U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to sign the "No Men in Women's Sports" executive order in the East Room of the White House on February 5, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images As we ...

The patronage system, which had facilitated the rise of powerful political machines by 1880, abruptly ended when a deranged office seeker assassinated President James A. Garfield in 1881. Democrats ...

I'm part of a team that covers politics and state government for more than 20 newspapers in Ohio, including the Columbus Dispatch. My beat includes the Ohio Supreme Court, the state criminal justice ...

One of my biggest gripes about Donald Trump's first term was the inability of the media or congressional Democrats to wrap their minds around the flagrant corruption that was happening right before ...

Editor’s Note: Beat notes is a weekly feature from Dispatch journalists who share what’s been happening in their area of coverage and upcoming events. This week we hear from Laura Bischoff, state ...