1. Democratic Unity Night Gets Off to a Rocky StartDisgruntled Sanders supporters took their fight to the main convention floor in the opening hours of the event.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. dnc
    The DNC Is Very, Very Sorry for Those Mean Things They Said About Bernie Is that enough to stop the booing?
    By Caroline Bankoff
  3. scandals
    FBI Now Looking Into the DNC Email HackCold comfort for Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  4. the national circus
    How the Media Did (and Didn’t) Fail in Covering the Rise of Donald Trump“The problem is not that the press is failing to do due diligence; the problem is that many of his [Trump’s] adherents are impervious to that diligence.”
    By Frank Rich
  5. There’s Nothing Scandalous in the DNC Emails — But the Timing Is AwfulStill, this really shouldn’t be a crisis for Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. Donald Trump Is Now Leading in the Polls Some predicted he wouldn’t get a bounce following a turbulent RNC. But he did. And now he’s polling ahead of Clinton.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. the national interest
    Why Some Leftists Are Defending Donald Trump’s Ties to RussiaThe Cold War returns to the Democratic Party.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. dnc
    DNC Kicks Off With Lots of Booing Debbie Wasserman Schultz couldn’t even get through a breakfast speech.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  10. early and often
    What You Need to Know About the Democratic National ConventionProtests, current and former presidents, and a far more positive message than what we saw in Cleveland.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  11. early and often
    Tim Kaine Doesn’t Mind Being Third Wheel to Two President ClintonsKaine didn’t look like Clinton’s hostage on 60 Minutes, so compared to the Trump-Pence interview, it was wildly successful.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  12. dnc
    DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz Resigns Amid Email-Leak ScandalInternal DNC emails revealed disparaging comments she and other officials made about the Sanders campaign.
    By Chas Danner
  13. democratic national convention
    Bloomberg to Endorse Clinton in DNC SpeechTeam Clinton is bringing in their own billionaire to make the case against Trump.
    By Chas Danner
  14. that’s the ticket!
    Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine Had a Great Time at the Official Veep AnnouncementA rally in Miami was joyful, optimistic, and showcased exactly why Clinton picked Kaine.
    By Jen Kirby
  15. the national interest
    The Case for Tim KaineThe myopia of liberal disappointment.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. early and often
    The Clinton-Kaine Ticket Is Safe and Boring — In a Good WayKaine is getting grief from the left, and objectively, some of it is undeserved. Or all of it is, if you look at the alternative.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. the ratings game
    Trump RNC Speech Ratings Not That ‘Big’Not much higher than what Mitt Romney drew. 
    By Joe Adalian
  18. Trump’s Strongman PoliticsThe only solution he offers to the exaggerated problem of crime and disorder is himself.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. republican national convention
    Peter Thiel Is Pro-Trump, Mainly Because He’s Pro-TrollingHis speech at the RNC didn’t make any sense, and that may be the point.
    By Annie Lowrey
  20. The Christian Right Has Surrendered to TrumpSo recently an electoral and ideological fountainhead for the GOP, Evangelicals have given themselves over to a Philistine. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. the national interest
    Trump to Transform GOP Into White-Identity PartyThe meaning of one of the most significant acceptance speeches in history.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. What’s at Stake in Donald Trump’s RNC Speech TonightHard to know what to expect when a pol who famously likes to improvise delivers the biggest speech of his life in Cleveland tonight.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. Will the Conservative Resistance to Trump Fade or Grow?Normally, party dissidents get with the program sooner rather than later after a nominating convention. Hard to say if that will happen with this year’s GOP.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. Trump Campaign Forgets Real Audience Not at RNCSure, every partisan political-convention crowd needs a little red meat to keep the energy level high. But this is ridiculous.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. the national interest
    Donald Trump Is Bad at Scripted Television and Also Bad at NationalismToday in “Donald Trump’s Campaign Is a Garbage Fire.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. the national interest
    Republicans in Chaos Must Decide Whether to Elect a MadmanTed Cruz becomes the symbol of the anti-Trump resistance.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. What If Trump Had Asked Condi Rice to Be Veep?He had her on his original veep-prospect list. She wasn’t interested, but it creates an interesting thought experiment.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. What Cruz, Rubio, & Walker Need to Do at the RNCThree pols who lost to Trump but probably still see a future president in the bathroom mirror each morning face interesting challenges.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. This Is Why Ben Carson Was Talking About Lucifer at the RNCThe devilish plot he invokes is a common right-wing conspiracy theory, but it’s one never heard from the podium of a national political convention.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. select all
    Why Everyone Is Commenting ‘Spicy Boi’ on Hillary Clinton’s InstagramAs the RNC unravels in Cleveland, Trump’s trollish online supporters are holding their own convention.
