1. international intrigue
    President of the Philippines Won’t Get to Call Obama a ‘Son of a Bitch’The White House canceled their Tuesday meeting.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  2. Hillary Clinton Gets New Plane and the Chance to Travel With Her Press PoolAs both campaigns get ready for the post–Labor Day push.
    By Jen Kirby
  3. early and often
    Mike Pence Says He Will Release Tax Returns This WeekAs for Trump’s tax returns coming out before Election Day, Pence says, “we’ll see.”
    By Chas Danner
  4. today in donald trump
    Trump Successfully Reads Prepared Remarks at Black Detroit ChurchHe said he was there to listen and learn, then saw Ben Carson’s house and left.
    By Chas Danner
  5. All Quiet on the Economic Front, Which Is Good News for ClintonWith a positive but ho-hum August jobs report, the odds of some election-disrupting economic news occurring before Election Day are low.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. The Senate Is Likely to Do Something It’s Never Done BeforeIt could change hands in four consecutive elections.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. the national interest
    What Colin Kaepernick’s Patriotism Has In Common With Donald Trump’sThe politics of country before party.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. Trump Will Try Not to Be Himself During Interview With Black PastorThe Trump campaign has pre-written the candidate’s answers for his interview at a black church in Detroit this weekend.
    By Eric Levitz
  10. the national interest
    Did Trump Happen Because Liberals Are Too Mean?Frank Bruni thinks this theory has some merit.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. Trump’s Incredibly Narrow Path to VictoryTrump is betting everything on an intense appeal to white working-class voters. But it’s not a great bet.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. From Tea to Trump Not That Long a JourneyIf you think the tea party was all about limited government and not race and culture, you probably think Trump’s just the candidate of common sense.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. the national interest
    The Filibuster Is Already GoneHarry Reid already used the nuclear option, and Democrats will do it again if they have to. So will Republicans.
    By Jonathan Chait
  14. Donald Trump Now Underwater With the ‘Hispanic Trump Surrogates’ DemographicAfter the GOP nominee’s incendiary speech on immigration, Hispanic Trump surrogates consider resigning from his campaign.
    By Eric Levitz
  15. Should Hillary Clinton Spend So Much Time Pursuing Republican Voters?There’s not much evidence that all of the outreach to GOP voters is working, and it could even help Republicans hang on to Congress.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. Donald Trump’s Hateful Rhetoric Matters More Than the Details of His ‘Policies’The GOP nominee just painted a vulnerable minority group as innately criminal. That matters more than whether he officially wants to deport them all.
    By Eric Levitz
  17. Trump’s Ominous Message to Hispanic Americans: Watch Your BackTrump has transformed the “malign neglect” of Romney’s self-deportation strategy into an open policy of harassing and intimidating the undocumented.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. early and often
    Trump His Old Self Again for Major Speech on ImmigrationLatino Trump surrogates are already threatening to pull their support.
    By Charley Lanyon
  19. early and often
    Mexico’s President is Already Disputing Trump’s Version of Their MeetingWas the wall “discussed” or not?
    By Charley Lanyon
  20. Hillary Clinton’s ‘American Exceptionalism’ Won’t Win Many Republican VotesUnfortunately, a lot of the Republicans HRC is trying to win over do not share her or Obama’s fundamental vision of what makes America great.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. Undecided Voters Won’t Save Trump’s BaconBest we can tell, undecided voters currently lean toward Hillary Clinton, or just won’t vote.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. Why Trump’s ‘Black Outreach’ Is BackfiringAside from his reluctance to conduct “black outreach” with actual black people, the “plantation theory” Trump embraces is a deeply racist meme.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. the national interest
    Donald Trump Fleeing to Mexico, But Will Probably ReturnToday in ‘Donald Trump’s campaign is a garbage fire.’
