1. politics
    Why Did McConnell Block $2,000 Stimulus Checks?Trump wants it. Georgia’s embattled Republican senators want it. Mitch says no — for now.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. past is prologue
    The Flimsy Nixon Precedent Trump Is Seizing On to Contest Biden’s WinIn 1960, Nixon disregarded a certified Electoral College slate from Hawaii favoring him. This is not the same as Pence disregarding a national defeat.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. politics
    Trump Gave QAnon What It Always Wanted: RespectThe president lost the election, but the dangerous movement has won his recognition.
    By Travis View
  4. wishful thinking
    Trump Is Still Pretending He Won the Nobel Peace PrizeThe superimposition of the Nobel Prize over a clip of Trump with Arab and Israeli leaders implied that he won the humanitarian award. He has not.
    By Matt Stieb
  5. politics
    House Votes To Override Trump Veto for the First TimeThe president vetoed the annual defense authorization bill, partially to protect Confederate-named installations. The key vote will be in the Senate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. politics
    Pelosi Tries to Embarrass Trump Backers With Vote on $2,000 Stimulus ChecksDemocrats staged a show vote on the president’s demand, which by passing the House could create a very awkward vote for Senate Republicans.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. health care
    COVID Is Killing State-Level Efforts to Make Health Care a RightBy blowing holes in budgets — and making heroes out of hospitals — the pandemic set back coverage expansions in states throughout the country.
    By Eric Levitz
  9. coronavirus stimulus
    Trump Signs Second Stimulus Bill Only After Unemployment Aid ExpiresThe president gained nothing from delaying, but some 14 million Americans saw their federal unemployment benefits lapse.
    By Matt Stieb and Benjamin Hart
  10. nashville bombing
    FBI Has DNA Match for Suspect in Nashville Christmas Bombing“Anthony Warner is the bomber,” a U.S. attorney said, of the 63-year-old perpetrator of the attack authorities consider to be an isolated incident.
    By Matt Stieb
  11. coronavirus stimulus
    Trump Keeps Golfing As Jobless COVID Aid Expires, Shutdown NearsThe president’s refusal to sign the bipartisan omnibus spending bill, which includes $900 billion in COVID relief, is already having consequences.
    By Chas Danner
  12. politics
    Experts Fear Trump’s Failed Coup Is a ‘Dress Rehearsal’American democracy survived the 2020 election, but in what shape?
    By Ben Jacobs
  13. coronavirus stimulus
    What Happens If Trump Won’t Sign the Stimulus Bill?If Trump follows through on his vague threat, he could cause a government shutdown and keep COVID aid from millions of Americans. Here’s the timeline.
    By Charlotte Klein
  14. politics
    Republicans Buck Trump, Reject Proposal for $2,000 Stimulus ChecksThe entire $900 billion package may be in danger and a government shutdown could also happen.
    By Charlotte Klein
  15. the national interest
    Trump Completes Russiagate Cover-up by Pardoning Paul ManafortStill not a hoax.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. final days
    Trump Pardons Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, Jared Kushner’s DadThe president has now undone most of the Russia investigation he called a “witch hunt.”
    By Justin Miller
  17. the national interest
    The Right and the Left Are Teaming Up to Lie About the Stimulus BillThe first true populist fight of the Trump era has finally arrived.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. liveblog
    Pfizer, Trump Administration Reach Deal for More Doses: Live UpdatesThere will now be enough vaccine for at least 200 million Americans by the end of July.
    By Chas Danner
  19. the national interest
    Liberals Need ‘Republicans for Biden’ to Stick Around a WhileDemocrats are going to need some help.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. coronavirus stimulus
    Trump Threatens to Scuttle Second COVID Stimulus PackageAfter weeks of ignoring the stimulus proceedings, Trump has weighed in at an extremely unhelpful time with a major revision to the bill.
    By Matt Stieb
  21. politics
    Trump Pardons Blackwater Murderer, Crooked Congressmen, Mueller TargetsThe president’s lame-duck pardoning spree has begun, with clemency granted to Duncan Hunter, George Papadopoulos, and 13 others.
    By Matt Stieb
  22. california
    Alex Padilla Will Now Be California’s First Latino SenatorPadilla, who will fill Kamala Harris’s seat until 2022, will also be the second-youngest Democrat in the Senate.
    By Matt Stieb
  23. politics
    Will Biden Use His Powers to Crush the Death Penalty?The next president can put capital punishment on the road to abolition after Trump’s last-minute execution spree.
    By Andrew Cohen
  24. the national interest
    The Coronavirus Bill Contains ‘The Most Significant Climate Legislation’ EverNobody saw that one coming!
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. coronavirus stimulus
    What Is in the $900 Billion Second Stimulus Package?Congress has now passed the second stimulus bill, which includes $300 weekly unemployment benefits and $600 direct checks.
