1. politics
    Trump Fires John Bolton Over TwitterThe president’s most hawkish adviser is toast.
    By Benjamin Hart and Adam K. Raymond
  2. vision 2020
    How Swing Voters Are Thinking About 2020For many swing voters, the choice isn’t between major parties, but between voting and staying home. Convincing them voting matters could be crucial.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. vision 2020
    Biden Dings Warren for Too Many ‘Plans.’ He Could Use More Planning.Biden may accuse Warren of being “unrealistic” in this week’s debate. His faith in bipartisanship makes him the unrealistic candidate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. world view
    John Bolton Goes Down With the ShipBolton was happy to help Trump subvert the national security decision-making process – then the chaos did him in, too.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  5. vision 2020
    Warren Continues to Emerge As a Potential Democratic Unity FigureWarren continues to bill herself as a strong progressive without Bernie Sanders’s or Joe Biden’s intraparty enemies.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. vision 2020
    The Republican Party Is (Probably) Not DoomedAn esteemed Democratic pollster says 2020 will mark the death of the GOP as we’ve known it. His case is weak.
    By Eric Levitz
  8. green new deal
    When It Comes to the Future, Hope Is All There IsWe can’t afford to be helpless about climate change.
    By Sarah Jones
  9. gun control
    Senate Republicans Won’t Act on Guns Unless Trump Lets ThemMitch McConnell is ceding the Senate’s power to the White House.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  10. the national interest
    John Bolton Era Ends With No Casualties Except Bolton’s DignityOn to national security adviser No. 4!
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. 2020 elections
    Why the Pragmatism of Black Voters Will Define the 2020 ElectionFor better or for worse.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  12. health care
    Uninsured Rate Goes Up for First Time Since ObamacareThe Trump administration’s campaign to undermine Obamacare seems to be working to an extent.
    By Benjamin Hart
  13. vision 2020
    Trump’s Approval Ratings Slump Once AgainThe low ceiling on Trump’s job approval numbers isn’t going away as the 2020 election approaches.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. climate change
    Jonathan Franzen’s Climate Pessimism Is Justified. His Fatalism Is Not.The novelist is right that we are very unlikely to keep warming below two degrees Celsius. He’s badly wrong about what that means.
    By Eric Levitz
  15. impeachment
    No Constitutional Requirement for House Authorization of Impeachment InquiryRepublicans can whinge all they want, but Nadler is on solid ground in moving ahead without a full House vote.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. the top line
    Here’s Why JPMorgan’s ‘Volfefe’ Trump Twitter Index MattersInvestment-bank research desks are typically not in the “fun facts” business.
    By Josh Barro
  17. intelligencer chats
    Are Democrats Blowing Their 2020 Message?Intelligencer staffers discuss whether the party is focusing on the right strategy to beat President Trump.
    By Jonathan Chait, Benjamin Hart, and Ed Kilgore
  18. vision 2020
    How the Trump Campaign Is Taking a Cue From Hillary ClintonThe Trump team is taking a cue from Clinton’s 2016 campaign as it looks toward 2020.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. talking about the weather
    How Trump’s False Dorian Forecast Sparked a Crisis at NOAAThe administration threatened firings at the agency if it did not put facts aside and back up the president.
    By Chas Danner
  20. the national interest
    U.S. Intelligence Had to Pull Spy From Russia Because Trump Is a Security RiskIt’s kind of bad when the president is suspected of outing your own spy.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. vision 2020
    Harris Memo Left in Restaurant Gives Her Talking Points Some CirculationWas the memo really “accidentally” left on a restaurant table? We’ll probably never know.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. campaigns
    Former Spy Valerie Plame’s Bizarre New Ad Looks Like an Action-Movie Trailer“Yes, the CIA really does teach us how to drive like this.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  23. vision 2020
    October Debates Could Go Back to Two Nights As Steyer QualifiesEleven candidates have qualified for the October round of Democratic presidential debates in Ohio. That’s one more than any stage can hold.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. vision 2020
    Trump Mocks Sanford, Latest GOP Challenger, for Cheating With ‘Flaming Dancer’Cheating on your spouse is an issue the president happens to knows a bit about.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  25. donald trump
    Payments From Air Force Stopovers May Have Kept Trump Turnberry AfloatThe Air Force has spent $11 million at a small airport vital to Trump Turnberry and required servicemembers to stay at his Scottish hotel.
    By Matt Stieb
  26. the national interest
    Trump Has Figured Out How to Corrupt the Entire GovernmentA spate of recent stories share a single theme: Trump’s stink is seeping into every corner of Washington.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. a family affair
    Trump Campaign Manager: President’s Family Will Be a Decades-Long ‘Dynasty’Brad Parscale, Trump’s campaign manager, knows when to bend the knee: all the time, and with great vigor.
