![President Joe Biden returns to the White House December 20, 2023 in Washington, D.C.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1863298540.jpg)
New Hampshire Primary Voters Can Send Biden a Powerful Message About Gaza New Hampshire Primary Voters Can Send Biden a Powerful Message About Gaza
A campaign to write in the word “cease-fire” seeks to pressure the administration to shift its policy.
Jan 18, 2024 / John Nichols
![Bernie Sanders during the debate on his Gaza resolution on January 16, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Screenshot-2024-01-17-at-1.17.36 PM-2.jpg)
The Shame of the Senate The Shame of the Senate
Only 11 senators joined Bernie Sanders’s effort to hold Israel to account for human rights abuses in Gaza.
Jan 17, 2024 / John Nichols
![Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump waves after speaking at a caucus night party in Des Moines, Iowa, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24016176687223.jpg)
Iowa Republicans Decide They Want to Lose Again With Donald Trump Iowa Republicans Decide They Want to Lose Again With Donald Trump
The former president won the first caucus state. But a striking one-third of caucus-goers told pollsters that a convicted Donald Trump would be unfit for office.
Jan 16, 2024 / John Nichols
![Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis departs after speaking at a Northside Conservatives Club Meeting at The District in Ankeny, Iowa, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24012596323188.jpg)
Iowa Can Put Ron DeSantis Out of His Misery Tonight Iowa Can Put Ron DeSantis Out of His Misery Tonight
The Florida governor’s presidential bid has already crashed and burned, but a major caucus defeat could finally get him off the campaign trail.
Jan 15, 2024 / John Nichols
![A rally in support of a Gaza ceasefire in San Francisco on January 6, 2024.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1906633136.jpg)
Americans Are More Likely to Back Candidates Who Support a Cease-Fire, a New Poll Shows Americans Are More Likely to Back Candidates Who Support a Cease-Fire, a New Poll Shows
The survey finds high levels of enthusiasm for a Gaza cease-fire, especially among young voters and key Democratic constituencies.
Jan 12, 2024 / John Nichols
![Republican presidential candidate former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announces he is dropping out of the race during a town hall campaign event Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in Windham, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24010820434600.jpg)
Chris Christie’s Exit Marks the End of the Fight for the Soul of the GOP Chris Christie’s Exit Marks the End of the Fight for the Soul of the GOP
He told the truth about the threat posed by Trump. DeSantis and Haley will never do that.
Jan 11, 2024 / John Nichols
![Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) greets staffers and members while conducting a photo-op in the US Capitol’s Rayburn Room on Thursday, December 14, 2023.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GettyImages-1848151224.jpg)
Kevin McCarthy’s Final Act of Retribution Totally Screws Over the House GOP Kevin McCarthy’s Final Act of Retribution Totally Screws Over the House GOP
With his exit from the House, the embittered former speaker leaves his caucus with a collapsed majority that may not be able to govern.
Jan 4, 2024 / John Nichols
![President Joe Biden gives two thumbs up as he leaves St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del., on October 28, 2023.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/biden-thumbs-up-ap.jpg)
Biden Begins 2024 With Better Poll Numbers Than His Foes—and Fans—Recognize Biden Begins 2024 With Better Poll Numbers Than His Foes—and Fans—Recognize
Has Biden turned a corner? Several recent survey have him leading Trump.
Jan 2, 2024 / John Nichols
![The Wisconsin Supreme Court listens to arguments from Wisconsin Assistant Attorney General Anthony D. Russomanno, representing Governor Tony Evers, during a redistricting hearing at the state capitol, November 21, 2023, in Madison, Wis.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Wisconsin-Supreme-Court-redistricting-AP.jpg)
Wisconsin Prepares to Crush a Slithering Republican Gerrymander Wisconsin Prepares to Crush a Slithering Republican Gerrymander
A newly progressive state Supreme Court has opened the way for scrapping rigged election maps and renewing the promise of representative democracy in a key battleground state.
Dec 28, 2023 / John Nichols
![The Nativity scene shows baby Jesus wrapped in a keffiyeh and placed in a pile of rubble to show solidarity with the people of Gaza on December 18, 2023 in the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem, West Bank.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/manger-scene-bethlehem-church-getty.jpg)
Will This Be the Last Christmas for Gaza’s Christian Communities? Will This Be the Last Christmas for Gaza’s Christian Communities?
Gaza has some of the world’s oldest Christian communities, yet Palestinian Christians say Israeli strikes put them “under threat of extinction.”
Dec 25, 2023 / John Nichols