Benjamin Wallace-Wells

The President granted two hundred and thirty-eight pardons and commutations in his first term; less than a year into his second, he has issued nearly two thousand.

Tuesday’s elections were often described as a contest between the far left and center—but what united the winning candidates may be even more significant for the Party’s future.

Peace abroad and war at home? It’s an unusual note to strike in an electoral democracy.

After a shooting with obvious political resonance, news about the perpetrator’s motives rarely brings clarity.

Public opinion is turning on the President’s policies, but it might not be enough to keep the country from entering a much darker phase.

The President has tried to blame the Democrats, and, more unexpectedly, he has called those in his base who have asked for a fuller accounting “weaklings” and “stupid.”

On Tuesday, the thirty-three-year-old left-wing mayoral candidate sent an unmissable message to his party: be new.

A new political era has arrived, in which the expectation and the fear of political violence are endemic.

From the Daily newsletter: confronting the epidemic of political violence.

Even before Musk fell out with Donald Trump, the agency’s projected savings had plummeted. But he nevertheless managed to inflict lasting damage to the federal government.