'The Most Important Takeover of Any Organization in History'
Inside the years-long push to perfect the presidential transition
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Humbling of Paul Ryan
A gay-rights amendment takes down a House appropriations bill, and with it might go the speaker’s grand plan to revive the congressional spending process.
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The Latest in Quirky Senate Props: Our Magazine
As any political junkie can attest, senators and congressmen are huge fans of using props to spice up their often-dry…
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP How Republican Governors Are Narrowing Clinton's Choices
Harry Reid says ‘Hell no’ to a running mate who would be replaced in the Senate by a Republican. That means you, Elizabeth Warren, Sherrod Brown, and Cory Booker.
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Susan Walsh / AP Congress Rejects D.C.'s Declaration of Fiscal Independence
The District wants to control how it spends its money. Republicans in the House say no.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP Republicans Try to Rein in the National Security Council
As the NSC swells to more than 400 staffers, a congressional proposal offers the White House a choice: Cut it down to size, or subject it to more oversight.
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Jessica Hill / AP The Travails of Dannel Malloy
Once a progressive success story, the Connecticut governor has angered liberals locally and nationally with a budget that slashes spending and cuts state jobs.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP How Republicans Finally Got a Victory on Obamacare
A federal judge’s ruling against the administration vindicated the GOP's try-anything strategy to derail the Affordable Care Act.
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Max Whittaker / Reuters The Donors Who Love Bernie Sanders A Little Too Much
The FEC has notified the campaign that thousands of its 2.4 million contributors may be violating federal limits.
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Jim Cole / AP What Democratic Landslide?
A group of new polls released Tuesday shows a surprisingly close race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
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Rick Scuteri / AP Arizona Republicans Try to Bring Back Court-Packing
A GOP-sponsored bill to add two new justices to the state Supreme Court awaits the governor’s signature.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Chris Christie Will Start Planning the Trump Administration
The New Jersey governor will lead the presumptive GOP nominee’s transition team. Does that take him out of the running to be vice president?
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Paul Ryan Won't Endorse Trump—Yet
The House speaker said the presumptive Republican nominee first needs to unify the party and embrace “conservative principles.”
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Jeff Chiu / AP Donald Trump, Chameleon Extraordinaire
With a fast reversal on the minimum wage, the de-facto Republican nominee shows why Hillary Clinton is attacking his character more than his policies.
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Andrew Harnik / AP A Day of Mourning for the American Conservative Agenda
Donald Trump’s nomination could be a death knell for policies that Republicans in Congress have championed for years.
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Darron Cummings / AP Ted Cruz Drops His U.S. Presidential Bid—Until 2020
The Texas senator stepped out of this year’s race after a stinging defeat by Donald Trump in Indiana. But he’s not going anywhere.
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Could the FCC Shrink the Influence of Money in Politics?
In response to the A&Q I wrote on money in politics, the following reader wonders if stronger policing of the…
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John Sommers II / Reuters Can Clinton Win Back Appalachia?
She dominated among the white working class in Kentucky and West Virginia in 2008, but many of those voters have deserted her this time around.
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Evan Vucci / AP Trump’s Incoherent Foreign-Policy Plans
The Republican front-runner delivered a formal address on his “America first” doctrine on Wednesday, TelePrompter and all.
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John Raoux / AP A Debate Where the Voters Pick the Questions
Candidates in a Florida Senate race test out a new format that could be adopted for the presidential match-ups this fall.
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Matt Rourke / AP Can the Front-Runners Sweep the East?
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump could win all five states that vote on Tuesday, including Pennsylvania and Maryland.