1. the national interest
    Lindsey Graham Begins Biden Smear Probe Trump Couldn’t Get From UkraineRepublicans can’t even keep up the pretense that Trump’s goal was something other than discrediting his opponent.
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. vision 2020
    Could Pete Buttigieg Actually Become President?Mayor Pete’s minority voter problem is still a big obstacle to his “nominatability.” But as the nominee he could be the un-Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. impeachment
    Senate Republicans Mulling Two-Week Impeachment TrialLong enough to look like an actual trial, short enough to ensure the fix is in.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. trigger warning
    RNC Pays $100K to Protect Donald Trump Jr., a Precious Baby SnowflakeNobody wants president’s boy to get triggered by low sales.
    By Sarah Jones
  5. labor
    Union ‘Not the Right Direction for Hearst,’ Executive Says in Email to StaffHearst isn’t backing down from its anti-union campaign.
    By Sarah Jones
  7. vision 2020
    How White Racism Might Deliver Joe Biden the Black VoteThe fact that black voters think Biden is the best candidate in the primaries is an indictment.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  8. mueller time
    If Congress Doesn’t Impeach and Remove Trump, It Could Still Censure HimCensure resolutions may not be as satisfying, but they’d be much easier to initiate and pass, and could ramp up pressure on congressional Republicans.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. vision 2020
    Michael Bloomberg, Deval Patrick, and the Awful Specter of a Brokered ConventionThese late presidential entrants are more likely to help winnow the field than to deadlock a convention and win via an Establishment coup.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. the national circus
    Frank Rich: Republicans Are Excusing a Criminal ConspiracyIf the GOP cared about facts this week’s impeachment testimony would be apocalyptically damaging. But nothing will keep them from defending Trump.
    By Frank Rich
  11. nikki haley
    Haley Used Unsecured Emails for Classified Info Because She Lost Her PasswordIf she runs for president, will she face “Lock her up!” chants?
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. life in pixels
    How Should You Feel About Zuck’s Dinner With Peter Thiel and Donald Trump?It’s extremely normal for the president to dine with the head of the largest communications apparatus on the planet and his democracy-skeptic mentor.
    By Max Read
  13. democratic debates
    5 Winners From the Fifth Democratic Primary DebateIt was a great night for Booker, Buttigieg, and people who are not professionally obligated to watch Democratic primary debates.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. vision 2020
    Pete Buttigieg Is Worried That Free Public College Would Benefit BillionairesTuition-free college won’t attract the children of billionaires to America’s public universities. But it would be an even better program if it did.
    By Eric Levitz
  15. trump impeachment
    Trump Impeachment Hearing Who’s Who: David HolmesThe Ukraine embassy staffer’s testimony may further implicate both President Trump and U.N. Ambassador Gordon Sondland in the quid pro quo.
    By Matt Stieb
  16. trump impeachment
    Trump Impeachment Hearing Who’s Who: Fiona HillLike Gordon Sondland, Hill may implicate Trump’s staff in the quid pro quo. But Hill will also testify as to Sondland’s complicity and incompetence.
    By Matt Stieb
  17. democratic debates
    Did Anyone Lose the Democratic Debate?Intelligencer’s Gabriel Debenedetti, who attended the showdown in Atlanta, chats about an evening that didn’t go the way many expected it to.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti and Benjamin Hart
  18. vision 2020
    The Expected Pete Buttigieg Pile-On Never Happened in the Atlanta DebateMayor Pete has been surging in Iowa and New Hampshire polls — but his rivals pretty much left him alone.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. democratic debates
    Biden Says We Need to ‘Keep Punching’ at the Problem of Domestic ViolenceThe Democratic front-runner probably didn’t need to illustrate the problem with his fists.
    By Matt Stieb
  20. democratic debates
    Biden Campaign Sends Post-Debate Email Prior to Debate: ‘Did I Make You Proud?’The gaffe-heavy candidate’s campaign started with an early gaffe, sending a post-debate fundraiser — “Did I make you proud? — hours before the debate.
    By Matt Stieb
  21. impeachment hearings
    Gordon Sondland’s Testimony Is Damning for Trump — and HimselfThe ambassador’s self-defense is that he prioritized delivering aid to Ukraine above safeguarding democracy and rule of law in the U.S.
    By Eric Levitz
  22. vision 2020
    Buttigieg’s Electability Argument: Only Young Outsiders Win for DemocratsMayor Pete is comparing himself to past winners Carter, Clinton, and Obama, which is clever but not exactly a slam-dunk argument.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. trump impeachment
    Nunes to Sondland: Let’s Talk About My Conspiracy TheoriesGordon Sondland had some interesting testimony Republicans should have probed. Their top Intelligence Committee member preferred to rant and rave.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. the national interest
    ‘We Followed the President’s Orders’: Trump’s Scheme Was Directed by TrumpA top henchman turns on the president in explosive testimony.
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. politics
    Ilhan Omar Urges Compassion for the Man Who Threatened to Kill Her“Who are we as a nation if we respond to threats of political retribution with retribution ourselves?”
