1. vision 2020
    The 4 ‘Dark Horse’ 2020 Democrats With the Most PotentialSome of the lower-tier Democrats are in rough shape, but a few are still popular enough to threaten Biden, Sanders, and Warren.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. house republicans
    Trump Is Eroding the GOP’s Support Among the White Lawmaking ClassTrump’s lack of appeal to highly educated Republicans hasn’t driven many voters from his coalition — but it is driving many GOP lawmakers out of D.C.
    By Eric Levitz
  3. policing
    Officer Suspended After Arresting First-Grader. His Behavior Fits a Pattern.Black children in schools are subjected to police involvement at alarming rates.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  4. the national interest
    Trump Blurts Out to Reporters That He Pressured Ukraine to Smear BidenTrump has drained most of the remaining mystery from the world’s least mysterious crime drama.
    By Jonathan Chait
  5. gun control
    Ivanka and Don Jr. Are Pulling Trump in Opposite Directions on GunsIvanka Trump wants more restrictive gun laws. Donald Trump Jr. thinks not. Which child will the president side with?
    By Adam K. Raymond
  7. the national interest
    How the Media Helped Trump Carry Out His Ukraine SmearTrump thinks anything that gets “Biden” and “corruption” into the news will help him. He may be right.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. vision 2020
    A to F+: Grading the Presidential Candidates on Their Labor PlansUnions and worker rights are shaping up to be more important in this election than they’ve been for a generation. Who has the best ideas?
    By Steven Greenhouse
  9. vision 2020
    Trump Allies Think His Vaping Ban Could Cost Him 2020 ElectionA snapshot of our failing democracy.
    By Matt Stieb
  10. ukraine scandal
    Nancy Pelosi Hints at Impeachment Following Trump’s Ukraine ScandalPelosi said that if Congress is not allowed to see the Ukraine scandal whistleblower’s complaint, there will be “a whole new stage of investigation.”
    By Matt Stieb
  11. vision 2020
    Warren Takes Lead in Key Iowa PollShe’s narrowly ahead of Biden, but Iowa Democrats remain mostly uncommitted with less than five months before the caucuses.
    By Chas Danner
  12. green new deal
    The Future Is Ours for the TakingA conversation with Ann Pettifor, author of The Case for the Green New Deal.
    By Sarah Jones
  13. state of the world
    City by City, the World Turns Out for Climate StrikePhotos from striking cities, from marches in the Philippines and die-ins in Thailand, to the largest demonstration in Australian history.
    By The Editors
  14. david brooks
    David Brooks: Politics Is Too Uncivil — and Anyone to My Left Is Un-AmericanThe reasonable conservative explains that Liz Warren is an anti-American radical because she wants to tax wealth and elect presidents democratically.
    By Eric Levitz
  15. field trips
    Melania Starts a Near Riot at the United Nations Private SchoolInside the drama over diplomat kids and a FLOTUS field trip.
    By Bridget Read
  16. the national interest
    Trump’s Ukraine Scandal Is Hiding in Plain SightTrump’s henchmen already confessed their scheme months ago. Now we’re learning how bad it was.
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. climate change
    Welcome to the State of the WorldA series about climate change.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  18. vision 2020
    Bill de Blasio Drops Out of 2020 RaceNew York’s mayor added his name to the long list of people who do not think he should be running for president.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  19. just asking questions
    A Green New Deal Co-Author on the Rapid Evolution of Climate PolicyRhiana Gunn-Wright talks about just how fast climate politics have changed and why focusing on targets like two degrees may be beside the point.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  20. america
    Anti-Vaxxers March on California Capitol Singing ‘We Shall Overcome’No.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  21. homelessness
    Trump Trolls Homeless People in CaliforniaAs he rolled through California collecting campaign contributions, the president blamed Democrats for homelessness, and the homeless for pollution.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. 2020 elections
    So You Want to Be a U.S. Senator?Georgia governor Brian Kemp has thrown open the door to anybody who wants to apply to fill the seat Johnny Isakson is giving up at year’s end.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. house democrats
    Nancy Pelosi’s Drug Plan Pits Trump’s Base Against GOP OrthodoxyPrice controls on prescription drugs are deeply popular with the GOP’s aging base — and deeply antithetical to GOP lawmakers’ ideology.
    By Eric Levitz
  24. environment
    It’s Official: Trump Revokes California’s Power to Regulate Automobile EmissionsIt’s a sign of the administration’s adamant opposition to action on climate change, even at the expense of conservative states-rights principles.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. vision 2020
    Elizabeth Warren’s Balancing ActWarren’s avoiding Clinton’s biggest mistakes, but her path to the nomination is still difficult.
