Allen Abel

From 2016: After a long battle with animal rights groups, the era of the circus elephant is coming to a bitter close

With leaders on both sides claiming a hometown connection, a city historically at odds with Washington suddenly matters

Melania Trump would be a presidential spouse unlike any other. Even her fellow Slovenians are not celebrating the idea.

Allen Abel tours the Communist island to learn what Cubans hope the President’s arrival will bring

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton pad their leads, while the presidential race itself gets both clearer and muddier. Allen Abel reports from Florida.

Allen Abel criss-crosses America to find out how Donald Trump managed to make himself the GOP’s likely champion

On Super Tuesday, the frontrunners obliterated their opponents, setting the stage for eight solid months of empty vows and vitriol

Bernie Sanders’s anti-Wall Street pitch won’t win over South Carolina. And so Clinton arrives at her high-stakes firewall

In Burlington, Vt., a fluke mayoral election turned a losing politician into a local hero—and a would-be president

By showering approval on two men on the ideological edge of their political parties, New Hampshire sent a message to the establishment