South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg during the Democratic primary debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Calif., December 19, 2019. (Mike Blake/Reuters) The grievously misnamed Affordable Care Act was in part an effort to replicate the widely admired Swiss health-care system in the American context. The basic problem with that always has been that

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg speaks during a campaign event where he is endorsed by actor Kevin Costner, at a high school in Indianola, Iowa, U.S. December 22, 2019. (Rachel Mummey/Reuters) Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is facing criticism for an email one of his top fundraisers sent out that appeared to peddle influence to

Then-White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, May 22, 2019. (Leah Millis/Reuters) On Sunday, Sarah Huckabee Sanders continued to fan speculation that she will use her former perch as White House press secretary to jump-start an Arkansas gubernatorial campaign. While speaking at the conservative group Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit, Sanders was asked if

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks during the Democratic primary debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Calif., December 19, 2019. (Mike Blake/Reuters) Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren sparred on the debate stage Thursday night over fundraising, with the South Bend, Ind., mayor telling Warren “this is the problem with issuing purity tests you

Former vice president Joe Biden during the Democratic primary debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Calif., December 19, 2019. (Mike Blake/Reuters) Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden answered in the affirmative on Thursday when asked whether he would be willing to sacrifice economic growth and blue-collar jobs in the oil and gas industries in

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks during the Democratic primary debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Calif., December 19, 2019. (Mike Blake/Reuters) Two of the more interesting assessments of Pete Buttigieg I’ve read lately focused upon why young online progressives — a demographic that at first glance would be a natural base of

Ah, parenting in the Internet age: It’s an experience full of mystery and wonder! Whether you’re at the local school, a youth sporting event, or a kid’s birthday party, it’s common to see groups of young children, sometimes as young as third or fourth grade, huddled blank-eyed over their collective … Read More

Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax (Jonathan Drake/Reuters) A spokeswoman for Virginia lieutenant governor Justin Fairfax confirmed Thursday that Fairfax plans to run for governor in 2021 despite two outstanding sexual assault allegations. Fairfax apparently did not intend to make an announcement, but ended up revealing his plan this week while addressing the Petersburg TRIAD, a

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg speaks during a town hall meeting in Fort Dodge, Iowa, U.S., April 16, 2019. (Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters) During last night’s Democratic debate, South Bend, Ind., mayor Pete Buttigieg foiled an attempted attack from Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren, who started a spat about accepting the support of wealthy donors. Warren criticized

South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Elizabeth Warren during the Democratic primary debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Calif., December 19, 2019. (Mike Blake/Reuters) This December debate should have felt momentous, marking the evening that the Democratic presidential primary got serious. We’re finished with the crowded ten-candidate stages; only seven candidates qualified

Ah, parenting in the Internet age: It’s an experience full of mystery and wonder! Whether you’re at the local school, a youth sporting event, or a kid’s birthday party, it’s common to see groups of young children, sometimes as young as third or fourth grade, huddled blank-eyed over their collective … Read More

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks to the media with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, House Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler after voting on two articles of impeachment against President Trump in Washington, D.C., December 18, 2019. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) Making the click-through worthwhile: wondering whether

Sen. Susan Collins talks with reporters on Capitol Hill, September 17, 2018. (Mike Segar/Reuters) Senator Susan Collins (R., Maine) announced her bid for a sixth term in the Senate on Wednesday. Collins faces a difficult and expensive campaign in which she will be forced to fight off accusations that she’s abandoned her former commitment to

(Brendan McDermid/Reuters) It’s nothing more than destructive scaremongering. Maggie Haberman, the esteemed New York Times reporter, recently tweeted out a Mother Jones article to 1.2 million followers titled: “GOP-Led Voter Purges in Wisconsin and Georgia Could Tip 2020 Elections.” The chilling piece warns readers that “hundreds of thousands of voters are set to be purged

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign stop in Philadelphia, Pa., May 18, 2019. (Mark Makela/Reuters) At Joe Biden’s fundraising event in Wilmington, Del., last night, he played to type: the amiably crotchety old pro who’s complaining about young reporters who don’t know their history. From the pool report: “The way the African

