Shannon Gormley: The GOP faced a test and it failed. Now will the destruction of one major party corrupt the one that remains?
Former G.O.P. strongholds like the Ninth District of North Carolina are increasingly in play thanks to Trump’s toxic politics, boding ill for the party in 2020
Andray Domise: David Koch used his endless wealth to reshape not only politics but the fate of our planet, for the worse
Adam Gopnik argues compromise is a ‘fighting word’ for liberals who need to be simultaneously radical and realistic
The former secretary of state and presidential candidate on the future of the Democratic Party, Trump’s record on Iran and climate, and defending Ted Kennedy’s complicated legacy
Pretending the world isn’t bleak feeds the mania for unreal hope that exists within American culture, argues Chris Hedges
A Q&A with the co-author of ‘Russian Roulette’ on why he thinks Russians disrupted the 2016 U.S. presidential election—and what could happen next
Opinion: The President’s history and the nature of his base make it impossible to be hopeful about his feints toward gun control
Opinion: Doug Jones may have defeated Roy Moore in their Senate race, but Alabama’s electoral history is still marked by efforts to frustrate the Black vote
Anne Kingston: Led by a Trumpian example, accepting responsibility for bad or even illegal behaviour has become passé
A scream once derailed a presidential campaign. Now, Trump is cruising past his senior aide’s guilty plea. No help is coming, writes Andray Domise
Allen Abel in Washington: With an oxygen truck in the White House driveway and a celebration on Capitol Hill, Trump takes a victory lap