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A Close Encounter with Ben Carson

The Republican doctor talks about socialism, the P.C. police, and George Washington.

The Democratic caucus looks like it will go down to the wire.

With the Iowa Caucus just days away, Sanders’s campaign will try to translate enthusiasm into turnout.

In the fight for Iowa’s evangelical support, GOP candidates are taking aim at the Texas senator.

As the race for 2016 heats up, Fight for 15 has begun to shift its target from corporations to political leaders.

From nontroversy to zugzwang, a witty new book helps us decode the thorny language of politics.

Voter ID goes on trial; the FCC as ground zero for campaign-finance disclosure; a brokered GOP convention becomes unlikely.

The GOP’s pro-deregulation platform backfires, the FEC hears complaints about Ted Cruz, and why Citizens United is far from the only problem.

Beyond the politics of resentment is the Calvinist notion that the frontrunner’s wealth marks him as God’s anointed.