2026 midterms
The rally in South Carolina drew the crowd rallies there always draw: fervent, unbothered by the fact that the state has not gone Democratic in a presidential race since Jimmy Carter carried it in 1976. Nobody there needed convincing. That was rather the point, and also the problem, depending on
2026 midterms
Myrtle Beach, August 21. Darline Graham stands beside the President of the United States, four days from a runoff, telling the crowd she is "very honored" to have his endorsement. She is 62, a former vocational rehabilitation counselor who spent her career at the South Carolina Commission for
immigration
In December 2023, Border Patrol logged 249,785 encounters at the southern border, a monthly record that Republicans quoted at every microphone in Washington. Twelve months later the number was 47,330, a drop of 81 percent, achieved by tighter asylum rules, expanded legal pathways, faster removals, and closer coordination
2026 midterms
Friday night in Myrtle Beach, Donald Trump brought out the full production — the hallmark rally, the crowd, the hour onstage — for Sen. Darline Graham, four days before her runoff against Rep. Ralph Norman. It is the kind of appearance operatives in genuinely contested races spend all cycle hoping for and
Ohio politics
On Monday, with a state party deadline forty-eight hours from expiring, Max Miller got the President of the United States on the phone and told him no. Ohio Republicans wanted the two-term congressman to withdraw so the state party could swap in Jane Timken before the Wednesday cutoff and start
Ohio politics
On Monday evening, the Cook Political Report moved Ohio's 7th Congressional District from "Likely Republican" to "Toss Up." The shift is a rating, not a headline, and ratings are usually the least interesting thing in politics. This one is interesting because of what it
Maine Senate
On June 9, Maine Democrats held a ranked-choice primary and gave Graham Platner 72.1 percent of the vote on the first ballot — 156,084 votes to Janet Mills's 19.2 percent, though Mills had already withdrawn and her name stayed on the ballot anyway. David Costello took