1. federal reserve
    Trump Fed Pick: ‘No Women’ in Men’s Sports Unless They’re HotStephen Moore claims misogynistic comments in his columns were “a spoof.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  2. vision 2020
    Elizabeth Warren Is Coming for Your Student Loan DebtWarren’s sweeping plan to cancel tens of millions of Americans’ student loan debt sets a radically progressive standard for the 2020 field.
    By Sarah Jones
  3. federal reserve
    Trump Finally Pulls Plug on Cain for FedCain pushed back against Senate hostility to his Fed ambitions, but his baggage proved to be all too much.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. lgbtq rights
    Supreme Court to Decide Whether Anti-Discrimination Laws Cover LGBTQ EmployeesSCOTUS will clarify whether federal laws offer broad protections to LGBTQ employees. Kavanaugh’s presence on the Court creates grounds for pessimism.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. mueller time
    Mueller Exposed Trump’s Biggest BetrayalThe Mueller report shows Trump repeatedly put defending his own legitimacy ahead of his duty to defend U.S. national security and election integrity.
    By Barbara McQuade
  7. vision 2020
    Democrats Should Court the Economically Anxious Trump Voters Who Don’t ExistIt is the political scientist’s job to accurately describe the marginal Trump voter’s motives. The politician’s job is to change them.
    By Eric Levitz
  8. lies
    Sarah Sanders Lies About Reporter Who Called for Her to Be Fired for LyingNo, April Ryan does not want Sarah Sanders to be decapitated.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  9. donald trump
    Report: White House Staff Takes Notes to Protect Themselves From TrumpWhite House staff reportedly jot down their impressions of a meeting as a way to protect themselves against Trump’s less-than-ethical whims.
    By Matt Stieb
  10. politics
    Giuliani: ‘Nothing Wrong’ With Accepting a Hostile Government’s Election HelpYou don’t get to be Trump’s lawyer unless you have a well-defined sense of immorality.
    By Chas Danner
  11. power
    The World Needs Fewer Cersei LannistersElizabeth Warren on why she loves Game of Thrones.
    By Elizabeth Warren
  12. mueller report
    Robert Mueller’s First Post-Report TV Comment: ‘No Comment’Mueller wasn’t thrilled to be confronted by a reporter after Easter mass, but he may have to answer similar questions in front of Congress soon.
    By Matt Stieb
  13. war on immigrants
    USCIS: Immigrants Linked to Legal Weed May Be Morally Unfit for CitizenshipThe Trump administration’s latest barrier to citizenship rejects the views of a bipartisan majority of Americans.
    By Chas Danner
  14. impeachment
    Elizabeth Warren Comes Out for ImpeachmentWhere Warren leads, will other candidates follow — and will House Democrats be taken where they have so far refused to go?
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. vision 2020
    Has Joe Biden Lost His Ability to Unite Democrats?If elite progressive concerns about Biden spread to actual Democratic voters, his status as a potential unity candidate could be seriously damaged.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. sports
    Cuban Players Helped Build the Modern MLB. America Doesn’t Want To Help Them.For decades, Cuban players have risked everything to play baseball in America. The Trump administration has cancelled a plan to make it safer for them
    By Will Fischer
  17. mueller time
    Mueller Report Subpoena Fight Is the First Skirmish in a Long War to ComeAmong other things, the House Democratic leadership needs to show an impeachment-hungry base it’s willing to fight.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. impeachment
    If Impeaching Trump Is Pointless, Then Bipartisanship Is WorthlessIf the GOP can’t put the rule of law above loyalty to Trump, then bipartisanship is a worthless ideal, and many congressional norms are obsolete.
    By Eric Levitz
  19. politics
    Oh Brother, James Comey Is Outside AgainFollowing the release of the Mueller report, the former FBI director took to the forest.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  20. the national interest
    Proven Liar Sarah Sanders Asked About Lying, Lies AgainShe’s only sorry she’s not “a robot” who tells the truth.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. not mueller time
    All the News That Was Buried by the Mueller ReportToday was a good day to hide bad news, if you had it. But we excavated it.
    By Sarah Jones and Matt Stieb
  22. the national interest
    Trump Beat the Rap, but Mueller Uncovered a Historic ScandalThe special prosecutor finds few new crimes, lots of misconduct, and a president acting like a mob boss to cover it all up.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. mueller time
    Trump Deserves Impeachment. But Should the Democrats Do It?Yes, Mueller seems to have provided an “impeachment referral.” But it remains risky and perhaps unnecessary this close to the 2020 election.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. mueller time
    On Obstruction of Justice, Mueller Punted to Congress and the 2020 ElectorateMueller strongly suggested that impeachment or electoral defenestration is the only remedy for the misconduct he documents.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. mitch mcconnell
    Mitch McConnell’s New Campaign Ad Is Brazenly Anti-DemocracyThe McConnell campaign’s first campaign ad is about insisting that his various subversions of democracy are instances of “letting the people decide.”
