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Republican presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson at the debate Sept. 16, 2015.

A coming out party for Carly Fiorina as Trump grounded by rivals

May 17, 2019 at 6:04 p.m.

All summer long — including in last month's first presidential debate — Donald Trump has floated above the rest of the Republican presidential field, like a malevolent puppeteer pulling everyone...

Analyzing Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign: ‘It’s not about me, it’s about you’

August 18, 2019 at 7:12 p.m.

If Hillary Rodham Clinton gets her way, there will be stark differences between her failed 2008 run for president and the White House campaign she embarked upon Sunday -- and...

"Sixty percent of Americans believe that we're still in a recession," said former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in San Francisco. "They're not dumb. It's because they are in a recession."

Analysis: Republicans’ biggest challenge in 2016 is a rosier economy

June 23, 2019 at 9:21 p.m.

For years, President Obama had a singular problem: convincing Americans who were not feeling the economic recovery that it was real and a cause for optimism, not to mention for...

Republican Joni Ernst of Iowa celebrates her victorious Senate campaign on election night. She defeated her Democratic opponent by an 8-percentage-point margin.

U.S. politics shift out of midterm mode in 2015, but 2014 issues remain

August 18, 2019 at 6:32 p.m.

The year 2014 turned to 2015 with a fierce flip of the page, at least when it comes to national politics. The last year was dominated by a midterm election...

Keeping options open, Mitt Romney alters reality on 47% remark

August 18, 2019 at 12:49 p.m.

Would-be presidential candidates often keep their options open in defiance of reality, which perhaps explains why Mitt Romney, who has twice lost presidential bids, has been making a few hints...

Republican Mike Huckabee wades into ‘war on women’

June 23, 2019 at 3:28 p.m.

Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee lobbed a grenade — a big one — Thursday into the rumbling dispute about whether the Republican party has declared a "war on women." Speaking...

Mark Kelly leans his head on the shoulder of his wife and former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords as they attended a news conference last March asking Congress to pass stricter gun controls.

Gabrielle Giffords three years later: ‘I’m stronger now’

June 20, 2019 at 1:13 p.m.

Three years ago today, she was in the most mundane of places, a supermarket parking lot in Tucson. She was engaged in the most meaningful act in political life, talking...

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