    By Hannah Gold
  26. vision 2020
    Mayor Pete Will Have a Target on His Back at Wednesday’s DebateIntelligencer staffers discuss what to expect from the still-crowded stage in Atlanta.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti and Benjamin Hart
  27. trump impeachment
    Gordon Sondland: ‘Yes,’ There Was a Quid Pro QuoThis is not something that the White House was hoping to hear.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  28. trump impeachment
    Trump Impeachment Hearing Who’s Who: Gordon SondlandThe E.U. ambassador may have to choose between defending the major gaps in his prior testimony or publicly implicating Trump in the quid pro quo.
    By Matt Stieb
  29. barack obama
    The Left/Right Convergence on Dissing ObamaObama cannot be both a corporate shill and an ironfisted socialist. Somebody — maybe everybody — is wrong.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. impeachment hearings
    Democrats Must Make Impeachment About Defending Democracy, Not ‘Ukraine Policy’The problem with Trump’s actions isn’t that they threatened Ukrainian self-determination, but that they threaten our own.
    By Eric Levitz
  31. the national interest
    Trump Defenders Confused by Use of SynonymsIf you use different words to describe improper conduct, the defendant must go free. Those are the rules.
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. world view
    Trump’s Israeli Settlement Reversal Is About What’s Good for Him, Not the LawThere’s scant evidence that the U.S. examined “all sides of the legal debate,” but altering the longstanding policy has domestic advantages for Trump.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  33. government shutdown
    Why Congress May Give Us a Government Shutdown for ChristmasOnce again, spending runs out just before Christmas. Once again, Trump’s border-wall demands are the main sticking point.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. abortion
    A New Democratic ‘Litmus Test’ on Abortion RightsThe parties have been polarized over abortion policy for long enough that it’s time to pick sides.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. vision 2020
    10 Candidates Qualify for the November Democratic DebateJulián Castro failed to make the November cut. Six candidates have made the December debate, and Cory Booker is in the greatest danger of missing out.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. the national interest
    White House Claims Obama Left Them Hostile Notes, Which Nobody Has SeenWhen Trump moved in, “You will fail” notes were everywhere, yet somehow no photos have emerged.
    By Jonathan Chait
  37. trump impeachment
    Trump Impeachment Hearing Who’s Who: Alexander VindmanVindman is the top Ukraine expert on the NSC, and was on the July 25 call in which Trump pressured Zelensky to investigate Hunter Biden.
    By Matt Stieb
  38. trump impeachment
    Trump Impeachment Hearing Who’s Who: Jennifer WilliamsWilliams will counter Trump’s claim that Democrats are operating with “third-hand” information, as she heard the July 25 call in real time.
    By Matt Stieb
  39. medicaid
    One Key Lesson From Democratic Wins in Louisiana and KentuckyFor Democrats, expanding the welfare state is always good politics (eventually).
    By Eric Levitz
  40. vision 2020
    Could Bernie Win This Thing After All?Intelligencer staffers discuss the Vermont senator’s potentially underrated strength in the Democratic primary.
    By Benjamin Hart, Ezekiel Kweku, and Eric Levitz
  41. trump impeachment
    Trump Impeachment Hearing Who’s Who: Tim MorrisonMorrison will confirm that Trump planned to release aid only if Ukraine announced a Biden investigation, a detail key to Dems’ impeachment argument.
    By Matt Stieb
  42. trump impeachment
    Trump Impeachment Hearing Who’s Who: Kurt VolkerVolker’s texts show that the administration expected Ukraine to open an investigation into a conspiracy theory in exchange for a White House visit.
    By Matt Stieb
  43. drugs
    South Dakota Debuts New Anti-Drug Campaign: ‘Meth. We’re On It.’The website — onmeth.com — isn’t helping clear up the intentions of the $449,000 advertising campaign.
    By Matt Stieb
  44. the national interest
    Trump Personally Directed Mob-Linked Figure Tied to Ukraine ShakedownIt’s even worse than it sounds!
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. vision 2020
    Kamala Harris Facing Home-State HeartburnKamala Harris’s once-plausible path to the Democratic nomination is very rocky now. Maybe she’d be smart to pack it in before losing her home state.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. the national interest
    House Impeachment Might Include Charge That Trump Lied to MuellerMueller was surprisingly chill about presidential perjury, but House Democrats seem more concerned about it.
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. democratic primaries
    When It Comes to Goofy Group Dance Routines, Buttigieg Is No ModerateTeam Pete has “High Hopes” that you’ll want to learn the moves to his official campaign dance.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  48. vision 2020
    Joe Biden’s Fringe Views on Marijuana Could Get Trump ReelectedBiden’s anti-legalization stance may play well with nanny-state activists. But swing voters want to get big government’s hands off their bongs.
    By Eric Levitz
  49. war crimes
    Trump’s War-Crimes Pardons Invite the Mayhem He LovesAn outlaw president naturally wants to celebrate outlaw behavior in the military, too.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. vision 2020
    Is Pete Buttigieg Peaking Too Early in Iowa?Things are looking sunny for Mayor Pete, though there’s time for others to catch up in Iowa, and he still needs to woo more nonwhite voters.
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. vaping
    Trump Sours on E-Cig Flavor Ban Amid Fear of Losing the Vaper VoteTeens don’t vote, but vapers do and Trump doesn’t want to lose them.
    By Adam K. Raymond
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