1. politics
    Why Kavanaugh Replacement Neomi Rao Is So ControversialRao, who was confirmed to the nation’s second highest court, faced flak for her views on everything from date rape to deregulation to dwarf-tossing.
    By Sarah Jones
  2. fox news
    See the Salaries of Fox News Alumni Who Have Served in the Trump AdministrationThanks to financial disclosures, the public now knows that Fox News paid John Bolton a $569,423 salary and Sebastian Gorka $4,320 for just a month.
    By Matt Stieb
  3. competition
    Spotify Takes On Apple’s Anti-Competitive Behavior in EuropeSpotify’s lawsuit mirrors Elizabeth Warren’s critique of the tech giants.
    By Brian Feldman
  4. politics
    Read New York State’s New 16-Count Indictment of Paul ManafortTrump wouldn’t be able to pardon Manafort for a potential state conviction. “No one is beyond the law in New York,” said Manhattan D.A. Cy Vance.
    By Matt Stieb
  5. the national interest
    Michael Cohen Has Email Showing Trump Obstructed Justice by Dangling PardonEven Trump’s attorney general admitted that would be a crime.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. the national interest
    Brexit and Trumpism Have Failed Because Conservative Populism Is a LieDonald Trump doesn’t call himself “Mr. Brexit” anymore.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. vision 2020
    With 2020 Election Advice, Paul Ryan Forgets Why Trump Won the Last ElectionIn a public appearance in Florida, the former House Speaker claimed that GOP policy, not Trump’s personality, would spur a Republican victory in 2020.
    By Matt Stieb
  9. data security
    63red Safe, the Yelp for the MAGA Crowd, Is Reportedly Full of Data LeaksA new app that helps Trump supporters find conservative-friendly restaurants is reportedly full of ways to leak users’ data.
    By Matt Stieb
  10. green new deal
    Labor Fires Warning Shot on Green New DealAn AFL-CIO committee makes some threatening noises, but it sounds like a request for a seat at the table.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. stormy daniels
    Michael Avenatti Is No Longer Representing Stormy DanielsThe adult-film actress announced that Avenatti would no longer represent her, though the media magnet said he “terminated the relationship.”
    By Matt Stieb
  12. national emergency declaration
    Will Republicans Save Trump From an Embarrassing Vote on Emergency Declaration?A deal may be in the works where Trump okays a curtailment of presidential power in future emergency declarations in exchange for approval right now.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. college admissions scandal
    Not Even the Joneses Can Keep Up AnymoreThe college admissions scandal shows that even the wealthy are having trouble coping with the rapaciousness of American capitalism.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. crime
    What’s in the Jeffrey Epstein Sex-Scandal Documents? We May Soon Find OutMore than 100 long-secret documents may soon see the light of day.
    By Amanda Arnold
  15. happy birthday mr. romney
    Mitt Romney Blows Out Birthday Candles One by OneThe senator, normal, is 72 years old today.
    By Brian Feldman
  16. impeachment
    Why Pelosi’s Anti-Impeachment Stand Makes SenseWithout a massive public opinion shift, initiating impeachment proceedings will just inflame Republicans and mislead Democrats.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. politics
    Trump’s Budget Is a Disaster for the GOPThe President keeps trying to attack programs that are more popular than he is.
    By Sarah Jones
  18. vision 2020
    Democrats Aim at Midwest With Choice of Milwaukee for 2020 ConventionDemocrats hope to tilt Wisconsin, and perhaps the entire region, but parties don’t always get a bump in the state where they hold their convention.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. vision 2020
    Kirsten Gillibrand Can’t Afford a #MeToo ProblemAccusations that she mishandled a staffer’s sexual-misconduct claim may hit particularly hard, as her 2020 campaign has focused on gender inequality.
    By Sarah Jones
  20. the national interest
    Trump’s Massive Criminal Exposure Just Shows How Unfairly He’s Being TreatedByron York argues that Trump is right about “presidential harassment.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. the national interest
    Trump Denies Calling Tim Cook ‘Tim Apple.’ It Happened on TV.Kind of a problem that the president is a pathological liar.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. melania trump
    Melania Trump Mistook Australian Politician Julie Bishop for a Minister’s WifeAccording to a new story from ex-Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, the First Lady asked her if she would attend a lunch for the spouses of politicians.
    By Matt Stieb
  23. tucker carlson
    Tape Unearthed of Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Calling Women ‘Extremely Primitive’In recordings from 2006 to 2011, Carlson says that sex workers, at large, are “slutty and pathetic,” and women, in general, are “extremely primitive.”
    By Matt Stieb
  24. grift
    Everything to Know About the Spa Founder Selling Access to TrumpThe founder of a Florida spa chain linked to prostitution went from political nobody to Mar-a-Lago elite, and the story keeps getting shadier.
    By Chas Danner
  25. politics
    Ilhan Omar Tests the Democratic Party. Will It Pass?Democrats like Omar aren’t nihilists. They have taken a great chance on the party and its capacity for self-reflection.
