1. early and often
    Representative Lee Zeldin Attacked Onstage During Campaign SpeechThe attacker said “You’re done” as he tried to stab Zeldin, the Republican running for governor of New York. Zeldin was unharmed.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  2. january 6 committee
    Trump’s Incriminating Inaction During the Capitol RiotThe eighth January 6 hearing showed that after months of frantic scheming, Trump had no interest in telling his supporters to stand down.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. life after roe
    House Passes Contraceptives Bill the Senate Will Likely KillOnly eight GOP representatives voted for House legislation that conservatives deem a threat to religious liberty.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. early and often
    Trump Is Still Trying to Overturn Biden’s 2020 WinThe former president called Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly Speaker earlier this month and urged him to decertify Biden’s win in the state.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  5. early and often
    Pete Buttigieg Could Make Air Travel Less Hellish. Will He Do It?Airlines are hitting travelers with price hikes, mass cancellations, and onerous policies. It’s time for the Transportation secretary to crack down.
    By Ross Barkan
  7. early and often
    Senators Finally Strike Deal to Fix the Electoral Count ActJust in the nick of time, a bipartisan Senate group has unveiled a bill that would thwart a repeat of Trump’s January 6 coup attempt.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. early and often
    Fetterman Says He’s ‘Feeling Really Good’ in First Poststroke InterviewThe Pennsylvania Senate candidate, who’s been labeled “missing” by opponent Mehmet Oz, said he’ll return to in-person campaigning “very soon.”
    By Nia Prater
  9. 2022 midterms
    Dan Cox’s Win Brings Maryland GOP Back to the MAGA MovementModerate Republican governor Larry Hogan will be succeeded as GOP nominee by a Trump-loving extremist that Democrats promoted.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. the national interest
    Once Hysterical on Gay Marriage, Conservatives Are Now IncoherentThe gay-marriage apocalypse never destroyed society. What now?
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. early and often
    Will Democrats Promote a Trump Comeback?Democrats are getting into the habit of boosting weak GOP opponen,ts and Trump may be Biden’s most beatable 2024 opponent. But it’s a risky strategy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. early and often
    Farewell, My Hot de Blasio SummerThe former mayor was everywhere in Park Slope as he campaigned for Congress. Maybe that wasn’t a good idea.
    By Ryu Spaeth
  13. crime
    The Criminologist on Trial for Serial ArsonProfessor Maynard taught students about life at the margins of society. Now he is charged with a crime his field is only beginning to understand.
    By Andrew Rice
  14. early and often
    Same-Sex Marriage Now a Wedge Issue Dividing RepublicansThe House is voting to codify same-sex-marriage rights. Will Senate Republicans defy public opinion with a filibuster?
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. politics
    De Blasio Sees Writing on the Wall, Drops Congressional Bid“I really want to keep serving and I’m gonna find a different way to serve.”
    By Nia Prater
  16. 2022 midterms
    Arizona’s GOP Establishment Rejects Trump Pick Kari LakeRepublicans such as Doug Ducey and Mike Pence are consolidating support behind wealthy self-funder Karrin Taylor Robson in the gubernatorial primary.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. early and often
    Liz Cheney, January 6 Hearings Star, Is Bombing Back HomeWhile Cheney’s performance is dazzling D.C., polls show her losing badly to Trump-backed Harriet Hageman in Wyoming’s GOP congressional primary.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. politics
    New Polls Show De Blasio Near the Bottom of the Field in Race for CongressCity Councilmember Carlina Rivera leads the field with 17 percent of support from likely Democratic voters in the district in a recent poll.
    By Nia Prater
  19. early and often
    Democrats Learn That a Trifecta Isn’t EverythingIn 2017, Republicans had a trifecta and couldn’t repeal Obamacare. Sometimes institutional issues are to blame more than politicians like Joe Manchin.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. the system
    How Democrats Bolstered the Post-Roe Enforcement RegimeWhen funding the police backfires.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  21. early and often
    Democrats’ Problems Go Beyond Joe ManchinThe West Virginia senator is more a consequence than the cause of the party’s failures.
    By Ross Barkan
  22. january 6 hearings
    What Exactly Did Trump Hope to Gain From the Capitol Riot?The House select committee can help answer one of the biggest remaining mysteries about Trump’s plot to steal the election.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. legend of zeldin
    Zeldin: Gee, Where Did These 13K Duplicate Signatures Come From?The Republican candidate for New York governor was denied an additional ballot line after election administrators found 12,868 photocopied signatures.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  24. the national interest
    The Democrats’ Failure Is CompleteIt would be too easy to blame only Manchin for the death of their agenda.
