1. criminal justice reform
    Senate Finally Passes Bipartisan Criminal-Justice Reform BillThe question remains: Is this modest bill the beginning or the end of criminal-justice reform efforts in Congress?
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. politics
    Sending More Veterans to Private Care Isn’t Solving the VA’s ProblemsA report found that the Veterans Choice program led to higher costs and longer waits, which does not bode well for Trump’s move toward privatization.
    By Sarah Jones
  3. lamar alexander
    Will Lame Duck Lamar Make Trouble for Trump and His Party?While Lamar Alexander represents a lost tradition of Republican bipartisanship and moderation, he’s probably too genteel and loyal to act as a gadfly.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. senate
    McSally Appointment Makes Arizona Sixth State With Two Women As SenatorsMcSally will have to run again in 2020, and if she wins and wants a full term, yet again in 2022. Four Western states now have two women as senators.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. politics
    Thousands of Arkansans Are Losing Medicaid Due to Work Rule. That’s the Point.Advocates say the policy isn’t punitive, but new data underscores that urging the poor to get a job or lose their health care won’t curb inequality.
    By Sarah Jones
  7. the national interest
    Michael Flynn’s Judge Destroys Trump’s Conspiracy TheoryLock him up.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. kentucky
    Kentucky Governor Calls Special Session to Go After Teacher Pensions AgainThe state Supreme Court shot down cuts to public employee pensions, so Matt Bevin is pursuing his unpopular “reforms” in the worst possible way.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. the national interest
    Trump’s Crooked Foundation Dissolves, But Investigation ContinuesIt’s the grift that keeps on grifting.
    By Jonathan Chait
  10. government shutdown
    Trump Backs Down on Border Wall Demand, Probably Ending Shutdown ThreatThe White House is back to where it was last week before Trump lost his cool in an Oval Office meeting and started issuing empty threats.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. the city politic
    Why Governor Cuomo Gave a Speech That Sounded Like a Secession ThreatYou don’t say New York “declares independence from this federal government’s policies” unless you want to, at the very least, fan 2020 rumors.
    By David Freedlander
  12. health care
    Some Conservatives Aren’t Celebrating This Texas Ruling Against the ACAAs much as conservatives hate the ACA, they know they can’t get rid of it without an alternative. And they still don’t have one.
    By Sarah Jones
  13. 2018 midterms
    Unlike Obama, Trump’s Response to Midterm Defeat Was to Double DownObama took responsibility for his party’s defeat and at least offered negotiations with the opposing party. Trump: not so much.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. education
    The Teachers’ Strike Wave May Be Coming to Los AngelesThousands of L.A. public school educators and allies marched over the weekend, and next month the district might see its first strike in 30 years.
    By Sarah Jones
  15. 2020 elections
    Is Cory Booker the Candidate of the Christian Left?Booker’s political gospel could be discomforting to secular progressives and the Christian right as well.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. voter suppression
    What Russia Learned About Black Voters From AmericaA new report on Russian interference in the 2016 election shows that Putin’s meddlers used tactics not unfamiliar to modern-day Republicans.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  17. the national interest
    Giuliani Almost Admits Trump Colluded and Committed a CrimeRudy gives an extremely revealing answer to George Stephanopoulos.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. vision 2020
    Poll: Iowa Republicans Would Reelect Trump, But They’d Also Welcome a PrimaryTwo-thirds of Iowa Republicans said primary challengers to Trump should be welcomed.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  19. the national interest
    I Have Seen the Future of a Republican Party That Is No Longer InsaneToday’s GOP needs to die in a fire. The Niskanen Center has a plan for what comes next.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. politics
    Congress Is Giving the Coal Industry a Break, and Sick Miners May Pay the PriceIf Congress doesn’t act by the end of the month, the coal industry will get a tax reduction, slashing funding for miners suffering from black lung.
    By Sarah Jones
  21. obamacare
    Judge Strikes Down Obamacare, but the GOP Should Hold Its ApplauseWhether the decision holds up or not, Republicans won’t like what comes next.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. 2020 elections
    If Beto and Biden Got Together, Would the Age Gap Be a Problem?30 years separate the former veep and the Texas phenom. That might not be a good thing for either of them.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. 2018 midterms
    Even Old Folks Trended Democratic in 2018The Democratic future depends on young and minority voters and college-educated women. But many seniors vote, and more of them are voting Democratic.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. the national interest
    Why Donald Trump Keeps Giving Mick Mulvaney More JobsTrump can’t find a lot of willing candidates, so he settled for a guy who knows how to brief him using pictures.
