1. politics
    London Breed Is Sick of the ‘Bulls*t That Has Destroyed’ San FranciscoThe San Francisco mayor didn’t mince words when announcing a program to reduce drug overdoses and street crime in the Tenderloin this week.
    By Matt Stieb
  2. politics
    Nancy Pelosi Is Wrong About Trading Stocks in CongressPublic office is about service, not self-enrichment.
    By Sarah Jones
  3. debt limit
    A Preview of GOP Tactics If They Win the House in 2022If Republicans take at least one chamber, the hostage-taking tactics deployed against Obama are coming back, with additional encouragement from Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. 2024 vision
    Democrats Need a Three-Year Plan to Save DemocracyThat means largely abandoning hope for 2022 and preparing to do battle at Armageddon with Trump in 2024.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. politics
    Cuomo Is Ordered to Turn Over $5.1 Million From His COVID Book DealLetitia James’s office gets it first.
    By Nia Prater
  7. the national interest
    Donald Trump Revealed Norman Podhoretz for What He Always WasThe neoconservative intellectual cared only about resentment and power.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. tornadoes
    Workers Describe Being Trapped by Bosses During Deadly Tornado OutbreakNBC News reports that candlemakers were denied requests to leave ahead of a storm. Meanwhile, Amazon reconsiders its no-phone policy for warehouses.
    By Matt Stieb
  9. big lie
    Trump Goes Global With Big Lie Litmus TestForeign leaders like former Israeli prime minister Bibi Netanyahu are being cast as enemies for recognizing the 2020 election results.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. religion
    Josh Duggar’s Shame and OursWhy did America fall in love with a family of extremists?
    By Sarah Jones
  11. the national interest
    Joe Manchin Might Finally Be a Force For GoodSomeone needs to make Democrats pick which social programs to scrap.
    By Jonathan Chait
  12. politics
    January 6 PowerPoint Backer Says He Repeatedly Spoke With MeadowsPhil Waldron claims he repeatedly visited the White House and spoke with Trump’s chief of staff while pushing plans for how Trump could stay in power.
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino
  13. politics
    Zephyr Teachout Drops Out of New York Attorney General RaceThe progressive’s campaign suspension effectively cleared the primary for the current attorney general, Letitia James, whom Teachout endorsed.
    By Matt Stieb
  14. gun control
    Newsom Calls for Assault-Weapons Ban Modeled After Texas Abortion LawThe California governor said the law would allow private citizens to sue assault-weapon manufacturers, distributors, and sellers.
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino
  15. vision 2024
    Republicans Are Too Afraid of Trump to Fix Election LawsProminent liberals and conservatives favor reform to a statute that helped produce chaos on January 6. But Congress won’t budge.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. criminal justice
    This Wasn’t About Jussie SmollettThe actor’s trial was a proxy for a very different fight.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  17. election meddling
    A Kanye Associate Showed Up in Georgia to Threaten a Poll WorkerThings can always get weirder.
    By Benjamin Hart
  18. the national interest
    ‘Normal’ Republican Ron DeSantis Wants to Lock Up Anthony FauciBeing a less deranged authoritarian than Trump is a low bar.
    By Jonathan Chait
  19. politics
    Hochul Implements Statewide Indoor Mask MandateStarting Monday, New Yorkers will be required to wear a mask at all public indoor spaces unless the business or venue has a vaccination requirement.
    By Nia Prater
  20. wikileaks
    Julian Assange Could Be on Trial in the U.S. SoonA British high court ruled that he can be extradited to America, where he faces espionage charges.
    By Benjamin Hart
  21. the national interest
    A ‘War on Christmas’ StoryWho’s supposed to be waging this war? I have some idea.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. politics
    Another Cuomo Adviser Goes DownSUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras resigned after transcripts showed he ridiculed a former aide who described Cuomo’s office as a “toxic” workplace.
    By Matt Stieb
  23. politics
    New York City Is About to Legalize Noncitizen VotingThe council voted to let residents who aren’t naturalized citizens cast ballots in local elections, making the Big Apple the biggest city to do so.
    By Nia Prater
  24. the city politic
    Is Tish James Aiming Higher Than Governor? Stay Tuned.James dropped out of a winnable race, suggesting her high-stakes inquiry into the Trump Organization could be a national launching pad.
    By Errol Louis
  25. organized labor
    For the First Time Ever, a Starbucks Store Has Voted to Form a UnionThe new wave of labor activism has struck inside one of the country’s largest businesses and the fast-food industry.
    By Sarah Jones
  26. politics
    Tishquake: Letitia James Drops Out of Governor’s RaceThe attorney general says she’s choosing to run for another term in her current office, in a major relief to Kathy Hochul.
    By Nia Prater
  27. politics
    The Trials of John DurhamA series of recent revelations further undermines one of Durham’s prosecutions and underscores the challenges of covering the enigmatic prosecutor.
