1. Democrat Ralph Northam Wins Virginia Governor’s RaceTrump made an ill-advised attempt to distance himself from loser Ed Gillespie.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  2. Trump Wants Republicans to Repeal the Obamacare Mandate in Their Tax BillRepealing the individual mandate would generate a nice chunk of change to offset tax cuts. But it would affect health coverage and premiums, too.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. the national interest
    Ed Gillespie, Populist Lobbyist and State-of-the-Art Trump RepublicanThe future of Trumpism without Trump is a cash grab.
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. select all
    On the Internet, November 9, 2016, Is ForeverGet ready for some very fun and not painful memories.
    By Brian Feldman
  5. Syria Leaves U.S. As Complete Outlier on Paris Climate DealWhen you’ve lost Bashar al-Assad …
    By Benjamin Hart
  7. New Yorkers Poised to Vote Down Constitutional ConventionRecently, it looked like New York might hold its first constitutional convention since 1967. But fears of unintended consequences turned the tide.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. the national interest
    Trump Babbles Incoherently While Attempting to Read Speech in South Korea“Our nations remind the world of the boundless potential of societies that choose freedom over tyranny, and who set the free. And we will free.” Okay.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. Report: Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Lied About Being BillionaireAn untruth? In this White House?
    By Benjamin Hart
  10. The Most Interesting Races to Watch on Election Day 2017From the Virginia governor’s race to New York’s “Con Con” to Maine’s opportunity to expand Medicaid.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  11. Radical Liberalism or Gardening Dispute? The Mystery of Rand Paul’s AssaultA neighbor’s attack left the senator with five broken ribs, and every theory on why he did it sounds too crazy to be true.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  12. New Jersey Election Preview: Dems Quietly on the Road to a Unified GovernmentThe intense unpopularity of both Chris Christie and Donald Trump in New Jersey made a Democratic victory this year inevitable.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. What’s Up With Those Wild Polls in Virginia?Non-presidential polling is always tougher.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. Meet Virginia’s First Transgender Candidate for State Legislature“How can you write legislation about gender identity when you shut out transgender people from the legislative process?”
    By Madison Mills
  15. It’s All About Turnout: Virginia Gubernatorial Candidates Rev Up Their BasesIn a contest with huge implications for 2018, it’s coming down the stretch to a battle of turnout operations.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. the national interest
    The Richest One Percent of America Gets Half the Trump Tax CutsNever change, Republicans.
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. Trump: Texas Mass Shooting Not a ‘Guns Situation’Not surprisingly, the president said mental health was to blame.
    By Benjamin Hart
  18. Rand Paul Suffered 5 Broken Ribs in Assault at Kentucky HomeIt’s unclear when the senator will be able to return to D.C.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  19. There’s a Lot at Stake in the VA Governor’s Race — and Democrats Are WorriedPolls are now very tight in a nasty culture-war campaign. If Republican Ed Gillespie wins, look out in 2018.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. russia investigation
    Report: Mueller Has Enough Evidence to File Charges Against FlynnBut it’s not yet clear when, or if, the indictments will come.
    By Chas Danner
  21. Trump: Stock Market Booming ‘Because of Me’And he’s so modest, too!
    By Benjamin Hart
  22. President Trump Says He’ll Meet With Putin During Asia TripOh, to be a fly on the wall.
    By Benjamin Hart
  23. Could a Democratic Socialist Actually Win a Spot on City Council?Probably not, but Jabari Brisport’s campaign is still a sign of the post-Bernie new-left revival.
    By Frank Guan
  24. Bernie Sanders Hints at Possible Government Shutdown Over DACAHe joins three other Democrats.
    By Benjamin Hart
  25. politics
    Man Arrested After Assaulting Senator Rand Paul at His Home in KentuckyThe senator was “blindsided” by his neighbor, but received only minor injuries. The reason for the attack is not clear.
    By Chas Danner
  26. immigration
    300,000 Central American and Haitian Immigrants May Soon Face DeportationMany of the immigrants have U.S.-born children and own homes and businesses, and some have lived in the country for decades.
