Elections

Politics

Redistricting: it's got that swing, says Slade Gorton

Former Sen. Slade Gorton

David Brewster

/ January 5, 2012

Politics

Tough times call for troubled minds

Psychiatrist Nassir Ghaemi explains why a mentally ill president may be just what we need, and how mania and depression have driven the triumphs and the tragedies of Lincoln, Churchill, Hitler, JFK...

Robin Lindley

/ January 4, 2012

Politics

Beyond the talking heads: where GOP goes after Iowa

Newt Gingrich (February 2011).

Ted Van Dyk

/ January 4, 2012

Election year will test Indian engagement

President Obama campaigned in Crow Country as a candidate.

by / January 2, 2012

Politics

The 2012 election: how we got here, here we go

President Barack Obama talks to the nation about the debt-limit talks.

Ted Van Dyk

/ January 1, 2012

Politics

That was the year that brought questions: 2011

Mayor Mike McGinn, seen in mid-2011 with police discussing increased nighttime patrols, is now dealing with a federal report on police practices.

Knute Berger

/ December 27, 2011

Politics

Best of 2011: Can Occupy protests galvanize Obama?

Tea Party protesters marching in Philadelphia in 2009.

Floyd McKay

/ December 27, 2011

Politics

Dewey beats Stassen: Republicans hold a real debate

"The little man on the wedding cake" returns to his home base.

Floyd McKay

/ December 26, 2011

Politics

Electoral races in 2012 look tough for Democrats

Mitt Romney (Romney campaign)

Ted Van Dyk

/ December 12, 2011

Politics

Midday Scan: Inslee's inconvenient truth; Locke tells truth in China; school's junk food policy doubted

Commerce Secretary Gary Locke appears with President Barack Obama after his nomination as the U.S. ambassador to China. At left is Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.