1. GOP Papers Over Differences Via Vague Platform?Republicans have huge divisions in opinion over issues ranging from trade to torture. Maybe if the party platform is short enough …
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. Trump Convention Might Be Conventional Snoozefest After AllMany of the grand or weird ideas for the Republican National Convention we heard about earlier seem to be falling by the wayside. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. why can’t we be friends?
    Bernie Sanders Still Won’t Say Whether He Will Endorse Hillary ClintonThe Democratic runner-up pushed back on claims that he was ready to stand fully behind his former opponent.
    By Jonah Shepp
  4. Trump Subtracts 3 From 5 and Gets 1 in Reaction to SCOTUS Abortion DecisionYou’d think he would be careful not to screw up on anything related to the subject of abortion. You’d be wrong.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. Think America’s Primary System Is Too Closed? Look at Britain’sIn the U.K., the rank and file pay dues to become party members, and letting them choose leaders is a recent innovation.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. The ‘Dump Trump’ Effort Needs a MiracleIn the convention Rules Committee and in the courts, the Dump Trump effort chugs on toward almost-certain defeat.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. the national interest
    Sorry, Obama: Donald Trump Is a Populist, and You’re NotAnd that’s okay.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. brexit
    How Brexit Threw the Labour Party Into Crisis — and What’s NextMPs voted overwhelmingly against Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in a “no confidence” vote. But so far he’s refusing to step down. 
    By Tom Ewing
  10. early and often
    Obama Delivers 6-Minute Anti-Trump ‘Rant’/Populism LessonHe says the term for Trump’s politics is actually “nativism,” or “xenophobia.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  11. early and often
    Does Trump’s Anti-Trade Gamble Make Political Sense?He seems to have gone all-in on appealing to white working-class folk, including Sanders supporters. The math doesn’t seem to be there though.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. stuck in the mittle
    Romney Won’t Run No Matter How Much We BegRomney 2016 hype is a vicious cycle.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  13. No, Nate Silver’s Not ‘Predicting’ Who Will Win the PresidencyIt’s a forecast. Got it?
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. Will Sanders or Trump Ever Formally Concede?There are reasons to think both might be reluctant.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. California Will Vote on Pot Legalization — AgainThe state many expected to be the first to legalize recreational marijuana use is behind the times. That may change this November.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. Bernie Sanders’s Case Against Free Trade Is More Ignorant Than Donald Trump’sAt least Trump is honest about whom he wants to screw over.
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. early and often
    Trump Is Right About Trade Hurting American Workers, But His Fix Makes No SenseGlobalization did create a lot of losers, but Trump’s seven-point policy cure is pure crazy.
    By Annie Lowrey
  18. early and often
    Trump Returns the Republican Party to Its 19th-Century Protectionist RootsIn a speech aimed at blue-collar workers and Bernie voters, he stomped on about 80 years of Republican support for free trade.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. politics
    Charlie Rangel Says Good-byeFor the first election season in more than 40 years, the Harlem congressman won’t be appearing on a ballot. 
    By David Freedlander
  20. Now Britain’s Labour Party Is Also Descending Into a Leadership CrisisLeader Jeremy Corbyn just lost a no-confidence vote from his peers in Parliament.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. the national interest
    Will Barack Obama’s Democratic Party Wage Bernie Sanders’s Class War?An ideological gulf inside a party trying to unify.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. Behind the Mystery of Bernie’s Exit PollsIt’s not conspiracy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. the national interest
    Why ‘Fix the Debt’ Just Can’t Quit Paul RyanDeficit hawks in fantasyland.
    By Jonathan Chait
  24. brexit
    Brexit Sparks Coup Attempt, Resignations, and ‘Utter Chaos’ in U.K. PoliticsThe Conservative and Labour parties decide it’s a great time for a leadership crisis.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  25. Edward Snowden’s Strangely Free Life – As a RobotHe is an exile like no other, able to slip the bonds of his banishment on wheels.
    By Andrew Rice
  26. surveillance
    Edward Snowden’s Strangely Free Life — As a RobotHe is an exile like no other, able to slip the bonds of his banishment on wheels.
