To say that developments in Virginia politics have been dizzying and downright heartbreaking lately does not begin to describe what has happened in Richmond over the past two weeks.
When I wrote my...
Confidence in Ralph Northam’s ability to function as governor of Virginia and to represent residents of the Commonwealth as a principled and progressive force for change came to an abrupt halt on Friday...
In the short time since Sen. Elizabeth Warren formed a presidential campaign exploratory committee on New Year’s Eve, the Democratic primary floodgates have opened. Although a year remains before the...
The partial shutdown of the federal government, which resulted from an impasse between President Donald Trump and the U.S. Congress amid his insistence that an appropriations bill include more than $5...
In the small hours of Monday morning, I emerged bleary-eyed and beleaguered from the Amtrak station in Greensboro when my scheduled seven-hour train journey from Washington, D.C. mercifully came to an...
Last week, President Donald Trump blamed Federal Reserve chairman Jerome (Jay) Powell for a string of negative economic developments, including the stock market’s recent haircut and General Motors’...
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the current Democratic minority leader in the House of Representatives, is about to face her first test in her bid to be elected the next Speaker of the House as lawmakers return...
Now that the midterm elections have concluded, the Congress will enter its lame-duck session for the remainder of 2018, during which the Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives will consider...
On Tuesday night, I badly wanted a sweeping disavowal of President Donald Trump’s duplicitous, hateful politics and sometimes lawless tenure.
My fellow Democrats and I got a critical safeguard against...
As our country clears the decks for the midterm elections next week, I have one humble request for my fellow Democrats: Please do not confuse likelihood with certainty.
If you have kept the FiveThirtyEight...
Scarcely 53 years ago — well within the lifetimes of many of our parents — now-Congressman John Lewis tossed an orange, an apple, a toothbrush, some toothpaste and two books into his backpack and prepared...
As a cautious, apolitical group of scientists, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change simply isn’t in the business of chastising politicians or promoting a particular agenda. So when the panel,...
