Imagine enduring the absolute horror of your spouse's public assassination, only to be endlessly accused of his killing, maligned, publicly abused and obsessively criticized.

A short take

Salena Zito interviewed Vice President JD Vance about his new book, Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith.

President Trump may even be better at doing democratic socialism than New York City Mayor Mamdani - at least because he's doing it on a larger scale.

Nobody's watching the store

The Michigan Senate primary race between Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed reflects the Democrats' growing ideological schism, but it's also a contest of competing campaign styles.

After Graham Platner's implosion, Democratic voters in Maine, as one put it, are looking for a replacement with a clean bill of health.

Graham Platner, the accused rapist with a Nazi tattoo running for Senate in Maine, has reportedly told staff he will formally end his campaign on Monday-the deadline for Democrats to replace him on the ballot. Given his tendency to lie about every aspect of his life, it's anyone's guess whether Platner will actually go through with it.

With the Senate campaign of Maine's Graham Platner blowing up in their faces, Democrats everywhere are giving each other tearful gobs of solace and advice.