1. the national interest
    Giuliani Invents Brilliant Maneuver to Deflect Incriminating Video ClipWhy sit there like a sucker and watch a reporter prove you’re a hypocrite?
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. California Property Tax Initiative Could Be Another Boon to GOP TurnoutA Realtor-backed ballot initiative expanding property tax loopholes for homeowners over 55 could drive turnout among Republican-leaning voters.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. the national interest
    Trump’s New Russia Scandal Theory: The FBI Set Him Up. There’s One Small Flaw.James Comey’s apparent plot was to launch an “October surprise” revealing Trump was being investigated on Russia.
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. Bannon Is Still Advising Trump Allies on Their War With MuellerTrump seemed to reject the half-baked plan Bannon was pushing a month ago, and he may not know that his confidants are talking with his ex-strategist.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  5. foreign policy
    Is Trump Getting Played by North Korea?Kim Jong-un’s hot-and-cold behavior is messing with the administration’s already disjointed strategy for the upcoming talks.
    By Jonah Shepp
  7. Manafort’s Former Son-in-Law Pleads Guilty, Is Working With Federal ProsecutorsJeffrey Yohai, who worked with Manafort on real-estate deals, pleaded guilty to federal charges and may be assisting Mueller.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  8. Georgia GOP Candidate’s ‘Deportation Bus,’ Like His Campaign, Breaks DownGOP gubernatorial candidate Michael Williams is going nowhere fast, but the general-election showdown in November is becoming more interesting.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. Actually, Pence’s Toadying Is His Best Shot at Becoming PresidentJournalist Matt Bai tries to make the case that Pence has no future in presidential politics. That’s likely wrong.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. the national interest
    GOP Congressman: Rising Sea Level Caused by More Dirt on Ocean FloorA bold new scientific theory by Rep. Mo Brooks catches a scientist off guard at a congressional hearing.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. Democratic Wave May Depend on Millennials Becoming Unusually Motivated to VoteMidterm elections usually show a major dropoff in turnout from young voters. If that happens this fall, the Democratic “wave” could be minimized.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. the national interest
    In Year Two, Mueller Is Wading Into a Bottomless Pit of Trump SleazeIf Mueller hasn’t found collusion yet, can he still investigate money laundering and other potentially rampant criminality?
    By Jonathan Chait
  13. scandals
    Reports on Other ‘Suspicious’ Michael Cohen Transactions Have Gone MissingTwo bank reports about $3 million of shady Cohen transactions are missing from Treasury’s database. That’s why a leaker released the third report.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  14. McConnell May Cancel August Recess to Keep Democrats From Going Home to CampaignMcConnell knows there are more incumbent Democrats than Republicans in competitive races. Threatening to keep them in D.C. could make them malleable.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. immigration
    Why the U.S. House May Finally Pass an Immigration BillEndangered House Republicans from Latino-heavy districts are playing chicken with Paul Ryan — and indirectly the president — and may force a vote.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. the national interest
    Why Trump’s Assault on Democracy Doesn’t Bother the Illiberal LeftTrump and his party aren’t the only force in American life opposed to liberal democracy.
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. Teacher Protests Spread to North CarolinaLike teachers in other states, those in North Carolina are looking to political changes in November to secure legislative support for their demands.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. Primary Roundup: Victories for Women and ProgressivesPennsylvania’s all-male congressional delegation will be a thing of the past. And Nebraskans made a surprise choice.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. politics
    Red State Republicans Are Trying to Trump Each Other’s TrumpinessGOP candidates for governor of Georgia are tripping over each other to sound like Trump on “the swamp” and sanctuary cities.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. David Brooks Wants to Fix America With One Weird Trick From the 1800sThe Whigs expired, justly, for elevating pragmatism over the need to address a big national issue. They’re the last thing we need today.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. the national interest
    The Michael Cohen Bribery Scandal Is Now a Trump Bribery ScandalTurns out Cohen was not just soliciting money, but allegedly passing it on to the Trump family.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. power
    Why Washington Insiders Decide to LeakInside the national-security press offensive against the president.
