Politicians
Persons of Interest
Barbara Lee’s Antiwar Campaign for the Senate
In California’s crowded primary, can a longtime congresswoman sell her progressive ideals to the mainstream?
The Political Scene
Tim Scott’s Racial Absolution
The senator from South Carolina presents an early electoral victory—he became president of his high school, years after a “race riot”—as a tidy tale of prejudice overcome. Is that the full story?
Persons of Interest
The Billionaire Hotel Heir—and Progressive Hero?
As the governor of Illinois, J. B. Pritzker has managed to unstick a dysfunctional state government while pushing through an unapologetically liberal agenda. Can his strategy work on a national level?
Satire from The Borowitz Report
Kari Lake Furious That No One Has Searched Her Home for Stolen Documents
The former anchorwoman claimed that she has been calling for the F.B.I. to raid her house for weeks, but to no avail.
Daily Cartoon
Daily Cartoon: Monday, January 23rd
“There’s no limit to what we can accomplish now that we’ve made sure that nothing gets done.”
Satire from The Borowitz Report
Kari Lake Claims Victory in Georgia Runoff
“No one thought I would win this, but together we made it happen!” the former anchorwoman declared.
Daily Cartoon
Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, November 2nd
“My opponent is soft on all the violent crime I’m fomenting.”
Daily Comment
What Voters Can and Can’t Learn from John Fetterman’s Stroke
Health is rarely the thing that differentiates a competent politician from an incompetent one.
Comment
Herschel Walker’s Deficits Are Not the Only Cause for Concern
His Senate candidacy is a clear example of the warping effect that Donald Trump has had on the Republican Party nationally.
Daily Cartoon
Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, June 29th
“So what will it be, then—gumming up the works or greasing up the wheels?”
Profiles
Can Ron DeSantis Displace Donald Trump as the G.O.P.’s Combatant-in-Chief?
A fervent opponent of mask mandates and “woke” ideology, the Florida governor channels the same rage as the former President, but with greater discipline.
Comment
How Will Trump’s Primary Messages Affect the Midterms?
The former President has been sowing white-grievance politics and lies about election corruption from Pennsylvania to Wyoming, setting the scene for a potential constitutional crisis.
North Carolina Postcard
Madison Cawthorn and Mark Meadows: Congressional Racers
Congress is known for moving slowly, but not so for Cawthorn and Meadows, whose need for speed has landed them in trouble with the law—though they’ve sometimes avoided the worst legal consequences.
Comment
A Role Model for the Midterms
Democrats need to fight back against the Republicans’ phony culture war. Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow showed how.
The Political Scene
Madison Cawthorn’s Insurrection
One of the most radical members of Congress aims to remake North Carolina’s Republican Party.
A Reporter at Large
The Accidental Revolutionary Leading Belarus’s Uprising
How Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya came to challenge her country’s dictatorship.
Daily Cartoon
Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, November 2nd
“If elected, I promise to take down all my campaign signs.”
Letter from Israel
The Arab-Israeli Power Broker in the Knesset
Is Mansour Abbas changing the system or selling out the Palestinian cause?
Q. & A.
Andrew Yang’s Third-Party Aspirations
The entrepreneur turned politician makes the case for his new project, the Forward Party.
Annals of Democracy
Lyubov Sobol’s Hope for Russia
With Alexey Navalny in prison, one of his closest aides is carrying on the lonely work of the opposition.