Politics | Opinion

Questions can be crystallizing for candidates and voters, and some politicians have had their finest moments answering tough questions on their feet.

By Todd S. Purdum

In the world of political fund-raising, there is hard money, soft money, dark money — and Leonard Leo money.

By Thomas B. Edsall

When you start talking about people “poisoning the blood of our country,” this is where you end up. And it’s not over.

By Jamelle Bouie

It is more important than ever in an era of grossly excessive punishments and mass incarceration.

By Rachel E. Barkow and Mark Osler

The focus group’s participants weigh Trump and Harris in the wake of the Sept. 10 debate.

By Patrick Healy, Frank Luntz and Adrian J. Rivera

Is there a way for us to make the “American berserk” a little less … berserk?

By Gail Collins and Bret Stephens

Much of the good news about green energy is coming out of one country.

By David Wallace-Wells

Israel’s annexation of the occupied West Bank is not a future prospect; it is a fact of life. Israelis and Palestinians live in a one-state reality.

By Hagai El-Ad

A successful presidency is much more about organization, vision and values than it is the scope of a given legislative package.

By Jamelle Bouie

People can be bitter for only so long. Harris’s happy strength may offer a glimpse of a sunnier national mood to come.

By David Brooks