1. the national interest
    Biden Was So Good, Trump Is Accusing Him of Performance-Enhancing DrugsWe need a president who can get high on life?
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. early and often
    George Santos
    George Santos Went to the State of the Union and Is Running for Congress AgainThe indicted serial liar says he’s running against Nick LaLota, a fellow Republican who helped push him out of the House.
    By Chas Danner
  3. scenes from the border
    The Valuables Abandoned at the U.S.-Mexico BorderA spoon, a pair of boxers, a lighter, and a pair of baby Crocs.
    Photographs by Alex Hodor-Lee
  4. early and often
    President Biden Delivers State Of The Union Address
    Biden’s State of the Union Address: Right in Trump’s Face!In an aggressive speech that defended his record while blasting the opposition, Biden was anything other than a grandfatherly old man.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. what we know
    How AI Is Being Used to Influence and Disrupt the 2024 ElectionThe BBC found dozens of deep fakes showing Trump surrounded by Black supporters. It’s just one of many ways AI is being leveraged for politics.
    By Chas Danner
  7. life after roe
    Syndication: Arizona Republic
    Arizonans Asked to Block Themselves From Voting on AbortionAfter many years of demanding that “the people” decide abortion policy, anti-abortion activists are asking people to keep the issue off the ballot.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. screen time
    TikTok Seems Pretty Worried About Getting BannedTikTok’s prompt asking users to lobby Congress on its behalf kind of broke TikTok — and Congress.
    By John Herrman
  9. early and often
    Katie Porter Should Drop ‘Rigged Election’ From Her VocabularyDespite her understandable anger at attack ads from crypto financiers, Porter should not offer fodder for MAGA claims that elections are rigged.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. the national interest
    Sonia Sotomayor Should Get Real That the Supreme Court Is PartisanJustices say the Court isn’t political, but c’mon.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. just asking questions
    The NRA Is Weaker Than Ever. How Much Does That Matter?Veteran firearms journalist Stephen Gutowski on the plight of America’s most famous — and infamous — gun-rights organization.
    By Benjamin Hart
  12. early and often
    Nikki Haley Holds Her Caucus Night Event In Iowa
    Nikki Haley Couldn’t Have It AllConservative women can bid for status and attain it, but they still belong to a party and a movement that deny them equality.
    By Sarah Jones
  13. politics
    Get Ready to See the National Guard on Your CommuteGovernor Kathy Hochul announced that 750 guardsmen will be placed in the MTA system as part of a five-point plan to address subway crime.
    By Nia Prater
  14. tremendous content
    Donald Trump
    Where Is Melania? Not at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Victory Party.Although Donald Trump promised the First Lady would be campaigning “quite a bit,” she could not make it to an event held at her home.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  15. early and often
    Republican Presidential Candidate Nikki Haley Announces She's Suspending Her Campaign
    Haley Ends Campaign As She Started It: With No Clear Path ForwardHer inability to come to grips with what Donald Trump has done to her party has characterized Nikki Haley’s campaign from the get-go.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. early and often
    Trump’s Very Super Tuesday Confirms It’s His PartyHaley won one more heavily Democratic state but the day belonged to the front-runner.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. early and often
    Schiff’s Strategy Worked: He Will Face Garvey in California Senate ElectionThe front-running Democrat love-bombed the hapless Republican with ads that boosted him over the more formidable Katie Porter.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. the national interest
    Good Riddance, Kyrsten Sinema, Plutocratic ShillShe killed her career by blocking bipartisan ideas that threatened the rich.
    By Jonathan Chait
  19. early and often
    US-VOTE-POLITICS-TRUMP
    Did Trump Really Vow to Defund Schools With Vaccine Mandates?His campaign says he’s only threatening cuts to schools that require COVID shots — though that’s not clear from his stump speech.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  20. early and often
    Congressional Lawmakers Return To Work On Capitol Hill After The Weekend
    Kyrsten Sinema to Retire, Tells Voters: It’s Not Me, It’s YouCentrist politicians often blame the system. But as she bowed out of the Arizona Senate race, Sinema made it clear she thinks voters are the problem.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. politics
    Senate Lawmakers Address The Media After Their Weekly Policy Luncheons
    Who Will Replace Mitch McConnell As GOP Senate Leader?John Cornyn and John Thune are the favorites, but they’re not the only candidates.
    By Nia Prater
  22. early and often
    Nikki Haley Campaigns In Utah For The Republican Presidential Nomination
    Are Haley Voters Actually Biden Voters?A good number of GOP primary voters are rejecting Trump. That could show his weakness in November — but not if they’re really Democrats.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. tremendous content
    Inauguration Day
    Trump Has Confused Obama for Biden 7 Times (and Counting)Is Trump really calling his 2024 rival “Obama” for “comedic reasons and for sarcasm”? Here’s a list of his alleged gaffes so you can be the judge.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  24. early and often
    Republican Presidential Candidate Nikki Haley Campaigns In Burlington, Vermont Ahead Of Super Tuesday
    Why Nikki Haley Is Still RunningShe keeps losing to Trump by double digits with no hope of winning the nomination. Her supporters say she’s after something bigger.
    By David Freedlander
  25. poll position
    California Senate Polls: Schiff Helps Garvey Edge Out Fellow DemocratsAdam Schiff spent millions to ensure a long-shot GOP candidate will be his general-election rival. Polls of the March 5 primary show it’s working.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. the national interest
    Is Biden in Denial About the Polls?Or is the happy talk just spin?
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. politics
    Former Trump Finance Chief Allen Weisselberg To Plead Guilty To Perjury
    Top Trump Org Exec Admits Perjury, But Still Won’t FlipFormer CFO Allen Weisselberg’s plea could serve as a warning to other witnesses against lying under oath ahead of future Trump-related cases.
