This month, the first crop of books about the end of Donald Trump’s administration has prompted speculation: Was the president plotting to remain in power through some kind of coup? The question has arisen because the Washington Post reporters Carol
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Opinion | The Cruel Logic of the Republican Party, Before and After Trump
Donald Trump has claimed credit for any number of things he benefited from but did not create, and the Republican Party’s reigning ideology is one of them: a politics of cruelty and exclusion that strategically exploits vulnerable Americans by portraying
Can These Democratic Pollsters Figure Out What Went Wrong?
Everybody agrees the polls missed the mark in 2020, as they had four years earlier. But nobody’s certain why. In search of answers, five competing Democratic polling firms have decided to put their heads (and their data) together, forming a
The Intelligence on Russia Was Clear. It Was Not Always Presented That Way.
WASHINGTON — Representative Jason Crow listened during a classified briefing last summer while a top intelligence official said that Russia was hurting Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s campaign to help President Donald J. Trump. Mr. Crow, Democrat of Colorado, held up
In Georgia, Republicans Take Aim at Role of Black Churches in Elections
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Sundays are always special at the St. Philip Monumental A.M.E. church. But in October, the pews are often more packed, the sermon a bit more urgent and the congregation more animated, and eager for what will follow:
Opinion | Why Trump Holds a Grip on the G.O.P.
Republicans still embrace the power of the ex-president’s agenda to galvanize voters and drive turnout. By Daniel McCarthy Mr. McCarthy has been a political editor and commentator for 18 years and has written extensively about conservatism, populism and the Trump
Watchdog to Examine Whether Justice Dept. Helped Trump Effort to Overturn Election
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department watchdog announced Monday that he had opened an investigation into whether any of the department’s officials tried to undo the results of the presidential election, as scrutiny of former President Donald J. Trump and his
Lankford Apologizes to Black Voters for Backing Trump’s Election Deceit
WASHINGTON — Senator James Lankford, Republican of Oklahoma, apologized on Thursday to Black constituents who were offended by his decision to join President Trump in trying to discredit the victory of President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., saying he had not realized
Opinion | The First Step Toward Unity Is Honesty
It has come to this: Lawmakers are telling journalists that they were casting their impeachment votes in a climate of threats where they feared for the safety of their families. “After freshman G.O.P. Rep. Nancy Mace announced she would be
Opinion | If It’s Still Trump Party, Many Republicans Like Me Will Leave
The remaining days in the presidency of Donald Trump now number in the single digits. That should also be the number of days until the Republican Party begins the post-Trump era, and Trump-disdaining Republicans like me can fully re-engage with