    By Chas Danner
  27. George H.W. Bush on Trump: ‘I Don’t Like Him’Tell us what you really think.
    By Benjamin Hart
  28. Elizabeth Warren Treating Bernie Sanders As the Leader of the Democratic PartyWarren’s comments about the 2016 primaries being “rigged” weren’t as provocative as her assertion that the party owes Sanders deference going forward.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. Trump and the GOP Are Running Against President Hillary ClintonNormally midterms are a referendum on the president. This president wants the focus to be on his vanquished 2016 opponent.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. the national interest
    The Republican Tax Plan Is Political SuicideA bill that reads like it was reverse-engineered from attack ads.
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. Trump on Unfilled State Department Jobs: ‘I Am the Only One Who Matters’Just a normal president saying normal president stuff.
    By Benjamin Hart
  32. Elizabeth Warren Agrees That the Democratic Primary Was ‘Rigged’The senator, who backed Clinton, said the DNC needs to restore confidence that the next nominee is “the candidate chosen by the people.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  33. Northam Now Saying He’d Ban Sanctuary Cities — If There Were Any in VirginiaOne of Ed Gillespie’s attack lines accuses his opponent of favoring sanctuary cities. It seems to have drawn blood.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. the national interest
    The House Republican Tax Cut Is a Failure on Its Own TermsPaul Ryan vowed not to repeat the mistake of the Bush tax cuts. He’s repeating it.
    By Jonathan Chait
  35. Trump Tax Bill Repeals Limits on Politicking From the PulpitIt would have no immediate impact, but repealing the Johnson Amendment redeems a major symbolic Trump promise to conservative Evangelicals.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. Trump Adviser Clovis Nomination to USDA Torpedoed by Russia ProbeIt’s been a long, strange trip for Trump adviser Sam Clovis since he joined the team in Iowa.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. Trump Tax Bill Hammers New York and CaliforniaOther than hitting the bicoastal upper-middle-class folk, the House GOP tax writers picked their fights carefully.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. Trump Suggests GOP Take Another Shot at Repealing Obamacare in Tax BillJust when you thought the politics of the tax bill couldn’t get any more complicated, Trump has an idea.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. The Anti-Trump Republicans Issue a Scream Into an Uncaring VoidPrecisely when their influence over the GOP is at a low ebb, conservative Trump-haters call out to Republicans to recant.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. No, Removing Monuments to Traitors Doesn’t Mean Removing Monuments to FoundersConfederate monuments don’t embody American history; they were built on lies about American history.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. Americans Don’t Like Trump’s Favorite Tax IdeaA lower corporate rate is the crown jewel of the GOP’s tax plan.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. the national interest
    Republicans Delay Tax-Cut Plan Again, Insist All is WellBy the way, is there anybody onboard who knows how to fly a plane?
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. russia probe
    Papadopoulos Email Claims Trump Campaign Approved Meeting With Putin’s OfficeIt’s possible the young campaign adviser was just bragging to a Russian contact.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  44. GOP in a Sweaty Panic on the Eve of the Tax-Bill UnveilingHouse Republicans have to find $5.5 trillion in spending cuts. By tomorrow.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. 2018 Senate Landscape Is Stable, With ‘Trump Ten’ Democrats Holding Their OwnSenatorial approval ratings are slipping slowly, but so are Donald Trump’s.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. the national interest
    Sanders Claims Kelly Learned Civil War Nonsense From Ken Burns. She’s Right.We would like to believe that nice Ken Burns could not depict the same ideas as nasty John Kelly.
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. John Kelly Is As Deluded About the Confederacy As Donald Trump IsThe wise, gray head who is supposed to be restraining Donald Trump seems as reactionary as his boss is on key matters of history and culture.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. the national interest
    Trump Probably Shouldn’t Be Glad Campaign Manager Arrested for Federal CrimesPaul Manafort has done a lot of very bad things, and his indictment covers just a few of them.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. Trump Moves to Gut Obamacare Benefits RequirementsIt looks like another effort to sabotage Obamacare.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. The 3 Weirdest Things About Trump’s New Campaign Ad“President Trump will fix it.”
    By Benjamin Hart
  51. the national interest
    Trump Demotes ‘Excellent’ Consultant to ‘Low-Level Volunteer’He hires the best people.
    By Jonathan Chait
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