1. early and awkward
    Republican Senator Fondly Recalls Doing ‘Indecent Things With Animals’Thad Cochran strikes again.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  2. early and awkward
    Republican Says He Hadn’t Heard About CantorHe may have been being sarcastic.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  3. 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
  4. the national interest
    Today’s Obamacare Non-Train-Wreck NewsAnother Obamacare failure fails to happen.
    By Jonathan Chait
  5. oh new jersey
    Intern Suggests Maybe New Jersey Should Ban BestialityBecause it’s not outlawed there already.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  7. comings and goings
    Kevin McCarthy Is (Probably) the Next House Majority LeaderTaking over for Eric Cantor.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  8. the national interest
    Life in Ohio, a Continuing SeriesBoy meets raft, boy loses raft, boy gets raft back.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. early and often
    Eric Cantor Falling Right Into a ‘Golden Safety Net,’ Says John OliverNo tears for the congressman.
    By Jenna Marotta
  12. the national interest
    Conservatives Don’t Hate the Immigration Deal. They Hate All Deals.A party against legislating.
    By Jonathan Chait
  13. 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
  14. cantor fail
    President Obama Shares His Analysis of Eric Cantor’s LossThere was “too little conviction about what was right.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. early and often
    Post-Cantor: Who Is David Brat? Jack Trammell?All of a sudden it’s a race in Virginia.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  20. the national interest
    Everybody Hates Eric Cantor: A RoundupAn outpouring of contempt.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. Reactions to Eric Cantor’s Stunning Defeat, From Fear to GloatingBoehner made it sound like someone had died.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  22. america!
    Ted Cruz Renounces Canadian Citizenship, Becomes 50 Percent More AmericanThanks a lot, Canada.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  23. the national interest
    Eric Cantor’s Shocking, Richly Deserved Primary DefeatIn Republican country, Tea Party always finds you.
    By Jonathan Chait
  24. primaries
    Eric Cantor Loses to Tea Party Challenger in Huge Primary UpsetTo a tea party–backed college professor.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  25. the national interest
    California Court: Keeping Terrible Teachers Is UnconstitutionalA new front in the education-reform wars.
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. the national interest
    Obama Promised to Do 4 Big Things As President. Now He’s Done Them All.It’s no longer possible to imagine that historians will look back at his presidency and conclude that not much got accomplished.
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. early and often
    De Blasio Wants the 2016 DNC to Be in BrooklynJay Z for president?
    By Joe Coscarelli
  31. silicon nation
    What Silicon Valley Doesn’t Get About Government TechFixing infrastructure is risky business.
    By Kevin Roose
  32. just ask chuck schumer
    Schumer Tells Same Breakup Story Over and Over“I said to myself, ‘What a loser you are.’”
    By Caroline Bankoff
  33. 2016
    Is Hillary Clinton Too Dependent on Stuffed Animals to Be President?Can a potential commander-in-chief have a teddy bear?
    By Joe Coscarelli
  34. the national interest
    Has Obama Saved the Earth, or Doomed It?Both!
    By Jonathan Chait
  35. walkergate
    Hillary Clinton Leaning on ThingsCan she even stand up on her own? An investigation into Walkergate.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  36. the national interest
    Wall Street Journal Editors Wish Obama Were More Cynically PartisanThat low-down, politics-ignoring cad.
    By Jonathan Chait
  37. the national interest
    Mississippi Republicans Angry With Each Other for Some ReasonDepartment of Narcissism of Small Differences.
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. early and awkward
    Hillary Clinton Shades Monica Lewinsky (Again)“I think everybody needs to look to the future.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  39. early and awkward
    John Kerry Was Just Resting His EyesThe Secretary of State insists he was not napping during that press conference in Poland.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  40. neighborhood news
    The Obamas’ Guide to NYC: Why the First Family Should Probably Move to BrooklynThe president is reportedly eyeing New York City after the White House. We’ve got some ideas.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  41. the national interest
    Conservatives Searching for New Reasons Not to Save PlanetThey are on the cusp of a breakthrough.
    By Jonathan Chait
  42. the national interest
    Here Are the Newspapers That Think You’re an IdiotToday’s media scorecard.
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. bill de blasio’s new york
    De Blasios Blogging Their Move to Gracie MansionChirlane McCray is posting the details to Tumblr.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  44. the national interest
    Obama Makes His Bid to Become the Environmental PresidentTime to admit he’s done a lot to stop climate change.
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. retirement plan
    Obama Eyes New York As His Post-Presidency HomeThat Gap trip meant more than anyone realized.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  46. environment
    EPA Will Propose 30 Percent Cut in Power Plants’ Carbon EmissionsIn what may be the government’s biggest effort to fight climate change.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  47. comings and goings
    Obama Mouthpiece Jay Carney Is Getting Out of That Stuffy Briefing RoomThe second big personnel change at the White House today.
    By Joe Coscarelli
  48. the national interest
    Guess the Median Age of Megyn Kelly’s AudienceHer viewers are so young they can do circles around O’Reilly’s viewers in their wheelchairs.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. the national interest
    Why Do Republicans Always Say ‘I’m Not a Scientist’?Well, it’s true, anyway.
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. benghazi
    Hillary Clinton Has a Defiant Benghazi Chapter in Her New Book“I will not be a part of a political slugfest on the backs of dead Americans.”
    By Joe Coscarelli
  51. hillary watch
    President Obama Had Lunch With Hillary, Failed to Alert the PressWe had to hear it from People.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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