1. the national interest
    Trump: The Soviet Witch Coup Has Found Me InnocentThat’s not how witch hunts or show trials work.
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. mar-a-lago
    Why I’m Leaving New York: A Donald J. Trump StoryTrump announced on Thursday night that he would move his permanent residence from Trump Tower to Mar-a-Lago after his presidency.
    By Matt Stieb
  3. politics
    Inside Trump Country’s Hottest Club: The Halloween Eve Witch-Hunt PartyIn a sports complex in Manheim, PA, the Trump-Pence 2020 Witch-Hunt Halloween Party felt like a kid’s birthday party, but for adult Trump fanatics.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  4. cybersecurity
    Trump Pick for Cybersecurity Adviser Rudy Giuliani Couldn’t Unlock Phone: ReportShortly after becoming Trump’s cybersecurity adviser, Giuliani visited an Apple Store in San Francisco because he forgot his phone’s passcode.
    By Matt Stieb
  5. donald trump jr.
    Donald Trump Jr. Thinks His Rust Belt Boarding School Made Him a Regular GuyHis father went to a Pennsylvania Rust Belt school, too, called Wharton!
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. elections of 2019
    Republicans Going All-Out Red Scare in Off-Year ElectionsIn Kentucky and even in the more moderate Virginia, Republicans are smearing all Democrats as terrifying socialists. It will get much worse next year.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. impeachment
    House Authorizes Impeachment Inquiry In Party-Line VoteOnly two Democrats — and zero Republicans — defected, in what may set a pattern for later votes.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. voter suppresion
    The Era of the Voter Purge in Georgia ContinuesOver 313,000 Georgia voters are set to be purged from the rolls in December.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  10. the national interest
    Republicans Want Trump to Apologize for Ukraine and Move On. He Won’t.The problem is that Trump claims an absolute right to trade foreign policy for campaign help, and plans to continue.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. politics
    Self-Made Man Donald Trump Jr. Is Still Criticizing Hunter Biden for NepotismTrump Jr. wishes he could also “go abroad and make millions off my father’s presidency,” forgetting, perhaps, that he is doing so at home.
    By Matt Stieb
  12. vision 2020
    Campaign Death Watch BeginsIt’s the time when preprimary winnowing gets serious, and Kamala Harris’s campaign has the bad luck to get seen cutting back on staff.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. reach
    Twitter Bans Political AdvertisingJack Dorsey thinks politicians shouldn’t be able to pay to give their ideas artificial reach.
    By Brian Feldman
  14. vision 2020
    Is It Curtains for Kamala Harris?Intelligencer staffers discuss the latest struggles of a once-promising candidacy.
    By Jonathan Chait, Benjamin Hart, and Ed Kilgore
  15. books
    Democrats Lost the States. A New Book Says Activists Are Fighting Back.Journalist Meaghan Winter makes the case for local politics — and local reporting.
    By Sarah Jones
  16. the national interest
    Tulsi Gabbard Drops a Big Hint About Running a Spoiler Campaign for Trump“Whether Mrs. Clinton’s name is on the ballot or not, her foreign policy will be.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. the national interest
    Official Reveals Trump’s ‘Exact Call’ With Zelensky Was Edited DownThe “rough transcript” is a cover-up, Vindman testifies to Congress.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. impeachment season
    House Will Officially Authorize Impeachment Proceedings After AllNancy Pelosi decided to take the very step Republicans have been angrily demanding, but they will angrily oppose it anyway.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. democratic primaries
    Elizabeth Warren’s Growing List of Anti-EndorsementsFrom Wall Street fat cats to Mark Zuckerberg, she has all the right enemies.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  20. the national interest
    If Trump Is Impeached or Defeated, Conservatives Will Call It a ‘Coup’The rhetoric of violence on the right.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. vision 2020
    This Democratic Senator Won’t Commit to Voting for Her Party in 2020Kyrsten Sinema is positioning herself to the right of Democrats from much redder states. That could be a problem for progressives in 2021.
    By Eric Levitz
  22. vision 2020
    South Carolina Priest Denies Joe Biden Communion Over Pro-Choice ViewsIt’s an old if sporadic problem for Catholic pro-choice politicians.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. centrism
    Pete for Corporate AmericaThere’s a gap between Buttigieg’s man-of-the-people routine and his politics.
    By Sarah Jones
  24. u.s. senate
    Jeff Sessions May Seek Old Senate Seat Despite Crowded FieldWill Donald Trump vengefully drop a hammer on his former attorney general?
