1. liveblog
    Kamala Harris And Running Mate Tim Walz Make First Appearance Together In Philadelphia
    Kamala Harris Picks Tim Walz As VP: How It Played OutAt their first rally together, Harris celebrated her new running mate’s biography. Then Walz went on attack and dropped a couch joke.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  2. early and often
    Senate Impeachment Trial Of President Trump Continues
    The GOP’s Dumbest Attack on Walz Pick: Democrats Are AntisemitesTrump allies claim Kamala Harris failing to pick Josh Shapiro — one of four Jewish Democratic governors — means the party is hostile to Jews.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. the national interest
    Desperate Trump Pines For Biden to Return as Democratic OpponentMake the mean lady go away!
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. early and often
    US President Joe Biden in Minnesota
    In Tim Walz, Kamala Harris Has Her Super-Normie Running MateThe Minnesotan’s affability, small-town roots, and military service are authentic calling cards and not just in the Midwest.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. early and often
    Tim Walz Wins Harris Veepstakes. Here’s Everyone He Beat Out.The Minnesota governor has been selected as Harris’s running mate.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  7. the national interest
    Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Need to Pivot to the Center Right NowDoes Harris really understand the assignment?
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. the city politic
    Ford Motor Co. battery powered F-150 Lightning trucks under production at their Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan
    The Politics of Electric Vehicles Looms Large in Swing StatesTrump’s anti-EV rhetoric is a gift to Kamala Harris.
    By Errol Louis
  9. early and often
    Kamala Harris Holds Campaign Rally In Atlanta
    Kamala Harris’s Multiple Paths to VictoryJoe Biden had all but written off the Sun Belt battleground states. They’re back on the table again, giving Harris some strategic flexibility.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. the national interest
    If Trump Thinks Harris Is So Dumb, Why Is He Afraid to Debate Her?Can’t get onstage with the teleprompter candidate!
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. early and often
    Donald Trump And J.D. Vance Hold Campaign Rally In Atlanta
    Trump Tantrum Helps Kamala Harris Put Georgia Into PlayEven as polls showed Harris closing the gap in the state, Trump chose to nourish his bizarre grudge against powerful Republican governor Brian Kemp.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. early and often
    Republican Presidential Debate
    Tim Scott Actually Got Married This WeekendFrom finally tying the knot with Mindy Noce to not being J.D. Vance, everything is coming up Tim Scott!
    By Margaret Hartmann
  13. political roadkill
    Robert Kennedy Jr.
    RFK Jr. Admits Planting Dead Bear in Central ParkFinally, a presidential candidate who isn’t afraid to admit he’d eat roadkill bear cub — or stage a fake bike accident to get rid of the body.
    By Chas Danner
  14. just asking questions
    Can Kamala Harris Win Just Enough of the Working Class?Longtime political analyst Ruy Teixeira thinks she’s a long way from reassembling the Obama coalition.
    By Benjamin Hart
  15. scene report
    Doug Emhoff and Chasten Buttigieg Go to Fire IslandAt a fundraiser on the gay New York getaway, the Second and 14th Gentlemen did a meet and greet with the political-donor class.
    By E. Alex Jung
  16. vulture sports
    What’s Going On in Olympic Boxing?Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, a cisgender woman, is facing transphobia online from J.D. Vance, Donald Trump, and J.K. Rowling.
    By Jason P. Frank
  17. early and often
    2024 Republican National Convention: Day 3
    Republicans Will Regret Calling for Mass DeportationsThe required police-state conditions would come at considerable financial cost and might alarm Latino voters.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. early and often
    Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns in Atlanta
    Kamala Can Take the High Road to VictoryBiden tried to scare voters into liking him over Trump. Harris has an upbeat message focused on the future.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. early and often
    How Trump Could Actually Distance Himself From Project 2025The unpopular manual for a second Trump administration is hurting the former president’s campaign.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. early and often
    Trump Keeps Questioning Harris’s Blackness After Train-Wreck InterviewThe former president has a new, gross attack line.
    By Benjamin Hart
  21. what we know
    Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich at his sentencing on July 19.
    Who Was Exchanged in the Big Russian Prisoner Swap?The multi-country deal has freed Americans Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, among many others.
    By Chas Danner
  22. the national interest
    What’s So Great About Josh ShapiroAnd why he might be worth adding to the ticket, despite the real risks.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. early and often
    Political Figures Speak At Bitcoin Conference In Nashville
    What Ever Happened to RFK Jr.?The demise of the Biden-Trump rematch may have spelled the end of Kennedy’s campaign as a promising enterprise.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. 2024 election
    Harris Team Expands Push To Compete With Trump In Swing States
    Atlanta Turns Out for Kamala HarrisThe vice-president drew her biggest crowd yet in Georgia, where rallygoers were ready for her to give Trump hell.
    By Jewel Wicker
  25. the inside game
    VP Kamala Harris Campaign
    How Team Kamala Will Pick a Running MateA new inner circle is calling the shots.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  26. early and often
    America Fest, an event organised by Turning Point USA, in Phoenix
    Peter Thiel Protégés J.D. Vance and Blake Masters Are Having a Tough WeekVance is struggling, but his weird Arizona friend Blake Masters is down and maybe out.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. what it’s like
    Election Day 2016: Election Night Watch Party In Braintree, MA
    An Anonymous Democratic Donor on Pressuring Biden to Step DownA lot of us thought, We just have to be hard-asses.