    By Nia Prater
  28. early and often
    Presidential Candidate Nikki Haley Campaigns In DC
    Nikki Haley Breaks Primary Losing Streak Ahead of Super TuesdayShe won Washington, D.C., with a tiny number of GOP votes. Given what’s likely to happen to her on March 5, any win over Trump is welcome.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. early and often
    Donald Trump
    Supreme Court Says Colorado Cannot Kick Trump Off the BallotStates will not be able to declare Trump ineligible to hold office based on the Constitution’s post–Civil War era insurrectionist ban.
    By Chas Danner
  30. the inside game
    BRITAIN-NIRELAND-CONFLICT-PEACE
    The Return of the ClintonsBill talks economics with Biden. Hillary gives pointers to Harris. The former First Couple is as deep in politics as they have been since Trump won.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  31. poll position
    Biden vs. Trump Polls: Joe’s Battleground ProblemBeating Trump in the popular vote may not be enough for Biden to win the Electoral College.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. early and often
    Congressional Lawmakers Return To Work On Capitol Hill After The Weekend
    2024 Senate Races: Democrats’ Tough Path to Keep ControlThe deck is stacked for Republicans, but polls show many of the Democratic incumbents will be hard to beat.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. the national interest
    Henry Wallace, Tucker Carlson, and the Return of the Russia DupeA new biography sheds light on a recurring temptation.
    By Jonathan Chait
  34. 2024 state of the union address
    Senate Republicans Hold Capitol Hill Press Conference On Border Security
    Why Katie Britt’s Giving the GOP Response to Biden’s State of the Union AddressShe’s young, smart, photogenic, a Trump favorite, and can smooth over her state’s court decision stopping IVF treatments.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. the national interest
    The ‘Fake’ New York Times Chicken-Sandwich Story Turns Out to Be Quite RealStop listening to bad-faith media critics.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. politics
    What We Know About the Latest Federal Raid on a Top Adams AideAgents raided homes owned by Winnie Greco, director of Asian affairs in the mayor’s administration.
    By Nia Prater
  37. early and often
    Trump Complains Migrants Use Languages ‘Nobody Speaks’Trump insists he only makes confusing remarks for “comedic effect.” But his weird remarks during his border visit seem more racist than funny.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  38. early and often
    Mike Johnson
    Johnson Gets One Last Chance to Avoid Government ShutdownThe House passed one more stopgap spending bill, but conservative rebels may still cause a shutdown if they don’t get their way on spending.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. early and often
    Nikki Haley Campaigns In Utah For The Republican Presidential Nomination
    Nikki Haley’s Three Paths Forward After Super TuesdayShe can let her 2024 bid slowly die, go to the GOP convention with minimal clout, or shock the world with a No Labels candidacy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. tremendous content
    US-POLITICS-VOTE-TRUMP
    Old-Man Trump Yells at Biden Over Melania Late Night JokeIn a video response to Biden mocking his age, Trump insists he knows his wife’s name and acts confused only for “comedic reasons.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  41. early and often
    Senators Meet For Policy Luncheons On Capitol Hill
    Mitch McConnell’s Power Trip Finally Comes to an EndWith his control slipping due to health problems and a bad relationship with Donald Trump, McConnell announced he’ll step down as Senate leader.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. the national interest
    Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell
    Mitch McConnell Had the Power to Stop Trump and He RefusedA political eulogy for an enabler of authoritarianism.
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. politics
    Incoming NY Governor Kathy Hochul Gives First Press Conference After Cuomo's Resignation
    New York Has a New Congressional Map — AgainIn the end, Democrats declined to play gerrymandering hardball.
    By Nia Prater
  44. early and often
    Georgia Grand Jury Delivers Indictment In 2020 Election Case
    Team Trump’s Case for Disqualifying Fani Willis Is CollapsingThough there’s lots of innuendo in the air, supposed evidence of an improper relationship between the Atlanta prosecutors seems to be evaporating.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. early and often
    Candidate Nikki Haley Campaigns For President In Michigan
    Michigan Results Show End Is Near for Nikki Haley’s GOP CandidacyAfter another big loss to Trump in Michigan, it’s even clearer that Haley won’t be the GOP nominee. But No Labels could be another path forward.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. crime
    The Murder on My Running TrailThe death of young runner Laken Riley at the University of Georgia quickly becomes more grist for the culture wars.
    By Will Leitch
  47. early and often
    US-VOTE-POLITICS-MICHIGAN
    Michigan ‘Uncommitted’ Vote Sends Biden Message, Not a BlowA campaign to protest Biden’s policy on the Israel-Hamas war exceeded low expectations. But the president still won the Michigan primary handily.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. early and often
    Bill Livingood
    No Labels Will Decide Whether to Jump Into the 2024 Election Next WeekThe group’s convention will be just after Super Tuesday, when Nikki Haley might need a new party to run in.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. the city politic
    Jerry Nadler Votes In New York's Postponed Congressional Primary Election
    Jerry Nadler Would Like 10 More YearsAfter rumors he might step aside, New York’s oldest representative says he could keep going past 80 — like some presidential candidates.
    By Mark Chiusano
  50. early and often
    Biden Wrongly Roasts Trump Over Forgetting Melania’s NameOn Late Night With Seth Myers, the president responded to concerns about his age by saying Trump forgot his wife’s name at CPAC, which didn’t happen.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  51. politics
    USA Capitol Building dome with American flag flying.
    The Winners and Losers From New York’s New Congressional MapState Democrats have opted against instituting an extreme gerrymander.
    By Nia Prater
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