By LISA LERER There was little sunshine in Florida this week after the presidential candidates arrived. In back-to-back debates just miles apart, Democrats and Republicans painted a dark vision of…
By LISA LERER, KEN THOMAS and HOPE YEN Bernie Sanders’ political revolution may be turning into a more modest uprising. Sanders’ insurgent campaign caught fire this fall, drawing huge crowds…
By DONNA CASSATA Senate Republicans united behind Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in insisting that President Barack Obama’s successor fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Antonin Scalia’s death. Democrats…
BY LISA LERER and KEN THOMAS Seeking victory in Iowa, Hillary Clinton has begun channeling the economic indignation of her rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose unapologetically liberal campaign has…
The Latest on the 2016 race for president on the final weekend of campaigning before Monday’s leadoff Iowa caucuses (all local times): 4:25 p.m. Jeb Bush is showing no sign…
By KEN THOMAS Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination would succeed even if he fails to prevail in the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses,…
Lexington Mayor Jim Gray filed to run for Rand Paul’s U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday, giving Paul a viable challenger and complicating his bid for re-election as he lags in…
By BILL BARROW and EMILY SWANSON As the first voting nears in the presidential race, most Americans have little to no confidence in the federal government to confront what they…