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. government shutdown
    Government Drifts Toward Xmas Shutdown After Trump Blows Up TalksTrump’s Oval Office temper tantrum took everyone by surprise and left little time for negotiations on border wall funding.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. michael cohen
    Michael Cohen Insists Trump Was Well Aware of His Criminal BehaviorTrump’s former fixer keeps strengthening the case for the president’s guilt — which isn’t hard, considering Giuliani’s incoherent defense.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. the national interest
    Trump Had Nothing to Do With His Own Inauguration, White House SaysTrump’s not the kind of person who would pay attention to the massive sums being raised and spent off his name.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. politics
    Government Blames Death of 7-Year-Old Migrant on Parents“Once again, we are begging parents to not put themselves or their children at risk attempting to enter illegally.”
    By Claire Lampen
  29. the weekly standard
    The Weekly Standard Lived By the Partisan Sword – And Died By ItThe conservative magazine — always shameless in its GOP loyalty — is closing after breaking ranks with Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. world view
    What the Senate’s Bipartisan Rebuke to Trump Means for Yemen — and U.S. PolicyThe consensus on Middle East policy is fading fast, and there’s more ahead on the fight over U.S. support for the Saudi-led war.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  31. interesting times
    Theresa May Might Be the Most Important Person in the World Right NowUnder ridiculous conditions, she’s trying to find a way to keep the U.K. — and perhaps all of Europe — from spinning off into populist chaos.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  32. life after warming
    You, Too, Are in Denial of Climate ChangeMost Americans believe, abstractly, in climate change. That’s not enough.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  33. 2018 midterms
    Democrats Won Big With a Key Demographic of Trump’s Base During MidtermsIf you’re looking for a key 2020 demographic, white working class women who aren’t evangelicals could be crucial in battleground states.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. voting rights
    Ron DeSantis Doesn’t Sound Too Excited About Enfranchising VotersFlorida’s governor-elect appears to be preparing to drag his feet on the felon re-enfranchisement amendment which voters approved
    By Sarah Jones
  35. transportation
    Off-Schedule and Over-Budget, California’s Bullet Train Is in Big TroubleNew Governor Gavin Newsom is promising a “fresh start” on Jerry Brown’s pet project.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. the national interest
    Feds Investigating Trump Inauguration for Alleged Bribery and EmbezzlementSo many crimes.
    By Jonathan Chait
  37. criminal justice
    Tom Cotton’s America Is Not a Free AmericaThe First Step Act’s most vocal opponent in the Senate has a bleak and all-too-familiar vision for what American criminal justice should look like.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  38. reading the signs
    Melania Trump’s Blonde BombshellAs ever, the First Lady says one thing and performs its opposite.
    By Rhonda Garelick
  39. government shutdown
    Oops, Trump Now Needs the Votes of Those GOP House ‘Losers’ He MockedAre the lame-duck Republicans Trump scorned going to race back to Washington to help him save face in the shutdown battle? Probably not.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. power
    Congress to Make Members Actually Pay for Their Own Harassment SettlementsThe settlements had previously been funded with taxpayer money.
    By Kimberly Truong
  41. foreign policy
    Democrat On Why He Voted for Yemen War: ‘I Don’t Know a Damn Thing About It’Collin Peterson believes that America should have a global empire — but American congressmen shouldn’t have to keep up with international news.
    By Eric Levitz
  42. politics
    Melania Trump Goes Blonde on Fox NewsAnd the internet has some thoughts.
    By Lisa Ryan
  43. silent night
    People Are Apparently Stealing from Melania’s Haunted TreesThey crave the haunted fruit.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  44. 2020 elections
    Does Donald Trump Have a Reelection Strategy?Trump seems incapable of “pivoting to the center” or becoming more popular. So either he’ll wing it, or focus on demonizing his opponent.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. house democrats
    Pelosi Clinches Speakership With Term-Limit AgreementShe’ll be out of leadership by 2022.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. unions
    The Supreme Court Dealt a Blow to Unions, But It Wasn’t a KnockoutDespite the dire outlook after June’s Janus v. AFSCME decision, union membership isn’t dropping as expected.
    By Sarah Jones
  47. 2020 presidential election
    Warning to Beto-Maniacs: Early Presidential Buzz Can Be an Omen or an IllusionBeto O’Rourke is looking very good as a 2020 presidential prospect. But others have looked just as good and have quickly flamed out or failed to run.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. michael cohen
    Michael Cohen Headed to Prison for 3 Years, After Doing Crimes at Trump’s Behest“The irony is that today I get my freedom back,” Cohen said. “Blind loyalty to [Trump] led me to choose a path of darkness over light.”
    By Eric Levitz
  49. reproductive rights
    There’s a New Push to Change New York’s Outdated Abortion LawWith a Democratic trifecta set to take power, abortion rights advocates are launching a campaign to finally pass the Reproductive Health Act.
    By Sarah Jones
  50. the national interest
    Don’t Blame Trump for Losing the Shutdown Battle to These Legislative GeniusesA close analysis of how Democrats somehow outmaneuvered the great negotiator.
    By Jonathan Chait
  51. separate and unequal
    America Is Sacrificing Black Education for a False MeritocracyA plan to integrate New York City’s elite public high schools has sparked outrage, exposing racial fault lines old and new.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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