    By Nicholas Zimmerman
  23. Gina Haspel Set to Be CIA Director After Several Democrats Back HerMcCain urged fellow senators not to confirm Haspel. All he accomplished was highlighting the Trump administration’s refusal to apologize.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  24. Voters Who Like ‘Medicare for All’ May Not Support Single-PayerTruth is, single-payer is very different from Medicare, even if it borrows the Medicare “brand.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. North Korea Appears to Be Shutting Down Its Nuke-Testing SiteBut we’ve been here before, and there’s a long way to go before Pyongyang’s nuclear program is closed.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. Today’s Primary Preview: 3 Quiet States and Some Pennsylvania NoiseThe aftermath of re-redistricting in Pennsylvania’s House delegation is the highlight of four states’ primaries.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. Why Trump Is Suddenly Worried About Saving Jobs in China: 6 TheoriesSaving ZTE, which violated U.S. sanctions, may be about helping U.S. companies, the midterms, Trump Organization profits — or maybe all of the above.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  28. Poor People’s Campaign Begins With Protests and ArrestsIn a revival of Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy project that brought protestors to Washington in 1968, the protests will continue for 40 days.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. Trump: Leakers Are Cowards, Traitors, Also Do Not ExistThe president explores the mind-bending frontiers of unreality he has created.
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. the national interest
    Trump’s Environmental Plan: Bigger Government, More PollutionThe Republican Party has forgotten the ideological reason it fell in love with coal in the first place.
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. 3 States Are Pushing Medicaid Reforms That Discriminate Against Black PeopleFunny how this works: White midwestern conservative lawmakers are exempting their own rural constituents from Medicaid work requirements.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. Jerusalem Embassy Opening Features Two Religious Leaders Accused of BigotryThe Trump administration managed to make the move from Tel Aviv a bit more controversial.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  33. White House Leaker Covers Tracks by Impersonating Co-workersAnother staffer reportedly looked into spying on his colleagues’ phone and email data in an effort to figure out who was talking with reporters.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  34. Following Trump’s Lead, White House Will Not Apologize for McCain ‘Dying’ RemarkThough Kelly Sadler told Meghan McCain that she’d offer a public mea culpa, and even Republicans are criticizing the White House.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  35. behind the scenes
    The Strange Cocoon of Trump and Hannity, Two Friends Who Like to Talk Before BedLife inside the bunker of Fox News’ resident Trumplegänger.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  36. foreign policy
    Pompeo Says North Korea Will Get Americans Instead of AidThe Trump administration apparently thinks the communist nation will accept capitalism in exchange for its nukes.
    By Chas Danner
  37. Second Democrat Comes Out in Support of Gina HaspelBarring some truly unexpected votes, she will be the next CIA director.
    By Benjamin Hart
  38. Is the 2018 Democratic Wave Receding?The big picture still suggests a positive picture for Team Blue — but there are a lot of questions.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. DHS Secretary Nielsen is Not MAGA Enough for Trump’s White HouseApparently minding her own business in 2016 makes Nielsen a member of Never Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. Trump Wants to Pull Federal Funds From Organizations That Talk About AbortionThe new rule would ban facilities receiving Title X family-planning funds for low-income women to provide or even discuss abortion services.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. Richard Cordray Proves Voters Might Not Want a Showman, Even in the Age of TrumpThe Democrats’ nominee for Ohio governor is testing the theory that competence, not flash, is the key to winning in 2018 — and maybe 2020.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  42. the national interest
    Trump Made 6 Populist Promises. He Has Now Broken Them All.Trump ran to the left on the economy. While nobody was looking, he abandoned his last promise to be a different kind of Republican.
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. Americans With No Religion Greatly Outnumber Those Powerful White EvangelicalsWhile conservative evangelicals were busy boasting about their numbers and power, they started shrinking like other U.S. faith communities.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. foreign policy
    Trump’s Iran-Deal Exit Has Raised the Risk of War, Even Faster Than ExpectedIsrael and Iran are running out of reasons not to escalate their low-key conflict in Syria into a broader regional catastrophe.
    By Jonah Shepp
  45. White House Aide on McCain’s Opposition to Haspel: ‘He’s Dying Anyway’Cindy McCain chided communications official Kelly Sadler following reports that she joked about the senator’s battle with brain cancer.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  46. Will California Voters Blame High Gas Prices on Democrats or Trump?Gas prices are rising everywhere, but especially in California, where higher taxes are coinciding with Trump’s unsettling Middle Eastern policies.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. the national interest
    Giuliani’s Law Firm Explains Law Doesn’t Work the Way Giuliani SaysNow it’s his ex–law firm.
    By Jonathan Chait
  48. Cheney Endorses Haspel and a Return to TortureOnce again, Dick Cheney fires on a friend.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. the national circus
    Why Liberal Media Need Conservative ColumnistsIt’s the only way to keep your own thinking honest.
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. George Will Calls ‘Repulsive’ Pence Worse Than TrumpThe vice-president has lost the independent reputation that made him a potential survivor of a Trump meltdown.
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. Trump Greets 3 Americans Freed by North KoreaHe met Kim Hak-song, Tony Kim, and Kim Dong-chul when they landed in Maryland, and said Kim Jong-un was “really was excellent” to them.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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