1. early and awkward
    Brian Schweitzer Says Eric Cantor Seems Gay-ishHe claims his “gaydar is 60-70 percent.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  2. the cheneys
    Megyn Kelly Grills Dick Cheney, Says ‘History Has Proven’ Him Wrong on IraqThe former VP was caught sending subliminal messages to Fox News viewers.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  3. blowhards
    Bill O’Reilly Sounds Off on Fox News ColleaguesHighlights from the Factor host’s Upper East Side sit-down with Geraldo Rivera.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  4. the national interest
    Actually, Let’s Hear More From Dick Cheney on IraqShut up shuttin’ up.
    By Jonathan Chait
  5. the national interest
    Dick Cheney Not Completely Sure If Obama Is a TraitorAnother paranoid missive from the Cheney bunker.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. hillary watch
    Hillary Clinton Makes Peace With Conservative Squirrel-Suit StalkerAnd survived a Fox News interview.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  8. the national interest
    Benghazi-Obsessed Conservatives Not Happy With Capture of Benghazi TerroristUnless this Khattala guy flips on Obama.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. other countries’ embarrassments
    Rob Ford Literally Locked Out of Mayor’s OfficeThe crack mayor is coming home from rehab but his keys don’t work anymore.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  10. early and awkward
    Rick Perry Keeps Oops-ingThe Texas governor continues his 2016 teasing, imperfectly.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  11. the clintons
    Clintons Avoid Estate Taxes Despite Support for Estate Taxes Those loopholes can be pretty irresistible.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  12. benghazi
    Strawberry-Frappe-Sipping Benghazi Suspect Captured in Secret RaidHillary Clinton still at large.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  13. bill de blasio’s new york
    De Blasio Sings ‘I Love L.A.’ on Jimmy KimmelThe mayor lost a Stanley Cup bet.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  14. the national interest
    Best New Republican Climate Ideas Still Pretty BadThe endless perils of trying to be sane in a party of crazy.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. international intrigue
    Obama Announces About 275 U.S. Troops Are Heading to IraqTo help relocate staff from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  16. stupid things
    Duck Dynasty Relative Running for CongressYeehaw.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  17. drugs
    Cuomo Still Not Sold on Medical Marijuana“I’m not going to be part of a system that’s just going to wreak havoc,” he said.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  18. politics
    Obama Will Ban Gay Job Discrimination by HimselfThe White House is drafting an executive order, since Congress won’t pass ENDA.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  19. mayor for life
    Marion Barry: Cocaine Is a Hell of a Drug“The cocaine was a powerful stimulant that went straight to my penis,” he writes in a new memoir.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  20. jesus christie
    Chris Christie on Bridgegate Scandal: ‘You’ll Get Over It’He assured GOP donors they have nothing to fear.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  21. politics
    Talking Politics With This Summer’s Crop of Washington InternsCollege students swarm the gridlocked capital for the summer, armed with hope for bipartisanship, personal talking points, and brand-new suits.
    By Nora Caplan-Bricker
  22. early and awkward
    Eric Cantor Says He’ll Vote for David Brat, Whose Name He Won’t SayOr maybe he’ll just forget.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  23. bill de blasio’s new york
    Bill de Blasio’s Plan to Take Brooklyn Progressivism NationalHis bid to bring the 2016 DNC to New York is a signal of his ambitions.
    By Chris Smith
  24. United States Sends Warships Closer to Iraq As ISIS Stalls Outside of BagdadAnd Iran’s president says that he is open to getting involved in the conflict. 
    By Caroline Bankoff
  25. early and awkward
    Republican Senator Fondly Recalls Doing ‘Indecent Things With Animals’Thad Cochran strikes again.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  26. early and awkward
    Republican Says He Hadn’t Heard About CantorHe may have been being sarcastic.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  27. iraq war
    Obama on Iraq: ‘We Can’t Do It for Them’The president said the U.S. will not send ground troops.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  28. the national interest
    Today’s Obamacare Non-Train-Wreck NewsAnother Obamacare failure fails to happen.
    By Jonathan Chait
  29. oh new jersey
    Intern Suggests Maybe New Jersey Should Ban BestialityBecause it’s not outlawed there already.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  30. comings and goings
    Kevin McCarthy Is (Probably) the Next House Majority LeaderTaking over for Eric Cantor.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  31. the national interest
    Life in Ohio, a Continuing SeriesBoy meets raft, boy loses raft, boy gets raft back.
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. the national interest
    The Republican Health-Care Plan Has Died Along With Eric Cantor He’s still alive, you say? Tell that to his grieving widow.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. bill de blasio’s new york
    Bill de Blasio More Popular Than FerretsThe mayor’s approval rating is up, but the city is mixed on legalizing the animal.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  34. early and often
    Eric Cantor Falling Right Into a ‘Golden Safety Net,’ Says John OliverNo tears for the congressman.
    By Jenna Marotta
  35. the national interest
    Conservatives Don’t Hate the Immigration Deal. They Hate All Deals.A party against legislating.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. early and awkward
    Rick Perry Thinks Being Gay Is a Lifestyle Choice, Just Like Being an Alcoholic“I may have the genetic coding that I’m inclined to be an alcoholic, but I have the desire not to do that, and I look at the homosexual issue the same way,” he said. In San Francisco.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  37. cantor fail
    President Obama Shares His Analysis of Eric Cantor’s LossThere was “too little conviction about what was right.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  38. early and awkward
    The Best and Worst of David Brat’s ‘I Beat Eric Cantor’ Victory LapThe small-town economics professor met the press today.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  39. early and awkward
    Eric Cantor Is Going to ‘Leave the Political Analysis to Y’all’The congressman kept it positive at a news conference after his historic loss.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  40. economists for jesus
    David Brat Just Became the Christian Right’s Favorite EconomistCantor’s ouster could give evangelical America a new intellectual hero.
    By Kevin Roose
  41. the national circus
    Frank Rich on the National Circus: Why Eric Cantor’s Defeat Wasn’t So ShockingOf course he lost! It’s not his party anymore.
    By Frank Rich
  42. early and often
    Post-Cantor: Who Is David Brat? Jack Trammell?All of a sudden it’s a race in Virginia.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  43. the national interest
    Everybody Hates Eric Cantor: A RoundupAn outpouring of contempt.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. Reactions to Eric Cantor’s Stunning Defeat, From Fear to GloatingBoehner made it sound like someone had died.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  45. america!
    Ted Cruz Renounces Canadian Citizenship, Becomes 50 Percent More AmericanThanks a lot, Canada.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  46. the national interest
    Eric Cantor’s Shocking, Richly Deserved Primary DefeatIn Republican country, Tea Party always finds you.
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. primaries
    Eric Cantor Loses to Tea Party Challenger in Huge Primary UpsetTo a tea party–backed college professor.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  48. the national interest
    California Court: Keeping Terrible Teachers Is UnconstitutionalA new front in the education-reform wars.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. early and awkward
    88 Choices in Hillary Clinton’s Hard Choices“All of us face hard choices in our lives,” the book begins.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  50. hillary watch
    Hillary Clinton: Benghazi Is ‘More of a Reason to Run’“I take responsibility,” she says, “but I was not making security decisions.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  51. the national interest
    Do Democrats Need Hillary Clinton to Save Them in 2016? [Updated]Meet the new savior, same as the old savior.
    By Jonathan Chait
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