1. black conservatives
    Black Conservatives Could Attract Black Voters If They Treated Them Like AdultsA controversial radio ad in Arkansas showcases why Republicans fail to win black votes — even when they use black spokespersons.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  2. global politics
    Erdogan Seized on Khashoggi Murder in Hopes of Humiliating His Saudi RivalThe Turkish president drew the world’s attention with continual leaks, aiming to expose MBS as a brute and turn the world against Saudi Arabia.
    By Jonah Shepp
  3. politics
    Someone Put a Bomb in George Soros’s MailboxThe explosive was detonated by police and no one was hurt.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  4. 2018 midterms
    First Early Voting Numbers Are Big. But It’s Not Clear What They Mean Yet.We could see historic levels of early voting, and of midterm voting — but it’s still not clear which party will benefit.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. immigration
    What a 1970s Racist French Novel Tells Us About the Right’s ‘Caravan’ PanicThe Trump-fed panic over migrants heading toward the U.S.–Mexico border sure resembled the plotline of The Camp of the Saints
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. 2018 midterms
    Dems Still Have a Good Shot at Flipping House, But Senate Is an Uphill BattleFifteen days before the midterms, polls show the House going blue, but the GOP is likely to maintain Senate control, or even pick up a seat or two.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. jamal khashoggi
    Trump Won’t Let Khashoggi’s Death Cost Working-Class Saudi Lobbyists Their JobsThe president says that the U.S. can’t afford to lose all the jobs that the Saudi alliance creates. But he really means “the swamp” can’t.
    By Eric Levitz
  9. the national interest
    Do Liberals Hate Trump Because He’s a Typical American?David Gelernter makes the case in The Wall Street Journal.
    By Jonathan Chait
  10. politics
    Walkouts Led to Big Wins for Red-State Teachers. Why Are They Still Struggling?Despite winning raises in Arizona, Oklahoma, and West Virginia, teachers are still being squeezed — and they’re willing to fight for more.
    By Sarah Jones
  11. human rights
    Trans Americans Have a Message for Trump: We Won’t Be Erased#WeWon’tBeErased on Twitter is full of passionate responses to Trump’s proposal to narrow the definition of gender.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  12. immigration
    U.S.A. or Bust: Migrants Explain Why They’re Marching“There is no work back home. No future.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  13. politics
    Tribalism Isn’t Our Democracy’s Problem. The Conservative Movement Is.Partisan polarization has made it easier for lawmakers to disregard the popular will; but it is reactionary elites who demand such disregard.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. human rights
    What to Know About Trump’s Terrifying Proposal to Eliminate Transgender RightsThe Department of Health and Human Services is reportedly working to establish that a person’s sex is to be male or female and “unchangeable.”
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  15. 2018 midterms
    11 Tight Governor’s Races Will Shape America’s Political LandscapeDemocrats will probably make overall gains, but there are an amazing eleven gubernatorial elections that are tossups.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. keeping up
    Kim Kardashian Admits Kanye’s Pro-Trump Stance Has Its BenefitsTrump is picking up her calls, for one.
    By Devon Ivie
  17. 2018 midterms
    Pelosi Hints at Retirement, But Not Until Trump’s GoneThe long-standing Democratic leader is addressing opposition to her among House candidates by calling herself “transitional.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. the national interest
    Did Michael Flynn Have a Back Channel to Email Hackers During the Campaign?The new reports about Peter W. Smith and Michael Flynn offer new clues about Trump’s collusion with Russia.
    By Jonathan Chait
  19. 2018 midterms
    The GOP’s 2019 Agenda Is for Donors’ Eyes OnlyRepublicans aren’t campaigning on what they’ll do if they keep Congress because they don’t want you to know.
    By Eric Levitz
  20. 2018 midterms
    Democrats Are Ending the Once-Powerful Republican Midterm Turnout AdvantageCollege-educated white voters tilting towards Democrats and sure to turn out. If young and minority voting surges too, the wave could be substantial.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. global tech
    WhatsApp Says It’s Too Late to Stop Far-Right Fake News in BrazilFake news stories spread like wildfire on messaging service WhatsApp — and there’s no easy way to stop it.
    By Jake Swearingen
  22. the national interest
    Trump Praises Republican Criminal for Attacking JournalistA revealing glimpse into what Trump really thinks about other cases of violence against the media.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. politics
    Emails Show Trump Took a Special Interest in Plans for New FBI HQMaybe that’s because his D.C. hotel is right across the street.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  24. trump rallies
    Trump Said the Midterm Elections Are About KavanaughDuring a hard-to-follow and often bizarre campaign event in Montana, Trump outlined what he believes will define the midterm elections.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  25. the national interest
    A Defector From Conservatism With a Clear Vision of Trump’s RiseMax Boot’s Corrosion of Conservatism shrewdly mines the history of the conservative movement to learn how it went so badly.
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. 2018 midterms
    Dave Brat Tells Incarcerated Addicts He Has a Hard Life, Too“You think you’re having a hard time?” said the Virginia congressman. “I’ve got $5 million of negative ads going at me. How do you think I’m feeling?”
