The rise of Donald Trump is a terrifying moment in American politics  —  On Monday, Donald Trump held a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, where he merrily repeated a woman in the crowd who called Ted Cruz a pussy.  Twenty-four hours later, Donald Trump won the New Hampshire primary in a landslide.

GOP establishment stares into the abyss  —  MANCHESTER N.H. - For the establishment wing of the Republican Party, the picture just keeps getting bleaker.  —  Far from winnowing the crowded field of mainstream GOP contenders and allowing it to unify around a standard-bearer, New Hampshire thrust it further into chaos.

Chris Christie expected to suspend presidential campaign  —  Chris Christie is expected to formally suspend his campaign later on Wednesday, according to a source close to the campaign, after finishing a disappointing sixth in the New Hampshire primary.  —  The New Jersey governor was expected …

Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and the Republican Establishment's Tragedy of the Commons  —  The richly deserved collapse of a rotten party elite.  —  “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win,” goes the old saying.  In the case of Donald Trump's candidacy, step one, ignoring, never happened.

How a Debate Misstep Sent Marco Rubio Tumbling in New Hampshire  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Everything, it seemed, was breaking Marco Rubio's way.  —  Inside the Holiday Inn Express hotel, where Mr. Rubio and his top aides had camped out in a small conference room to prepare …

Donald Trump's New Hampshire Win Means These Media Members Are Winners & Losers  —  Donald Trump loves to remind people that he is a “winner” and that almost anyone who goes up against him is eventually deemed to be a “loser.”  Now that he has convincingly won the first primary and officially taken …

Clinton allies grapple with crushing loss  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. - Both Hillary and Bill Clinton knew she would lose here — but not by this much.  —  Now, after a drubbing so serious as to call into question every aspect of her campaign from her data operation to her message …

Explaining Bernie's ‘Socialism’  —  He perfects the strategy of denying the funding dilemma of the welfare state.  —  In the 1940s, many Western societies began adopting single-payer health systems as a way to expand access to the relatively few things medical care at the time could do for patients.