    By Andrew Rice
  27. The A-Z of Brexit: A Guide to Britain’s New PoliticsU is for Unbrexit. 
    By Tom Ewing
  28. early and often
    Poll: Nearly 2/3 of Voters Say Trump UnqualifiedAnd a whole lot of people think he says racist stuff and has a bias against women and minorities. Hillary Clinton also has a nine point advantage when it comes to party loyalty.
    By Chas Danner
  29. roundup
    No, the Brexit Doesn’t Mean Trump Will Win, But It’s Still an Important WarningThe U.S. and U.K. electorates have been primed by many of the same anxieties, and the anti-Trump elite better pay attention.
    By Chas Danner
  30. A Vote to Unbind GOP Delegates Could HappenA scenario that could create some chaos in Cleveland.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. Why the British Left Isn’t Talking About ImmigrationLabour is far more dependent than the Democrats on the white working class, where resentment of immigrants is high.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. the national interest
    Anti-Deficit Lobby Welcomes Republican Plan to Jack Up the DeficitDebt scolds pretend a huge tax cut is not a huge tax cut.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. Sanders Edges a Little Closer to a Clinton EndorsementBut he’s trying to use his leverage to get concessions from her first.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. Brexit Has Scrambled the British Political System — and Given Trump a ModelThe PM has resigned, and the Labour leader is facing a no-confidence vote. It’s a fine mess!
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. the national interest
    Paul Ryan’s Plan for Everything: Hide the NumbersThe biggest fraud in American politics.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. British Prime Minister David Cameron Steps Down Following Brexit VoteCameron said the country requires “fresh leadership” to negotiate its divorce from the EU.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  37. early and often
    In New York Speech, Sanders Eyes Democratic Party ReformHe didn’t mention Hillary Clinton once.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  38. Trump Fans Really Want a Less-Diverse AmericaOn almost every measurement of fear of cultural change, they are off the charts, according to a new survey.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. Tim Kaine and the Evolution of Pro-Choice PoliticsA candidate who morally condemns abortion even while pledging to protect it as a right is a problem for some Democrats.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. Democrats End Gun-Control Sit-in, But Will Come Back ‘More Determined Than Ever’The sit-in, which began on the House floor Wednesday morning, lasted more than 24 hours. 
    By Claire Landsbaum and Jen Kirby
  41. the national interest
    New York Times Finally Stops Repeating Trump Steaks LieTruth prevails at last. My work here is done.
    By Jonathan Chait
  42. California Democrats Call for an End to Both Caucuses and SuperdelegatesIt’s a compromise that could work for both Sanders and Clinton camps at the convention.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. Can Jill Stein’s Greens Make It a 4-Candidate Race?Jill Stein is popping up in some polls as a fourth-party alternative to Trump, Clinton, and the Libertarians, and has a natural appeal to Sanders supporters. But she’s probably already peaked.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. Christian Soldiers Not Mobilizing for TrumpConservative Evangelical leaders are getting comfortable with the idea of voting for Donald Trump. But they aren’t going to war for him. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. Meet the Wall Street Titans Who Back TrumpSome of their peers think they’re liable to ruin their reputations.
    By Michelle Celarier
  46. Rubio Comes Full Circle, Will Run for ReelectionHe has discovered he doesn’t have anything better to do with himself than to run for a second term in the Senate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. the national interest
    The Republican Health-Care Plan Has Everything Except an Actual PlanAll it needs now is a few hundred billion dollars in tax money from a party morally opposed to new taxes.
    By Jonathan Chait
  48. the national interest
    Why American Politics Really Went InsaneHint: The people who like Trump all belong to it.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. Why Trump Can’t Afford to Let Clinton Dominate the Political-Ad WarTrump’s disdain for paid TV ads in a general election isn’t irrational. But it is if he lets himself get pounded without responding.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. early and often
    Conservative Christian Leaders Meet With Trump, But Still Won’t Endorse HimTrump spoke to thousands of Evangelicals Tuesday night, but Christian leaders are still withholding their endorsements — and at least one has backed Clinton.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  51. early and often
    With New Gun-Control Proposal, GOP Senators Clash With NRAThe measure is gaining bipartisan support, but the NRA’s chief lobbyist called it “unconstitutional.” 
    By Claire Landsbaum
More Articles