1. Just in Time, Bernie Getting in Tune With HillaryAt a time where Clinton urgently needs “Sanders holdouts” to get onboard, he is coming to her aid.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. New Poll: Obama Would Not Be Doing Much Better Than Clinton Against TrumpIn battleground states, the allegedly “weak” nominee seems to be matching the popular POTUS’s numbers.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. the national interest
    Hillary Clinton Can’t Let Donald Trump Win the Corruption Issue“Follow the money,” says candidate who won’t let you follow his money.
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. Trump Campaign Has Sexist Plan to Fight Allegations of SexismTalking points say they should hammer Hillary for Bill’s sex scandals, though even Republicans think that’s a terrible idea.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  5. oh congress!
    Congress Averts Government Shutdown With Two Days to SpareProgress!
    By Margaret Hartmann
  7. early and awkward
    Gary Johnson Can’t Name Single World Leader in Self-Described ‘Aleppo Moment’Smart idea: Cover by reminding everyone of your last terrible gaffe.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  8. Trump Asks Supporters to Tell Him to Attack Hillary MoreIn a very interesting survey he’s sending to backers, the GOP nominee is bringing up many of the lines he failed to use in the first debate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. What Lester Holt Got Wrong About Stop-and-Frisk in the Presidential DebateThe tactic is constitutional, but its use in New York might not have been.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. Senate Overrides Obama’s Veto on 9/11 Lawsuit Bill, House Expected to FollowIt’s the first time Congress has overridden an Obama veto.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  11. Clinton’s Biggest Challenge: Getting Millennials Off the CouchThere’s some evidence the first debate improved millennial impressions of Clinton. But she needs them to get motivated to vote for her.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. the national interest
    Republicans in Denial That the Debate Exposed Donald Trump As Unfit for OfficeEverybody is to blame except the candidate who is obviously too ignorant and lazy to be president.
    By Jonathan Chait
  13. Early and Often
    Where Clinton and Trump Stand on All of the Key IssuesPolicy hasn’t been at the forefront of this election — but here’s what they’re actually proposing.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  14. early and often
    House Agrees to Stop Playing Politics With Flint, Attempt to Avoid ShutdownPaul Ryan and Nancy Pelosi reached a deal that is likely to dedicate aid for the water crisis and keep the government funded past Friday.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  15. early and often
    Hillary Wins Over The Arizona Republic, Which Has Never Endorsed a DemocratAnd former Virginia senator John Warner.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  16. Maine Governor Paul LePage’s Binder Full of Drug Dealers Exposes His Racist LieHe said 90 percent of Maine’s drug arrests were people of color. He was lying.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  17. Criminal-Justice Reform Will Be a Postelection Test of BipartisanshipWill Republicans decide total opposition to a President Clinton is their unifying principle?
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. Ted Cruz Shows Trump How He Should Have Debated ClintonThe Texan took to social media to make his own case against Hillary Clinton — you know, the one Trump failed to make at Hofstra last night.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. How Hillary Clinton’s Pitch-perfect Put-downs May Have Changed the RaceA question to watch in the upcoming days is whether they impressed a key demographic.
    By Frank Rich
  20. the national interest
    How Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Made Alicia Machado the New Khizr KhanClinton set the perfect trap, and Trump walked right into it.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. Surprising Number of Debate-Watchers Saw What They Wanted To See: A Trump WinKeep in mind the people most likely to watch weren’t the undecided.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. early and often
    Trump Congratulates Himself for Being Too Classy to Bring Up Bill’s AffairsAccording to Newt Gingrich, it “might have been the best single moment of the entire debate.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  23. Hillary Clinton Won the First Debate. What If That Doesn’t Move the Polls?It would indicate that American voters are so polarized that the race will come down to one key factor.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. today in donald trump
    The Internet Has Some Theories About Why Trump Kept Sniffing at the DebatePeople who live in 58-story glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  25. the national interest
    Ranting Bully Donald Trump Came Unglued in First Presidential DebateA draw on economics, a total slaughter on character.
