Allen Abel

The candidates must have called a thousand times. And with America’s eyes upon them, the residents of tiny Adel, Iowa, didn’t disappoint on caucus day.

As the former president hits the campaign trail for the would-be president, he brings heavy baggage and some unwelcome memories

A fearful America looks nervously at its northern border

Barack Obama’s White House announcement of executive actions over sale and possession of guns inspired tears. And gun sales. And partisan ire.

Hillary Clinton will win a nasty presidential race that strains U.S. democracy and leaves a trail of bitterness

Marco Rubio has what it takes to be America’s president. But first, he needs to triumph in a crowded, histrionic Republican field.

On the road in Iowa, two of the biggest names in U.S. politics—a Bush and a Clinton—cross paths, both struggling to live up to impossible expectations

’We now have an imperative to send astrobiologists to Mars,’ says John Grunsfeld administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate

He’s a socialist, anti-Wall Street senator from Vermont who’s drawing bigger crowds than Trump. Why America is suddenly paying attention to Bernie Sanders.

Allen Abel crosses the country to take America’s true temperature on Donald Trump. And few are saying no—regardless of party allegiances