    By Sarah Jones
  26. drain the swamp
    Trump Owns the Swamp Now, and It’s Awash in LobbyistsThe administration seems to be filling, not draining, the swamp of special interest influence in Washington.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. roy moore
    Good News for Democrats: Judge Roy Moore Mulling Another Senate Race in AlabamaMoore may want a rematch with Doug Jones because he thinks he was robbed, and a rematch would be a best-case scenario for the red-state Democrat.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. the national interest
    The Most Unrealistic Promise Democrats Are Making Is to Restore BipartisanshipNothing the left has said is as hopelessly impossible as getting Mitch McConnell to work together with Democrats.
    By Jonathan Chait
  29. voting rights
    House Democrats Pass Landmark Voting Rights Bill on a Party-Line VoteBack when the original Voting Rights Act passed, support and opposition were bipartisan. Now the parties have polarized on this issue too.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. the national interest
    Instead of a New Press Chief, Trump Could Try Committing Fewer CrimesBill Shine is out as Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher–slash–White House communications director.
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. the democrats
    Apparently, Democratic Voters Don’t Want an Anti-TrumpJoe Biden continues to lead in most 2020 polls — even though he is arguably the Democrats’ most Trump-like option.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  32. donald trump
    Trump’s Claim That Democrats Are an ‘Anti-Jewish Party’ Is AbsurdHis reaction to the Ilhan Omar controversy ignores a century of strongly pro-Democratic Jewish sentiment, which continues today.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. technology
    Elizabeth Warren’s Plan to Break Up Big Tech Is Extremely Aggressive. Good.Intelligencer tech writers Max Read and Brian Feldman react to Elizabeth Warren’s aggressive proposal to break up Silicon Valley megaplatforms
    By Brian Feldman and Max Read
  34. centrism
    Democrats Aren’t Cultural ‘Extremists,’ They’ve Moved With the CountryRoss Douthat is wrong: Republicans are the ones who have abandoned “cultural centrism.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. russia investigation
    Paul Manafort: Beneficiary of America’s Sentencing GapThe problem isn’t Manafort’s short sentence, it’s the pampered treatment of defendants like him at the top of the criminal justice system.
    By Matt Stieb
  36. paul manafort
    Manafort Gets Light Sentence for Tax and Bank FraudHe’s not out of the woods yet, but Manafort’s sentence fell far short of the federal guidelines and prosecutors’ recommendations.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. the national interest
    Two Dozen House Republicans Oppose Anti-Hate Resolution for Some ReasonYou say you want a resolution?
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. donald trump
    Trump: I Am the WallThe wall has become more than a southern border barrier. It’s a metaphor for Trump’s promise to protect his base from economic and cultural change.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. the democrats
    Democratic Prosecutors Aren’t Learning From the Mistakes of Their PredecessorsIn declining to charge Stephon Clark’s killers, California attorney general Xavier Becerra is failing to learn from the mistakes of his predecessors.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  40. vision 2020
    Heartland Progressive Sherrod Brown Won’t Run for President in 2020He was invisible in the polls, but Brown was widely thought to have potential as a progressive who appealed to white working-class voters.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. ilhan omar
    4 Reasons Republicans Are Keeping the Heat on Ilhan OmarOmar is a convenient target for Republicans hoping to distract attention from their own and their president’s extremism.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. tech savvy
    Trump Calls Apple CEO Tim Cook ‘Tim Apple’ to His FaceCook responded to the gaffe by quietly changing his name on Twitter.
    By Matt Stieb
  43. education
    Teacher Protests Won Higher Funding for Schools, But It’s Still Not EnoughDespite improvements driven by teacher strikes, schools in many areas remain underfunded. A lasting fix will require changing state governments.
    By Sarah Jones
  44. the democrats
    Democrats Fear Investigating Don Jr. Because He’s So Relatable and Well-LikedThey have convinced themselves that investigating a trust-fund kid who kills elephants – and mocks genocides – will turn the public against them.
    By Eric Levitz
  45. mueller time
    Trump’s Relationship With Russia Is Corrupt. Mueller Is Just Filling in Details.We might learn what laws have been broken, but the basic shape of the story is clear.
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. vision 2020
    Republicans Are Going to Try the ‘Red Scare’ Strategy in 2020. Will It Work?Americans are now less hostile to socialism, but Republicans will still try their old strategy, as they need a distraction from Trump’s shortcomings.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. fox news
    Of Course Democrats Shouldn’t Let Fox News Host a Primary DebateFox News isn’t a news network. It’s a propaganda outfit that abets plutocracy by fomenting racial paranoia. The DNC is right to treat it as such.
    By Eric Levitz
  48. post-millennials
    The Kids Aren’t Alt-RightThe long march of the conservative conquest of the Republican Party could finally be coming to an end.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. just asking questions
    A Long Talk With Kirsten GillibrandThe New York senator on the NRA, Al Franken, and the line between capitalism and greed.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  50. series of tubes
    The Democrats Are Trying to Bring Back a Free, Open InternetThe Democrats have introduced a bill that would restore the FCC’s 2015 net neutrality order.
    By Brian Feldman
  51. the national interest
    Congress’s Trump Investigation Is Going to Hurt Trump, Not CongressThe White House is terrified and trying to bluff Democrats into thinking it will backfire.
    By Jonathan Chait
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