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. vision 2024
    Glenn Youngkin 2024 Rumors Are Pure SillinessGiven too much credit for his 2021 gubernatorial win, the Virginia governor has a long road to go before he’s a serious presidential candidate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. the national interest
    Christopher Rufo Foments a School-Rape PanicThe right’s boy wonder finds a new cause.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. early and often
    Obama Picked Weird Time to Send Ronny Jackson a Stern EmailYears after the ex–White House physician was accused of a wide range of inappropriate behavior, Obama rebuked him for a tweet about Biden.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  28. what we know
    Armed Man Arrested After Threatening Representative Jayapal Outside Her HomeThe 48-year-old allegedly had a Glock and yelled toward the congresswoman’s house that he would kill her and that she should “go back to India.”
    By Matt Stieb
  29. the power trip
    Donald Trump on 2024: ‘I’ve Already Made That Decision’In an interview with New York, the former president says the only question left in his mind is when he’ll announce.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  30. explainer
    Trump’s Long Campaign to Steal the Presidency: A TimelineThe insurrection wasn’t a one-day event. It was the culmination of a multifaceted, yearslong plot — and it isn’t over.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. life after roe
    Kansas Is First State to Vote on Abortion Rights Post-DobbsA Republican-sponsored constitutional amendment striking down state-based abortion rights will go before primary voters in August.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. the national interest
    Josh Gottheimer Is on a Mission to Destroy Joe Biden’s PresidencyA new villain emerges.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. early and often
    John Bolton Admitted on National TV That He Helped Plan CoupsThe longtime Republican hawk laughed about doing it, too.
    By Matt Stieb
  34. january 6 committee
    When All Else Failed, Trump Turned to the January 6 MobThe latest January 6 committee hearing focused on Trump’s decision to summon a mob to overturn the election after his fraud claims collapsed.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. jan 6 hearings
    Cheney Says Trump Called a Jan. 6 Witness After Cassidy Hutchinson’s TestimonyThe person, whose identity is not publicly known, declined to pick up the phone and called their lawyer.
    By Nia Prater
  36. january 6 committee
    Trump’s Lawyers Screamed at Each Other in ‘Unhinged’ Oval Office MeetingTrump’s conspiratorial advisors tried to convince him of some crazy ideas before it devolved into a “shouting match,” with Giuliani hurling insults.
    By Matt Stieb
  37. early and often
    Jill Biden Apologizes to Latino Community for ‘Breakfast Tacos’ CommentBe best, Jill.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  38. the body politic
    Joe Biden’s Dobbs Response Has Been Breathtakingly AwfulWhy can’t the president show some fight?
    By Rebecca Traister
  39. foreign interests
    Biden Has No Choice But to Shake Hands With a MurdererThe crisis in global energy markets is just one of many geopolitical realities forcing the president to go to Saudi Arabia.
    By Jonah Shepp
  40. 2022 midterms
    Despite Trump Endorsement, Palin May Be on Way to Defeat in Congressional BidAlaska’s complex top-four and ranked-choice voting systems aren’t being friendly to MAGA candidates.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. vision 2024
    Are Democrats Stuck With Joe Biden in 2024?If the president is stubborn about running, there may be no realistic way for unhappy Democrats to get rid of him without a risky internal fight.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. life after roe
    HR Departments Are Scrambling Over Abortion Travel PoliciesThe space in which a constitutional right once was is being filled by focus-grouped messaging and calculated estimates of abortion’s ROI.
    By Molly Osberg
  43. the national interest
    Ron DeSantis Would Kill Democracy Slowly and MethodicallyWhether he’s as bad as Trump isn’t the question.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. early and often
    6 Awful GOP Candidates Who Could Save the Democratic SenateA red wave is headed for the Senate in November. But troubled candidates like Mehmet Oz, Eric Greitens, and Herschel Walker could change the tide.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. democracy
    Boris Johnson’s Downfall Should Make Americans JealousA parliamentary system such as the U.K.’s would be far more resistant to toxic figures like Trump and toxic ideas like rescinding abortion rights.
    By Ross Barkan
  46. pete buttigieg
    Mayor Pete Leaves South Bend for MichiganThe DOT secretary is transporting himself to a different and more promising political environment.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. early and often
    An Early Trump 2024 Announcement Could Screw Over the GOP, AgainIn two Georgia Senate runoffs that were crucial to the GOP in early 2021, Trump thought only of himself. There’s no reason to think he has changed.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. early and often
    Read the Nastiest Lines From Trump’s $75 Burn BookThe cash-grab coffee-table book Our Journey Together is filled with mean captions written by Trump himself. Here are his most unpresidential musings.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  49. january 6 committee
    Republicans Exonerate Trump by Whitewashing January 6Rank-and-file Republicans are convincing themselves the Capitol riot was an act of legitimate protest. So who cares whether Trump was involved?
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. early and often
    Shinzo Abe, Former Prime Minister of Japan, Is AssassinatedAbe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, died after he was shot twice while delivering a campaign speech. A suspect has been arrested.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  51. life after roe
    What Polls Tell Us About Abortion and the MidtermsDemocrats hope a “Dobbs effect” will help them in November.
    By Ed Kilgore
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