Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump’s extremely un-presidential debate
Trump and Clinton smudged facts and hurled insults that will live for decades in the encyclopedias of political mudslinging
Allen Abel
How third-party candidates could decide U.S. election
Allen Abel on the candidates hoping to find a sweet spot with an unhappy electorate. They won’t win, but could steal enough votes to be dangerous.
Tim Kaine: The running mate who matters
A VP candidate is rarely important. But after Hillary Clinton’s health troubles, Tim Kaine suddenly is.
Why I’m voting for Donald Trump
Ordinary Americans explain why they plan to vote for Donald Trump on Nov. 8
A nation of sick presidents
Forget Clinton’s pneumonia. Many U.S. presidents have had serious illnesses, from Eisenhower’s heart attack to Johnson’s gall bladder surgery
Blame the Boomers for this, too?
How the protest generation of the ’60s left behind division, violence—and Trump and Clinton
The sweetest night of Hillary Clinton’s political career
On the final day of the DNC, Allen Abel crosses the Delaware to the home of Walt Whitman, the poet who once asked ’Who are you who would talk or sing to America?’
Obama passes the torch, 12 years after his own was lit
As Barack Obama wields his oratory for Hillary Clinton, his valedictory reveals the audacity of his legacy’s scope
In America, all they have to fear is American politics itself
On Philadelphia’s historic Broad Street, in this summer of Trump and Clinton, Americans talk about hopes and fears
Day 2 at the DNC: Exit Bernie. Enter Bill.
Bernie tries to quell his rebellion. Hillary finally makes history. And a former president makes his mark.