    By Sarah Jones
  26. trump administration
    Trump Loyalists Aren’t Being Ostracized After Leaving — They’re ThrivingSean Spicer, Kierstjen Nielsen, and Corey Lewandowski all made dramatic public comebacks this week.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  27. benjamin netanyahu
    Benjamin Netanyahu Appears to Be Running Out of OptionsThough he should never be counted out, it’s increasingly difficult to imagine that the prime minister will retain power in Israel.
    By Benjamin Hart
  28. vision 2020
    No One Knows Whether Warren or Sanders Is in Second PlaceRecent polls from the first primary states show that Bernie Sanders is pulling even with Biden — or else plummeting out of contention.
    By Eric Levitz
  29. just asking questions
    Chris Hayes and Ali Velshi on How TV News Covers Climate ChangeA conversation with the hosts of MSNBC’s two-day Democratic-primary forum on climate change.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  30. guns
    White House Circulating Gun Proposal That Trump May Not SupportThe NRA is already denouncing the gun background-check bill that nobody in the Trump administration will openly embrace.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. the national interest
    Trump Administration Covering Up His Disturbing Offer to Foreign LeaderWhat about his phone calls?
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. justin trudeau
    Justin Trudeau Wore Brownface Makeup to a Private-School Party in 2001A yearbook photo shows the Canadian PM in brownface at an ‘Arabian Nights’ party. And a new video shows him wearing blackface in a separate incident.
    By Matt Stieb
  33. vision 2020
    Biden’s Electability Advantage Will Be Hard to ShakeMost factors voters use to measure electability give Joe Biden an advantage, and Democrats are not in the mood to gamble on the 2020 outcome.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. ufos
    Jimmy Carter Saw a UFO on This Day in 1973Carter promised to come clean on UFO intel if elected president, but like all of them, he backtracked.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. john bolton
    John Bolton Is Mad at Trump for Firing Him Just Before Iran StandoffYou can’t always get what you want.
    By Matt Stieb
  36. vision 2020
    How Elizabeth Warren Should Talk About Medicare for AllA populist like her should show some empathy for those who fear big government and politicians as much as they fear insurance and drug companies.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. federal reserve
    Decoding the Fed’s Interest Rate CutIntelligencer staffers discuss the Federal Reserve’s latest maneuver — and President Trump’s criticism of it.
    By Josh Barro and Benjamin Hart
  38. games
    Who Will Be the First Star Athlete to Make a Serious Run at the White House?In a world in which sports are politicized and politics has turned into a celebrity sport, the rise of the athlete-politician is inevitable.
    By Will Leitch
  39. andrew yang
    Will Andrew Yang’s Meeting With Shane Gillis Demand Anything From White Voters?Forgiving racists is easy in American politics. Demanding better from them is not.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  40. labor
    Democracy Dies When Labor Unions DoStrengthening unions should be at the heart of any agenda for reviving American democracy because labor’s weakness is at the heart of its decline.
    By Eric Levitz
  41. religion
    Christian Conservative Politics Are Driving Liberals Out of the PewsThe loud belief of militantly conservative Christians that being religious means being Republican may become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. world view
    Robert O’Brien Shows Republicans Still Put Trump Ahead of Personal CredibilityGOP establishment mainstays like Robert O’Brien lined up to be national security adviser, even after Trump ignored and humiliated John Bolton.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  43. the national interest
    How Electable Is Elizabeth Warren, Anyway?An assessment of a now-likely nominee.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. vision 2020
    Kamala Harris Really Needs to Turn Things AroundThe once-promising campaign of the Californian is in trouble. She needs a reboot, and also needs Biden or Warren to stumble.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. politics
    Big Tech’s Big Divorce From DemocratsInside the collapsed marriage of Silicon Valley and the Democratic Party.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  46. iran
    Trump Hesitates on Iran Strike, As His Administration Draws Up PlansThe administration is reportedly considering cyberattacks and potential sites for retaliation, even as Trump is still wishy-washy on the idea.
    By Matt Stieb
  47. u.s. constitution
    Please, No Lectures on Fidelity to the Constitution From Josh HawleyThe Republican senator’s idea of the constitution is strictly as a vehicle for the authoritarian cultural order he prefers.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. corey lewandowski
    The Wildest Moments From Corey Lewandowski’s House TestimonyThe Trump loyalist and Senate hopeful turned in an openly hostile performance that seemed designed to please the president.
    By Benjamin Hart and Matt Stieb
  49. vision 2020
    Polls Show de Blasio at Zero Percent in His City and StateMayor Bill de Blasio is a prophet without honor in his hometown of New York City and surrounding areas.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. judiciary
    Should Democrats Plan on Packing the Courts in 2021?Certainly the threat of judicial reform should stay on the table so long as conservatives use judges to thwart democracy, as they did in FDR’s day.
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. donald trump
    Trump’s Childhood Home Is Back on the MarketAfter failing to sell earlier this year for $2.9 million, the modest Queens home is going up for auction.
    By Adam K. Raymond
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