2018 Elections

President Trump is seen along the West Wing Colonnade at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Energy and Environment

‘Green New Deal’ exposes rifts in the Democratic Party

Josh Siegel · January 11, 2019 12:00 am

Mark Harris, center, Republican candidate for North Carolinaâs 9th Congressional District seat, speaks with reporters alongside his attorney David Freedman, right, outside the state elections board building in Raleigh, N.C.

North Carolina GOP candidate sets off fire alarm while bolting from reporters

Naomi Lim · January 8, 2019 7:50 pm

Erik Angel holds a portrait of Rep. Beto O'Rourke, the 2018 Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas, at O'Rourke's election night party, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in El Paso, Texas.

Washington Secrets

Beto O’Rourke expected to copy Obama model in 2020, Team Trump watching

Paul Bedard · January 8, 2019 2:21 pm

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, speaks with reporters as senators are considering multiple pieces of legislation in an effort to formally rebuke Saudi Arabia for the slaying of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018.

Jeff Flake defends Kyrsten Sinema after GOP official blames ‘dumb ass people’ for her midterm win

Diana Stancy Correll · January 7, 2019 11:35 pm

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) on Capitol Hill.

Beltway Confidential

We need more GOP women, but not in the mold of Rep. Elise Stefanik

Neil Dwyer · January 6, 2019 3:00 pm

Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks at The City Club of Cleveland, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, in Cleveland.

Here’s the case for Kasich 2020

John William Schiffbauer · January 4, 2019 4:48 pm

Fireworks illuminate the sky over the Capitol building and the Washington Monument during Fourth of July celebrations, on Friday, July 4, 2014, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Gary Bauer: Four New Year’s resolutions for conservatives

Gary Bauer · December 30, 2018 5:00 am

New York congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez listens to a speaker at a fundraiser Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, in Los Angeles. The 28-year-old startled the party when she defeated 10-term U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley in a New York City Democratic primary. Ocasio-Cortez is a rising liberal star who is challenging the Democratic Party establishment.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez snaps back at Claire McCaskill for calling her a ‘thing’

Daniel Chaitin · December 29, 2018 7:10 pm

Gov. Paul LePage delivers the State of the State address in Maine.

GOP governor ratifies Democratic victory but scrawls ‘election stolen’ on certificate

Naomi Lim · December 29, 2018 1:13 am

Mark Harris speaks to the media during a news conference in Matthews, N.C.

House won’t seat North Carolina Republican amid ongoing election fraud dispute

David Mark · December 28, 2018 11:21 pm

A display from The Satanic Temple-Chicago has been placed in the Statehouse rotunda at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. It joins the Nativity scene to mark the Christmas season and the Menorah to mark Hanukkah.

Leading liberal commentator: Bernie Sanders movement must crush Beto O’Rourke

Naomi Lim · December 28, 2018 10:57 pm

President Trump walks as he reviews border wall prototypes in San Diego.

Trump plays hardball over shutdown, stoking fears of crime and drugs without border wall

Melissa Quinn · December 28, 2018 12:00 pm