DNC chair Tom Perez addresses attendees before the start of the second night of the second U.S. 2020 presidential Democratic candidates debate in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., July 31, 2019. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) The Democratic primary debate will take place as planned on Thursday following a tentative agreement in a labor dispute that threatened to derail the

Senator Bernie Sanders is joined by Representative Ilhan Omar at a campaign event in Manchester, N.H., December 13, 2019. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) His indifference to anti-Semitism among some of his prominent supporters is a blot on his candidacy. ‘Trotsky makes the revolutions, and the Bronsteins pay the bills.” This was the purported rejoinder of Moscow’s chief

A voter casts his ballot behind a ballot booth (Keith Bedford/Reuters File Photo) A federal judge on Monday allowed Georgia to remove about 309,000 voters from the state rolls for inactivity or because they’ve left the state. Georgia’s list of registered voters is projected to drop from 7.4 million to 7.1 million on Tuesday as the state

Elissa Slotkin during an interview at her campaign office in Lansing, during the midterm elections, Michigan, U.S., November 6, 2018. (Jeff Kowalsky/Reuters) Freshman Representative Elissa Slotkin (D., Mich.), whose district voted for President Trump in the 2016 elections, announced on Monday that she would support both articles of impeachment against the President. Slotkin, a former

Pete Buttigieg speaks during the Teamsters Vote 2020 Presidential Forum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S., December 7, 2019. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) Democrats have made electability a priority as they decide on a 2020 nominee. Joe Biden has remained ahead in national polls because Democrats agree with him on issues and believe he can defeat President Trump.

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., December 3, 2019. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) Every now and then I look through business magazines, just to see how the endless circus of our politics appears to those who worry more about profits and growth

Campaign signs line the entrance to a polling place where voters cast their ballots to vote in state and local elections in Richmond, Virginia, U.S. November 5, 2019. (Ryan M. Kelly/Reuters) For those who would contend that Republican woes in the suburbs are merely a matter of bad candidates, bad campaigns, and bad luck, and

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson and opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn take part in a head-to-head debate on the BBC in London, Britain December 6, 2019. (Jeff Overs/BBC via Reuters) Five years of BoJo beat five years of Jeremy Corbyn any day, and will likely guarantee Brexit. But they spell the death of sane

Conservatives are expected to take a wide majority of the vote in the British national elections, according to an exit poll conducted for the BBC, ITV, and Sky News. The exit poll predicts Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Tories will win 368 seats in Parliament, an increase of 50 from the 2017 election. The … Read

Joe Biden speaks in Des Moines, Iowa, August 10, 2019. (Scott Morgan/Reuters) Former Vice President Joe Biden capitalized Thursday on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s landslide victory as a chance to criticize his progressive Democratic primary opponents, telling reporters that the results are indicative of the political perils of moving too far left too quickly.

Archbishop of New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan (C) clasps his hands in prayer as he takes his place between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump during in New York, U.S., October 20, 2016. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) The current crop of Democratic presidential candidates really does pose an ‘existential threat’ to the faithful. Peter Wehner’s headline writer at

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Cory Booker speaks during the Teamsters Vote 2020 Presidential Forum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S., December 7, 2019. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) Senator Cory Booker (D., N.J.) said Thursday that he does not expect to qualify for the sixth Democratic primary debate next week but assured his supporters that he still has a

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at the Conservative party’s manifesto launch in Telford, England, November 24, 2019. (Phil Noble/Reuters) Making the click-through worthwhile: The United Kingdom votes today, and makes a key decision about its future; Eric Holder warns us about the dangers of an attorney general who sees himself as a president’s wingman;

President Donald Trump in Pittsburgh, Pa., October 23, 2019 (Leah Millis/Reuters) Maybe it’s impeachment, or maybe it’s just that we don’t get head-to-head swing state polling that often, but Trump is looking a little better when voters are asked if they’re leaning towards the incumbent or one of the Democratic challengers. OH Predictive Insights puts

Sen. Josh Hawley at a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing, May 23, 2019. (James Lawler Duggan/Reuters) Senator Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) said Wednesday that the FBI “effectively meddled” in the 2016 presidential election and did so with the backing of the Democratic National Committee. “Which is worse? Is it worse to have