1. today in donald trump
    Trump Aide Says He’s ‘More Pro-Women’ Than ClintonThe most pro-women!
    By Claire Landsbaum
  2. Be Afraid of How Much Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Could Change America Roe v. Wade is just the beginning. A truly hard-right court could undo much of the social safety net.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. the national interest
    The Republican Trump Meltdown and the Fight Over the Democratic Party’s FutureLessons from the failure of a radical party.
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. republican party
    As Trump Pans Republican Party Unity, Palin Targets Paul RyanJust another 24 hours in the national implosion that is the Trump-era GOP.
    By Chas Danner
  5. today in donald trump
    Trump Walking Back Tax Plan, Wage Position“Sure, it’s a change. I’m allowed to change.”
    By Chas Danner
  7. math is hard
    Economist Profiled After Doing Math on PlaneThe Italian UPENN professor was on his way to give a talk on menu costs and price dispersion. 
    By Chas Danner
  8. today in donald trump
    Donald Trump Calls Hillary Clinton ‘Nasty, Mean Enabler’ of Husband’s AffairsThe presumptive GOP nominee is trying to resurrect the ’90s.
    By Chas Danner
  9. The Working Class Isn’t All That White AnymoreThere are good reasons to pay attention to the politics of the white working class. But let’s not ignore the growing share of the working class that is black and brown. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. the national interest
    No, a Conservative Third-Party Candidate Can’t Steal the Electoral CollegeThe Morning Joe panel does not understand how elections work.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. Senators Are on Track to Average a Cushy 3-Day Workweek in 2016Must be nice.
    By Adam Banicki
  12. Perry Tries to Live Down Trump ‘Cancer’ CommentPoliticians have to eat their words about rivals regularly. So it makes sense to keep them under more control than Rick Perry did in calling Donald Trump a “cancer on conservatism.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. A Trump-Gingrich Ticket: So Crazy It Just Might Make Sense?If the Donald wants a mirror-image veep with a long résumé but compatible views, Newt is ready to deploy his motor of a mouth.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. early and often
    Clinton Aides Interviewed in FBI Email ProbeClinton herself is likely to be interviewed “in the coming weeks.”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  15. early and often
    Donald Trump Still Hasn’t Solved His Fundraising ProblemHow will a campaign without a finance committee fundraise for the general election?
    By Gabriel Sherman
  16. There Aren’t Enough White Dudes in America to Elect Donald Trump PresidentTrump’s self-imposed limitations among minorities and white women means he’ll have to win white men by epic margins to win the presidency. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. An Open Letter to Senator Ben SasseThe disgruntled Nebraskan looks at “majority America” and sees his own reflection. Just like a Washingtonian. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. the national interest
    Will Senate Republicans Keep the Trump Court Blockade?The entire Senate GOP has attached itself to Trump.
    By Jonathan Chait
  19. The Real Reason Ted Cruz and John Kasich Dropped Out NowWhen much of a party doesn’t think its putative nominee will win, the next election will be on everybody’s mind.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. early and often
    Federal Judge Might Order Hillary Clinton to Testify in Email CaseRight before the Democratic convention.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  21. Trump’s Theoretical, Rhetorical, Academic Problem With Talking About AbortionThe putative Republican nominee for president remains totally incoherent on abortion policy. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. the national interest
    How Do Republicans Protect Themselves From the Trump Fallout?Spoiler: They can’t.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. state politics
    Sheldon Silver Hoping to Serve His Time in a Cushy PrisonHe was sentenced to 12 years in prison Tuesday.
    By Joe DeLessio
  24. early and often
    Elizabeth Warren Promises to Save Us All From Donald Trump“Donald Trump has built his campaign on racism, sexism, and xenophobia.” 
    By Claire Landsbaum
  25. early and often
    Bernie’s Indiana Win Supports Delegate ArgumentIt’s a good way to keep the dream alive, but it’s not necessarily a good prescription for party unity.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. early and awkward
    Ted Cruz Drops Out of GOP Race, Promptly Elbows Wife in the HeadNot once, but twice.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  27. Ted Cruz Folds His Tent — Until 2020Even after his loss, Cruz will be well-positioned to thrive.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. early and often
    Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders Win Indiana PrimariesTrump is now the presumptive Republican nominee. 
