1. the national interest
    Trump’s Lawsuit to Keep His Tax Returns Secret Is Unbelievably SillyA legal brief that should have been written in crayon.
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. mueller time
    What to Expect From Robert Mueller’s House TestimonyWhat time the hearings begin, where to watch, and what to expect from the former special counsel known for his discretion.
    By Matt Stieb
  3. obits
    RIP Mark Kleiman, a Wonk Whose Work MatteredWe’ve lost one of our greatest thinkers on drug and crime policy, just when we need his counsel most.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. budget deal
    Will Conservatives Support Trump’s New Budget Deal? Will Trump?The deal could go through quickly, but Trump, conservatives, and House progressives could all play a role in blowing it up.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. defense department
    Senate Confirms Mark Esper As New Defense SecretarySeven months after Jim Mattis quit, the Pentagon finally has a permanent leader.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  7. vision 2020
    Biden Seeks to Cleanse His Record With Criminal-Justice-Reform ProposalJust as Biden once sought “cover” with tough-on-crime policies, he’s now reversing course to protect his status with African-American voters.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. the national interest
    Democratic Progressives and Centrists Are Both Committing Strategic SuicideActivists think the insiders are pathetic. Insiders think the activists are crazy. They’re both right.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. vision 2020
    Trump Is Achieving Peak PolarizationYou either love him or hate him, and fact that the in-between is vanishing carries implications for 2020.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. inexperience
    President Trump Disdains Inexperience When It’s Not His or His Administration’sTrump’s latest tweets deride AOC and Ilhan Omar for their ‘inexperience.’ He also wanted Ivanka, who is ‘good with numbers,’ to run the World Bank.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  11. foreign interests
    Britain Needs Strong Leadership. Now It Has Showman Boris Johnson.With the Brexit crisis and Iran conflict looming, the U.K.’s new prime minister must prove he’s more than just bluster – and do it fast.
    By Jonah Shepp
  12. encounter
    A Lobster Dinner With the ‘Billionaire Heiress’ Chair of the Manhattan GOPAndrea Catsimatidis, self-described “business bombshell, jet-setter, NYC native, and footballer” on the limits of idealogical purity.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  13. budget deal
    Trump, Pelosi Reach Budget/Debt Limit DealYes, the deal is a hamburger job that doesn’t satisfy anyone’s appetites, but that’s the price you pay for divided government.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. the national interest
    Trump: India Wants Me to Mediate Kashmir Conflict. India: No, We Don’t.Trump wanders into delicate standoff he doesn’t understand between two nuclear powers. What could go wrong?
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. al franken
    Should Al Franken Have Resigned?Intelligencer staffers discuss a New Yorker piece that casts doubt on some of the allegations against the ex-senator.
    By Benjamin Hart, Margaret Hartmann, and Ed Kilgore
  16. commerce department
    Wilbur Ross Is Falling Asleep in Commerce Department Meetings: ReportAnd other dysfunctional highlights from a new report on the chaotic Commerce Department.
    By Matt Stieb
  17. immigration
    Trump Moves to Make It Easier to Deport Immigrants Without a Hearing“Send them back” isn’t just a slogan.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. reapportionment.
    How the Political Map Is Likely to Shift After the 2020 CensusWhile congressional redistricting is a tricky game, we already have a pretty clear idea of which states will gain or lose House seats.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. scandals
    What We Learned From The New Yorker’s Al Franken StoryThe USO skit wasn’t written for Leeann Tweeden, Sean Hannity knew about the groping photo a decade earlier, and Franken regrets resigning.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  20. abortion rights
    Trump’s Newest Abortion Restriction Won’t Take Effect Just YetClinics have been given a few months to comply with the onerous “domestic gag rule.”
    By Amanda Arnold
  21. power
    Wendy Davis Is Running for CongressThe sneaker-wearing, filibustering abortion activist is challenging Chip Roy in Texas.
    By Bridget Read
  22. the national interest
    Why ‘National Conservative’ Josh Hawley Wants to Enrich Foreign BanksA good test of the sincerity of the newest strain of self-proclaimed right-wing populists.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. dossier
    The High Society That Surrounded Jeffrey EpsteinA close study of his circle — social, professional, transactional — reveals a damning portrait of elite New York.
    By The Editors
  24. racism
    Trump Again Shows He Can’t Even Pretend to Reject RacismThe “send her back” chant was a validation for the president, and he’s done nothing to discourage it from happening again.
    By Chas Danner
  25. john bolton
    Trump Considers Foreign Policy a Good Cop Bad Cop Routine: ReportTrump thinks he offers the diplomatic carrot, while national security adviser John Bolton wields the military-industrial stick.
    By Matt Stieb
  26. just asking questions
    Jeffrey Lord Isn’t on CNN Anymore, But He Still Loves TrumpThe erstwhile cable-news fixture talks about the reason for his firing, and whether he disagrees with anything the president has done.
