Allen Abel

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

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