1. just asking questions
    Donald Trump Doomed a Football League, But He’d Have Been a Great NFL OwnerAuthor Jeff Pearlman on how Trump’s time as a USFL owner predicted so much of his presidential behavior, including his feud with the NFL.
    By Joe DeLessio
  2. migrant caravan
    Tear-Gassing Migrant Children at Protests Is Not ‘Un-American’Children have been targeted for violence throughout U.S. history to deter their elders from protesting.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  3. 2018 midterms
    Mike Espy’s Quest to Make Southern History in Mississippi’s Senate RunoffIf he pulls off an upset against Cindy Hyde-Smith, Espy would be the first African-American Democrat to win a Senate seat in the former Confederacy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. politics
    Farm Bankruptcies Are on the Rise, and Trump’s Trade War Isn’t HelpingMidwest farmers’ financial troubles stoked fears of a repeat of the ‘80s farm crisis, and Trump’s policies offer little hope for relief.
    By Sarah Jones
  5. the national interest
    Trump Does Not Understand What ‘Special Counsel’ MeansIt’s not that Robert Mueller is considered a special person. He is tasked with investigating a specific set of crimes.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. in my experience
    Donald Trump Is Destroying My MarriageTwo couples and four individual women talk about how conflict over politics is testing, or even ending, their relationships.
    By Molly Langmuir
  8. politics
    The Suburbs May Not Be As Progressive As Democrats Would Like, But They Could BeThough some midterm voters backed Democratic candidates but rejected progressive proposals, the party’s left flank can still win over suburbanites.
    By Sarah Jones
  9. 2020 elections
    Beto Is No Longer Ruling Out a 2020 Presidential RunThe Texas political phenom removes one obstacle to an increasingly feasible challenge to Donald Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. voting rights
    Why a National Campaign for Voting Rights Is EssentialWhile a constitutional voting-rights amendment is unlikely, a national campaign could do much good, and Democrats are foolish if they don’t pursue it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. the national interest
    Trump Threatening GM Over Its Plant Closure Is the Real ‘Gangster Government’Trump has spent his brief political career systematically exposing the bad faith of every complaint Republicans made against Barack Obama.
    By Jonathan Chait
  12. 2018 midterms
    Utah Republican Mia Love Fires Back at Trump in Concession SpeechTrump mocked the defeat of the first black Republican woman in Congress. Love suggested he was part of her party’s minority outreach problem.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. 2020 elections
    Why New Hampshire’s Bill Gardner May Lose the Office He’s Held for Four DecadesThe secretary of state’s big mistake was joining the Trump-Kobach “voter fraud” commission.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. silent night
    Melania Trump Ushers in Another Deeply Haunted Holiday SeasonThe White House Christmas decorations are up.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  15. the national interest
    The Deficit Grew Because Trump’s a Republican, Not Because He’s an IdiotDon’t get us wrong, he’s definitely an idiot.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. elections
    What’s Going on With Mississippi’s Scandal-Plagued Senate Runoff?Republican candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith has landed in hot water for her racist remarks and photos with Confederate memorabilia.
    By Amanda Arnold and Opheli Garcia Lawler
  17. vision 2020
    Potential 2020 Candidates Continue to Play Coy“I’m thinking about it,” said everyone.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  18. 2020 elections
    Inside Bernie Sanders’s Big DecisionThe discussion the most popular democratic socialist in America is having over his political future.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  19. donald trump
    Trump: This Year I’m Thankful for MyselfOn Thanksgiving, Trump criticized the courts, trade, and migrants, but praised himself.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  20. the psephological arts
    The Polls Were Fine If Not Perfect in 2018Polls were more accurate than average and didn’t show any notable partisan lean, despite the sky-high turnout that surprised everybody.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. world view
    Unlawful, Alarming John Kelly Order Allows Use of Force by Troops at BorderThere is no such thing as a “Cabinet order,” and the White House chief of staff has no authority to command anyone except White House employees.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  22. technology
    New Study Indicates Silicon Valley’s Elite Are Not As Liberal As They ThinkA Stanford paper attempts to categorize and classify the politics of tech elites.
    By Mack DeGeurin
  23. government shutdown
    Yet Again, Trump Threatens Government Shutdown Over His Precious WallDemocrats aren’t in the mood to give Trump his border wall money, and are demanding concessions on Mueller and the 2020 Census.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. fear
    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Latina and a Socialist. Both Terrify Conservatives.The right’s disdain for the 29-year-old representative-elect echoes age-old fears of both Latinos and socialism.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  25. the national interest
    McGahn Wouldn’t Lock Up Hillary. So Trump Hired Whitaker.When Don McGahn didn’t help President Trump pressure the Department of Justice to go after Hillary Clinton, he turned to Whitaker.
