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Don't believe that a big, blue wave is coming ashore in Texas' elections this year.

Peter RoffMarch 7, 2018

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Texas shows why national committees need to stay out of primaries.

Pat Garofalo March 7, 2018

Donald Trump is the apotheosis of our self-obsessed, morally bankrupt politics.

Eric Schnurer March 7, 2018

The answer is not more guns inside; it's fewer guns outside, coupled with supporting the efforts of teachers and the lives of children.

Sydney Chaffee, Sean McComb and Josh Parker March 7, 2018

Kellyanne Conway and the EPA headline the latest ethical questions involving the Trump administration.

Robert Schlesinger March 6, 2018

What is Trump mumbling to himself now that Hope Hicks is gone?

Jamie Stiehm March 6, 2018

The president is risking an international trade war to protect his strongman image.

John Stoehr March 6, 2018

Trump's former aide typifies the president's habit of hiring mirrored versions of himself.

Nicole Hemmer March 6, 2018

Protectionism may win some Rust Belt votes, but it means higher prices for everyone.

Peter Roff March 5, 2018

A bunch of Senate Democrats support a bank deregulation bill that is bad politics and awful policy.

Pat Garofalo March 5, 2018