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Trump claims FBI gave Clinton immunity in email investigation

Donald Trump suggested Thursday that Democratic rival Hillary Clinton was "probably" given immunity to talk to the FBI for their investigation into her emails...  Read more

Trump on shaky ground in raising Clinton affairs

Republicans worry that Trump might do for Clinton what she has had trouble doing for herself: rehabilitate her image...  Read more

The Radical Left's Trump Envy

During Bill Ayers's pre-debate book talk at one of D.C.'s chain of progressive salons Busboys and Poets, I briefly feared for my life...  Read more

Millennials hate this election

If you thought millennials were unenthused by the prospect of voting in this upcoming election, that would be a gross understatement...  Read more

Black Trump voter: I won’t be shamed into voting for Hillary

Pierry Benjamin has been a community activist for years, working endlessly to better the lives of vulnerable people in urban cities...  Read more

State of the race: 7 swing states, 7 paths to Trump victory

As Election Day comes closer and polling numbers become clearer, there seem to be seven ways for Donald Trump to win the White House...  Read more

Congress rebukes Obama, rejects his 9/11 lawsuit veto

President Obama lost his first veto fight with Congress on Wednesday after Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate voted overwhelmingly to override his objection to 9/11 lawsuit bill...  Read more

Trump Beats Expectations

He was better early, she was better late. Better to be better early...  Read more

Senate blocks spending bill 3 days before government shutdown

Senate lawmakers blocked a stopgap bill on Tuesday that would temporarily fund the government and provide $1.1 billion for the fight against Zika, just days before a bill is needed to avoid a partial government shutdown after Friday  Read more

Did Donald Trump deconstruct Hillary Clinton with marginal voters?

One way to look at Monday's night presidential debate: Both candidates were speaking, time and again, to marginal voters...  Read more

The Muslim case against Hillary Clinton

After watching Monday night’s debate, an overwhelming majority of Muslim Americans came away thinking it was absolutely inconceivable that they would vote for Donald Trump...  Read more

Hillary Clinton admits plan to kill millions of jobs during debate

Hillary Clinton wasted no time during the first presidential debate of the general election to promote her plan to kill jobs through a nationwide minimum wage hike through a government mandate...  Read more

Four Legs of the Obama Legacy, From 'The Ultimate Exit Interview'

If you doubt the president's self-regard, you should follow him on Twitter or read the new issue of Vanity Fair online...  Read more

Why millennials have become the swing vote in 2016

If anyone cared about statistics anymore, they would show that 2016 has a clear swing vote: millennials...  Read more

Hillary’s lead with millennials shrinks by 66% since August

A new poll released on Monday showed that Hillary Clinton hasn’t stopped the bleeding from her support since early in September...  Read more

State Department weighs deal to speed up release of deleted Clinton emails

Most of the 5,600 work-related emails recovered by the FBI would stay secret beyond Election Day under the current arrangement...  Read more

Trump, Clinton clash hard in fiery first presidential debate

Donald Trump was on the attack against Hillary Clinton from the outset of the debate while she was cool and dissmisive...  Read more

Electoral Mapmaking

One of the most pervasive myths in American politics is that a “Big Blue Wall" will protect Democratic presidential nominees, perhaps even those who lose the popular vote...  Read more