    By Jonathan Chait
  24. Trump and the George Wallace Tradition of Foreign PolicyLike George Wallace, Trump believes in avoiding foreign conflicts and then ending them quickly with maximum violence.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. The Grudge Match to Succeed Harry Reid — and Control the SenateThe Senate Democratic leader is retiring, and his bitter enemies the Koch Brothers are trying hard to deny him a chosen successor.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. Can Fear and Hate Turn Out the Vote As Much As Enthusiasm?Normally a lack of enthusiasm for the candidates will depress turnout. But strong antipathy along with a sense of high stakes can do the trick, too.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. ‘Anybody But Trump’ Would Be Romping to Victory, Some Republicans BelieveIn order to prepare a good, thorough post-election purge, anti-Trump Republicans are imagining a very different election without the mogul.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. early and often
    ‘Proud Republican’ Meg Whitman Hits the Campaign Trail for Hillary ClintonShe’s the first prominent Republican defector to do so.
    By Charley Lanyon
  29. If Obamacare Bombs, States Must Share the BlameCertain states under hostile management have fought access to affordable health care for poor people before and after the ACA was enacted.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. Trump Has a Catholic Problem. But How Bad Is It?A new study shows him shockingly far behind.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. the national interest
    Chicago and the Anti-Anti-P.C. LeftLots of people on the left agree with the University of Chicago, but they don’t want to admit it.
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. Trump Supporters Are Searching for Mystical Signs of Victory AlreadyUsually a sign of desperation.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. Report: Foreign Hackers May Have Breached Two States’ Election DatabasesArizona and Illinois were allegedly targeted.
    By Jen Kirby
  34. Democrats Will Expect a President Clinton to Do the ImpossibleThe constraints GOP obstruction will place on a newly elected President Clinton rule out most bipartisan or progressive strategies for governing.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. campaigns
    Michelle Kwan Is Working for Hillary ClintonYes, that Michelle Kwan.
    By Marin Cogan
  36. Don’t Count Out Trump Just YetPartisan polarization and the muddy track of a four-candidate race could keep him in the game.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. The 10,000th Syrian Refugee Is About to Be Resettled in AmericaThe Obama administration has met its yearlong goal.
    By Chas Danner
  38. Harambe
    Jill Stein Becomes the First Presidential Candidate to Court the Harambe VoteShe’s also losing to Harambe in Texas. #RIP
    By Chas Danner
  39. Presidential Debates
    Report: Trump Will Wing Debates, While Clinton Does Her HomeworkBut Trump is testing zingers.
    By Chas Danner
  40. awful things
    Trump Uses the Death of Chicago Mother to Celebrate HimselfTrump has never met a tragedy that didn’t prove him right somehow, but this may be a new low, even for him.
    By Chas Danner
  41. racism
    Maine Governor Suggests People of Color and Hispanics Are the ‘Enemy’Governor LePage had challenged a state lawmaker to “prove that I’m a racist” just a day earlier.
    By Chas Danner
  42. fitness for office
    Trump’s Doctor Took Only 5 Minutes to Write Candidate’s Medical ReportThe rushed doctor, inspired by the candidate’s rhetoric, had declared that Trump would be the healthiest president in U.S. history.
    By Chas Danner
  43. Media False Equivalence Is Trump’s Best Friend in the Debate Over RacismClinton offered a detailed indictment. Trump replied with an insult. How’s that a draw?
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. Conservatives Seem to Grasp They’ve Lost the Public Debate on Gay RightsThat’s why we’re not hearing much about “religious liberty” in 2016.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. the national interest
    Trump: Only Desperate Liars Call Their Opponent Racist. Also Hillary Is Racist.Trump brings his party’s racial contradictions to a head.
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. Trump Denies ‘Softening’ on Immigration, Though That’s Literally What He SaidNow he’s against legalization again.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  47. politics
    Obama Creates World’s Largest Marine Preserve in HawaiiThe president is on something of a conservation kick.
    By Charley Lanyon
  48. today in donald trump
    Trump Campaign Manager Stephen Bannon Charged With Domestic Violence in 1996His ex-wife said he pressured her not to show up in court so the case would be dropped.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  49. Clinton’s ‘Alt-Right’ Attack on Trump Is a Calculated RiskBy describing Trump as the candidate of a racist “fringe element,” she can energize her base. But she’s making a gamble.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. If Hillary Wins, Democrats Will Have Posted a Record Presidential Winning StreakTaking the popular vote in six of the last seven presidential elections.
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. Trump Campaign Still Pushing Theory That Voters Support Him But Won’t Admit ItThe Trump campaign keeps buying into self-deluding theories of a “hidden majority” that only it can perceive. It’s not a good sign.
    By Ed Kilgore
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