Karen Tumulty

Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO), accompanied by ...

“That’s the model”: Colorado’s Cory Gardner stands up to President Trump

January 5, 2018 at 3:45 p.m.

For Republicans who have found themselves at odds with President Trump or his policies, there have generally been just two options: buckle, as former deficit hawks did on the recent...

Ginger Poynter and other women, dressed as characters from the television show "The Handmaid's Tale," protest Senate candidate Roy Moore on Dec. 5 in Fairhope, Ala. During his campaign, Moore was accused of sexual misconduct by a number of women, including some who had been minors at the time of the alleged misconduct.

Tumulty: With Roy Moore’s defeat, #MeToo movement forces a reckoning

March 7, 2018 at 12:01 p.m.

Republican Roy Moore's stunning defeat in Alabama marked a watershed moment for the national movement around the issue of sexual abuse.

Democrats angry at report of Hillary Clinton’s influence over DNC

November 3, 2017 at 5:17 p.m.

Many Democrats expressed outrage Thursday at allegations from a former party chairwoman that an agreement with the Democratic National Committee gave the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton some day-to-day control...

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks during ...

Women marched — now what?

October 30, 2017 at 8:06 a.m.

The day after the inauguration of the 45th president of the United States, Schulz joined tens of thousands on the Mall in Washington to put Donald Trump on notice that...

Jessica Leeds is one of 11 women that came forward during the 2016 campaign to accuse then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump of unwanted touching or kissing.

Accusers: Weinstein fell — why not Trump?

October 21, 2017 at 6:50 p.m.

Almost a year after New Yorker Jessica Leeds and other women stepped forward with harrowing accounts of being sexually assaulted by a powerful man, another scandal with similar elements exploded.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., ...

Analysis: GOP changes its tune on crafting bills in secret

June 21, 2017 at 3:55 p.m.

Hypocrisy has always been a vital lubricant to making the gears turn in Washington. Give politicians some power and a job to get done, and they quickly forget their righteous...

Law enforcement officials investigate near the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, where Omar Mateen allegedly killed at least 50 people.

Tumulty: Once again, national tragedy drives Americans further apart

June 13, 2016 at 11:15 a.m.

At an Orlando's Pulse nightclub, three of the most contentious questions in American culture and politics -- gay rights, gun control and terrorism -- collided in a horrific way.

Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, greet supporters during a primary night event on June 7 in Brooklyn, N.Y. (Justin Sullivan, Getty Images)

Tumulty: Hillary Clinton’s long, hard climb to the top of the ticket

June 11, 2016 at 5:47 p.m.

Hillary Clinton has been part of our national consciousness for so long that it is easy to forget how far she has pushed the edges.

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