1. Trump Is Going to Make the GOP Convention a Big, Stupid Reality-TV ShowBrainwork will be strictly optional.  
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. the national interest
    Trump Not a Groper, Also Not Hitler, Boast Family MembersVerbally abusive fascist is not a physically abusive Nazi, insist loving family members.
    By Jonathan Chait
  3. today in donald trump
    Trump Claims $10 Billion Net Worth in New FilingShow us the receipts, Donald.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  4. Senate Confirms First Openly Gay Leader of a U.S. Military ServiceEric Fanning was confirmed unanimously.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  5. early and often
    Sanders Needs to Talk Down His SupportersTime for grown-up talk.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. early and often
    Trump and Sanders Win Oregon, While Clinton Declares Victory in KentuckyKentucky’s race is technically still too close to call.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  8. We Don’t Need a ‘Christian Left’ to Replace the Christian RightProgressives of faith should not replicate the sin of politicizing the pews that created the Christian Right. Church-state separation is righteous.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. Change Is a Constant, Even on the Electoral MapWhen it comes to battleground states, Pennsylvania may be the new Virginia, just as Virginia became the new Ohio.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. Is Trump Leading an Intra-Party Coup Rather Than a Political Realignment?Historically unpopular with women and minorities, his electability depends on bringing in more white men. That may not be happening.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. Is History Really Against a ‘Three-Peat’ for the Democrats?Small samples and some very close elections undermine the oft-heard claim that parties have trouble winning a third straight presidential term.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. the national interest
    Looking to Harry Truman to Understand Hillary ClintonWhat if Hillary governs like Harry?
    By Jonathan Chait
  13. early and awkward
    Rubio Goes on Twitter Rant About Washington Post“They just make it up.”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  14. Look for Two More Sanders Upsets in KY and ORWhat does it mean if he keeps his winning streak alive?
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. It’s Time to Abolish the Political ConventionWith talk of contested events now more or less dead, the question arises again: Why have these quadrennial charades that decide nothing?
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. the national interest
    President Obama Is Now His Own Anger TranslatorA brutal, unfiltered smackdown of Senator Snowball.
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. early and awkward
    President Obama on Donald Trump: ‘Ignorance Is Not a Virtue’In a commencement speech, Obama dragged Trump without saying his name even once.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  18. How Donald Trump Got Tapped to Lead New York’s Israel Day ParadeHe now touts the 2004 event as one of his major foreign-policy credentials. His co-grand marshal was Dr. Ruth.
    By David Freedlander
  19. the national interest
    Here’s How Hillary Clinton Should Attack Donald TrumpA simple theme: He’s a fraud.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. republican party
    At the State Level, GOP Falling in Line Behind TrumpWhen it comes to state party insiders, nobody seems to love Trump, but so far the calls for Republican unity seem to be working.
    By Chas Danner
  21. civil war
    Anti-Trump Republicans Are Still Plotting an Independent Presidential Run#NeverTrump4Ever?
    By Chas Danner
  22. today in donald trump
    GOP Megadonor Sheldon Adelson Pledges As Much As $100 Million to Support TrumpTrump had called his GOP primary opponents “puppets” for relying on donors like Adelson.
    By Chas Danner
  23. Are Republicans Falling Into a Democratic Trap on Transgender Bathrooms?Cultural conservatives are going crazy on an issue most people don’t care about at all.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. Democrats Consider Opening, While GOP Closing, Primaries to IndependentsIt says a lot about both parties.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. the national interest
    What I Missed About Trump: A Follow-UpGee, thanks for telling me that many Trump supporters are racist. I didn’t know that.
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. Hillary Clinton Shouldn’t Be ‘Pivoting’ to the Left — or to the CenterDoing so would just reinforce perceptions that she’s a big phony.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. the national interest
    Here’s How Donald Trump’s Authoritarianism Would Actually WorkAn interview with his lackey Sean Hannity gives a chilling preview.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. Inside Donald Trump’s Plan to Attack HillaryHe’s getting his opposition research for free. 
    By Gabriel Sherman
  29. lgbt rights
    Obama Issues Trans-Discrimination GuidelinesThe letter will be distributed to every public-school district in the nation today.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  30. today in donald trump
    Trump Campaign Promises It Won’t Change Tax PlanTrump’s press secretary said he’ll stick with his original $10 trillion proposal.
    By Jonah Shepp
  31. the national interest
    Nothing Will Stop Reporters From Believing Paul Ryan’s Deficit MalarkeyHe’s spent his entire career trying to solve the deficit! Except for all of those times he actually hasn’t!
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. After the Trump-Ryan ‘Summit,’ Both Sides Can Pretend the Other Is SurrenderingDid the Donald arrive as a conquering barbarian king, or an outsider neophyte finally ready for domestication?
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. Trump’s Top Congressional Ally Dead-Set Against Criminal-Justice ReformEverybody’s favorite bipartisan policy cause, criminal-justice reform, faces an implacable foe in Trump’s buddy Senator Jeff Sessions.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. the national interest
    Wall Street Journal Editorial Page Feels the BernFor whatever reason, they really like Sanders’s odds.
    By Jonathan Chait
  35. Donald Trump Plans to Campaign Like It’s 1899A data strategy? Those are for nerds.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. today in donald trump
    Trump Tries to Win Over Washington by Asking for Policy HelpThe GOP front-runner will meet with Washington lawmakers — including Paul Ryan — today.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  37. The Existential Agony of the Anti-Trump Right-Wing BloggerHyperpartisan Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post is looking at a difficult six months.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. The Brave Politics of Clinton’s Medicare Buy-In ProposalIt isn’t just another halfhearted “move to the left” toward a single-payer system. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. No, Clinton’s Late-Primary Struggles Don’t Portend November DefeatLest we forget, Obama — and also earlier presidents — didn’t do so well in late primaries.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. the national interest
    Here’s the Real Reason Everybody Thought Trump Would LoseWe thought Republicans were less, well, dumb.
    By Jonathan Chait
  41. How Donald Trump Has Split the Christian RightFracturing a coalition that has held firm for nearly four decades. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. early and often
    Ted Cruz: ‘I Have No Interest in a Third-Party Bid’He was mobbed by political reporters dying to know.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  43. early and awkward
    Trump Selects White Supremacist As Cali DelegateWhat’s more, it might be too late to remove him from the delegate list.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  44. early and often
    Trump Wins West Virginia by a Landslide, While Sanders Declares His Own VictoryAnd Trump tacked on another victory in winner-take-all Nebraska.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  45. What Does Bernie Really Want If He Can’t Be the Nominee?If Sanders’s real goal is to reshape the Democratic Party, he may be tempted to place a digit on the scales against Clinton in November.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. Cruz Forces Plan Platform FightHaving lost the GOP nomination, the Christian-right soldiers elected to support Ted Cruz in Cleveland are girding up their loins to place their stamp on the party platform.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. the national interest
    Here’s Obama’s Best Argument Against the LeftThe president makes a sustained case for pragmatism and compromise.
    By Jonathan Chait
  48. lgbt rights
    California Assembly Passes Bill to Make All Public Bathrooms Gender-NeutralTake that, North Carolina.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  49. WV Primary Preview: Likely Another Bernie WinOut of step with the national party, and particularly with Obama, WV Democrats are feeling the Bern.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. today in donald trump
    Donald Trump Would Make Gracious Exception to Muslim Ban for London’s New MayorThe rest of the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims are still out of luck.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  51. If Bobby Jindal Can Support Trump, Any Republican CanAn “egomaniacal madman” one day, the best choice for the most powerful office in the world the next.
    By Ed Kilgore
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