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. 2018 midterms
    2018 Midterms Offered More Proof That Split-Ticket Voting Is a Thing of the PastDespite some much-publicized exceptions, voters in the 2018 midterms tended to go all-in on one party.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. 2018 midterms
    Dixieland’s Favorite Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith Sported Confederate Garb in 2014The GOP senator who keeps saying racially offensive things saw nothing wrong with donning Confederate garb at Jefferson Davis’s home.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. donald trump
    Trump Asked the White House Counsel to Instruct DOJ to Prosecute His EnemiesDonald McGahn warned Trump this sort of thinking could get him impeached. But he didn’t listen.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. criminal justice reform
    Will Mitch McConnell Stand Tall for the Lock-Em-All-Up Racists of His Party?Trump could probably get his son-in-law’s prison-/sentencing-reform compromise through the Senate with a call to McConnell — but he may not even try.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. vision 2020
    Richard Ojeda Isn’t Like Other Democrats. Is That a Good Thing?Less than two weeks after losing his bid for Congress in West Virginia, the former Army paratrooper held his first presidential campaign rally.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  31. the national interest
    Trump Writes Bonkers Defense of Saudi Prince for Murder of JournalistEven by Trump standards, the president’s argument is insane.
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. foreign interests
    Netanyahu’s Government Survives — But Maybe Not for LongThe prime minister thwarted a rebellion within his Cabinet, but Israel’s ultranationalist faction is still winning the long game.
    By Jonah Shepp
  33. the national interest
    White House Briefings Are Democracy Theater. That’s Why Trump Is Clamping Down.The symbolism of the White House briefing is important to democracy. Trump hates it for that reason.
    By Jonathan Chait
  34. politics
    Martha McSally Lost Her Bid for Senate, But She Could Get There AnywayJohn Kyl may soon step down from the Senate seat he was appointed to in September, and Mitch McConnell wants Martha McSally to replace him.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. politics
    Trump Hasn’t Visited the Troops in a War Zone Because ‘He’s Afraid’“He’s afraid of those situations. He’s afraid people want to kill him,” a White House official told the Washington Post.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  36. nancy pelosi
    Pelosi’s Future in Doubt as House Dem Dissidents Go Public in OppositionAnti-Pelosi House Democrats are close to the numbers needed to force her to step down, but aren’t there yet, and don’t have their own candidate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. special senate election
    Midterms Overtime: Mississippi Gears Up for a Competitive Senate RunoffRepublican Cindy Hyde-Smith is the favorite, but her racially tinged gaffes may have created an opening for Democrat Mike Espy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. world view
    Trump Doesn’t Understand What the Khashoggi Scandal Means for Saudi RelationsHe can refuse to hear evidence and shrug off reports of MBS’s involvement, but he won’t be able to ignore the consequences of the journalist’s murder.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  39. the national interest
    A Former FBI Lawyer Is Dropping Big Hints About Trump Obstructing JusticeThe collusion has more mystery, but the obstruction is more blatant.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. 2018 midterms
    The 2018 Midterms Were a Solid Democratic Win, Not a Split DecisionInitial analysis dismissing the “blue wave” failed to take into account the Senate landscape, and late ballots that trended heavily Democratic.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. politics
    What the State of the VA Tells Us About Trump’s War on WelfareThe president’s commitment to small government is undermining America’s commitment to its veterans.
    By Sarah Jones
  42. #metoo
    The GOP Thinks #MeToo Is a Chance to Exploit the ‘Biased’ PressBut their attempts just show how much they get wrong about journalism.
    By Jill Abramson
  43. the national interest
    Trump Says in Interview He Is the Sole Arbiter of TruthTrump promises First Amendment will be protected by America’s greatest First Amendment champion, Donald Trump.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. 2018 midterms
    Stacey Abrams Ends Her Gubernatorial CampaignAfter mulling and then rejecting possible lawsuits, Abrams yielded to Brian Kemp in a “non-concession concession.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. okay
    Trump Praises Dead Supreme Court Justice for Having a Ton of SexWhile honoring him at the Medal of Freedom ceremony.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  46. Will Trump Dump Sycophant-in-Chief Mike Pence?Some advisers want Trump to find a replacement veep who could appeal to women in 2020. But the Christian right would be unhappy about losing Pence.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. musical chairs
    Lindsey Graham to Become Senate Judiciary Chairman and Trump Point ManThe formerly independent Graham will now be the point man for Trump in a very sensitive position.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. bipartisanship
    Republicans and Democrats Can Agree. Mass Incarceration Is Proof.Trump is being hailed for unifying Republicans and Democrats around criminal justice. But the parties have rarely been that divided on this issue.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  49. 2018 midterms
    Abrams Considers Long-Shot Lawsuit As Georgia Prepares to Certify Kemp’s WinBrian Kemp will likely be certified as the winner of the 2018 governor’s race in Georgia today. But Stacey Abrams may pursue one final legal remedy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. gun control
    NRA Sues to Stop Gun Control Measures Approved by Washington VotersThe ballot initiative raises the minimum purchase age for semiautomatic rifles to 21, among other things.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  51. 2020 elections
    Should Democrats Focus On the Heartland or the Sunbelt in 2020?The midterm results don’t really dictate either approach, but a 2020 candidate might.
    By Ed Kilgore
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