    By Rachel Sugar
  28. poll position
    Harris vs. Trump Polls: It’s a New RaceKamala Harris is making gains over Joe Biden’s performance and may have put some Sun Belt states back into play.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. early and often
    Jerome Powell Testifies Before Senate Banking Committee
    Kamala Harris Gives Senate Democrats a Ray of Hope for 2024Until Biden withdrew, Democrats had all but given up on keeping the Senate in their hands. Now, it’s still an uphill climb but a real possibility.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. early and often
    US-POLITICS-RACISM-REPARATION
    Republicans Are Going for Jeremiah Wright 2.0 Against HarrisDemonizing Obama’s preacher didn’t stop him in 2008. It’s unlikely to stop Harris, either.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. early and often
    U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Could Harris Flip a Swing State With Her VP Pick?The evidence for a running-mate mattering in any state is weak. Harris should pick someone qualified to serve who reinforces her message.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. the city politic
    National Action Network Protests Harvard President's Resignation Outside Alum Bill Ackman's Office
    Is Brad Lander the Progressive to Beat Eric Adams?The mayor draws his strongest challenger yet.
    By Ben Max
  33. early and often
    2024 Republican National Convention TW
    Would Trump Really Dump J.D. Vance?While Vance has become a drag on the Republican ticket and there’s a way to replace him, here are four reasons why that’s not very likely.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. early and often
    WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 28: Outside of the U.S. Supreme Court in
    Biden Is Opening the Door to Supreme Court ReformThe radicalism of the Court’s conservative bloc has made it increasingly unpopular — and reforms like term limits much more feasible.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. on with kara swisher
    Ron Klain Still Thinks Biden Got a Raw DealBiden’s close adviser tells Kara Swisher he isn’t happy that Biden was “pushed out” of the presidential race, but he respects his choice.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  36. just asking questions
    What Kamala Harris’s Candidacy Means for Black WomenPolitical consultant Kimberly Peeler-Allen says there has been an outpouring of jubilation — tempered with fear.
    By Nia Prater
  37. the money game
    How to Buy a PresidentDonald Trump’s joke of a media company is also a $6 billion meme stock — and an unprecedented opportunity for corruption.
    By David Freedlander
  38. early and often
    Donald Trump And JD Vance Hold Campaign Rally In Michigan
    What’s the Trump Strategy to Beat Kamala Harris?The Harris-for-Biden switch has wrong-footed Republicans. They may respond by going way over the top with attacks that squander their advantage.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. veepstakes
    Biden Campaign Holds Milwaukee Press Conferences On Trump Agenda
    Are Democrats Getting Walz-Pilled?The unlikely rise of Minnesota governor Tim Walz as a sleeper VP candidate.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  40. the inside game
    But Can She Win?Kamala Harris takes over a losing campaign, full of Biden loyalists, with barely 100 days to turn it around and beat Trump. So far, so good.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  41. politics
    House GOP Meeting Nov 14
    GOP Lawmakers Can’t Help Making Racist Remarks About HarrisMultiple congressional Republicans have called the vice-president a “DEI hire” since her ascent to the top of the Democratic ticket.
    By Nia Prater
  42. early and often
    US Vice President Kamala Harris visits San Francisco
    How Kamala Harris Can Fight the ‘Too Liberal’ LabelThe veep should learn from John Kerry and not put too much emphasis on her reputation as a tough prosecutor.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. the city politic
    The Fight for Eric Garner Isn’t OverOn police misconduct, City Hall and the NYPD have gone back to business as usual.
    By Errol Louis
  44. tremendous content
    Melania Trump Book May Be More Money Grab Than MemoirIt seems likely that her her forthcoming book will be less like Michelle Obama’s Becoming and more like Donald Trump’s coffee-table burn books.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  45. early and often
    U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns in Fayetteville
    Is Kamala Harris the Nominee? How the DNC Will Work.Answers to all your questions about what’s next for Democrats now that Joe Biden has withdrawn his candidacy and endorsed Kamala Harris.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. politics
    Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Addresses Joint Session Of Congress
    Rashida Tlaib Holds ‘War Criminal’ Sign During Netanyahu SpeechMany Democrats weren’t happy with the Israeli prime minister’s defiant speech.
    By Nia Prater
  47. poll position
    What the Polls Say About Trump vs. Kamala HarrisShe’s basically as popular as the president but is likely to get a polling surge in the days just ahead.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. early and often
    Trump supporters storm Capitol building in Washington
    No, the Biden-Harris Switch Is Not a ‘Coup’Republicans’ claims that Harris’s nomination is a threat to democracy are a projection of their own refusal to accept any Trump defeat.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. the body politic
    The Thrill of Taking a Huge Risk on Kamala HarrisThe actual case for being unburdened by what has been.
    By Rebecca Traister
  50. just asking questions
    Kamala Harris’s Biographer Says She’s Always Been UnderestimatedDan Morain, author of Kamala’s Way, on the presumptive Democratic nominee’s ambition and opacity.
    By Benjamin Hart
  51. early and often
    TOPSHOT-US-VOTE-POLITICS-TRUMP-VANCE
    Democrats Might Want to Take J.D. Vance SeriouslyThe very real populist aspirations of Trump’s new Republican Party.
    By Simon van Zuylen-Wood
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