Republican Primary 2024

March 4, 2024

February 29, 2024

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Cognitive Decline? Trump Goes on Bonkers Rant at Border

The former president has taken issue with languages.

February 29, 2024

Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani

Here’s How Long the Supreme Court Could Delay Trump’s Jan. 6 Trial

The Supreme Court’s decision to hear Donald Trump’s immunity case is slowing everything down.

February 29, 2024

Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani

Want Some Good News? Another State Has Booted Trump From the Ballot

A third state has determined Trump committed insurrection.

February 28, 2024

Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani

Supreme Court Throws Huge Wrench Into Trump Trial Schedule

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Donald Trump’s case on whether he has presidential immunity.

February 28, 2024

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Billionaire Donald Trump Can’t Post His New York Fraud Bond

The former president’s lawyers offered an 1,800-page explanation for why he shouldn’t have to pay up.

February 27, 2024

Tori Otten

Key Witness Against Fani Willis Completely Crumbles on the Stand

Terrence Bradley, a key witness for Donald Trump’s team, sounded more like an office gossip when he took the stand in the Georgia trial.

February 27, 2024

Walter Shapiro

Don’t Panic, Democrats!

They’re freaking out about a Biden-Trump rematch. It’s far too early to start worrying.

February 26, 2024

Tori Otten

Special Counsel: The Hur Report Is Bad for Trump, Actually

Special counsel Jack Smith argues that the controversial report shows how egregious Trump’s handling of classified material was.

February 26, 2024

Tori Otten

Donald Trump Jr. Has a Gross New Obsession

Why is the former president's son obsessed with the current president's sex life?

February 24, 2024

Siddhartha Deb

They Came, They Saw, They Left Early: Trump Stumps in South Carolina

The insurgent energy of a 2016 Trump rally is gone. But the enemies are the same, and that may be all that matters.

February 22, 2024

Justin Glawe

Nikki Haley’s Hometown Is Not Nikki Haley Country

What the politics of Bamberg County reveal about the former South Carolina governor’s struggles against Trump

February 13, 2024

Stephen Lezak

Republicans Care About Climate Change Too. Our Presidential Primaries

Early Republican primaries prioritize voters who care less about global warming.

January 25, 2024

Paul Waldman

Nikki Haley Is Going to Lay into Trump, and It Will Be Great to Watch

When Biden attacks Trump, it’s dog bites man. But when Haley hits him, it’s news. And she can remind voters of all the bad things about Trump they’ve forgotten.

January 24, 2024

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Everyone Agrees the GOP Primary Is Over—Except Nikki Haley

The former South Carolina governor is hell-bent on pressing on, but Republicans are closing ranks.

January 23, 2024

Melissa Gira Grant

DeSantis Will Now Return to What He Does Best: Terrorizing LGBTQ People in Florida

His presidential campaign may be over. But his hateful legacy lives on.

January 22, 2024

Walter Shapiro

What Have We Learned in the Republican Presidential Race? Almost Nothing.

The media’s horse-race coverage of a nomination fight dominated by Trump was ultimately pointless—and often embarrassingly wrong.

January 19, 2024

Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling

Spot the Nikki Haley Insurgents in a Sea of Red MAGA Hats

Not everyone at a Trump rally in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, this week was a dyed-in-the-wool supporter.

January 8, 2024

Michael Tomasky

We Are Sleepwalking Into a Dangerous Primary Season

A surreal run-up to the Iowa caucuses highlights just how strange—and treacherous—the Republican Party has become.

November 28, 2023

Alex Shephard

How the Club for Growth Fell Out With Trump

The pugilistic anti-tax group is feuding with the GOP’s most powerful figure—and getting pummeled.

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