Long, Weird California Governor Primary Comes to a Close After Surprise Becerra Surge

In most recent polling, Becerra has a small lead. If he holds on to his momentum, the real drama could come in the second ...

DOJ Trumpets That It Will ‘Abide by’ Slush Fund Court Order After GOP Balks At Funding ICE, Ballroom

“It’s dead for now,” one of the sources told Axios.

Iowa Dems Mull ‘Electability,’ the ‘Establishment’ in Tuesday Primary as They Try to Pull Off the Unthinkable

In an echo of Texas’ Senate primary featuring Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D) and now-nominee state Rep. James Talarico (D), ...
Talking Points Memo

Trump Makes Bill Pulte the Acting Director of National Intelligence

Bill Pulte, Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 9, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via ...
Opinion

Surveying the Criminal Conduct Terrain

One feature of the current moment is that there are so many things going on, so much corruption and wrongdoing that it is hard to focus on any one thing. What would otherwise be historic scandals blow ...
Talking Points Memo

Will We NEVER Learn the Lessons of Trump?

A confusing mishmash of reporting Monday afternoon inadvertently revealed that Donald Trump can still play Congress and the press like fools. Adding an absurdist twist to the afternoon, the Trump DOJ ...