WashingtonI pledge allegiance to this shiny flagImproved Trump version, obviously. Solid metal. Gold-leaf accents. Good luck, wind!
WorldAnother step in democracy’s deliberate marchDonald Trump and Hillary Clinton pad their leads, while the presidential race itself gets both clearer and muddier. Allen Abel reports from Florida.
PhotoLook the partisan: Election fever hits AmericaAmericans are displaying their political preferences on their sleeves—and their shirts, their licence plates, their tattoos, and their hair
WashingtonHow a wild, vicious election has rejuvenated U.S. punditryAmerica’s pundit proxy election is making for bitter politics, but very entertaining TV
WashingtonWhen did America stop being great?The 2016 U.S. election cycle is all about urging America to be great again. Scott Gilmore disagrees with the premise.
WashingtonHow Donald Trump happenedAllen Abel criss-crosses America to find out how Donald Trump managed to make himself the GOP’s likely champion
WorldFrom here on in, it’s all Clinton-TrumpOn Super Tuesday, the frontrunners obliterated their opponents, setting the stage for eight solid months of empty vows and vitriol
WashingtonFor Donald Trump, the U.S. establishment only has itself to blameFor years, the status quo has hummed along in Western politics. But the electorate is catching on.
WashingtonHow bad could a President Trump really be?Scott Gilmore on—gulp!—what a Donald Trump presidency would look like
WashingtonWhy a Hillary Clinton victory begins in South CarolinaBernie Sanders’s anti-Wall Street pitch won’t win over South Carolina. And so Clinton arrives at her high-stakes firewall