GOP leaders are administering dangerous shocks to the heart of U.S. democracy, and they can't stop themselves.

Supporting Trump is irresponsible; supporting his enablers is almost as bad.

As Monday's Orlando speech showed, a teleprompter doesn't make Trump any less odious, or any more reasonable.

Trump has been a racist for a long time, but he's finally picked a target that even the Republicans feel sympathy for.

A little-noticed anti-transgender maneuver exposes the GOP's pro-Trump opportunism.

Senate Republicans plan to paralyze the nomination process. Here's a way forward for the chief justice this year.

Republicans are already breaking ranks over the Supreme Court vote. But with McConnell, there's always a method.

A plea for cross-ideological understanding.

The fight over Antonin Scalia's successor heralds a descent into politically uncharted territory.

Republicans have been demanding an anti-Obama for years—and tonight, they'll begin the process of nominating one.