    By Benjamin Hart
  27. vision 2020
    Trump’s Racism Is Pushing Away the Voters He Needs in 2020Trump needs to placate voters who love his economic record but can’t stand his conduct. He doesn’t seem to care.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. steve king
    Iowa’s Right-Wing ‘Kingmaker’ Vander Plaats Rejects Steve KingBob Vander Plaats is really good at spotting conservative winners. His endorsement of King’s primary challenger tells you a lot.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. nationalism
    National Conservatives Want Cultural Dominance Not ‘Social Cohesion’The right can foster “national solidarity” or impose its social values on an increasingly diverse and secular country, but it can’t do both.
    By Eric Levitz
  30. vision 2020
    How Trump Could Thread the Needle Again and Win While Losing the Popular VoteIf it all comes down to Wisconsin, Democrats should worry.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. intelligencer chats
    Is It Too Late for a Primary Dark Horse to Emerge?Intelligencer staffers discuss whether time has run out for Democratic underdogs.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti, Benjamin Hart, and Ed Kilgore
  32. black lives matter
    A Rare Measure of AccountabilityFour Chicago police officers have been fired for covering up the 2014 police killing of Laquan McDonald.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  33. doulas
    A Landmark Bill Will Change the Way Doulas Do Business in New YorkA new bill would provide for the government to certify doulas. They aren’t happy about it.
    By Collier Meyerson
  34. interesting times
    Andrew Sullivan: Trump Is Betting That Indecency Can Win in AmericaHis reelection strategy is built on the notions that cruelty can be popular and liberal democratic norms are dead. He might be right.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  35. the national interest
    Welcome to the Post-Post-Corruption Era of the Republican PartyPat Pizzella, former partner in Jack Abramoff’s most notorious scheme, is now running the Labor Department. The post-post-corruption era is here.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. iran
    Trump Says U.S. Took Down Iran Drone, But Tehran Denies ItTrump announced Thursday that the U.S. shot down an Iranian drone in the Persian Gulf, though Iran seems to be looking to de-escalate the situation.
    By Matt Stieb
  37. vision 2020
    Four Democrats Have Pulled Ahead of the 2020 PackWith Biden, Sanders, Warren, and Harris now dominating the race, there’s a stronger chance of an early primary win — or a contested convention.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. vision 2020
    Here Are the Lineups for the Second Democratic DebatesThere will be a Biden-Harris rematch on Wednesday night, while progressive candidates Warren and Sanders will lead the all-white bill on Tuesday.
    By Matt Stieb and Ed Kilgore
  39. impeachment
    If Democrats Are Going to Impeach Trump, They Should Impeach Him for His BigotryAl Green offered Democrats a chance to make it clear Trump’s racism isn’t acceptable. They turned it down.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. free speech
    GOP: Ilhan Omar Is Un-American Because She Supports the First AmendmentOmar’s so-called “BDS resolution” merely affirms Americans’ constitutional right to participate in boycotts.
    By Eric Levitz
  41. racism
    Republicans Don’t Want Racist Chants to Define Them — Just Racist PoliciesRepublicans have expressed concern that Trump’s racist remarks are distracting the public from the GOP’s policies — which are even more racist.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  42. 2020 senate elections
    Susan Collins’s Approval Rating Dives As Reelection Contest ApproachesThe senator is losing popularity and is lashed to a president who is even more unpopular than she is in Maine.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. vision 2020
    CNN Debate Lottery Reflects New Structure of 2020 Democratic RaceThe field will be divided into three drawings for debate night assignments, in hopes of breaking up front-runners Biden, Harris, Sanders, and Warren.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. the national interest
    Trump Says He Stopped the ‘Send Her Back’ Chant. (He Didn’t.)President faces blowback from racist campaign message, signals retreat, for now.
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. vision 2020
    Elizabeth Warren’s Latest Plan Targets Her Favorite Enemy: Wall StreetThe new installment of her “economic patriotism” agenda takes an even more adversarial tone against private equity and powerful bankers.
    By Sarah Jones
  46. politics
    Conservative Reactions to Trump Crowd’s ‘Send Her Back’ ChantRanging from “the chant was terrible” to “Trump should make it his 2020 campaign slogan.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  47. duncan hunter
    Marines Order Duncan Hunter to Stop Using Them in His Hate MailThe Marines are down on the embattled Hunter — and Darrell Issa is sizing up his congressional seat — as his September corruption trial approaches.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. vision 2020
    Kamala Harris’s Medicare for All Plan Makes No SenseThe senator says she will move virtually all health spending onto the government’s rolls, while cutting taxes on the middle class.
    By Eric Levitz
  49. jeffrey epstein
    NBC Obtained Trump-Epstein Footage After Trump Kissed an Anchor Without ConsentThe Trump-Epstein video showing Trump groping women came about because Trump nonconsensually kissed NBC anchor Faith Daniels on the lips in public.
    By Matt Stieb
  50. the national interest
    Trump Goads Crowd Into Urging Deportation of Congressional DemocratTrump does away with his defenders’ pretense that he was just saying his critics are free to leave the country.
    By Jonathan Chait
  51. intelligencer chats
    When You’ve Lost Tom Friedman, Have You Lost America?Intelligencer staffers discuss whether Democrats are moving too far to the left on immigration.
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