1. city politic
    Who Is Preet Bharara’s Confidential Informant No. 1?Dirty water meets dirty politics in Skelos Case.
    By Chris Smith
  2. early and often
    Hillary Makes an Early Play to Win Over Hispanic VotersShe said when her GOP rivals “talk about legal status, that is code for second-class status.”
    By Chas Danner
  3. the national interest
    How Republicans Learned to Love CollegesAll it took was Obama trying to reform student loans.
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. early and often
    The Republican Candidates’ Race to Be the Anti-Hillary Has Officially BegunAnnouncementpalooza 2016 is upon us.
    By Marin Cogan
  5. the national interest
    Criticism of ‘Mass Incarceration’ Makes Mitt Romney Angry, ConfusedMost recent Republican candidate does not know what this term means, but he has strong opinions on it anyway.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. the national interest
    Today in ‘Paul Krugman Is Definitely Not Arguing With David Brooks’Feel the hatred.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. early and often
    Hillary Will Call Your Mom for You on Mother’s DayNo donation necessary!
    By Margaret Hartmann
  9. early and often
    Dr. Ben Carson Accidentally Announces He’s Running for PresidentHe confirmed his candidacy in a taped TV interview meant to air after his kickoff event on Monday.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  10. the national interest
    Bernanke Stops Being Polite, Starts Getting RealBen Bernanke drops truthbomb on Wall Street Journal editorial page, no survivors.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. Capitol Police Keep Leaving Loaded Glocks in BathroomsA kid visiting the Capitol found a gun in the bathroom of the Speaker’s suite. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  12. mysteries
    Ex-Congressman Aaron Schock Might Be MissingOr he’s really good at avoiding process servers.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  13. legacies
    Obama’s Presidential Library Will Be in ChicagoSorry, New York and Hawaii.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  14. justice
    How Hillary’s Justice Speech Changes 2016 RaceHer remarks were not just timely, but potentially game-changing.
    By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
  15. politics
    Why Bernie Sanders Is a Welcome Addition to the 2016 Democratic Primary RaceEven if he has no shot at winning.
    By Chas Danner
  16. politics
    Sanders Is Running — Just Don’t Say ‘Hillary’Also, he’s not going to raise $2 billion.
    By Marin Cogan
  17. the national interest
    Karl Rove Still in Post-Traumatic Shock From Bush AdministrationConfused former Bush mastermind blames Obama for leaving next president a mess.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. the national circus
    The Right Is Race-Baiting on Baltimore. Hillary Clinton Needs to Take a Stand.It means as much for America as it does for her campaign that she muster courage and leadership in the slog to 2016.
    By Frank Rich
  19. Right-Wing Climate Analyst Is Typing Out Sentences at RandomNational Review columnist hates energy regulations, is not even trying to make his talking points fit together.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. the national interest
    61 Times Bill Kristol Was Reminded of Hitler and ChurchillForeign-policy analysts hate this one weird historic example that explains every foreign-policy scenario.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. early and often
    O’Malley’s Baltimore Protest Visit BackfiresHecklers blamed the former mayor for worsening relations between police and the black community.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  22. early and often
    Bernie Sanders to Announce He’s Running Against HillaryThe race to be the Democratic nominee in 2016 is about to get slightly more competitive.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  23. the national interest
    If This Is the Best Defense of the Clinton Foundation, She’s in TroubleJoe Conason replies. He makes 11 points, goes 0 for 11.
    By Jonathan Chait
  24. the national interest
    Salon Defense of Kazakh Election Is Finally HereSure, Kazakhstan’s 97 percent landslide election wasn’t perfect, but it’s better than our system in a lot of ways, argues author.
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. the national interest
    Republicans Are Trying Very Hard, But They Won’t Pull Off PopulismIt’s hard to get around that policy agenda.
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. early and awkward
    Bush Is Announcing Today, Catsimatidis ClaimsThe Bush camp says you shouldn’t.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  27. mysteries
    Las Vegas Man Admits He Lied About How Harry Reid Injured His EyeHe made up the report about Reid’s fight with his brother … so the Mafia story has to be true!
