1. elections of 2019
    Democrats Win in Kentucky and Virginia, and More Results From the 2019 ElectionDems won the governor’s race in Kentucky and a trifecta in Virginia, while the Mississippi GOP cemented its power and NYC passed ranked-choice voting.
    By Matt Stieb
  2. medicare for all
    Elizabeth Warren Sees Health Care As a Civil-Rights Struggle. That Bothers Some.Some have taken issue with her comparison of today’s fight for universal health care to past civil-rights struggles.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  3. impeachment
    Lindsey Graham Won’t Read Impeachment Hearing Transcripts: ‘This Is All B.S.’What you refuse to learn can’t hurt you.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. democrats
    How Can Democrats Win Back Rural America?Candidates and organizers are struggling to make up for years of party neglect.
    By Sarah Jones
  5. the national interest
    Trump Diplomat Gordon Sondland: Oh, THAT Pro Quo, Yeah, Now I RememberThe president’s extortion hatchet man “refreshes” his memory, implicates Trump.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. vision 2020
    Good Pollsters Don’t Always AgreeNate Silver’s pollster ratings equally praise two outlets producing what sure look like wildly varying takes on how 2020 is shaping up.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. impeachment
    Americans Far More Polarized on Impeachment Than in the PastDon’t count on rank-and-file Republicans to abandon Trump the way many abandoned Nixon.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. the national interest
    No, Trump’s Foreign Policy Staff Doesn’t Have to Just Follow OrdersTrump’s new defense: “The president is the constitutional author of foreign policy.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  10. racism
    Richard Spencer Broke His Contract With AmericaHe agreed to shroud his white nationalism in nice clothes and respectability. He seems to have inadvertently let the mask drop.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  11. intelligencer chats
    Where Did Beto Go Wrong?Intelligencer staffers discuss what derailed the Texan’s once-promising campaign.
    By Jonathan Chait, Benjamin Hart, and Margaret Hartmann
  12. medicaid
    Tomorrow, America Could Get a Tiny Bit Closer to Universal Health CareMedicare for All isn’t on the ballot just yet. But in Virginia, Kentucky, and Mississippi, voters have a chance to secure “Medicaid for more.”
    By Eric Levitz
  13. politics
    Why the Democrats Will Debate at Atlanta’s Tyler Perry Studios This MonthThe debate sponsors passed up a suburban venue for the actor and mogul’s new facility.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. vision 2020
    Should Democrats Panic About Elizabeth Warren’s Chances Against Trump?A new batch of polls has the candidate faring poorly against Trump in some battleground states.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. e. jean carroll
    Writer E. Jean Carroll Sues Donald Trump for DefamationAfter Carroll accused Trump of sexual assault in her latest book, the president called her a liar, which she says damaged her reputation and career.
    By Sarah Jones
  16. trump tax returns
    We’re One Step Closer to Seeing Trump’s Tax ReturnsAn appeals court ruled that he must turn over eight years of tax records to New York investigators. The Supreme Court will likely get the final say.
    By Benjamin Hart
  17. the national interest
    New Poll Shows Democratic Candidates Have Been Living in a Fantasy WorldTrump is on course to win reelection and Democrats are ceding the center to him.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. vision 2020
    Maybe Democrats Should Remain on the Defensive in 2020The Trump Era may call for a more proactive agenda, but the Trump campaign is all in on all the old attack lines — and Democrats need to be ready.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. impeachment inquiry
    Trump Reportedly Obsessed With Impeachment Coverage: ‘We’re Getting Killed’Trump is watching more TV to stay informed on his potentially impeachable actions. Outside of Fox News, he’s reportedly not liking what he’s seeing.
    By Matt Stieb
  20. elections of 2019
    Off-Year Election Preview: Is It All About Partisanship?Unpopular Republicans struggle to win governorships in red Kentucky and Mississippi, while partisan tides help Democrats in Virginia.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. donald trump
    Trump Mostly Tweets Alone Because He Doesn’t Like Being Seen in Glasses: ReportRather than be seen wearing glasses, Trump dictates his tweets to an aide who sits in a “closet-sized room.”
    By Matt Stieb
  22. power
    Tasteless ‘Build the Wall’ Decor Seen at White House Kids’ Halloween PartyKids who attended a party at the White House were encouraged to participate in a “build the wall” mural.
    By Marie Lodi
  23. politics
    Trump Has Been Booed at Another Major Sporting EventThe president heard both jeers and cheers at the UFC in New York, but they never put him up on the big screen or announced he was there.
    By Chas Danner
  24. the top line
    Three Takeaways From Elizabeth Warren’s Plan to Pay for Medicare for AllHer plan attempts to avoid some of the pain associated with a switch to single payer, but much of it won’t add up.
    By Josh Barro
  25. politics
    Beto Drops OutThe former congressman from Texas had failed to find much footing in the primary race.
    By Sarah Jones
  26. medicare for all
    Elizabeth Warren’s Medicare for All Plan Is a Smart Storytelling DeviceWarren has an excellent plan for reframing the debate over Medicare for All — and a clever but flawed one for how to pay for the program.
    By Eric Levitz
  27. the national interest
    GOP Leader Has One Chart Showing Why Republicans Hate DemocracyKevin McCarthy doesn’t understand the Constitution, also doesn’t care.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. vision 2020
    Elizabeth Warren Isn’t Backing Down From Medicare for AllThe candidate released her funding proposal this morning, which includes tougher tax enforcement and draining a Pentagon “slush fund.”
    By Sarah Jones
  29. senate
    Grassley Bumping Graham As Judiciary Committee ChairmanIt’s got nothing to do with impeachment, and everything to do with seniority.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. vision 2020
    Can Anyone Catch the Big Four in Iowa?Biden, Buttigieg, Sanders, and Warren are far ahead of the rest of the field in Iowa, and there likely won’t be more than four tickets out of there.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. the national interest
    Trump: The Soviet Witch Coup Has Found Me InnocentThat’s not how witch hunts or show trials work.
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. reach
    Twitter Bans Political AdvertisingJack Dorsey thinks politicians shouldn’t be able to pay to give their ideas artificial reach.
    By Brian Feldman
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. 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
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