1. politics
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    Kamala Harris Fires Up Dems at First Rally Since Biden DecisionMore than 3,000 people attended the Milwaukee event, where the presumptive nominee railed against Trump to an elated crowd.
    By Nia Prater
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    U.S. President Joe Biden hosts event on Affordable Care Act and Medicaid at the White House in Washington
    Harris May Follow Obama’s Path to the White House After AllHarris tried to emulate Obama’s coalition in 2020 and failed. She may have a better shot at reaching young, Black, and Latino voters this time around.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. politics
    House Oversight Committee Questions USSS Director On Attempted Trump Assassination
    Key Moments From the House Oversight Secret Service HearingSecret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle was grilled by House members in both parties Monday on the agency’s actions on the day Trump was attacked.
    By Nia Prater
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    Vice President Kamala Harris Attends Get Out The Vote HBCU Event In South Carolina
    How Republicans Plan to Attack Kamala HarrisTrump’s allies are already trying out nasty smears, from referencing Harris’s dating history to calling her the “DEI vice-president.”
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Vice President Kamala Harris Campaigns In Philadelphia
    Kamala Harris Is Now the Presumptive Nominee: Live UpdatesShe has quickly amassed the support of almost the entire Democratic Party. Here are the latest developments.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  7. the system
    President Biden Delivers Remarks On Attempted Assassination Of Former President Trump
    Joe Biden’s Accidental Bridge to Kamala HarrisIf she becomes the nominee, it will be thanks to Biden’s clumsy racial politics.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    Can Harris Beat Trump? VPs Tend to Have Good Odds.While Kamala Harris’s candidacy is unprecedented in many ways, quite a few vice-presidents have gone on to win the White House.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. the inside game
    Joe Biden
    The Biden Presidency’s Tragedy and Remaining HopeHe has not yet escaped Trump.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
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    Kamala Harris Needs to Move Fast for the Nomination, But Not Too FastShe should avoid a coronation and instead consolidate Democratic support and build some momentum.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. the national interest
    President Biden Hosts Fourth Of July Celebration At White House
    The Cop Against the Criminal. Let’s Do This.The Democrats turn out to be an organized political party, after all.
    By Jonathan Chait
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    A DNC walkthrough in Chicago
    Biden Drops Out, and the DNC Will Be an ‘Open’ ConventionThe existing rules already contain an open process for selecting a presidential nominee.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    President Biden
    Manchin Calls for Biden to Step Aside, TooHow the final days of the effort to nudge Biden out of the race played out.
    By Intelligencer Staff
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    Trump 2024 vs. Project 2025The campaign denies anything to do with the blueprint for a second term, but his alumni are all over it.
    By Alec Dent
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    President Biden Campaigns In Detroit
    Biden Can Drop Out With Dignity — If He Just Tells the TruthThe best way for the president to stabilize his party and protect his legacy is to withdraw his candidacy right now and designate his successor.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Photos: The Triumphalist Republican National ConventionScenes from Donald Trump’s party in Milwaukee.
    By Intelligencer Staff
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    President Biden Delivers Remarks On The Middle East From The White House
    How Can Biden Be Replaced? A Guide to Democrats’ Next Steps.Answers to all your questions about how the Democratic Party might go about changing candidates as President Biden faces pressure to step aside.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    The Push to Replace Biden Is Rapidly Gaining MomentumBut the president’s campaign claims that he has no intention of stepping aside.
    By Nia Prater
  19. tremendous content
    The 2024 Republican National Convention
    Trump Shouts Out ‘Late, Great Hannibal Lecter’ in RNC Speech (Yes, Really)Trump slipped his least coherent rally bit to his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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    ‘Where’s Melania?’ Game Was the Only Fun Thing About the RNCThe former First Lady finally appeared on night four — and she got her own weird, dramatic entrance.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  21. the national interest
    The 2024 Republican National Convention
    Donald Trump Cannot Even Pretend to Change Who He IsRepublican nominee blows golden opportunity to fake normality.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. liveblog
    Day 4 of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
    Trump’s Endless Speech, Hulk Hogan’s Shirt Rip, and Not Much Unity: RNC RecapTrump shared his survival story and gave the longest acceptance speech ever, Hulk Hogan made a scene, and unity speak was hard to find.
    By Intelligencer Staff
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    The 2024 Republican National Convention
    The Old Ranting, Rambling Trump Was Back at the Republican ConventionSo much for “national unity.” He couldn’t even keep a pledge to avoid attacking Biden by name.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    The 2024 Republican National Convention
    Republicans Are Waiting for Kamala Harris and Fearing Michelle ObamaThe talk of the RNC is what’s happening to the other party.
    By Ben Jacobs
  25. just asking questions
    An Early Democratic Critic of Biden on What Changed This WeekCongressman Adam Smith says Nancy Pelosi has “played a huge role.”
    By Benjamin Hart
  26. 2024 rnc
    Republicans Have Bed-Wetters, TooAt the RNC, some Trump campaign officials and allies think their good luck will run out and worry that their theory of the victory might be wrong.
