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Harris vs. Trump Is Taking Shape. And Then There’s Vance.
It’s a whole new era in presidential politics. Right?
By Gail Collins and Bret Stephens
It’s a whole new era in presidential politics. Right?
By Gail Collins and Bret Stephens
Republicans once proudly proclaimed their reverence for the Constitution; in Milwaukee, they crowned as their leader a man who attempted to subvert it.
By Peter Wehner
Jane Coaston interviews anti-abortion activist Kristan Hawkins about Donald Trump, the changes in the G.O.P. and how activists are pushing from the outside.
By Jane Coaston
She will need a message that reconnects the Democratic Party with the working-class voters it has alienated in recent decades.
By Michael J. Sandel
With the surge of support for her candidacy, you can sense an effort to overcome divisions on the left and to recover the unity of 2020.
By Ross Douthat
He has a history of remaking himself to suit the men in his life.
By Michelle Goldberg
Voters need a chance to see how the two candidates handle close public scrutiny in debates, interviews and informal events.
By The Editorial Board
Politics has become so much like entertainment that the first thing we do to make sense of the moment is to test it against a sitcom.
By Armando Iannucci
A strong politician in some ways, but also deeply flawed. Now, she’s ours.
By David Brooks
The G.O.P. has turned its own ignorance into a point of pride.
By Pamela Paul
In cobbling together a core constituency of voters who are both culturally conservative and financially hard-pressed, they are changing politics.
By Thomas B. Edsall
With Netanyahu’s visit, Congress can’t ignore its role in Gaza’s carnage.
By Megan K. Stack
When political violence is on the rise, accountability at all levels of society is the only way to stop it.
By Alex Kingsbury
The supreme gratification of watching Nancy Pelosi go to work.
By Jessica Bennett
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Coconut trees and Republican missteps.
By Frank Bruni, Mallory McMorrow and Simon Rosenberg
Don’t Take Trump’s Word for It. Check the Data.
By Steven Rattner and Aileen Clarke
Sorting out whether she’s an upgrade for Democrats.
By Kristen Soltis Anderson
She faces a moment different from when she ran for president in the 2020 cycle.
By Nicole Allan
Trump’s consolidated control of the G.O.P. has had the surprising effect of making its policies more, not less, unsettled.
By Julius Krein
As Democratic leaders fall in line behind Harris, her strengths and weaknesses warrant a closer look.
By Ross Douthat, David French, Michelle Goldberg and Lydia Polgreen
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