Today’s edition of quick hits.

Ahead of their national campaigns, Mitt Romney, Marco Rubio, and Donald Trump couldn't brag about their biggest victories. The GOP base wouldn't allow it.

Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.

The House Republican handing out inert grenades was ridiculous. His GOP colleague handing out assault-rifle lapel pins is almost certainly worse.

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas tried to defend his plan to block voters from re-electing lawmakers like him. It didn't go especially well.

It's a problem that Donald Trump claims he has a secret plan to end the war in Ukraine. It's a bigger problem that he's tried to pull this trick before.

Job growth under President Joe Biden has been so strong that Republican leaders have to go out of their way to pretend not to notice the good news.

Republicans saw the Chinese surveillance balloon as a political winner, right up until Donald Trump's record got in the way.

Today’s edition of quick hits.

If former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sees Jan. 6 as an example of a “peaceful transition" of power, his memory of the insurrectionist attack is flawed.

The House speaker who’s choosing to impose a dangerous debt ceiling crisis on the country declared, “Let’s not put America through turmoil”? Seriously?