Donald Trump came close on Thursday, ousting J. D. Vance as his Iran negotiator days after the Veep blamed the war for the Republicans’ midterm losses.

Even J. D. Vance admits that the righteous blue wave in the midterms wasn’t a result of Republicans failing to show up—it’s that they showed up for the Democrats.

Reflections on a midterm campaign in which our octogenarian President waged war—against algae in the Reflecting Pool.

The former President’s riff on Saddam Hussein, the Cheesecake Factory, and our gold-besotted leader was not only funny but politically brilliant.

As Democrats’ midterm expectations soar, history advises only a lowercase, cautious optimism.