    By Will Sommer
  31. gallery
    Scenes From Cleveland on Day 2 of the Republican National ConventionProtests continued as Donald Trump officially became the nominee.
    By Andres Kudacki
  32. the national interest
    The Republicans’ Economy Night Turns Out to Be Another Lock-Up-Hillary NightTrump’s Republicans demand the imprisonment of their opponent because of the “rule of law.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. The Party of Trump Doesn’t Have Much to Offer Bernie VotersYou figure that on “Economy Night,” they will try to find common ground. Good luck with that.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. the national interest
    The Republican Climate Platform Keeps Getting Crazier Every ElectionCoal is inherently clean, get rid of the EPA, science is biased, and other ideas.
    By Jonathan Chait
  35. fight night
    Why Is UFC’s Dana White Speaking at the RNC?He says he’s apolitical but that he and Trump share a special bond.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  36. The ‘Hillary for Prison’ Meme Is Spinning Out of Control at the RNCWhy is it taking on the feeling of a Trump campaign promise?
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. the national interest
    Republican Speaker Lou Holtz to Immigrants: ‘I Don’t Want to Become You’The feeling is probably mutual.
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. republican national convention
    Melania Trump Plagiarized an Entire Paragraph From Michelle Obama’s 2008 SpeechThe campaign admits her team of writers “included fragments that reflected her own thinking,” whatever that means.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  39. republican national convention
    Motley RNC Protesters Show Just How Many Types of People Fear a Trump PresidencyThey’re outnumbered and disorganized, but they’re making their point.
    By Rembert Browne
  40. early and often
    The Trump Campaign Failed Melania — and Not Just Because of the PlagiarismIf they had actually paid attention to Michelle Obama’s 2008 address, Trump’s speech wouldn’t have been so empty and meaningless.
    By Rebecca Traister
  41. republican national convention
    Trump’s Bid to Transform the GOP Into the Abusive-Daddy PartyRepublicans are counting on making this a “national-security election,” with voters trusting in the most violent president you can imagine.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. the national interest
    Night One in Cleveland: Ethno-Nationalism and C-List Celebrities“Brown people are making America less safe.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. Trump to Model Acceptance Speech on Nixon’s ’68 ‘Quiet Americans’ AddressHe tried to position himself as a kind of third way between the angry left and right.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. the national interest
    Is Donald Trump Working for Russia?It keeps getting less and less crazy to think so.
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. First Night of RNC: War, Benghazi, and MelaniaThe first night of the Republican National Convention will revolve around national security, which in Trump-speak means Benghazi!, “Fast and Furious,” and assorted conspiracy theories and grievances.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. the national interest
    Does President Obama Believe What He Says About Race?People on the right and left suspect it’s a façade.
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. today in donald trump
    The Trump-Pence 60 Minutes Interview Is the Epitome of ‘Sad!’Only Chris Christie could pull off this level of obsequiousness.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  48. republican national convention
    Scenes From Cleveland on the Eve of the Republican National ConventionSo far, the demonstrations have been peaceful.
    By Andres Kudacki and Margaret Hartmann
  49. republican national convention
    Never Trump Will Cede to Never Clinton at RNCGOP anger at Trump has pretty much played out in ineffectual rebellions. But anger at the Democrats abides.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. donald trump
    Donald Trump May Have Fired Corey Lewandowski, But He’s Still Taking His AdviceTrump’s advisors and allies are concerned that Lewandowski could play a wild-card role in Cleveland.
    By Gabriel Sherman
  51. today in donald trump
    Trump Mostly Talks Trump While Introducing PenceTrump’s first-ever arranged marriage has gotten off to an unsurprisingly bizarre start.
    By Chas Danner
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