Ron Elving
Stories
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Politics
The House last struggled to elect a speaker 100 years ago. Here's what happened
Both Kevin McCarthy and the nominee for speaker a century ago represented a party establishment regarded with hostility by a potent faction of the party. They became the embodiment of its grievances.
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Biden, turning 80, faces an age-old question: How old is too old to be president?
President Biden is celebrating his 80th birthday on Sunday. The oldest president to serve, he's contemplating whether to make good on his intention to run for a second term.
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The midterms didn't produce a wave. Here's what that's meant historically
Historically, first midterms are cold showers for the occupant of the White House.
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Woodward's taped time with Trump reveals much about both the author and his subject
We hear the former president striving to court Woodward's favor, praising him as "a great historian" and "the great Bob Woodward." Yet these interviews veer often into disagreements and even debates.
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Trump and his lawyers keep ghosts of Nixon and Watergate alive and haunting
When it mattered most, Nixon and his crew found that people who might have been political allies in the past were not especially sympathetic to his case.
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Claims of voter fraud, old as the republic, still work as weapons for Trump
The prevalence or importance of voter fraud seems less a matter of fact than of faith. Those who accept Trump's claims are exercising their beliefs to push back against experts, courts and academics.
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Week in politics: Liz Cheney loses primary; Trump distracts from Republican races
It's been another extraordinary week in politics - from Rep. Liz Cheney's big primary loss to continuing legal issues for former President Donald Trump and those close to him.
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Week in politics: Biden in Saudi; Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Secret Service texts
President Biden's middle east diplomacy, and the January 6 committee issues new subpoenas as it continues to build a case against former President Donald Trump.
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When a first-term Democratic president struggles, people talk about Jimmy Carter
Biden has been faulted for speeches that do not seem to meet the moment or lack the urgency to compel others to follow. His soothing approach to issues that prompt anger has often failed to soothe.
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'Thank You for Your Servitude' casts harsh light on GOP's shift and its motives
Although Donald Trump remains an eminence throughout, Mark Leibovich's true subject here is Trump's stable of enablers and the transformation they have wrought on their party and themselves.