1. early and often
    Rick Scott Tries to Copy Trump’s Claims of PersecutionThe senator whose health-care company was hit with a giant Medicare fraud fine now wants it retroactively blamed on politicized prosecutors.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. life after roe
    TOPSHOT-US-VOTE-POLITICS-KENNEDY JR.
    Not Even RFK Jr.’s Running-Mate Knows His Abortion StanceHis campaign says abortion is a “divisive issue.” Maybe that’s why he sometimes seems to be on both sides of it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. the national interest
    In Defense of Punching LeftThe problem with Solidarity.
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. poll position
    What the Polls Say Today: Democrats Take Lead in Generic Congressional BallotDemocrats recently moved into a narrow lead, though handicappers still give Republicans a good chance to hold the House.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. the national interest
    How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Brain Worm Could Save AmericaA butterfly flaps its wings …
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. trump on trial
    Jury Selection Begins In Former President Donald Trump's New York Hush Money Trial
    ‘Sleepy Don’: Trump Falls Asleep (Five Times!) at Hush Money TrialA running list of Donald Trump’s many courtroom snoozes during his Manhattan criminal trial.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  8. early and often
    US President Donald Trump visits Israel
    Republicans Want to Give Netanyahu a Blank Check“America First” conservatives are fuming at Biden for trying to limit attacks in Gaza rather than letting Israel do as it pleases.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. early and often
    Brandon Herrera Campaign Rally
    Uvalde’s Next Congressman Might Be a GunfluencerIn the latest battle of the Republican civil war, a Texas moderate is challenged by “The AK Guy.”
    By Ben Jacobs
  10. trump on trial
    US-JUSTICE-PRISON-RIKERS
    The New York Jail Cells Trump Could Soon Call HomeExperts say the former president may be using a combination sink-toilet if he violates his gag order again.
    By Matt Stieb
  11. trump on trial
    This Isn’t the Same Stormy DanielsThe night she met Donald Trump changed both their worlds.
    By Olivia Nuzzi and Andrew Rice
  12. life after roe
    US-RIGHTS-WOMEN-abortion
    Ruling Against New York Abortion Vote Is a Blow to DemocratsThe ruling tossing a November ballot measure won’t roll back abortion rights in the state, but it could rob Democrats of a turnout booster.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. early and often
    Police Patrol UCLA Campus After Attack On Student Encampment
    Poll Finds Most College Students Aren’t Focused on Gaza WarDespite the attention on campus protests, most students don’t blame Biden for the situation in Gaza and are more concerned about domestic issues.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. the national interest
    Why President Biden Is Correct to Denounce Campus AntisemitismThe problem is not physical violence.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. early and often
    Kari Lake’s Worst Enemy Is a RepublicanFalsely accused of stealing the last election, Stephen Richer decided to sue. The lawsuit could bankrupt her.
    By Casey Quackenbush
  16. early and often
    Donald Trump Campaigns In New Hampshire
    Is 2024 Election Denialism a Trump VP Litmus Test?Tim Scott showed the way by refusing to answer a question about accepting the results of the next presidential election.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. early and often
    Japan Joint Meeting April 11
    MTG Push to Oust Johnson Is MAGA Theater, Not a Real ThreatIt’s clear Speaker Johnson will keep his gavel for now. But he wants to avoid relying on Democrats, and MTG needs a symbolic partial victory.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. tremendous content
    South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem Speaks At The Coolidge And American Project Conference
    Kristi Noem Attacks ‘Fake News’ for Questioning Fake Kim Jong-un StoryThe governor’s reasons for writing about killing her dog and inventing a Kim Jong-un meeting keep changing. But somehow it’s always the media’s fault.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  19. past is prologue
    Vietnam in New York
    Gaza War Protests Don’t Yet Rival Anti–Vietnam War MovementToday’s protests are smaller, less focused, and less popular than those of the Vietnam era. But they are growing and could spur a similar backlash.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. that happened
    The Time Stormy Daniels Exposed Trump’s Weird Shark PhobiaOne question the hush-money trial probably won’t settle: Why is Trump so terrified of being eaten by a marine animal?
    By Margaret Hartmann
  21. early and often
    Donald Trump
    The Wildest Things Trump Said at His Private Mar-a-Lago Donor RetreatOver the weekend, Trump compared the Biden administration to the Gestapo and bragged he was bigger than Taylor Swift.
    By Chas Danner
  22. early and often
    Georgia's former lieutenant governor, Geoff Duncan, leaves the Lewis R. Slaton Courthouse
    Why Aren’t More Anti-Trump Republicans Endorsing Biden?It says a lot that former Georgia official Geoff Duncan is the most prominent Republican coming out for Biden in 2024.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. early and often
    US-POLITICS-CONSERVATIVES
    Lara Trump Tees Up Another Premature Election Victory ClaimThe RNC co-chair’s absurd complaint about counting votes cast by mail lays the groundwork for more Trump election chicanery.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. tremendous content
    All the Weird Stories in Kristi Noem’s New BookFrom the “dog killer” story to a made-up meeting with Kim Jong-un, here are Noem’s most eye-popping claims.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  25. just asking questions
    A Columbia ’68 Revolutionary Takes Stock of Today’s ProtestsJames Simon Kunen wrote a famous memoir of the university’s most tumultuous year. He likes what he sees from the kids these days.