    By Margaret Hartmann
  28. money
    Bush: I Don’t Need $1 Billion (Just Super-PACs)He made the ironic declaration as he kicked off a two-day conference for his top financial backers.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  29. Eric Holder Has Become a ‘Black Political Superhero’His exit is a glimpse into the grief two years from now when the first black family leaves the White House.
    By Chas Danner
  30. bye!
    Eric Holder: ‘I Think We Can Officially Say Now That Eric Holder Is Free’Loretta Lynch gets sworn in next week. 
    By Jaime Fuller
  31. the national interest
    Washington Celebrity-Gazing Now Too Important to Be Confined to Merely Two DaysHard to imagine that such vital work was once confined to a single evening.
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. freedom friday
    Allowing Fryers in School Is ‘About Freedom’“If a school district doesn’t agree with any of these changes, then they don’t have to implement them. That’s the beauty here.”
    By Jaime Fuller
  33. the national interest
    Jeb Bush Is Going to Get Chubby AgainHe thinks his diet is working. He’s wrong.
    By Jonathan Chait
  34. stuck in the mittle
    Mitt Romney Claims There’s ‘Every Appearance That Hillary Was Bribed’And as for Clinton’s insistence that there’s no evidence of that: “Well, it’s blah, blah, blah.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  35. the national interest
    GOP Consultant: My Blog Post ‘Mostly Thoughtful’Ed Rogers explains that he had a good reason not to mention that enormous news event of which he seemed completely unaware.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. the national interest
    The Disastrous Clinton Post-PresidencyThe best-case scenario: They screwed everything up.
    By Jonathan Chait
  37. the clintons
    Did Hillary Back Foreign Deals Due to Clinton Foundation Donations?New reports raise lots of questions, but so far there’s no proof.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  38. early and often
    Harry Reid Has Officially Entered the DGAF Phase of His CareerDemoted but not diminished, he’s relishing his job as chief GOP crazymaker.
    By Marin Cogan
  39. early and awkward
    Carly Fiorina Is Too Cool for Her Own Presidential Campaign LaunchShe’s kicking things off with an online announcement and a conference call.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  40. the national interest
    Republican Consultant Does Not Read Newspapers for the Climate-Change ArticlesThe lazy anti-climate Republicans are almost as bad as the crazy ones.
    By Jonathan Chait
  41. Ted Cruz Has Dreamed Dreams About Les Misérables for a Long Time“He was an extreme fan of the Les Misérables soundtrack.”
    By Jaime Fuller
  42. politics is weird
    Waka Flocka Flame Announces Presidential Bid“Hillary is my only competition right now, because the women love her and she’s honest and her husband is Bill.”
    By Jaime Fuller
  43. the national interest
    Koch Brothers to Let Jeb Bush ‘Audition’ for Their SupportMeritocracy remains alive and well.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. early and awkward
    John McCain Wants to Know More About His Imaginary Chat With Ted CruzSo he can continue mocking him mercilessly.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  45. hillary watch
    Hillary to GOP Rivals: Why Are You So Obsessed With Me?Clinton’s not worried about that book where people wrote mean things about her.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  46. the national interest
    Has Marco Rubio Finally Created a Tax Cut So Huge Republicans Don’t Like It?The candidate may have pulled off a metaphysical impossibility.
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. hillary watch
    New Book Will Ostensibly Make People Care About Shady Clinton DonationsRand Paul and the New York Times actually agree about something.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  48. de mayor
    Report: Delusional Mayor de Blasio Plots 2016 Presidential BidHe dreams of losing in a landslide, just like McGovern.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  49. encounter
    Talking to Chicago Cubs Co-owner Laura RickettsThe LGBT activist loves her family a lot.
    By Marin Cogan
  50. 13 Weird Details About the 2016 Election You Might Have Missed This WeekOr, what was discussed besides Hillary Clinton’s logo.
    By Jaime Fuller
  51. giving up dead presidents
    Senator Sponsors Woman on the $20 Bill“It’s long overdue.”
    By Jaime Fuller
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