    By Matt Stieb
  28. war in afghanistan
    Trump’s Canceled Meeting With Taliban Was a Failed Attempt to Rush a Peace DealThe Camp David summit was reportedly a last-minute ploy to conclude negotiations and let Trump deliver a grand finale to the war in Afghanistan.
    By Chas Danner
  29. hurricane dorian
    Trump Won’t Rest Until We Accept His Sharpie-Doctored Hurricane MapThe president suggested on Saturday that we wants to put down the Sharpie, but the media won’t let him.
    By Matt Stieb, Margaret Hartmann, and Chas Danner
  30. conservatism
    What the ‘Ahmari-French Debate’ Was Really AboutA wonky debate turned into an ugly clash between two visions of conservatism.
    By J. Oliver Conroy
  31. the national interest
    Eric Trump Encounters Journalism, Is ConfusedHow dare the Washington Post offer to speak with sources in our organization?
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. politics
    Ted Cruz’s Dishonest Rhetoric About ChicagoThe senator’s attempt to use Chicago to make a point about gun control is the conservative tradition of using the city as a political football.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  33. vision 2020
    Trump Fears Alienating His Base With Gun Reforms. That’s Irrational.The president backed off background checks for fear of displeasing his core supporters. But he can’t win reelection on their votes alone.
    By Eric Levitz
  34. the national circus
    Frank Rich: Sharpiegate and Trump’s Escalating War on RealityThere’s been an uptick in lunacy since recession fears crept onto Trump’s radar — and his delusional claims will only get worse as 2020 approaches.
    By Frank Rich
  35. gaffes
    Amy McGrath Is Wasting Her Chance to Beat Mitch McConnellThe former fighter pilot and Kentucky Democrat wants to take down Mitch McConnell. But she can’t stop getting into her own way.
    By Sarah Jones
  36. the national interest
    Democrats Need to Plan Right Now for Republican Fiscal SabotageLock in stimulus for the next recession while Republicans are still interested in stopping recessions.
    By Jonathan Chait
  37. the national interest
    Trump’s Most Feared Opponent: Whichever Democrat is on TV Right NowInside the Trump campaign brain trust’s highly scientific model.
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. campaigns
    Polls Aren’t Perfect, But They’re More Accurate Than Lawn Signs and Crowd SizeWhen you read or hear a political journalist make election predictions based on crowd sizes or other anecdotal information, reach for your skepticism.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. intelligencer chats
    When Will the Dems With No Chance Drop Out?Intelligencer staffers discuss at what point the longshots in the primary field might call it a day.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti and Benjamin Hart
  40. 2020 elections
    How Control of the Senate Could Come Down to Two Runoff Elections in GeorgiaBoth parties are jockeying for position in Georgia with two Senate seats on the line. If no one wins a majority, huge runoff elections could follow.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. marianne williamson
    Marianne Williamson Spars With Erica Jong Over Hurricane Prayer TweetThe candidate did not take kindly to criticism over her suggestion to pray the hurricane away.
    By Benjamin Hart
  42. racism
    A Non-Racist Conservative Movement Would Kill the Republican PartyIs the American right willing to risk destruction?
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  43. 2020 elections
    Iowa Republican Senator Wants to Gut Social Security ‘Behind Closed Doors’The salt-of-the-earth Senator Ernst is exposing her inner wing nut in treating the safety net as a “problem” elites must “solve.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. the economy
    The Fastest Growing Jobs in America Don’t Require a College DegreeExpanding access to higher education can’t revive the middle class. Only increasing the bargaining power of service-sector workers can.
    By Eric Levitz
  45. lawsuits
    Former Campaign Staffer Drops Suit Accusing Trump of Unwanted KissAlva Johnson says she can’t compete with Trump’s resources, but stands by her claim.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  46. state legislatures
    Yet Another Prize in the High-Stakes 2020 Race: Control of RedistrictingStraight-ticket voting means the apocalyptic race at the top of the ballot will matter more than money or focus in state legislative contests.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. the national interest
    Trump Somehow Replaces Unqualified Mideast Envoy With Even Less Qualified OneOut: Trump’s real-estate lawyer. In: Jared Kushner protégé. Wait, Jared has a protégé?
    By Jonathan Chait
  48. the national interest
    Hitler Parodies Are Gone But Now Trump Has Made Them Real LifeThe perfect meme for this era is just sitting right there.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. climate change
    On Climate, Sanders and Warren Must Go NuclearBernie Sanders is right that the climate crisis demands a radical break with obsolete ideologies – but that includes anti-nuclear leftism.
    By Eric Levitz
  50. memes
    Trump Sharpie Memes Show the World As Trump Would Prefer ItIt appears the president altered a projection of Hurricane Dorian, and he’d probably like to alter these images too.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  51. vision 2020
    Can Biden Lose the First Two States and Still Win the Nomination?Nobody’s done it before, but it’s possible, albeit perilous. Biden’s much stronger in Nevada and South Carolina.
    By Ed Kilgore
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