1. just asking questions
    ‘I Can’t Imagine If It Goes Another Month’A petroleum analyst on the frightening economic consequences of a prolonged war in Iran.
    By Nia Prater
  2. early and often
    Republicans Are Holding the TSA and FEMA Hostage to ICETrump accused Democrats of starving DHS, but now they’ve turned the tables and offered to fund everything other than ICE and CBP.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. foreign interests
    President Donald Trump makes a fist.
    Trump’s War Fever Is Setting the World on FireAs his war in Iran sows global chaos, the president’s madman act no longer looks like an act.
    By Jonah Shepp
  4. tremendous content
    Corey Lewandowski May Have Bragged His Way Out of a Trump PardonHe allegedly had a habit of declaring he could do “whatever” he wanted, as “DJT will pardon me.” That may not go over well.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  5. early and often
    Cornyn Filibuster Flip-Flop Is a Desperate Bid to Please TrumpHe countered primary opponent Ken Paxton’s SAVE Act ploy with an op-ed abandoning his longtime support for the filibuster.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. early and often
    GOP Crusade Against ‘Fraud’ Just Means Big Safety-Net CutsRepublicans are pushing more Medicaid cuts to pay for Trump’s Iran war and tax cuts. But they won’t come out and say that.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. politics
    Trump Takes His Hatred of Thomas Massie on the RoadThe president is heading to Kentucky to campaign against one of his only Republican antagonists in Congress.
    By Nia Prater
  9. encounter
    Ibram X. Kendi Can’t Separate His Fame From How to Be an AntiracistHis new book deserves to be read on its own terms.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  10. politics
    Trump Administration Struggles to Contain Soaring Gas PricesAs a very noticeable effect of the Iran War gets worse, Trump is trying to muscle his way out of trouble.
    By Nia Prater
  11. early and often
    The White House Wants to Rebrand Its Mass-Deportation PushRepublicans are now supposed to talk only about “removing violent criminals.” It’s unclear if the new rhetoric comes with a policy shift.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. tremendous content
    Does Trump Know His Favorite Shoe Company Is Suing Him?Presumably he wouldn’t be pushing $145 Florsheim oxfords on all his pals if he knew the company sued his administration over tariffs.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  13. early and often
    Why Trump Is Making the SAVE Act the GOP’s Top PriorityHe’s demanding that Republicans focus on the SAVE America Act to combat imaginary noncitizen voting rather than address affordability.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. politics
    Ken Paxton Is Still Very Much in the Texas Senate RaceThe Texas attorney general’s big electoral gambit is paying off, at least for now.
    By Nia Prater
  15. we’ll do it live
    President Trump Speaks To The Press During A News Conference In Doral, Florida
    Trump Calls War ‘a Little Excursion’: Iran War UpdatesThe president had a lot to say, and a lot of it didn’t make sense. Here’s that and what else happened on day ten.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  16. early and often
    King Charles Urged to Snub Trump Over Iran WarU.K. lawmakers want the king to call off his U.S. state visit to punish Trump for starting an “illegal war.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  17. politics
    New York Mayor Mamdani And Commissioner Tisch Hold Press Conference On Saturday's Attempted Bombing
    What We Know About the ‘ISIS Inspired’ Bombing Incident Outside Gracie MansionTwo suspects are facing federal charges after an explosive device was thrown during a clash between protesters outside Gracie Mansion Saturday.
    By Nia Prater
  18. early and often
    How the GOP Plans to Use Talarico’s Christianity Against HimRepublicans are already turning the Democrat’s progressive theology into an attack line in the Texas Senate race.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. games
    The Olympic Hockey Mess Was a Preview of Trump’s World CupGet ready to be thrilled by the games — and exhausted by the politics.
    By Will Leitch
  20. early and often
    Trump’s Iran War Is As Unpopular As He IsAmericans usually back U.S. conflicts when they begin. But public support for the Iran war is already low, and it’s likely to drop.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. just asking questions
    ‘They Are Making It Up As They Go Along’Senator Chris Murphy says what he has heard behind closed doors proves a “senile” President Trump has no plan for Iran.
    By Nia Prater
  22. early and often
    Big Beautiful Bill 2.0 May Cut Health Care to Fund Iran WarRepublicans want a second reconciliation bill before the midterms. But another vote cutting popular programs could be disastrous.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. early and often
    White House War Montage Irks Ben Stiller, People With BrainsStiller asked the White House X account to leave Tropic Thunder out of its deranged propaganda, saying, “War is not a movie.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  24. politics
    What We Know About the Strike on an Iranian Girls’ SchoolIt’s still unclear who was responsible for a missile strike on a southern Iran school that left at least 175 dead, many of them children.
    By Nia Prater
  25. early and often
    Paxton’s Clever Ploy to Stay in Texas Senate RaceThe Texas AG is going to the mats for Trump’s beloved SAVE Act, making it much harder for the president to push him out.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. politics
    It May Finally Be the End of the Line for Tony GonzalesThe embattled Texas congressman plans to drop his reelection bid after he admitted to an affair with a now-deceased staffer.
    By Nia Prater
  27. just asking questions
    A Political-Risk Guru’s Biggest Worry About IranIan Bremmer thinks President Trump learned some dangerously misguided lessons from Venezuela.
