1. trump impeachment
    Trump Impeachment Hearing Who’s Who: George KentThe career State official may testify that Giuliani’s attempt to find “corruption” in Ukraine was a codeword for investigating Hunter Biden.
    By Matt Stieb
  2. the national interest
    Ben Shapiro: Trump Is Too Dumb to Commit an Impeachable OffenseBut smart enough to be president for a second term.
    By Jonathan Chait
  3. trump impeachment
    Trump Impeachment Hearing Who’s Who: Bill TaylorTaylor, the acting ambassador to Ukraine, was the first administration official to call Trump’s quid pro quo for what it was.
    By Matt Stieb
  4. impeachment
    Trump’s Impeachment Defense Borrows an Old Karl Rove StrategyAnything Democrats have thrown at Trump, his team has thrown right back with nearly identical counteraccusations. It can be maddeningly effective.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. criminal justice
    Trump and Barr Don’t Care About Victims. They Care About Their Right to Kill.Executions of federal prisoners are set to resume in December. Victims’ families have lined up to oppose them.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  7. the national interest
    House Republicans Lash Out Because They Can’t Defend Trump’s ConductWhat Devin Nunes’s crazy rant reveals.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. impeachment
    Could a Long Impeachment Trial Derail the Senators Running for President?If a Trump trial happens in prime presidential caucus-and-primary season, candidates could be imprisoned in the Senate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. trump impeachment
    Some GOP Senators Pledge to Not Watch Trump Impeachment HearingsIt’s a political sideshow and I’ve got more important things to do.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  10. vision 2020
    Tulsi Gabbard’s Eclectic BaseShe has a pocket of support on the left and another one among Trump fans. Nearly all her backers are male. What does that add up to?
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. the future issue
    What Life in 2019 Can Tell Us About Life in 2029A calendar of predictions about the near future as seen through the recent past.
    By The Editors
  12. nikki haley
    Nikki Haley’s Skillful and Opportunistic MAGA Balancing ActOnce again, Nikki Haley has figured out how to keep herself in the news as a potential Trump-Pence successor while declaring her Trumpist loyalties.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. politics
    Stephen Miller Sure Seems Like a White NationalistLeaked emails show that Miller is immersed in the alt-right.
    By Sarah Jones
  14. vision 2020
    Could Deval Patrick Shake Up the Primary?Intelligencer staffers discuss the latest moderate to dangle a last-minute presidential run.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti, Benjamin Hart, and Ed Kilgore
  15. politics
    People Are Losing Loved Ones to a Health-Care System That Doesn’t WorkA new Gallup poll shows deep inequities in the American health-care system.
    By Sarah Jones
  16. environment
    Trump’s EPA Agenda Is Wildly Unpopular. Dems Should Make It a 2020 Issue.Air pollution kills 100,000 Americans each year. Voters hate it. Trump is trying to make the problem worse. So why don’t Democrats talk about it?
    By Eric Levitz
  17. racism
    Schumer’s Glowing Send-off for Peter King Illustrates Civility in PracticeThis is the nonsense that comes from fetishizing bipartisanship.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  18. the national interest
    Trump Tells Crowd Ivanka Has Created 14 Million New JobsOver 200 percent of all new jobs under Trump have been personally created by Ivanka. Impressive.
    By Jonathan Chait
  19. 2020 elections
    Mark Sanford Ends His Presidential Bid Less Than a Month After Starting ItThe GOP primary loses one of its long shots.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  20. guns
    Supreme Court Won’t Intervene to Protect Gun Manufacturer From Sandy Hook SuitFamilies of victims will have the chance to show marketing of the weapon used in the massacre violated state laws, which could set a huge precedent.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. vision 2020
    Is Buttigieg’s Presidential Bid Buoyed by Male Privilege?Klobuchar says Mayor Pete has only gotten this far because he’s a man. It’s probably more complicated than that.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. twitter
    Trump Deletes Tweet Supporting Sean Spicer After His Dancing With the Stars LossTrump’s pettiness and frequent habit of violating the Presidential Records Act were on display after Sean Spicer exited Dancing With the Stars.
    By Matt Stieb
  23. environment
    Trump Admin’s War on Public Health Comes for Science Informing EPA Policy-MakingBy targeting the use of confidential records in public-health research, the EPA could hinder researchers’ ability to propose data-driven legislation.
    By Matt Stieb
  24. vision 2020
    Obama Buddy Deval Patrick Latest to Mull Late Presidential BidThis has to throw a scare into Team Biden, while reflecting a sense that the field is still unsettled.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. vision 2020
    Failed Candidate De Blasio Slams Bloomberg’s CandidacyIf Bloomberg runs, he’ll do better than BDB did without trying very hard.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. impeachment
    Will Public Impeachment Hearings Change Anything?Intelligencer staffers discuss what to expect as the big show gets started this week.
    By Jonathan Chait, Benjamin Hart, and Margaret Hartmann
  27. vision 2020
    Even Bloomberg Supporters Worry a Run Would ‘Hand the Nomination to Warren’The billionaire’s independent polling shows Biden weakening. But would a Bloomberg candidacy block off the moderate lane entirely?