    By Claire Landsbaum
  29. early and often
    Behold the Nominee: Will the GOP Embrace Its Trump Nightmare or Walk Away?First, we’ll see if Republicans put up any further resistance to Trump, and then we’ll find out how many just turn heel and run.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. the national interest
    Trump Has Won and the Republican Party Is BrokenThe surreal has finally become real.
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. Trump’s Firsts and Near-Firsts As a Major-Party Presidential NomineeThere are a number of unusual things about him that stand out among this elite group.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. Bernie Sanders and the ‘Win Big or Go Home’ Philosophy of Progressive Change Nobody can accuse the Sandernistas of being incrementalists. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. The GOP’s Impending Florida ApocalypseIt will be very difficult for Republicans to win the presidential election while losing in the Sunshine State — a likely outcome with Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. Primary Preview: Indiana Might Be the Last Chance to Stop TrumpOr it could be Donald’s breakthrough victory for the nomination. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. early and awkward
    In Apt Metaphor for GOP Race, Trump Supporters in Indiana Shout Down Ted CruzThe confrontation did not go well.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  36. Jon Huntsman Puts the Moderate Seal of Approval on TrumpThe former RINO presidential candidate and current No Labels co-chairman gives Trump a head start on his general-election “move to the center.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. the national interest
    National Review Economics Writer Unfamiliar With EconomicsKevin Williamson has strong opinions on Obama’s economic performance.
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. Cruz Losing Popularity Among Republicans at the Worst Possible MomentPolls in Indiana aren’t the only public-opinion problem facing Ted Cruz. Republicans nationally are suddenly souring on him.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. the national interest
    Bernie Sanders Is the Future of the Democratic Party, Right? Not So Fast.Let’s not welcome our socialist overlords just yet.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. What Bernie Sanders Means When He Says ‘It Will Be a Contested Convention’He seems to be suggesting the Democratic fight will go on so long as HRC needs one superdelegate to win the nomination. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. early and often
    Bernie Sanders Says Democratic National Convention ‘Will Be Contested’He insists he could still be the Democratic nominee.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  42. early and often
    America Has Never Been So Ripe for TyrannyDemocracies end when they are too democratic.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  43. delegate race
    Indiana May Be the Definitive Victory for TrumpHis nomination will probably be impossible to block should he win on Tuesday, and the Cruz campaign may finally be getting that picture.
    By Chas Danner
  44. the ted cruz fan club
    Satanists Reject John Boehner’s Conflation of Ted Cruz and Lucifer“Christians can’t just push Cruz off on Satanists.”
    By Chas Danner
  45. nerd prom
    What You Missed At Obama’s Mic-Drop White House Correspondents’ DinnerJokes about the GOP, Trump, racism, and how old Bernie Sanders is, plus Don Lemon flipping the bird and a literal mic drop from the president of the United States.
    By Chas Danner
  46. politics
    Bloomberg Goes After Trump, Sanders in AddressThose who won’t run, teach.
    By Chas Danner
  47. In the Shallow End of the (High-Risk) PoolPaul Ryan hauls out a bad old idea to toss sick people into their own little health-insurance ghetto. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. GOP Nomination-Process Guru Answers AllThe road through Cleveland often seems insanely complicated. But if anybody knows the answers to the key questions, it’s the University of Georgia’s Josh Putnam.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. the national interest
    Marco Rubio Goes From #NeverTrump to Ready for TrumpHow shocking to see Rubio abandon the principles he had expounded with such conviction!
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. David Brooks Vows to Study America’s Suffering MassesWill he move to a high-unemployment coal-mining town in West Virginia? A meth-ravaged exurb in the Inland Empire?
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. The Bernie Camp’s Really Bad Idea of a ‘Tea Party of the Left’The notion that there’s some bipartisan supermajority out there waiting to be mobilized to enact Bernie Sanders’s agenda is, in a word, delusional.
    By Ed Kilgore
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