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  26. vision 2020
    Terry McAuliffe Won’t Run for President in 2020The ebullient former Clinton money man will refocus on Virginia, where his party’s troubles may enable him to return to the governorship in 2021.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. mueller time
    Sarah Sanders Told Mueller She Lied to Media About ComeyShe told investigators that a remark about James Comey’s termination was based on nothing, later calling it a “slip of the tongue.”
    By Lisa Ryan
  28. mueller time
    Mueller Report Offers More Evidence That Erik Prince Lied to CongressHe told a congressional committee that he met a Russian oligarch in the Seychelles by accident. That doesn’t seem to be true.
    By Sarah Jones
  29. the national interest
    Congress Should Impeach William BarrThe attorney general has proven himself an irredeemable hack at a time when the job demands independence.
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. mueller time
    Mueller Report Confirms Trump Runs the White House Like It’s the MafiaTrump repeatedly instructed his underlings to mislead authorities, and informed the White House counsel that “lawyers don’t take notes.”
    By Eric Levitz
  31. mueller time
    11 Areas of Obstruction of Justice Mueller InvestigatedMueller’s findings of fact about Trump’s behavior hardly seem “exonerating” at all.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. mueller time
    Mueller Report: Trump Said ‘I’m F***ed’ When Special Counsel Was AppointedTurns out he was wrong about that.
    By Lisa Ryan
  33. game of yeah right
    There Is No Way Trump Watches Game of ThronesLet me tell you why.
    By Kelly Conaboy
  34. republicans
    White Alabamians Are Doing It AgainRoy Moore, an accused child molester, is leading early polls in Alabama’s Republican primary for the 2020 U.S. Senate election.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  35. mueller time
    William Barr: Trump’s Obstruction Was Legal Because He Was Sincerely ParanoidTrump believed the Russia investigation was a “witch hunt.” Therefore, his attempts to undermine it weren’t obstruction of justice, Barr explains.
    By Eric Levitz
  36. mueller time
    Read the Full Mueller Report DocumentThe Justice Department released the redacted version of the Mueller Report today.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  37. mueller time
    Man Shocks America With Unblinking EyesRod Rosenstein didn’t move during William Barr’s press conference.
    By Lisa Ryan
  38. mueller time
    Barr Confirms White House Got a Sneak Peek at the Mueller ReportSeems that Barr helped Team Trump pre-spin the Mueller report — an effort that continued with his press conference spinning it just before release.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. mueller time
    Who Was the Bearded Man at Barr’s Mueller Press Conference?His name is Edward O’Callaghan, and he once thwarted an investigation into another Republican politician: Sarah Palin.
    By Sarah Jones
  40. who?
    Poll: 12 Percent of Americans Have ‘Never Heard’ of Mike PenceHe may not be the most publicly present vice-president in recent years, but that number still feels a little low.
    By Matt Stieb
  41. mueller time
    Everything You Need to Know About the Mueller Report’s ReleaseThe Mueller report will come out after Barr’s presser, Congress will see a less-redacted version, and other late news about the long-awaited release.
    By Matt Stieb
  42. foreign policy
    Note to John Bolton: ‘Three Stooges of Socialism’ Is Not a Terrifying AllusionTrump’s national security adviser can’t seem to decide if the administration’s Latin American enemies are scary or figures of fun.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. vision 2020
    Pete Buttigieg Is Already Facing Anti-Gay Harassment on the Campaign TrailHis candidacy will reveal either the strengths or the limitations of the nation’s professed tolerance for LGBT people.
    By Sarah Jones
  44. mueller report
    Remembering the Starr Report As We Await the Mueller ReportIt’s unlikely Mueller’s report will have the seismic impact of the dirty book Ken Starr put together, which 20 million people read the first two days.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. mueller time
    Five Reasons Why Republicans Won’t Abandon Trump Like They Ditched NixonNixon had weaker intraparty support than Trump, who will benefit from likely polarization over the Mueller report.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. vision 2020
    Buttigieg Wants to Bring Back One of Bill Clinton’s Signature ProposalsExpanding national service was Clinton’s most reliable 1992 applause line, and it could help candidates like Mayor Pete strike a communitarian tone.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. the national interest
    Trump Is Attacking Not Ilhan Omar But All Muslims and MinoritiesA campaign of vilification and dehumanization that goes far beyond the pseudo-outrage at one exhausting member of Congress.
    By Jonathan Chait
  48. rhetoric
    Ilhan Omar Is Facing Death Threats. It’s Good That Democrats Are Defending Her.The Atlantic’s David Frum argues that Democrats are making a strategic mistake by rallying behind Ilhan Omar.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  49. vision 2020
    Why Julián Castro Could Be 2020’s Dark Horse CandidateThe former San Antonio mayor and head of HUD has a long way to go to become a viable candidate, but the Latino vote could give him a path to victory.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. yemen
    Trump Vetoes Resolution to End U.S. Support for Saudi War (Crimes) in YemenTrump likes to complain about U.S. involvement in pointless wars in the Middle East. But he (apparently) likes helping the Saudis starve Yemen more.
    By Eric Levitz
  51. business
    McKinsey Is Running Puerto Rico — and Getting Paid Millions to Do ItWhy is the bankrupt island spending more than a billion dollars on expert advice?
    By Andrew Rice
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