    By Matt Stieb and Charlotte Klein
  26. the national interest
    Trump Has Reached the ‘Railing Against Mike Pence’ Bunker PhaseAfter four years of being the same guy, Trump is finally acting crazier.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. the left
    The Left’s Most Naïve Cynics Have Turned on AOCLeft-wing media personalities are calling on House progressives to force a floor vote on Medicare for All — or reveal themselves to be frauds.
    By Eric Levitz
  28. the law
    What Will It Take to Get a Black Woman on the Supreme Court?The fate of Biden’s campaign promise lies with Georgia.
    By Irin Carmon
  29. sdny
    Feds Consider Warrant to See Rudy Giuliani’s Emails: ReportA preemptive pardon could come in handy after all.
    By Matt Stieb
  30. the swamp
    The Full(est Possible) Story of the Four Seasons Total Landscaping Press EventA six-week, 37-source search for answers.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  31. swan songs
    Barr Pans Trump’s Coup Schemes in Final Press ConferenceThe outgoing attorney general reiterated that he is not onboard with some of the extreme measures the president has reportedly been seeking.
    By Chas Danner
  32. power
    The Karen Next DoorA white woman calls the police on her Black neighbors. Six months later, they still share a property line.
    By Allison P. Davis
  33. politics
    The Devils Went Down to GeorgiaIn America’s newest swing state, all of the Senate runoff candidates are relying on Trump for one last turn out extravaganza.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  34. covid-19 stimulus
    Second Stimulus Deal May Be Last Gasp of BipartisanshipDemocratic underperformance in the election and Republican underestimation of the pandemic made a deal possible. But don’t count on much else.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. covid-19 stimulus
    Congress Finalizes Stimulus Deal: UpdatesCongress will vote on the new COVID-19 relief package and omnibus on Monday.
    By Chas Danner
  36. the biden presidency
    A Biden Style of Government Is Emerging: Lowest Drama PossibleThe president-elect’s organizing principle seems to be a Barack Obama–inspired insistence on minimizing potential conflict in his administration.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  37. the national interest
    Trump Floats Coup Plan That’s So Wild Even Rudy Giuliani Is TerrifiedTrump’s crazies are turning on the even-crazier.
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. gallery
    The All-Time Funniest Photos of President TrumpHis presidency is almost over, but these images will live forever.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  39. explainer
    What We Know About the U.S. COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution PlanThe largest mass-vaccination campaign in American history has begun. This is how it may or may not play out.
    By Chas Danner and Matt Stieb
  40. star wars
    Abolish the Space ForceJoe Biden, please, I’m begging you.
    By Sarah Jones
  41. austerity
    Republicans Remember to Care About the Deficit at the Worst Possible MomentAfter taking a few years off, Republican austerity warriors are trying to shrink the stimulus bill at the last possible moment and hamstring Biden.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. the national interest
    William Barr’s Double Standard: Mueller’s a Crook and Trump Is InnocentThe FBI was wrong to investigate Trump even if it followed the law.
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. the national interest
    Trump Won’t Denounce Russian Hack Because He’s Still Subservient to PutinTrump’s only comment on Russia this week is to denounce the “Russia hoax.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. the national interest
    Pence: ‘We Are Rounding the Corner’ on Coronavirus, AgainIt sounds nicer than “death spiral.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. covid-19 stimulus
    Trump Nearly Blew Up Stimulus Talks With Demand for a Big Second CheckTrump wants the kind of spending that horrifies most of his closest allies in Congress.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. covid-19
    States Are Already Reporting Vaccine Delays and CutbacksAt least 12 states have described problems with distribution compared to what was promised by the federal government.
    By Matt Stieb
  47. national security
    The Scope of the Latest Russian Hack on the U.S. Is GrowingThe Pentagon, the National Nuclear Security Administration, and more have been comprised, which authorities were reportedly not aware of for months.
    By Matt Stieb
  48. bipartisanship
    Biden Campaign Boss Wants to Work With Republicans, Faux Scandal EnsuesJen O’Malley Dillon is getting blasted for speaking the truth about the opposition, even as she pledges to seek their cooperation, because she swore.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. stimulus checks
    COVID Stimulus Checks to Come at the Unemployed’s ExpenseCongress is poised to take benefits from the jobless to give checks to virtually all households. Is that a progressive trade?
    By Eric Levitz
  50. contested election
    Will Two Alabama Extremists Force a Vote on Overturning the Election?Mo Brooks and Tommy Tuberville are two peas in a pod from the same right-wing patch and may make every Republican go on record about Trump’s claims.
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. coronavirus stimulus
    Congress Close to a Deal on Second Stimulus Package: What We KnowWith time running out, the two parties appear near a compromise attached to a stopgap spending bill.
    By Ed Kilgore
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