    By Benjamin Hart
  26. tremendous content
    Commander Biden
    Kristi Noem Would Have Shot Biden’s Dog Commander, TooThe South Dakota governor, still under fire for executing her own dog, is now taking aim at the Biden family’s bite-happy former pet.
    By Chas Danner
  27. poll position
    Trump-vs.-Biden Polls: Don’t Be Fooled by Outliers!Excessive focus on single polls or even short-term trends in averages signifies spin rather than analysis.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. the takeover
    Our Campus. Our Crisis.Inside the encampments and crackdowns that shook American politics. A report by the student journalists of the Columbia Daily Spectator.
    Edited by Columbia Daily Spectator
  29. the takeover
    Should Columbia’s President Resign?And 27 other questions we asked the school’s students, faculty, and staff.
    Edited by Columbia Daily Spectator
  30. the takeover
    Listen Up, Columbia!Portraits from a campus in crisis.
    Photographs by Gabriella Gregor Splaver
  31. early and often
    Former President Donald Trump Rallies For Marco Rubio In Florida
    A Trump-Rubio 2024 Ticket Could Spark a Constitutional CrisisTrump is looking at Little Marco as a running mate. But because of the 12th Amendment, that would risk of saddling him with Kamala Harris as VP.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. trump on trial
    David Pecker and Keith Davidson, the Gossip RacketeersAt the heart of the Trump trial is a sleazy caper gone wrong.
    By Andrew Rice
  33. early and often
    WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: Witness Kristi Noem, Governor, South
    Kristi Noem Killed Her Dog. Why Is She Telling Us This?Why does Trump’s potential VP pick tell a story about fatally shooting a puppy she “hated” in her new book? Here are the top four theories.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  34. the inside game
    It’s Not 1968 to Joe BidenThe president isn’t worried about campus protests sinking the youth vote. Should he be?
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  35. early and often
    South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem speaks to guests at the
    Kristi Noem Says Dog She Shot Was the Real KillerThe governor responded to the “dog killer” scandal on Hannity by emphasizing that Cricket was a “dangerous” jerk who killed “for fun.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  36. tremendous content
    Former President Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial Continues In New York
    Trump: I’m Not Sleeping in Court, I’m Resting My ‘Beautiful Blue Eyes’The defense Trump posted on Truth Social is about as believable as claiming his dog ate documents about his hush-money payments.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  37. early and often
    politics-impeachment
    MTG and Gaetz Manage to Smear Both Jews and Fellow ChristiansThe House antisemitism bill rightly rejects the doctrine that Jews are responsible for Jesus’s death. They say it’s an essential Christian belief.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. early and often
    Donald Trump Holds Rally In Wisconsin
    Are Libertarians MAGA-Adjacent Now?Trump’s speech to the Libertarian Party’s national convention will draw attention to the party’s takeover by a faction open to his transgressions.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. the national interest
    The House Antisemitism Bill Is Bad for the JewsAnd free speech.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. politics
    New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Edward Caban and Mayor Eric Adams appear at a press conference in New York
    NYPD Attempts to Back Up ‘Outside Agitators’ Columbia ClaimOfficials claim a significant number of nonstudents were among those arrested this week.
    By Nia Prater
  41. the national interest
    Biden Is Losing the Election in the Center, Not the LeftThe voters he needs aren’t occupying college campuses.
    By Jonathan Chait
  42. early and often
    House GOP Caucus Meets On Capitol Hill
    Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Attempt to Go Mainstream Is OverFor a moment, MTG was an adviser to Speaker McCarthy and on Trump’s VP shortlist. Now she’s an isolated crackpot once again.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. life after roe
    GOP Presidential Candidates Speak At The Family Research Council Summit
    Two Big Lies Trump Is Telling on AbortionTrump is trying to justify his “states’ rights” flip-flop on abortion. But he’s just providing more evidence that he can’t be trusted.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. poll position
    Biden and Trump–Hating Voters Aren’t Wild About RFK Jr. EitherPolling on voters alienated by both major-party candidates shows no big advantage for either and no exodus to Kennedy. They may just stay home.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. the national interest
    Trump’s Abortion-Pill Stance ‘2 Weeks Away,’ Which Is Trumpspeak for ‘Never’His secret plans are always two weeks away.
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. the national interest
    Why the Right Loves the Anti-Israel EncampmentsThree reasons Trump and Bibi want the protests to continue.
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. stop the presses
    Do We Still Elect Nice, Boring Guys Like John Avlon to Congress These Days?The former CNN pundit is trying to flip the Hamptons congressional seat blue with his West Wing throwback politics.
    By Shawn McCreesh
  48. life after roe
    US-POLITICS-ABORTION
    Why Abortion Rights May Face New Setbacks in NovemberPost-Roe, pro-choice measures have won every battle at the polls. But anti-abortion activists have found new ways to push back in 2024.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. just asking questions
    Jim VandeHei on AI-Proofing the News and Ignoring ‘Twitter Nerds’The outspoken Axios CEO thinks the future is personalized, brief, and human.
    By Benjamin Hart
  50. politics
    Colin Jost’s Best Jokes at the 2024 White House Correspondents’ Dinner“Donald Trump has spent the past week falling asleep in court every morning — though Fox News said he was just being ‘anti-woke.’”
    By Hershal Pandya
  51. poll position
    Trump vs. Biden Polls: Will the War in Gaza Decide the 2024 Race?While the carnage in Gaza and protests on campus are dominating the political discourse, so far that isn’t reflected in presidential polling.
    By Ed Kilgore
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