This president* is the inevitable end-stage of the prion disease that has been afflicting American conservatism since Ronald Reagan fed them the monkey brains back in 1980.

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A political scientist explains why the GOP has to reform if we want to fix American democracy.

The Party of Lincoln had a good run. Then came Mr. Trump.

It would damage the country, and those who say yes bear some blame for the president's rise.

Former President Donald Trump is out of the White House, but Trumpism still dominates the Republican Party.

After the Capitol Hill riot, the divide between reality and fantasy may become too wide to bridge.

One hundred and six Republican members of Congress, and 18 state attorneys general, are asking the Supreme Court to overturn the election.

Trump impeachment vote is slated to define the Republican Party's future.

Mike Gillis humorously imagines a lifelong Republican, in the age of Donald Trump, leaving the political party he once loved.

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President Eisenhower inherited a GOP that looked much like today's—but he tamed the extremists and led as a moderate conservative.

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Republicans should focus voters' attention on the real differences between the two parties.

President Trump's new favorite member of Congress, Marjorie Taylor Greene, is a QAnon believer.

Democracy is now threatened by malevolent tribalism.

The impeachment vote underscores growing divides within the Republican Party during Trump's final days in office.

Former President Obama on Tuesday labeled the Republican Party as...

The crisis Trump set in motion is far from over.

A $5,000 September donation formalizes the GOP's acceptance of Marjorie Taylor Greene's candidacy after top officials in the party had signalled hesitancy in backing her.