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. early and often
    Andrew Sullivan Liveblogs the First Presidential DebateJoin us at 9 p.m. tonight for Sullivan’s return to blogging as he covers the first debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  27. the national interest
    Why Debate Moderators Shouldn’t Be Fact-checkersRepublicans aren’t going to participate.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. Tonight’s Debate Audience Will Be Huge, But Not Like 1960 — or 1980Over half of the voting-age population watched Reagan-Carter, and three in five watched Kennedy-Nixon.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. the national interest
    Should You Panic Over the Polls? Yes, You ShouldThe presidential election is legit extremely close.
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. Clinton’s Lead Is Fragile Going Into the First DebateShe still has some advantages, but a significant and stable lead in the polls is not presently among them.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. These Are the Lessons to Take — and Not to Take — From the First Debate in 2012Trump shares at least one key advantage that Romney also enjoyed in his commanding win over Obama.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. roundup
    How Will Voters Separate Fact From Fiction at the Debates?This campaign is not like the others. Will the debate moderators adapt?
    By Chas Danner
  33. How Important Is the First Presidential Debate?New York’s political team weighs in on what could happen on the first showdown between these two opponents.
    By Rebecca Traister, Jonathan Chait, and Ed Kilgore
  34. today in donald trump
    Mike Pence Says Trump Will Not Bring Gennifer Flowers to DebateTrump had suggested he’d invite Bill Clinton’s former mistress in retaliation for the Clinton campaign inviting Mark Cuban.
    By Chas Danner
  35. Maybe Millennials Think Clinton’s Already Won. She Hasn’t.The good news for Clinton is that if Millennials figure out she’s in trouble, they will be much less likely to stay home or defect to a minor party.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. today in donald trump
    Trump Campaign Plans $140 Million Ad Buy It Can’t Yet AffordThey only had $50 million on hand about three weeks ago.
    By Chas Danner
  37. the national interest
    Obama’s Climate Plan Will Survive Legal ChallengeThere’s only one remaining Republican who can destroy life as we know it.
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. Why Ted Cruz Might Finally Endorse Donald TrumpCruz does not want to get some of the blame for a narrow Trump loss, so a pro forma endorsement might get him off postelection retribution lists.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. the national interest
    Donald Trump Is a Lazy Idiot, Trump Campaign Tells New York TimesIs it possible to set expectations too low?
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. How to Make Sense of the Election ForecastsBetting markets give Clinton a 72 percent chance of winning, while data journalists have her at 61 percent. Whom should you trust?
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. early and awful
    Congressman Explains Charlotte Protesters Just ‘Hate White People’Meanwhile, Mike Pence thinks we should all set aside “this talk about institutional racism and institutional bias.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  42. The Cynical Dark-Money Game Behind the Effort to Impeach the IRS CommissionerThe whole IRS “scandal” has disguised an effort to hide big donors behind the veil of tax-exempt status.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. Could the Charlotte Protests Tip North Carolina to Trump?In a dead-even battleground state, violence could be a boost for law-and-order Republicans.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. the national interest
    Trump Endorsed by Populist Democrat, Money Launderer Andrew SteinA few key biographical facts did not make it into the endorsement column.
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. Is Hillary’s Wonkiness Wasted on a Polarized America?She hasn’t gotten much love for her policy chops in either the primaries or the general.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. Clinton Has 7-to-1 Advantage Over Trump in Ad SpendingThe spending gap might be unprecedented. And it’s not like he’s offsetting it elsewhere.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. the national interest
    The Abnormalization of Hillary ClintonThe notion that Clinton’s email scandal is disqualifying requires a suspension of any rational standards or historical memory.
    By Jonathan Chait
  48. from the archives
    Are These Quotes From This Summer or Our 1996 Bob Dole Cover Story?Establishment senator or billionaire outsider? Doesn’t much matter to the operatives, when you’re running against a Clinton.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  49. early and often
    Wall Street Is Starting to Get Freaked Out About Donald TrumpMarkets have gotten more volatile as polls have tightened. Some seers think a Trump win could send stocks down 10 percent.
    By Michelle Celarier
  50. Trump Protects His Anti-Abortion Flank With Promises and PatronageDonald Trump’s handling of the right-to-life movement is a good example of how he’s successfully pandered to conservative “base” groups.
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. Which Trump Will Show Up for Monday’s Debate?Clinton’s debate prep is immensely complicated by uncertainty about the tack her crafty and volatile opponent will take.
    By Ed Kilgore
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