald Trump at a Contested Convention
Two late night press releases reveal the unusual state of the GOP primary race.
