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Our Columnists
What’s Left of Reagan Republicanism After the Demise of Nikki Haley’s Campaign?
Old-style free-market conservatism lives on at think tanks and among the G.O.P.’s donor class, but Donald Trump’s grip on the Party’s voters is viselike.
Letter from Biden’s Washington
Trump Isn’t Even Hiding His Plans to Go “ROGUE”
On the week when the Republican nomination fight began—and just about ended.
Our Columnists
Deconstructing Paul Ryan’s Condemnation of Donald Trump
The impeachment votes of February, 2021, may have marked the last opportunity for the party of Lincoln to escape its fate as Trump’s purring lap dog.
Dispatch
Why Ron DeSantis Doesn’t Have a Prayer in Iowa
The Florida governor has won the backing of the state’s political establishment—and the electorate has always been skeptical of Trump. So what went wrong?
Our Columnists
Trump’s Fascistic Rhetoric Only Emphasizes the Stakes in 2024
As he leads the polls nearly a year out from Election Day, the former President is taking the sort of hateful language that in the past he’s used about immigrants and applying it to his political enemies.
Our Columnists
Nikki Haley Takes On the Scum at the Third Republican Debate
Donald Trump has dominated the primary season, but his former U.N. Ambassador is the best debater in the field—and she would probably be the G.O.P.’s most effective candidate against Joe Biden.
Daily Comment
How Mike Johnson Went from Relative Obscurity to Speaker of the House
The Louisiana Republican is best known for leading an effort to vote against certifying the results of the 2020 election—not because of fraud but on arcane legal grounds.
Our Columnists
The Symbiotic, Democracy-Eroding Relationship Between Donald Trump and Jim Jordan
Jordan is a perfect ally for Trump, and a walking embodiment of a radicalized G.O.P. That won’t change, even if his Speaker bid fails because enough Republicans from Biden-majority districts hold the line.
Letter from Biden’s Washington
The Chaos Party on the Hill Keeps On Chaos-ing
Even after Hamas’s attack on Israel, House Republicans are too busy fighting with themselves to get serious about the rest of the world.
Our Columnists
“Thank You for Speaking While I’m Interrupting”: The Crosstalk Chaos of the Second Republican Debate
The event, which was billed as a chance for Donald Trump’s rivals to change their fortunes, only reinforced the confusion and aimlessness of their candidacies.
Letter from Biden’s Washington
The Twilight of Mitch McConnell and the Spectre of 2024
On the dangerous reign of the octogenarians.
Letter from Biden’s Washington
The G.O.P. and the Ghosts of Iraq
Ukraine shows that Republicans have moved a long way from the Party of George W. Bush.
Letter from Biden’s Washington
2024 Trump Is Even Scarier Than 2020 Trump
When the front-running ex-President campaigns on a platform of “retribution” and “termination,” it’s best to take him seriously.
Comment
The Republicans Begin to Eye 2024
It’s been a winter of garish factional disputes in the G.O.P., and Donald Trump remains a seismic force of instability.
Letter from Biden’s Washington
Donald Who?: Fox, the Dominion Case, and the Perils of Pivoting from Trump
Ignoring the former President doesn’t seem to have sunk him yet.
The Political Scene
Why Is Nikki Haley Running for President?
The announcement from Trump’s U.N. Ambassador that she is challenging her former boss in the Republican primary was met with some derision, but it would be a mistake to underestimate her.
Comment
The New G.O.P. Takes the Country Hostage with the Debt Ceiling
Why the Republicans’ routine threat to wreck the economy, rather than raise the borrowing limit, could end differently this time.
Letter from Biden’s Washington
The Ukraine Crackup in the G.O.P.
Republicans aren’t united with one another, never mind with Joe Biden.
Our Columnists
Is Donald Trump Losing His Mojo?
The former President’s political and legal challenges are mounting, even as some polls indicate that he still has a lot of support among Republicans.
Comment
The Biden-Documents Mess
House Republicans are ramping up conspiracy theories, but one thing seems clear: the government’s documents system has an overclassification addiction.