    By David Freedlander
  27. the national interest
    The Presidential Nomination Is Becoming Worthless for Joe BidenA devastating polling nugget shows what happens if he stays in.
    By Jonathan Chait
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    2024 Republican National Convention: Day 3
    Who Is J.D. Vance? His Muddled RNC Speech Didn’t Tell Us.Trump’s running mate didn’t resolve the many contradictions in his record and right-wing populist ideology in his introduction to voters.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Republicans Try to Explain Why They Were Wrong About TrumpJust about everyone used to call him a morally repugnant con artist, including his running mate. What changed?
    By David Freedlander
  30. the national interest
    Trump Invites China to Invade Taiwan If He Returns to OfficeAnother terrifying tail-risk outcome.
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. the national interest
    Opposing Both Authoritarianism and Assassination Is Not HypocriticalConservatives really don’t understand this?
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. 2024 rnc
    It Was Losers Night at the RNCOne by one, Trump’s former rivals kissed the ring.
    By Ben Jacobs
  33. politics
    The Gathering Conspiracy Against FreedomDemocrats shouldn’t stifle their rhetoric after Trump’s shooting.
    By Sarah Jones
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    Joe Biden Accepts Presidential Nomination At Democratic National Convention
    The DNC’s Plan to Nominate Biden Early Is a Bad IdeaIf the president has indeed quelled a revolt against his candidacy, making it official can wait a few weeks.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. politics
    Former President Donald Trump Indicted In January 6 Investigation
    Judge Dismisses Classified-Docs Case in Huge Win for TrumpOn Monday, Aileen Cannon ruled that special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment was unconstitutional.
    By Nia Prater
  36. liveblog
    RNC Day 1: A VP, Trump’s Big Bandage, and a Lot of Biden BashingOur highlights of the weird but functional first day of the Republican National Convention — which so far is not a national unity convention.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  37. the republicans
    The 2024 Republican National Convention
    Trump and the Republicans Have Found Their Ideal RealityThings could have been so different in Milwaukee. But on the opening night of the convention, the GOP is feeling lucky and confident.
    By David Freedlander
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    The 2024 Republican National Convention
    The Moment J.D. Vance Became Trump’s Official VP PickWith tears in his eyes and an awkward kiss with his wife, he became the heir apparent to MAGA.
    By Ben Jacobs
  39. the national interest
    J.D. Vance Joins Ticket With Man He Once Called ‘America’s Hitler’Apparently he meant it as a compliment.
    By Jonathan Chait
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    Senate candidate JD Vance campaigns in Boardman
    J.D. Vance Explains His Conversion to MAGATrump’s man in Ohio once called him “America’s Hitler,” but there’s an explanation.
    By Ben Jacobs
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    J.D. Vance Wins Trump Veepstakes. Here’s Everyone He Beat Out.The freshman Ohio senator was announced as Trump’s running mate on day one of the Republican National Convention.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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    Former President Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial Continues In New York
    J.D. Vance As VP Means Trump Picks MAGA Over ‘Unity’In the Orbán-loving young Ohio senator, Trump has designated a successor to lead an extremist MAGA movement.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. early and often
    The Case(s) Against Donald TrumpIt’s hard to keep track, so we made a guide.
    By Nia Prater
  44. trump rally shooting
    Donald Trump Holds A Campaign Rally In Butler, Pennsylvania
    The Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump and Aftermath: As It HappenedHere’s how the Trump rally shooting, aftermath, and investigation initially played out.
    By Intelligencer Staff
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    Biden's New York Support Crumbles As Election Anxiety Mounts
    History Shows Democrats Can’t Lose the Presidency and Win the HouseIt’s never happened before, and plan B won’t make it happen now.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. the national interest
    The Democratic Party’s Strange Attraction to DefeatismAfter the Trump shooting, another post-9/11 moment takes hold.
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. trump rally shooting
    Donald Trump Holds A Campaign Rally In Butler, Pennsylvania
    Will the Shooting Clinch the Election for Trump?The timing of this nightmarish event was fortuitous for Republicans and creates new dilemmas for Democrats already divided over Biden’s candidacy.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Ronald Reagan Just Before Assassination Attempt
    The Secret Service Agent Who Caught a Bullet for Reagan on the Trump ShootingThe last time such a high-profile politician was shot was in 1981, when Tim McCarthy stood between John Hinckley and Ronald Reagan.
    By Ben Jacobs
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    Republican Lawmakers Immediately Blame Biden for Trump ShootingThough Biden strongly condemned political violence after the attack, multiple Trump allies pinned it on the president, Democrats, and the media.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  50. the national interest
    Donald Trump Holds A Campaign Rally In Butler, Pennsylvania
    Trumpism Must Be Defeated by Ballots, Not BulletsAssassinations don’t stop authoritarians; they enable them.
    By Jonathan Chait
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    Joe Biden’s Most Important Power BaseWhy the president cares more about the support of black voters and their representatives than pundits and editorial boards.
    By Errol Louis
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