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  28. jeffrey epstein
    The ‘Epstein Didn’t Kill Himself’ Meme Has Gone MainstreamThe meme is spilling into the real world, where it’s now being used to sell beer, among other things.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  29. the national interest
    Biden Helped Reform Ukraine. Trump Pushed to Make Ukraine Corrupt Again.Republicans are pretending Trump’s agenda in Ukraine was opposing corruption, which is the literal opposite of reality.
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. criminal justice
    Chesa Boudin’s Challenge to San Francisco — and AmericaWhat happens when a district attorney candidate promises to upend what the criminal-justice system was designed to do?
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  31. 2020 elections
    New York’s Peter King Is 20th House Republican to Announce RetirementThe Long Island representative had a reputation as a GOP moderate, but there was nothing moderate about his bouts of Trump-style xenophobia.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. foreign interests
    The Downfall of Bolivia’s Evo Morales Shows the Value of Term LimitsThe Bolivian president was in office too long and had become obsessed with staying. On Sunday he resigned amid allegations of election rigging.
    By Jonah Shepp
  33. the national interest
    Republican: You Can’t Impeach Trump for a Crime He Does ‘All the Time’The well-known legal principle that crimes can’t be prosecuted if they’re admitted in public.
    By Jonathan Chait
  34. elizabeth warren
    The Key Health Financing Source Elizabeth Warren Isn’t UsingMaking people responsible for some of their own medical costs isn’t as bad as it sounds.
    By Josh Barro
  35. reproductive rights
    Abortion After the ClinicAs Republican lawmakers try to legislate it out of existence, the future of reproductive healthcare may be at home.
    By Irin Carmon
  36. nikki haley
    Nikki Haley Throws Ex-Trump Officials Under Her Tentative 2024 Campaign BusJohn Kelly and Rex Tillerson asked for her help saving the country from Trump, and she bravely did nothing.
    By Matt Stieb
  37. vision 2020
    Michael Bloomberg’s Campaign Trial Balloon May Have Already PoppedEven a billionaire can’t have a presidential campaign without a constituency.
    By Chas Danner
  38. vision 2020
    Bloomberg to Follow the Not-So-Successful Giuliani Strategy in the PrimariesLike Rudy, Bloomberg is a poor fit for his party, pursuing a doomed strategy, unless he just wants to damage Sanders and Warren.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. vision 2020
    Could Biden Lose Iowa and New Hampshire — and Still Win the Primary?Intelligencer staffers discuss how rocky the path to the nomination might be for the former veep.
    By Benjamin Hart, Ed Kilgore, and Eric Levitz
  40. abortion
    Can Anti-Abortion ‘Crisis Pregnancy Centers’ Snag Federal Family-Planning Funds?One branch of the anti-abortion movement is trying to rebrand itself as pro-contraceptive, just like Republican politicians.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. vision 2020
    Michael Bloomberg’s Ego Is an Agent of Socialist ChangeThe longer the Democratic Establishment refuses to accept that Joe Biden is their only hope, the better Sanders and Warren’s chances will be.
    By Eric Levitz
  42. vision 2020
    Three Years Later, Trump Has Lost the Element of SurpriseMemories of the shock of Election Night 2016 could become a strategic asset for Democrats, who sure won’t get over-confident in 2020.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. interesting times
    Andrew Sullivan: This Is No Ordinary ImpeachmentIt’s a deeper reckoning. It’s about whether the legitimacy of our entire system can last much longer without Trump being removed from office.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  44. the national interest
    New GOP Ukraine Defense: Trump Was Just a Patsy for Sondland“There is no direct linkage to the president of the United States.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. politics
    Matt Bevin Was Unpopular Because of His PoliciesMatt Bevin was a uniquely unpopular governor. It’s important to understand why.
    By Sarah Jones
  46. veterans
    The Next Fight for Cory Remsburg, the Wounded Veteran Obama Made FamousIn 2014, a White House speechwriter made a brain-injured soldier a symbol of resilience. Now he finds the story didn’t end so neatly.
    By Terence Szuplat
  47. politics
    Roger Stone’s Expletive-Filled, Godfather-Heavy Day in CourtHeavy swearing, a Bernie impression, multiple Godfather references — what more could jurors want from a case on the integrity of American elections?
    By Matt Stieb
  48. vision 2020
    Jeff Sessions Announces Alabama Senate Bid By Sucking Up to TrumpThe former senator and attorney general debased himself for Trump’s approval in a new ad announcing his run against Doug Jones in Alabama.
    By Matt Stieb
  49. impeachment
    House Dems Want to Give America an Impeachment Christmas PresentBy eschewing litigation and hard-to-secure witnesses, Pelosi, Schiff, Nadler, and the rest are on a fast track to a pre-Christmas Trump impeachment.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. vision 2020
    Bloomberg Dips Toe In Presidential Primary WatersThe former mayor has met the 2020 contest’s first filing deadline, in Alabama. But he hasn’t ruled a real run in or out.
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. president trump
    Trump Fined $2 Million Over Fishy Veterans FundraiserGenerally speaking, it’s not great to take money meant for soldiers and use it for your political campaign instead.
    By Benjamin Hart
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