    By Benjamin Hart
  28. early and often
    Is Markwayne Mullin an Improvement Over Kristi Noem?It’s hard to do worse than the former DHS secretary, but a lot depends on whether Mullin and President Trump double down on ICE abuses.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. politics
    Don’t Call It a War, But Trump Wants to Pick Iran’s New LeaderMany Republicans are hesitant to use the W-word to describe operations in Iran. But the president isn’t coy about his regime-change plans.
    By Nia Prater
  30. early and often
    Trump Fires Kristi Noem, But Not for Reason You’d ThinkThe final straw wasn’t DHS’s cruel and chaotic tactics, her alleged affair, or various other scandals, but trying to use Trump himself as a cover.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  31. politics
    Fetterman Can’t Understand Why Dems Won’t Support Iran WarThe cantankerous Pennsylvania senator is more of an outlier in his party than ever.
    By Nia Prater
  32. early and often
    Republicans Now Fully Own Trump’s Iran WarThe War Powers Act resolution would have reasserted congressional control. GOP senators rejected it almost unanimously.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. tremendous content
    US-VOTE-POLITICS-CONVENTION-REPUBLICANS
    Is Noem Sleeping With Lewandowski? Well, She Didn’t Say ‘No.’The DHS secretary did say she was “shocked” to be asked about the widely rumored affair under oath, calling the question “tabloid garbage.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  34. early and often
    Trump’s Texas Senate Endorsement Is All About the MoneyThe GOP can’t afford to attack Ken Paxton then rehabilitate him if he wins the runoff. So Trump is expected to back John Cornyn.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. politics
    Scandal-Scarred Tony Gonzales Survives — for NowThe embattled representative made it to a primary runoff election after weeks of scandal surrounding his alleged affair with a now-deceased staffer.
    By Nia Prater
  36. just asking questions
    Why Trump Is About to Lose Control in IranAir strikes have never dislodged a regime, and Robert Pape argues they will only deepen Trump’s foreign-policy dilemmas.
    By Benjamin Hart
  37. tremendous content
    US-POLITICS-TRUMP
    Trump Can’t Stop Thinking About Zohran MamdaniHe just posted a cute days-old picture of the mayor posing with the Declaration of Independence in the Oval Office.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  38. early and often
    Texas State Representative Talarico Holds Primary Election Night Event
    Talarico Wins Texas Senate Primary As GOP Heads to Nasty RunoffWhile the Texas GOP’s civil war drags on, epic turnout in the race between Talarico and Crockett is raising Democrats’ hopes of flipping the Senate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. power
    The Grande Dame of the Epstein FilesPeggy Siegal, once the most powerful publicist in New York, defends herself.
    By Jessica Bennett and Katie Ryder
  40. just asking questions
    How War in Iran Could Turn Into an Oil Shock NightmareIf the conflict stretches on for weeks — or Iran takes extreme measures against its neighbors — all bets are off.
    By Benjamin Hart
  41. early and often
    US-MARKET-GASOLINE-IRAN-WAR
    Trump Is Waging War on His Own Affordability StrategyRepublicans’ midterms plan was to focus on reducing living costs via lower energy prices. Now a war of choice in Iran has blown that all up.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. politics
    Capitol Hill
    Supreme Court Jumps In to Save Nicole Malliotakis’s JobThe Court blocked a New York City redistricting push, all but ensuring that the city will retain one Republican member of Congress.
    By Nia Prater
  43. early and ofen
    Why Ivana Trump Was Buried at Bedminster Golf Course: 3 TheoriesThree years after her death, it’s still unclear why Trump’s ex-wife, an icon of ’80s glamour, was buried in a simple grave on his New Jersey property.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  44. early and often
    Crockett and Talarico Wage New Battle in Fight to Flip TexasDemocrats see a Texas upset as the best way to take the U.S. Senate. But the two candidates have different theories of how to pull it off.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. early and often
    Democrats’ Hidden Divide on Trump’s War on IranDemocrats seem largely united in their opposition to the way Trump waged war on Iran. But a split is emerging on whether they agree with his goals.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. early and often
    Trump Is Workshopping Iran War Plan in Weird Calls to PressWhy did Trump go to war with Iran? You’ll have to piece that together from his brief and contradictory remarks to a dozen reporters.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  47. make america great again
    The MAGA Backlash to Trump’s Iran War Has BegunTucker Carlson called the bombing “disgusting,” and Marjorie Taylor Greene said the administration was full of sick “liars.”
    By Matt Stieb
  48. iran war
    President Donald J. Trump oversees Operation Epic Fury at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, FL, Feb. 28, 2026. (White House photo by Daniel Torok)
    Trump’s Regime-Change Strategy for Iran Is Pure FantasyThe president’s magical thinking won’t help Iranians overthrow their government.
    By Jonah Shepp
  49. early and often
    US, Israel Start Attacks On Iran In War That Engulfs Region
    The Risky Politics of Trump’s New War With IranWhile most Americans will view the war through a partisan lens, there are multiple ways it could backfire with swing voters.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. early and often
    The Supreme Court Could Still Tilt the Midterms to the GOPIf a decision gutting the Voting Rights Act comes down soon, we could see a big wave of Republican gerrymanders before the election.
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. early and often
    California’s Warring GOP Candidates Need Each Other to WinChad Bianco and Steve Hilton keep bashing each other. But the only way a Republican becomes governor is if they both win California’s top-two primary.
    By Ed Kilgore
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