Robert Costa

Republicans stoke fear of Democratic ‘angry mobs’ ahead of midterms

August 22, 2019 at 2:31 p.m.

When thousands of furious, screaming protesters marched toward the Capitol over the weekend as Justice Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed, Republican staffers peered out at the scene from the windows above....

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks during a news conference outside of the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 2, 2018. Gaetz, who advocated the memo's release and has suggested top law enforcement leaders be jailed for their alleged misdeeds.

Once the party of law and order, Republicans are now challenging it

August 22, 2019 at 7:40 a.m.

Republican leaders' open defiance last week of the FBI over the release of a hotly disputed memo revealed how the GOP, which has long positioned itself as the party of...

Vice President Mike Pence addresses a dinner at the 2018 House & Senate Republican Member Conference, Jan. 31, 2018, at the Greenbrier resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.V.

As Republicans arrive at retreat, Trump’s appeal for unity runs into reality

August 22, 2019 at 7:37 a.m.

President Donald Trump's State of the Union pledge to "extend an open hand" to both parties in pursuit of an ambitious policy agenda quickly came up against the reality of...

Trump’s Fed chair choice largely down to Powell or Taylor

August 22, 2019 at 6:25 a.m.

President Donald Trump has largely settled on nominating either former investment banker Jerome "Jay" Powell or Stanford University economist John Taylor to be chairman of the Federal Reserve, three people...

Hillary Clinton shakes hands with Donald Trump as moderator Lester Holt looks on during the presidential debate at Hofstra University on Sept. 26, 2016, in Hempstead, New York.

As Clinton builds on strong debate, Trump lobs attacks and complaints

August 22, 2019 at 1:17 a.m.

Hillary Clinton moved to capitalize Tuesday on a sharp-edged debate performance that exposed vulnerabilities for Donald Trump, excoriating his values and character in an effort to expand her coalition of...

5 things to watch at the presidential debate

August 22, 2019 at 1:16 a.m.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will meet Monday at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., for their first presidential debate -- the face-to-face culmination of months of fierce political battle. They...

Donald Trump favors Christie, Pence and Gingrich as he closes in on VP pick

August 22, 2019 at 12:08 a.m.

Closing in on his choice for a running mate, Donald Trump spoke favorably Monday about tapping an experienced politician over a political outsider to help reassure and unite the fractured...

Hillary Clinton and husband Bill greet supporters at the Philadelphia Convention Center on April 26, 2016.

Trump revives Bill Clinton controversies, calls Vince Foster’s suicide ‘very fishy’

August 21, 2019 at 11:27 p.m.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is reviving some of the ugliest political chapters of the 1990s with escalating personal attacks on Bill Clinton's character, part of a concerted effort to...

Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, seen here stumping for John Kasich in Ohio on March 14, 2016, met with conservative commentator William Kristol on May 5. Kristol is trying to persuade Romney to launch an independent bid for president.

Mitt Romney meets with activist leading effort to launch independent bid

June 21, 2019 at 9:19 p.m.

In spite of his insistence that he will not run, Mitt Romney is being courted this week by a leading conservative commentator to reconsider an jump into the volatile 2016...

Voters cast their ballots at the Westerville Community Church of Christ in Westerville, Ohio.

Rubio’s demise marks the last gasp of the Republican reboot

May 14, 2019 at 11:03 a.m.

Years of carefully laid plans to repackage the Republican Party's traditional ideas for a fast-changing country came crashing down here on Tuesday when Sen. Marco Rubio suspended his campaign for...

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