I write about politics, culture and religion. I'm pro-complexity, pro-nuance, and pro-context. I've covered two White Houses and two presidential elections. I'm the author of "Camelot's End," a book released in 2019 about the epic clash between Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter in 1980. I'm trying to understand how our politics is broken and how to fix it, and host a podcast on that topic called "The Long Game."
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Aaron Rodgers for vice president? What to know about Robert Kennedy Jr.’s running-mate strategy.
Kennedy's potential running mates are an attempt to draw the free attention that comes from news coverage, discussion and buzz.
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2024 election: Is being an alternative to Trump enough for Biden to win a second time?
With a general election rematch between President Biden and former President Donald Trump all but official, some Democrats worry that simply being an alternative to Trump might not be enough for Biden to win this time around. Yahoo News Chief National Correspondent Jon Ward explains how the anti-Trump playbook’s record has fared in past elections and what makes the 2024 election different.
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Biden and Trump look to clinch presidential nominations in March 12 primary contests
President Biden and former President Donald Trump are both likely to clinch the nomination for president inside their respective parties Tuesday in the latest round of state primary contests.
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State of the Union 2024: What to watch for
But in 2024, the event will focus the nation’s attention on a question that has become unavoidable for President Biden: is he sharp enough to lead the country for another four years?
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The big election news this week that didn’t involve Trump or Biden
There was far more to Super Tuesday than two sleepy presidential primary contests.
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Why Super Tuesday might give Trump a knockout blow
It’s taken quite a bit longer than expected, but on Tuesday, March 5 — which is known as Super Tuesday — former President Donald Trump aims to deliver a knockout blow to former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s hopes of winning the Republican nomination for president.
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Trump wins trio of caucuses, Haley wins Washington, D.C. primary: Key takeaways from this weekend's GOP elections
Former President Donald Trump's won caucuses in Missouri, Michigan, and Idaho Saturday, while Nikki Haley scored her first victory of the nominating cycle with a victory in Washington, D.C.
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Idaho, Missouri Republican caucus results: Full results
Live results from the Missouri and Idaho Republican primaries from the Associated Press.
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2024 election: What to make of the protest votes against Biden and Trump
Less than two months into the 2024 presidential primary calendar, a rematch between President Biden and former President Donald Trump appears to be the most likely scenario. However, recent protest votes against both Biden and Trump point to dissatisfaction with the current frontrunners of the Democratic and Republican parties. Yahoo News Chief National Correspondent Jon Ward explains what to make of the intraparty discord.
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Who will replace Mitch McConnell? The 3 Republicans who are likeliest to succeed him
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's latest health scare will increase speculation about who will be the next Senate Republican leader.
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Michigan Democrats send message to Biden, with thousands voting for 'uncommitted' in primary
Michigan Democrats made their opposition to Israel’s war in Gaza known in the state’s presidential primary Tuesday, casting an eye-opening number of votes against President Biden.
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Why Michigan is having both a Republican primary and a caucus this week
For the second time in a few weeks, Republican voters in an early presidential primary contest state are faced with having two elections in the space of a few days.
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South Carolina GOP presidential primary: Nikki Haley’s battle with Donald Trump comes home
Nikki Haley is making a pragmatic argument that Donald Trump is a fatally flawed candidate who endangers handing the presidency to Democrats for another term.
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Why Nikki Haley is already looking beyond the South Carolina primary
In presidential politics, there’s an unwritten rule that losing in your home state should be avoided at all costs. However, as former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley faces off against former President Donald Trump in South Carolina this weekend, polls suggest Haley, the state's former governor, may need to prove herself the exception to that rule if her campaign is to continue. Yahoo News Chief National Correspondent Jon Ward explains why Haley’s announcement that she has no plans to withdraw from the race ahead of her home state’s primary is less surprising than you might think.
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Concerns over Biden’s age aren’t going away. What options do Democrats have?
Democrats are in an odd position: They’ve got an incumbent president with no significant competition in securing the party’s 2024 nomination — yet concerns over Joe Biden’s age heading into a possible second term don’t seem to be fading. Despite handily winning in early primaries and poll data showing growing support for Biden’s candidacy among Democratic voters, the release of a special counsel report describing the president as "an elderly man with a poor memory" has sparked panic about his ability to do the job if elected for another term. Yahoo News Chief National Correspondent Jon Ward offers a guide to the conversations taking place among Democratic strategists and the options being explored to overcome voters’ fears.
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Donald Trump wins Nevada Republican caucuses — but Nikki Haley wasn’t on the ballot
Nevada Republicans made clear that they want Trump to be their nominee against President Biden in November’s general election.
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Nikki Haley loses Nevada Republican primary to ‘none of these candidates’
The former South Carolina governor and ex-U.S. ambassador to the U.N. suffered an embarrassing loss in the Silver State Tuesday, receiving fewer votes than the "none of these candidates" option.
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Nevada is holding primaries and caucuses this week. Why Donald Trump and Nikki Haley aren't on the same ballot.
How a dispute between Republicans and the Nevada legislature led to Haley running in one contest and Trump running in the other.
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2024 South Carolina Democratic primary: Full results
Live, updated results from the Associated Press of the South Carolina Democratic primary.
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The South Carolina Democratic primary: What you need to know
You shouldn’t need a political science degree to understand how the presidential election is working this year. But Americans would be justified if they are confused by the mess that is the presidential primary calendar in 2024.