1. Coach K Says Obama’s Gameplan Against ISIS SucksThe Duke general has a war critique in the form of a basketball metaphor.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  2. early and awkward
    Indicted Staten Island Congressman Lands Worst Endorsements EverBully Michael Grimm is probably keeping his job.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  3. early and often
    The 12 Most Interesting Midterm Races to Watch TonightWhat you need to know to keep up with the Election Night drama.
    By Joe Coscarelli and Margaret Hartmann
  4. early and often
    Andrew Cuomo’s Next Campaign Is Just Getting StartedThe battle for how New York will be governed starts after Election Day.
    By Chris Smith
  5. the national interest
    This Terrible Joke Explains the Midterm ElectionsGo home, Washington, you’re drunk.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. politics
    Grassley: Dairy Queen Is ‘Good for U Kno What’No, actually, we don’t know what.
    By Jessica Roy
  8. midterms 2014
    Quiz: How Well Do You Know the 2014 Midterm Elections?If you know we’re voting next week, you’re ahead of the game.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  9. trail mix
    5 Actually Interesting Things You Missed in This Weekend’s Midterm RacesA gubernatorial candidate bows out, and Taylor Swift makes a surprising appearance.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  10. the national interest
    There’s Only One Thing at Stake in the Senate RaceBut it’s a pretty big thing.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. 6 Actually Interesting Things You Missed in Thursday’s Midterm Races In which Lena Dunham urges girls to vote and Scott Brown gets a geography lesson.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  12. white men with money
    At Least Lindsey Graham Knows His Audience“I’m trying to help you with your tax status.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  13. the sports section
    Michael Jordan Thinks Obama Is a ‘Shitty’ Golfer“I never said he wasn’t a great politician…”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  14. the national interest
    Confessions of a ‘Partyist’: Yes, I Judge Your PoliticsI don’t hate Republicans, but I don’t really want them to marry my kids.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. trail mix
    7 Actually Interesting Things You Missed in Wednesday’s Midterm RacesJeb Bush, Hillary Clinton, and Rand Paul provide preliminary 2016 drama.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  16. early and awkward
    Neither Staten Island Congressional Candidate Can Name the Last Book They ReadThe best moment from last night’s debate.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  17. amazing coincidences
    How to Not Investigate a Prostitution ScandalMeet David Nieland.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  18. the national interest
    Fox News Doctor Calls for ‘American Jihad’Keith Ablow really loves America.
    By Jonathan Chait
  19. trail mix
    5 Actually Interesting Things You Missed in Tuesday’s Midterm Races A primer for the uninformed and unenthused.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  20. the national interest
    Mitch McConnell Afraid to Vote to Repeal ObamacareBawk-bawk-bawk.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. the national interest
    Janet Yellen Mentions Inequality; Conservatives ScandalizedShe said “Jehovah”! Stone her!
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. trail mix
    6 Actually Interesting Things You Missed in Monday’s Midterm Races From the Chris Christie–Scott Walker feud to a mysterious attack from beyond the grave.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  23. politics in the time of ebola
    Chris Christie Is Trying to Fight an Ebola Panic That Doesn’t Really Exist How did the New Jersey governor so badly misread public opinion?
    By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
  24. the national interest
    In Gaffe, Hillary Clinton Endorses CommunismWhat about your gaffes?
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. city politic
    Andrew Cuomo and the Politics of an Ebola ScareThe difference in political styles has been on full display.
    By Chris Smith
  26. the national interest
    Watch Ronald Reagan Throw Hilarious Shade at Hungry PeopleThe 50-year anniversary of an epic burn.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. the national interest
    Irving Kristol’s Son Now Opposed to NepotismWilliam Kristol, Horatio Alger of the right.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. the national interest
    Today in ‘Paul Krugman Is Definitely Not Arguing With David Brooks’America’s greatest forum of passive-aggressive intellectual debate.
    By Jonathan Chait
  29. trail mix
    5 Actually Interesting Things You Missed in This Weekend’s Midterm Races Catch a sneak preview of Hillary’s “you didn’t build that.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  30. the national interest
    Mitch McConnell Promises to Restore Love and Trust to the SenateWe should completely trust him.
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. early and awkward
    Republican Signing Girl Not What It Looks Like“No pictures on this!” he says before doing it anyway.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  32. politics
    How Well Does the Clinton Brand Still Play in the Conservative South?Tough midterm races for Democrats are testing the brand.
    By Marin Cogan
  33. the national interest
    How Conservatives Justify Poll TaxesAdventures in motivated reasoning.
    By Jonathan Chait
  34. trail mix
    6 Actually Interesting Things You Missed in Thursday’s Midterm Races A morning primer for the uninformed and unenthused.
    By Margaret Hartmann and Joe Coscarelli
  35. the national interest
    This Statistic Shows the Republican Demographic Crisis Is Still Getting WorseThe trend just keeps getting worse.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. Republican Governors Just Might Save the Democratic SenateTrouble for incumbents in both parties.
    By Jonathan Chait
  37. early and awkward
    Andrew Cuomo Is Losing the Coveted Sopranos Cast Member Vote“And they call me Big Pussy?” says the man who played Sal Bonpensiero.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  38. early and awkward
    RNC Co-Chair Calls Wisconsin Voters Stupid“Some of them might not be as sharp as a knife.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  39. the national interest
    New York Times Travels to Iowa, Finds Advocate of FeudalismSomebody is standing up to fashionable liberal ideas like the Enlightenment.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. early and awesome
    Obama Brushes Off Jealous Boyfriend With Cool Banter“Mr. President, don’t touch my girlfriend.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  41. state politics
    Georgia’s Battle for the Ballot BoxA successful state voter-registration effort, now being investigated for fraud, has the potential to turn a GOP stronghold into a swing state.
    By Marin Cogan
  42. Republicans Trying to Woo, or at Least Suppress, Minority VoteWe’re trying to keep you from voting, but if you do vote, please choose us.
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. the national circus
    Frank Rich: Why the Future We Imagined in 1964 Was WrongA case study in the flaws of presentism.
    By Frank Rich
  44. the national interest
    Republican John Kasich Just Got Extremely Real on ObamacareApology coming in 3, 2, 1 …
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. the national interest
    Scientists Also Lying About Ebola, Explains George F. WillScientists: Are they right about anything?
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. the city politic
    Andrew Cuomo and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad YearIn an otherwise fruitful governorship.
    By Chris Smith
  47. gross racists
    Racist Libertarian Hero Cliven Bundy Is Back With a Bizarre Campaign Ad For a third-party candidate.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  48. the national interest
    Let’s Argue Some More With Ezra Klein About Liberals and Due ProcessIt’s Friday, so time for some light banter.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. the national interest
    Amity Shlaes: If Being Wrong About the Economy Is Wrong, I Don’t Wanna Be RightSomebody needed to get the situation completely backwards and that somebody was me.
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. the national interest
    Rep. Don Young’s Spokesman Doesn’t Deny Don Young Killed a GuyDept. of Suspicious Demurrals.
    By Jonathan Chait
  51. the national interest
    Republican Joni Ernst Admits Why Republicans Really Hate ObamacareAnother secret recording.
    By Jonathan Chait
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