How the Bush dynasty's tactics birthed the President Trump nightmare
Torture unleashed, race invoked and controversy on demand: novelist Adam Haslett finds familiar echoes in the unseemly business of self-promotion from Dubya to the Donald
March 2013
Ashley Judd will not run for Mitch McConnell's Senate seat in Kentucky
Hollywood star says 'my responsibilities and energy at this time need to be focused on my family' and drops Senate plan
US news blog
American politicians' support of gay marriage: an evolutionary history
Same-sex marriage has growing support among Americans – and lawmakers and politicians are beginning to catch up
US news blog
Karl Rove swipes back at Sarah Palin after cracks on CPAC stage
Matt Williams: Fight for Republican future gets a bit personal – and public – when party stars trade jabs over who's to blame for losses
February 2013
Tea Party group counters Karl Rove's fund for moderate Republicans
Moderate Republicans push back against Tea Party with campaign fund
December 2012
Karl Rove group promised IRS it would spend 'limited' money on elections
Dark money group that spent $70m on election told IRS its efforts would focus on public education and research
Ana Marie Cox column
Pundits like Rove come and go – Fox News only cares about the numbers
Ana Marie Cox
Ana Marie Cox: Before we accept a post-election 'repositioning' of Fox, bear in mind that its president cares about ratings, not ideology
Fox News adjusts to new reality as it faces four more years of Obama
It's the go-to network for outraged conservatives – but now Fox News has benched two high-profile pundits, and shown signs of retreat. Is the US's biggest cable news network going moderate?
Republican right weeps over Obama's victory – then begins internal civil war
The clash between diehard conservatives and modernisers will dictate the fate of a party which increasingly seems to appeal only to angry, older white Americans
