1. 2024 election
    Election FrightA city on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
    By Rachel Handler
  2. early and often
    US-VOTE-POLITICS-HARRIS
    Final Polls, Aiming at Cheney, and Milwaukee Mic Problems: Election UpdatesPoll trustworthiness, the garbage apostrophe, the Cheney rifles, Trump’s microphone antics, and more.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  3. just asking questions
    What’s Keeping a Prominent Election Analyst Up at NightRealClearPolitics’s Sean Trende worries that swing-state polls might be missing something big.
    By Benjamin Hart
  4. the inside game
    Why the Kamala Harris Campaign Feels ‘Nauseously Optimistic’What they see in early voting, especially an overlooked slice of women, and how the map could shake out.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  5. the national interest
    The Insurrationalizers: Niall Ferguson Changes His MindA prestigious historian excuses Trump’s authoritarianism.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. just asking questions
    Why Arizona Is Looking Trumpier in 2024Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, an expert in Grand Canyon State politics, on Kamala Harris’s uphill battle.
    By Benjamin Hart
  8. early and often
    Election 2024 on the Sphere In Las Vegas
    How Last-Minute Political Donations Can Make a Real DifferenceSavvy donors who are sick of all the political panic emails should perfect the art of strategic giving.
    By Errol Louis
  9. politics
    Trump Starts Assaulting Election Integrity in PennsylvaniaHe’s promoting claims of fraud in the key battleground state already.
    By Nia Prater
  10. the national interest
    Trump Transition Chair Blurts Out Plan to End All Vaccines [Updated]Kook Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to steer Trump public health.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. america’s mayor
    Protesters Demonstrate During The 2024 Democratic National Convention In Chicago
    Judge Mutes Ranting Rudy Giuliani During Bonkers HearingGiuliani doesn’t know if he’s representing himself in a sexual-assault case. The judge said he was silencing him for his own good.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  12. early and often
    Are the Polls Wrong Again? Why Experts Are Worried About ‘Herding’The tsunami of Trump-Harris ties may be due to something pollsters are doing to avoid embarassment.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. early and often
    Biden ‘Garbage’ Remark Causes Big Stink: Latest ResponsesAll the reactions to the great apostrophe debate, which the Trump campaign instantly framed as “deplorables” 2.0.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  14. early and often
    Helping Kamala Harris, Mike Johnson Vows to Kill ObamacareThe last things Trump wants swing voters in Pennsylvania to think about are his past and future plans to wreck the health-care system.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. the national interest
    Biden ‘Garbage’ Controversy Is Pure Republican HypocrisyConservative snowflakes have a fainting spell over his stumble.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. early and often
    Elon Musk’s Out-of-This-World Political RallyGoing full MAGA with the aspiring Martian.
    By Ben Jacobs
  17. the national interest
    Democrats Used to Run on Education. What Happened?How the party gave up on one of its best issues.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. politics
    Washington Post Hemorrhages Subscribers After Harris SnubPost owner Jeff Bezos penned an op-ed defending his move to spike the Harris endorsement as NPR reports that the paper is losing readers in droves.
    By Nia Prater
  19. tremendous content
    TOPSHOT-US-VOTE-POLITICS-TRUMP
    Melania Trump Plays Normal Political Wife for One Week OnlyFrom appearing at Donald Trump’s racist MSG rally to insisting he’s “not Hitler” on Fox News, Melania is now conspicuously present.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  20. the national interest
    Why Rich NIMBYs Love TrumpAndy Kessler wants big government to stop the free market from building units for the poors.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. politics
    Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Holds Rally In Atlanta
    Trump Does Not Respond to Puerto Rico Joke in Mar-a-Lago SpeechTrump did not take questions and did not reference the disastrous Puerto Rico joke at his Sunday rally in a speech from Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  22. we’ll do it live
    Donald Trump Holds Campaign Rally At Madison Square Garden In NYC
    Kamala Harris’s Closing MessageWith one week left, the VP is urging voters to “turn the page” on Trumpian chaos.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  23. early and often
    How Trump Goes to PrisonIf he loses the race for the White House, the big house awaits.
    By Jeff Wise
  24. early and often
    Will Trump and Johnson’s ‘Little Secret’ Be Unveiled on January 6?There has been speculation that the Speaker plans to spearhead Trump’s efforts to overturn another election defeat. Now Trump has dropped a big hint.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. early and often
    Why Did Trump’s MSG Rally Call Kamala Harris the Antichrist?For his Christian-right supporters, the election will be fought as spiritual warfare.
    By Sarah Jones
  26. non-citizen voting
    Youngkin’s Virginia Voter Purge Is a Gift to TrumpWith his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, the governor is keeping unfounded allegations of noncitizen voting in the news ahead of Election Day.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. politics
    US-NEWS-NYC-MAYOR-PROBES-STAFFING-NY
    Why Are Trump and Eric Adams Playing Political Footsie?Trump has continued to praise Adams, while the mayor has made no attempts to push back on his comments.