    By Ankush Khardori
  28. unorthodox ideas
    Senate’s Leading Conspiracy Theorist Suggests Mouthwash for COVIDRon Johnson is touting the potential benefits of gargling. But not, you know, vaccines.
    By Benjamin Hart
  29. new york city
    De Blasio Ignored Warnings to Stop Hitting Up Developers for DonationsA revived conflict of interest concern could be trouble for a mayor with his eyes on the governor’s mansion.
    By Matt Stieb
  30. state income taxes
    State-Income-Tax-Abolition Fever SpreadsEven in states with no prospect of soaking tourists with high sales taxes, Republicans are stampeding toward abolishing income taxes.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. finland
    Finland’s Prime Minister Is Sorry for PartyingSanna Marin apologized for missing a text informing her to self-isolate because she left her work phone at home when she went out until 4 a.m.
    By Matt Stieb
  32. 2016 will never end
    Hillary Clinton Announces MasterClass in Losing to Donald TrumpThe once-future president is reduced to shilling self-help videos.
    By Sarah Jones
  33. politics
    The Crocodile Tears of ConservativesToo often the people decrying polarization ignore their own role in creating it.
    By Sarah Jones
  34. politics
    The Supreme Court Is Ready to Make Taxpayers Fund Religious SchoolsDiscrimination is being redefined to mean the opposite of what it is.
    By Jay Michaelson
  35. explainer
    What Is Congress Even Doing Right Now? A Brief Guide.Congress is tangled in interlocking bills and delayed crises. Here’s the real status and deadline on reconciliation, the debt ceiling, and the rest.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. the national interest
    Trump Took Over the GOP Because He’s Willing to Break ItAnd his Republican critics aren’t.
    By Jonathan Chait
  37. 2022 midterms
    Trump Ignites Republican Civil War in GeorgiaThe unprecedented primary challenge of Brian Kemp is going to get exceptionally ugly.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. confederate statues
    Say Good-bye to the Nation’s Ugliest Confederate StatueThe monstrous figure of Nathan Bedford Forrest was removed on Tuesday from a hill off the interstate south of Nashville.
    By Matt Stieb
  39. comptroller of the currency
    Saule Omarova, Smeared As a Communist, Withdraws NominationBiden’s pick as a key watchdog was personally attacked by Republicans but sunk by moderate Democrats who opposed her tough line on banks.
    By Matt Stieb
  40. debt limit
    McConnell Strikes Convoluted Deal to Let Democrats Avoid a Debt DefaultLeave it to Mitch to devise a phony mechanism to get Republican votes for a measure that will saddle Democrats wrongly with blame for debt increase.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. politics
    Unlike the Congressman, the ‘Devin Nunes’ Cow’ Account Just Won’t QuitDevin Nunes is headed to the Trumpy safe space that is Truth Social, but the parody Twitter accounts he’s suing for defamation are still at it.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  42. trump media & technology group
    Donald Trump’s SPAC Is Being Investigated by the SECThe firm made plans to go public just two months ago.
    By Matt Stieb
  43. the national interest
    Unofficial Trump Propagandist Devin Nunes Makes It OfficialRepublican leaves Congress to lead Trump Media & Technology Group, where his job will barely change.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. politics
    Swing Voters Don’t Explain Why Youngkin WonIt looks like the Republican’s win in Virginia was the product of poor Democratic-base turnout, not angry ex–Biden voters in the suburbs.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. politics
    Party Like It’s January 6A night out with Rudy Giuliani, Paul Gosar, and New York’s Young Republicans.
    By Shawn McCreesh
  46. politics
    State Legislatures Are Still the Key to Trump’s Election-Coup EffortsThe radical theory that state legislatures have total power over federal elections is at the heart of Trump’s past, and perhaps future, coup attempts.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. foreign policy
    U.S. Announces Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing OlympicsAmerican athletes will still be able to compete, but no U.S. delegation will attend in an effort to call out China’s human rights abuses.
    By Chas Danner
  48. politics
    De Blasio Blindsides Just About Everyone With New Vax MandateCity Hall won’t release guidance for how businesses should enforce the new mandate until December 15, following talks with the business community.
    By Nia Prater
  49. politics
    Someone Put France’s Trump-y Presidential Candidate in a HeadlockÉric Zemmour’s first rally was marked by tension and violence, an atmosphere that matches his rhetoric.
    By Benjamin Hart
  50. title 42
    Why Is Biden Still Relying on an Idea From Stephen Miller?At the border, the administration continues to lean on Title 42 to expel migrants based on a public-health pretext that ex-CDC officials say is bogus.
    By Matt Stieb
  51. politics
    RIP Bob Dole, Last of the Greatest Generation Presidential CandidatesDole was always a bit out of step with his party and his country, which may be considered a compliment now.
    By Ed Kilgore
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