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. politics
    Trump’s Own Officials Question Claim That Baghdadi Was ‘Crying’: ReportThe Pentagon has also failed to confirm Trump’s claim.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  26. power
    Representative Katie Hill Resigns in Midst of ScandalThe democratic congresswoman was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with an aide. But things are more complicated than that.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  27. gerrymandering
    State Court Tosses GOP’s Gerrymandered Congressional Map in North CarolinaRepublican boasts about partisan motives for maps challenged, as an illegal racial gerrymander backfired.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. the national interest
    Republicans Smear Army Vet Testifying Against Trump as a Ukrainian SpyLt. Col. Vindman is disloyal for going around Trump’s private lawyer who was being paid by the Russian Mafia.
    By Jonathan Chait
  29. profile
    Chelsea Clinton Is Figuring Out Her Own Life NowThe odd situation of the former First Daughter in 2019.
    By Jonathan Van Meter
  30. intelligencer chats
    Why Do Joe Biden’s Supporters Like Joe Biden?Intelligencer staffers discuss the former vice-president’s enduring appeal.
    By Benjamin Hart and Olivia Nuzzi
  31. the national interest
    Trump Boasts of War Crimes in Public, Nobody Believes Him“We’re keeping the oil!” That’s a violation of international law.
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. the national interest
    The White House’s Godfather FantasyIf the Trumps are the Corleones, that makes us the marks.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. donald trump
    Trump Booed at Washington Nationals Game, Fans Chant ‘Lock Him Up’There’s a reason Trump doesn’t get out much in the capital, where just four percent of residents voted for him in 2016.
    By Matt Stieb
  34. vision 2020
    Joe Biden’s Zombie CampaignHe’s the least formidable front-runner ever. Will it matter?
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  35. vision 2020
    Can Cory Booker Revive His Flagging Campaign?Booker is a very good candidate … on paper. If he’s going to make a move in the race, it’s got to be now.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. impeachment
    Federal Judge Rules Impeachment Inquiry Is LegalThe judge rejected the Republican argument that the House had to formally authorize an inquiry before it could begin.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. politics
    Republicans Want Victimhood Without Being VictimizedThe party that controls America’s most powerful institutions is now staging sit-ins.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  38. vision 2020
    Diversity Will Continue to Be Democratic Asset in 2020Demographic trends and potentially higher Democratic margins among minorities and suburbanites could be crucial in 2020.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. the national circus
    Frank Rich: Republican Impeachment Panic Sets InDespite William Taylor’s bombshell testimony, Trump isn’t going anywhere soon — but the GOP’s distress over impeachment is clearly deepening.
    By Frank Rich
  40. vision 2020
    Gabbard Isn’t Running for Reelection — or for President on a Third-Party TicketDespite a lot of confusion and fear about Gabbard launching a third-party bid, it seems she’s focused on remaining a national Democratic gadfly.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. vision 2020
    December Democratic Debate May Winnow Some More CandidatesThe polling threshold for making the stage will rise again, endangering several well-known candidates.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. the national interest
    Senate Republicans Keeping Their Options Open on Impeaching TrumpEven a tepid defense of Trump only gains 44 supporters.
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. recapping impeachment
    Recapping Impeachment: Bill Taylor Returns for One Last MissionWe need to talk about Bill Taylor, but we should talk about Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman.
    By Eric Levitz
  44. vision 2020
    Do 2020 Democrats Really Need a Little More God?The argument comes up in every presidential election, but more discussion of religion isn’t Democrats’ key to winning the heartland.
    By Sarah Jones
  45. migrant crisis
    ACLU: 1,556 More Migrant Families Separated Under Trump Than Previously KnownThe known number of migrant families separated under the Trump administration now totals at least 4,300 separated families.
    By Matt Stieb
  46. pollution
    Air Pollution Increases Under Trump, Despite His Claim of World’s ‘Cleanest Air’EPA data shows that fine-particulate pollution rose 5.5 percent from 2016 to 2018, resulting in the premature deaths of 10,000 Americans.
    By Matt Stieb
  47. rudy giuliani
    Rudy and Hunter Biden Both Worked for the Same Romanian KleptocratRudy Giuliani was for Hunter Biden abetting corruption in Eastern Europe before he was against it.
    By Eric Levitz
  48. vision 2020
    For Whom Does the Bell Toll? It Tolls for Tim.Tim Ryan drops out of the presidential race, and Amy Klobuchar makes the stage for the next debate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. the national interest
    Trump’s Allies Growing Desperate for Defenses of Ukraine ScandalLet’s check in on Ben Shapiro, Hugh Hewitt, and the Wall Street Journal editorial page.
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. vision 2020
    Clinton 2020? Say It Ain’t So, Hillary!Only Hillary Clinton can scotch the talk about this right-wing fantasy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. politics
    Trump-Appointed Student Loan Official Resigns: “Stop the Insanity”A. Wayne Johnson is calling for student-loan forgiveness — and he may run for office.
    By Sarah Jones
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