The Democrats are reclaiming language they ceded to the GOP decades ago—and putting a liberal spin on it.

Suburban mothers have been coveted voters since the 1990s, but now they're running for office.

It's a foolish, losing message for Democrats—in the midterms and beyond.

Trump once supported more forgiving loans, but Betsy DeVos has other ideas. Meanwhile, Democrats are uniting around debt-free college.

How a new generation of authoritarian leaders are using climate change to seize power

The base of the Democratic Party is much further to the left than moderates recognize.

As the ACLU has transformed itself from a nonpartisan protector of civil liberties into one of Donald Trump’s most bitter political foes, it’s been forced to grapple with fundamental questions about its role in American society.

Robert Mueller’s latest indictment details how deeply Russia meddled with U.S. democracy to aid Trump, but the president still refuses to condemn it.

They spent years working the refs, and the FBI’s handling of the Clinton email investigation rewarded them for it.

A spoiler-filled review of 'The President Is Missing,' a fun, overlong novel that rips from the headlines while being out of step with the times.

Female candidates are turning gender and motherhood into political assets in the midterms.

The growing gender gap spells trouble for the future of U.S. politics

Inside the strange, uniform politics of today’s MBA programs—and what it says about America's elites

Opposition to the president in Orange County has boosted hopes of a wave election this fall. But Democrats need more than anti-Trump anger to win.

Is the country's leading paper too harsh on them, or are Bill and Hillary just paranoid and defensive?

Why does his story keep changing?

The 200-year legal struggle that led to Citizens United and gave corporations the rights of people