1. power
    Wendy Davis Is Running for CongressThe sneaker-wearing, filibustering abortion activist is challenging Chip Roy in Texas.
    By Bridget Read
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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.
  33. 9/11
    Rand Paul Blocks Senate From Unanimously Passing 9/11 First-Responders FundingThe Kentucky senator joins a long and unsuccessful line of Republicans who have attempted to stymie funding for 9/11 victims and first responders.
    By Matt Stieb
  34. 2020 elections
    Is Steve King Finally Running Out of Money and Luck?The old racist’s prospects for reelection don’t look great, but he has exceeded expectations before.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. supreme court
    John Paul Stevens and the Legacy of Liberal Republican JudgesStevens’s long career on the Court as the Republican-appointed leader of its liberal wing remains a cautionary tale for conservatives.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. politics
    First Look Media Is Pivoting. But to What?The company recently shuttered two prestigious sites. Employees are worried about what comes next.
    By Sarah Jones
  37. the national interest
    Republican: ‘I Believe Calling the President a Racist Is Personally Offensive’A party credo takes hold.
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. donald trump
    Trump’s ‘Love It Or Leave It’ Jingoism Was Predictable All AlongRoss Douthat’s suggestion that Trump perverted an initially healthy skepticism about American virtue misses the authoritarian impulses he represents.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. politics
    The House Rule That Sent the Chamber Into Chaos on TuesdayThe House fell into nearly two hours of delay and debate when Nancy Pelosi called Trump’s language “racist,” violating a precedent from 1984.
    By Matt Stieb
  40. gubernatorial recall
    Oregon Republicans Aim to Recall Democratic Governor Over Climate Change PlansAfter their legislators left the state to thwart a cap-and-trade bill, Republicans want to depose Brown for threatening executive action on emissions.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. intelligencer chats
    Will Trump’s Racist Tweets Work?They’re morally indefensible. Are they politically indefensible, too?
    By Jonathan Chait, Benjamin Hart, and Margaret Hartmann
  42. vision 2020
    Septuagenarian Candidates Are Still Challenging Each Other to Physical ContestsThe septuagenarians in the race are staying busy. On Tuesday, Sanders challenged Trump to a footrace and Biden challenged Trump to a push-up contest.
    By Matt Stieb
  43. racism
    Kellyanne Conway Accusingly Asks Reporter: ‘What’s Your Ethnicity?’Seems the president’s counselor thinks the best defense is to get really offensive.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. vision 2020
    Mark Sanford Mulls Long-Shot Primary Challenge to TrumpSanford’s career has been full of pratfalls and comebacks. He is an authentic representative of traditional conservatism, but no threat to Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. eric garner
    Officer Won’t Face Federal Charges in Eric Garner’s DeathA day before the five-year anniversary of Garner’s death, the DOJ lets Daniel Pantaleo off the hook.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  46. foreign interests
    Trump’s Unlawful Asylum Policy Is a Jab at MexicoTrump needs our southern neighbors’ help to fix the migrant crisis – so he’s forcing them into illegal agreements that come with unmanageable burdens.
    By Jonah Shepp
  47. the national interest
    Trump Is the Most Unpatriotic Presidential Candidate in American HistoryTrump’s campaign is trying to take the “white” out of his white nationalism and run on the flag.
    By Jonathan Chait
  48. vision 2020
    Sanders’s Slow Bern-OutBernie has plenty of durable assets in the 2020 race, but he now has some major strategic problems as Warren and Harris gain strength.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. e jean carroll
    E. Jean Carroll ‘Exploring’ Lawsuit Against Trump After Rape AllegationCarroll said if she hires “a really smart attorney, we might be able to get around” the five-year statute of limitations for rape cases prior to 2006.
    By Matt Stieb
  50. politics
    Another Person Has Died From Rationing InsulinRising insulin prices are stoking a public health crisis. In June, Jesimya Scherer-Radcliff died rationing insulin after losing his health insurance.
    By Sarah Jones
  51. ilhan omar
    Ilhan Omar: Trump Has ‘Agenda of White Nationalists’At a press conference responding to Trump’s attack on four congresswomen of color, Omar repeated the call for Democrats to impeach the president.
    By Matt Stieb
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