The Donald Trump era in American politics has been defined in part by the assumption that something might at some point get in Trump’s way. To date, this hasn’t really happened. Over the course of the 2016 Republican primaries, it was often assumed that Trump would flame out, that one of his controversial comments would […]Read More

In the spring of 2014 and on through the sizzling summer that year, tens of thousands of children crossed the U.S.-Mexico border into Texas without their parents. News organizations blasted images of kids crammed into over-air-conditioned, cage-like U.S. Border Patrol holding pens partitioned by chain-link fencing. The youngsters cocooned themselves in shiny silver mylar blankets […]Read More

When Donald Trump and his allies set about falsely claiming that an impending Senate immigration deal would greenlight 5,000 undocumented immigrants per day, lead GOP negotiator Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) predicted what would happen when the actual text of the deal was released and they were proved wrong. “None of those folks are going to […]Read More

On Tuesday, Nevada will hold a Republican presidential primary. Two days later, the state GOP will host Republican presidential caucuses — with a different set of candidates competing. Confusing? Yes. Here’s how we got there and what will actually matter. After decades of holding sparsely attended caucuses, which sometimes got messy and chaotic, Nevada legislators […]Read More

On Tuesday, Nevada will hold a Republican presidential primary. Two days later, the state GOP will host Republican presidential caucuses — with a different set of candidates competing. Confusing? Yes. Here’s how we got there and what will actually matter. After decades of holding sparsely attended caucuses, which sometimes got messy, and chaotic, Nevada legislators […]Read More

The House is preparing legislation to cut federal taxes for relatively high-income married couples in high-tax states, a measure meant to placate politically vulnerable Republicans who last week nearly held up another tax relief measure for working families to force a vote on the issue. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Michael Lawler (R-N.Y.), would raise […]Read More

The House is preparing legislation to cut federal taxes for relatively high-income married couples in high-tax states, a measure meant to placate politically vulnerable Republicans who last week nearly held up another tax relief measure for working families to force a vote on the issue. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Michael Lawler (R-N.Y.), would raise […]Read More

On Tuesday, Nevada will hold a Republican presidential primary. Two days later, the state GOP will host Republican presidential caucuses — with a different set of candidates competing. Confusing? Yes. Here’s how we got there and what will actually matter. After decades of holding sparsely attended caucuses, which sometimes got messy, and chaotic, Nevada legislators […]Read More

After months of talks, Senate negotiators on Sunday released a sweeping bipartisan border security deal that is aimed at discouraging migrants from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. The $118 billion national security legislation also includes billions of dollars in funding for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific, but it has a politically perilous path ahead. Even before […]Read More