    By Nia Prater
  28. politics
    US-VOTE-POLITICS-TRUMP
    Philly’s DA Tries to Stop Musk’s $1 Million Voter LotteryLarry Krasner is trying to kill Musk’s giveaway on a technicality as the DOJ waits to act against the legally questionable registration drive.
    By Matt Stieb
  29. the national interest
    Conservatives Have Set the Bar at ‘Not As Bad As Hitler’Trump’s hate rally was less hateful than the Nazis. Good work!
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. just asking questions
    Can Kamala Harris Pull Off Another Upset in Georgia?Four years after a tumultuous presidential election in the Peach State, she’s an underdog against Trump.
    By Benjamin Hart
  31. early and often
    TOPSHOT-GUATEMALA-US-POLITICS-DIPLOMACY
    Kamala Harris’s Lost Opportunity on ImmigrationThe imperative to look tough on border policy may have forfeited an opportunity to raise questions about mass deportation and its effects on citizens.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. the national interest
    Trump Has Already Punished Jeff Bezos Over the Washington Post’s IndependenceThe endorsement doesn’t matter. The spiking does.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. past is prologue
    Michael Dukakis Riding in a Tank
    Before Harris Snub, Washington Post Refused to Endorse Doomed DukakisThe paper’s last non-endorsement helped seal Dukakis’s fate. This one says more about the Post.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. politics
    GOP Leaders Finally Call Out Extremist Rhetoric (of Harris)In a statement, Mitch McConnell and Mike Johnson criticized Harris for calling Trump a “fascist,” an insult the former president has used against her.
    By Nia Prater
  35. poll position
    Trump vs. Harris Polls Are Tied, But the Race Isn’t OverPolling averages show either candidate could win, though there’s still time for a decisive shift toward Trump or Harris.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. politics
    Elon Musk’s Million Dollar Giveaways Resume Despite DoJ WarningThe Tesla CEO appeared to stop giving out cash prizes to voters after the DoJ warned it may be illegal, but resumed the promotion despite the notice.
    By Nia Prater
  37. the law
    The Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court
    How the 2024 Election Will Reshape the Supreme CourtThe White House is at stake for four years — the Supreme Court, for much longer.
    By Elie Honig
  38. early and often
    Is Our System Strong Enough to Block Another Trump Coup Attempt?Two strongly anti-Trump writers argue we should be more confident that we can withstand another attempt to steal the election.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. politics
    Why Are Harris and Democrats So Focused on Texas?It’s not just the opportunity to campaign with Beyoncé.
    By Nia Prater
  40. the national interest
    Conservatives Still Love Their Hitler-Loving CandidateThe right’s response to Hitlergate is to give Trump’s authoritarianism advance permission.
    By Jonathan Chait
  41. early and often
    Ex-Model Claims Trump Groped Her As Jeffrey Epstein WatchedStacey Williams shared details about the alleged 1993 incident this week. The Trump campaign called her claims “unequivocally false.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  42. 2024 election
    What Is Usha Vance Thinking?The veep candidate’s wife is the child of immigrants, a former Democrat, a highly skilled lawyer — and a total mystery.
    By Irin Carmon
  43. early and often
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    Polling Errors Won’t Necessarily Help Trump This TimeKamala Harris could benefit just as easily, as Nate Silver and Steven Kornacki recently pointed out.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. politics
    President Donald J. Trump
    All the Top Trump Officials Warning Against Voting for HimJohn Kelly, James Mattis, and others who clashed with Trump during his administration are sounding the alarm about a possible second term.
    By Nia Prater
  45. early and often
    Georgia Audit Exposes Trump’s Noncitizen Voting HoaxTrump claims Kamala Harris is deploying millions of illegal voters. Georgia’s Republican secretary of State showed otherwise.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. tremendous content
    Trump Shows Love by Lying About Tiffany’s Law-School GradesHe claimed Tiffany “graduated No. 1 in her class,” though she did not. For years, Donald told the exact same lie about himself.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  47. the national interest
    Is Calling Trump Fascist an Insult to Trump Voters?We mustn’t hurt their feelings!
    By Jonathan Chait
  48. 2024 election
    Elon Musk’s Plutocratic GambitHe wants government by the wealthy, for the wealthy, and is prepared to buy it.
    By Sarah Jones
  49. early and often
    House Republicans Love Tax Cuts More Than Deficit ReductionIf they win a trifecta, we’ll likely see a clash between Republicans eager to reduce revenues and their Wall Street friends fretting about debt.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. 2024 election
    Does Kamala Harris’s Glock Actually Appeal to Gun Owners?How women feel about her viral comments.
    By Emily Shugerman
  51. early and often
    Residents Cast Ballots As Early Voting Begins In Detroit
    2024 Election Could Hinge on Tiny Shifts in the ElectorateDemographic changes are why Harris is trying to consolidate gains with white college-educated voters, while Trump focuses on Black and Latino voters.
    By Ed Kilgore
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