1. the national interest
    Trump’s Plan to Defeat Clinton Is DelusionalStrategists reveal the Donald’s not-very-strategic analysis.
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. early and often
    The Trump-Cruz Breakup Gets Nasty In a strategy shift, the senator is directly attacking his rival’s Democratic past and un-Reagan-like behavior.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  3. early and often
    Republicans Cut Ties With NBC, Let CNN Host Yet Another DebateThe network is being punished for the CNBC debacle.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  4. jesus christie
    Chris Christie Stands Up for Unhealthy School LunchesHe told an 11-year-old, “I don’t care what you’re eating for lunch every day, I really don’t.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  5. the national interest
    The Case Against Bernie SandersGreat person to have in the Senate. Terrible choice to be presidential nominee.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. early and often
    What You Missed in the 4th Democratic DebateSanders gets slightly meaner, and Clinton searches for the most fawning Obama compliment.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  8. early and often
    Sanders Optimistic on Iran, Clinton SkepticalThey’re both in favor of the nuclear deal, but at Sunday’s debate they framed the future differently.
    By Chas Danner
  9. democratic debate
    Bernie Sanders Calls for Automatic Federal Review of Police-Related DeathsThe Justice Department currently only investigates them on a case-by-case basis.
    By Chas Danner
  10. iran nuclear deal
    Sanctions on Iran Lifted Following Nuclear Deal ComplianceThe country met its commitments under last summer’s nuclear agreement, and can now rejoin the world economic community. 
    By Chas Danner
  11. early and often
    What It’s Like Not to Look White at a Trump RallyFear and loathing.
    By Rembert Browne
  12. early and often
    What You Missed in the 6th Republican DebateCruz explores his tortured relationship with New York, and we learn no one may be eligible to run for president.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  13. early and often
    Cruz Will Abandon International Law, If ElectedHe’s very upset about the Iranian hostage crisis that he imagined.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. the national interest
    Have Republicans Given Up on Fighting Donald Trump?A strange defeatism takes hold on the debate stage.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. early and often
    O’Malley Investigated for Buying Discount Furniture From TaxpayersIt’s a Republican conspiracy to tank the Democrats’ least popular candidate!
    By Jonah Shepp
  16. oops
    Ted Cruz Forgot to Mention Massive Loan From Goldman Sachs, His Wife’s EmployerThe loan, which went toward his Senate campaign, doesn’t appear on campaign-finance reports.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  17. early and often
    What You Need to Know About the 6th GOP DebateBy staging a boycott, Rand Paul is already undermining Fox Business Network’s effort to focus on the issues.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  18. fox news news
    Rupert Murdoch Reasserts Control Over Fox NewsMurdoch is looking over Roger Ailes’s shoulder.
    By Gabriel Sherman
  19. early and often
    In a Post-SOTU Victory Lap, Nikki Haley Enjoy Cheers, Thumps More CandidatesAfter giving Trump a smackdown. 
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. the national interest
    Marco Rubio Faces Secret Shame of Past Sensible Stance on ClimateDon’t worry — he’s no longer sensible.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. the national interest
    A Short History of Obama’s Iran Hostage CrisisThis proves that the administration is pathetically feckless and weak — wait, it’s over?
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. early and often
    What You Missed in the 2016 State of the Union AddressA GIF guide to Obama’s best jabs and Paul Ryan’s newfound commitment to being completely motionless.
    By Margaret Hartmann and Dan McQuade
  23. early and often
    GOP’s Official SOTU Response Helps Obama Undermine TrumpSouth Carolina governor Nikki Haley offers a very strange rebuttal.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. the national interest
    Obama Rebuts Cruz, Rubio Along With TrumpThe president seems to be following the GOP debate pretty closely.
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. the national interest
    NYT Debates Obama: Disappointment or Disaster?Liberals say he’s failed to do anything. Conservatives say he’s destroyed America as we know it. You decide.