    By Sarah Jones
  27. 2018 midterms
    Republican Hatred for Dianne Feinstein Is Making Her Lefty Opponent CompetitiveKevin de León is probably lucky he doesn’t have the money to let his Republican supporters know how progressive he is.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. the national circus
    Frank Rich: What Saudi Arabia Now Knows About Bone SawsM.B.S. and company may have wrecked their comfortable spot in American politics by generating a murder mystery too lurid for the public to ignore.
    By Frank Rich
  29. the national interest
    Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder Cover-up Is Another Reason to Turn Congress DemocraticThe Trump administration is helping Saudi Arabia cover up the murder, and Republicans are letting it.
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. president trump
    Trump Threatens Military Response to (Fictional) Migrant ThreatAs Central American asylum seekers march in caravan toward the U.S., Trump threatens to “call up the U.S. Military and CLOSE OUR SOUTHERN BORDER!”
    By Eric Levitz
  31. politics
    Pat Robertson Cares More About a Saudi Weapons Deal Than a Journalist’s MurderIn comments on Jamal Khashoggi’s apparent murder, the Christian-right warhorse revealed he can no longer distinguish God’s will from Donald Trump’s.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. global politics
    A Win for Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro Would Be a Win for the Global Christian RightThe presidential candidate — known for racist, misogynistic, and anti-LGBT rhetoric — leads in October’s run-off, thanks partly to religious voters.
    By Sarah Jones
  33. politics
    The Nevada GOP Shunned Republican Pimp Dennis Hof, Then He DiedThe state party plans a push to get Hof elected, even though he died earlier this week.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  34. 2018 midterms
    McConnell Thinks Talking About Repealing Obamacare Helps the GOP in the MidtermsIf Republicans make Senate gains and hang onto the House, it’s remotely possible. That’s apparently what the GOP thinks its base wants to hear.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. 2020 election
    Kamala Harris Updates Obama’s Winning Strategy for 2020Twelve years after Obama’s breakthrough, it’s unclear Harris can emulate it given a giant field and polarized politics.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. 2018 midterms
    Hurricane Michael Is Already Affecting the MidtermsFlorida Governor Rick Scott could delay state elections due to the storm’s impact, but not his own Senate race. In Georgia, early voting has begun.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. the national interest
    Trump: My ‘Natural Instinct for Science’ Tells Me Climate Science Is WrongScientists would say there’s no such instinct, but they also say climate change is real, so who can trust ‘em?
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. the law
    With Legal Storm Looming, Pat Cipollone May Be Perfect for White House CounselHe appears ready to pick up Don McGahn’s task of reshaping the judiciary, and his experience with congressional probes could certainly come in handy.
    By Cristian Farias
  39. the national interest
    Trump Calls the Saudis As Innocent As Brett Kavanaugh“Here we go again with you know you’re guilty until proven innocent,” Trump says. “We just went through that with Justice Kavanaugh.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. 2018 midterms
    Trump Says It Won’t Be His Fault If Republicans Lose MidtermsThe president will certainly take the credit if his party wins. If they don’t — well, it was the congressional GOP’s fault, or maybe illegal voting.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. 2018 midterms
    Dave Brat Takes Pelosi-Bashing to Its Apotheosis Against Anti-Pelosi OpponentDemocrat Abigail Spanberger had to remind her Republican opponent of her name after he mentioned Pelosi 21 times in a debate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. 2018 midterms
    Beware of Preelection Polling SpinThe presentation of a CNBC poll shows how hazy data can be distorted into misleading indicators of where the election is headed.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. centrism
    No, Hate Speech and Political Correctness Are Not EquivalentDavid Brooks and Charles Lane want compromise above all. Sometimes that involves a compromise with evil.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. in my experience
    I’m a Teacher in a Red State. The Teachers’ Strike Turned My Ballot Blue.I was a lifelong Republican. After seeing how little “trickled down” to my classroom and joining the Oklahoma walkout, I started voting for Democrats.
    By Emily Ozment
    As told to Sarah Jones
  45. the national interest
    Media Congratulates Trump for Spreading Lie About Elizabeth WarrenTrump’s bullying works because reporters care more about whether it works than whether it’s true.
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. business
    Will Corporate America Dump Saudi Arabia Over Khashoggi?Trump may not want to punish them, but CEOs risk alienating customers, investors, and employees if they are seen as condoning the regime’s actions.
    By Jonah Shepp
  47. politics
    Pastor Andrew Brunson’s Release Reveals Trump’s Religious Freedom PrioritiesFreeing the American pastor imprisoned in Turkey became a cause among the Christian right, and another way for Trump to prove himself to Evangelicals.
    By Sarah Jones
  48. what’s past is prologue
    When Senate and House Elections Go in Different DirectionsDemocrats making House gains and Republicans Senate gains is not unprecedented, but with ticket-splitting declining, it may not happen again soon.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. suspicious package
    Suspicious Letter Sent to Senator Susan Collins’s Home in MaineLocal authorities and the FBI are investigating.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  50. 2018 midterms
    Indicted Republican Congressman Smears Midterm Opponent As ‘Security Risk’Duncan Hunter shows chutzpah by attacking his opponent for his Palestinian forebears while being under criminal indictment himself.
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. 2018 midterms
    The 2018 Midterms Have Already BegunElection Day has already begun in large areas of the nation, and voting by mail could stretch out Election Night as well.
    By Ed Kilgore
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