Republican Leaders Aim to Make Conservation Conservative Again
A new Republican caucus will tackle conservation and climate change. Is the GOP changing its tune or merely paying lip service to environmental issues?
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The Demise of ‘The Weekly Standard’ Is a Blow to the Republican Party
The magazine's demise signals the further erosion of conservatism as a coherent ideology—and its replacement by a Trump personality cult.
What’s Been Lost With the Orange Curtain
After some striking defeats in the mid-term elections, California's Republican leadership must recalibrate.
Only One State Legislature Is Now Under Split Party Control
Here's what that means for policymaking in the U.S.
The Lessons We’ll Learn From the Mid-Terms
The campaign to make sense of the mid-term elections will begin almost the moment the polls close on Tuesday, and it will have a substantial effect on 2020.
Benchmark ACA Premiums Will Be 16 Percent Higher Due to the GOP’s Actions
In a new analysis, researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation looked at the cumulative effects of the Republican Party's actions on health insurance premiums.
States With a Higher Percentage of Right-Handed Residents Tend to Lean Republican
In describing political preference, "right" and "left" may be more than a metaphor.
Republicans Want to Delay the Confirmation of Scott Pruitt’s Replacement
Given their narrow majority, Senate Republicans prefer to let Andrew Wheeler continue as acting administrator rather than squeeze in another confirmation fight before the November mid-terms.
Three Ways of Governing as a Minority Party
Republicans are settling in to be the minority party in power for many years to come, and they are increasingly testing many voters' faith in the system.
A Cult Expert Finds Familiar Patterns of Behavior in Trump’s GOP
What do you call an organization where total loyalty to a charismatic but volatile leader is strictly enforced?