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. the national interest
    Jeb Bush Finally Figures Out How to Attack Marco RubioHe’s going with boots.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. early and often
    Clinton Sides With Party, Splits With Obama on Immigration RaidsDemocrats are furious about the rounding up of undocumented immigrants, and she couldn’t keep hedging.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  28. early and often
    Anti-Same-Sex-Marriage Stand Earns Kim Davis a Seat at the State of the Union She’ll be in the audience, nowhere near the First Lady.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  29. early and often
    Rand Paul Gets Debate Demotion, Declares ‘War’ He’s not willing to “accept a designation as a minor campaign.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  30. the national interest
    To Save College Sports, Have Less Free Marketization, Not MoreJoe Nocera’s plan would make college sports more cruel. Here’s how to make it more fair.
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. encounter
    Loretta Lynch Isn’t Giving In to FearThe attorney general is much like her boss: She refuses to freak out.
    By Marin Cogan
  32. gun control
    Gabby Giffords Endorses Hillary Clinton in Democratic PrimaryIn a tight race with Bernie Sanders, Clinton is working to emphasize her gun-control record.
    By Chas Danner
  33. today in donald trump
    Muslim Woman Kicked Out of Trump Rally After Standing in Silent ProtestShe was wearing a T-shirt that said “Salam, I come in peace.”
    By Chas Danner
  34. quizzes
    Which Carson Said It?Dr. Ben Carson or Downton Abbey’s Mr. Carson: a quiz.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  35. early and often
    Obama Admits Defeat on Gun Control, Pushes Democrats to Keep FightingHe won’t campaign for candidates who disagree with him on guns, even if they’re in his own party.
    By Margaret Hartmann and Jaime Fuller
  36. early and awful
    LePage Blames Maine’s Heroin Woes on ‘D-Money’“I was going impromptu and my brain didn’t catch up to my mouth.”
    By Jonah Shepp and Jaime Fuller
  37. the national interest
    GOP Not Going to Reveal Obamacare ReplacementNobody could have seen this coming.
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. early and often
    Ben Carson Eyed for House Speaker, Despite Lack of Experience, Speaking SkillsHe decided to pretend to run for president instead.
    By Jonah Shepp and Margaret Hartmann
  39. early and often
    Following Trump’s Lead, Republicans Turn Birtherism Weapon on ThemselvesJohn McCain and Rand Paul think he may have a point about Ted Cruz’s citizenship.
    By Margaret Hartmann and Jaime Fuller
  40. the national circus
    White Rage and Obama’s TearsThe gun-obsessed right tried to blur the truth about the president’s emotion and his modest executive action. It didn’t work.
    By Frank Rich
  41. the national interest
    Here’s Why We’re Talking About Marco Rubio’s BootsSometimes a boot is not just a boot.
    By Jonathan Chait
  42. Bernie Sanders Literally Only Cares About Wealth Inequality“He’s consumed by it.” 
    By Claire Landsbaum
  43. the national interest
    Obamacare Repeal Is a Train WreckThe Republican effort to repeal and replace health-care reform is a massive bureaucratic failure.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. How the New York State Republicans Could Have Derailed Trump’s White House RunBut Albany might have needed to welcome a Governor Trump.
    By David Freedlander
  45. oh congress!
    Congress Passes Health-Care Repeal, Forces Obama to Admit He’s Pro-ObamacareThe 61 previous votes weren’t for naught.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  46. drugs
    A Guide to New York’s First Weed DispensaryFor starters, why patients aren’t allowed to smoke it.
    By Margaret Hartmann and Claire Landsbaum
  47. early and often
    Gary Johnson Is the Latest Reminder of How Irrelevant Libertarians Are in 2016Libertarians had hoped for a breakthrough “moment” with Rand Paul in 2016. Instead, he’s lost a lot of his father’s following.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. the national interest
    Being Less Crazy Than Donald Trump Does Not Make Marco Rubio ‘Moderate’He husbands his potential electoral weakness for matters of policy, not symbolism.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. early and often
    Trump Is the Nightmare Version of GOP Reform“Reformicons” have long warned Republicans that they’re alienating white working-class voters, but the Donald isn’t the antidote they had in mind.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. Ben Carson Comes to Staten Island, Thinks It’s a ‘Pretty Cool Place’A little detour from Iowa and New Hampshire.
    By Jen Kirby
  51. gun control
    GOP: Obama Background Check Plan Is ‘Dangerous’In many cases they hadn’t even heard the details yet.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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