1. the national interest
    Every Trump Loyalist Is Complicit in the President’s Incitement of SeditionAll his legal and political measures had been exhausted.
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. politics
    Pence Should Invoke 25th Amendment to Remove Trump From Office ImmediatelyThe president is flirting with declaring martial law. Timed correctly, invoking the 25th Amendment could end this crisis.
    By Paul Campos
  3. contested election
    WATCH: Mitch McConnell Gives Speech Opposing Effort to Overturn ElectionThe Senate majority leader made an impassioned plea for his GOP colleagues to abandon their effort to reverse Biden’s victory.
    By Chas Danner
  4. 2020 elections
    Read Mike Pence’s Letter Explaining Why He Won’t Object to Biden’s WinThe vice president will not do President Trump’s bidding during Wednesday’s electoral certification.
    By Benjamin Hart
  5. contested election
    Watch Giuliani Demand ‘Trial by Combat’ to Settle the ElectionThe president’s attorney proposed the medieval legal practice during his remarks at the “Save America” rally to protest Biden’s certification.
    By Charlotte Klein
  7. the national interest
    Here’s What Joe Biden Can Get Done With a Democratic SenateEconomic relief, judges, health care.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. georgia senate runoffs
    The Georgia Runoffs Should Scare the GOP“Trumpism without Trump” doesn’t seem to work.
    By Eric Levitz
  9. politics
    Raphael Warnock Wins and So Does the Black ChurchCulture-war politics weren’t enough to secure a Republican victory in Georgia.
    By Sarah Jones
  10. georgia senate runoffs
    4 Big Questions About Post-Trump Politics That the Georgia Runoffs May AnswerToday’s election will provide our first clues about what American politics will look like in the post-Trump era.
    By Eric Levitz
  11. politics
    Trump Makes Georgia Senate Runoffs All About HimselfNarcissistic to the very end, Trump has ensured that whatever happens in Georgia, the heaviest consequences will involve his own political future.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. contested election
    How the January 6 Electoral-Vote Count Will WorkIt will be a tedious day full of bogus election-fraud claims, placing Pence in a tight spot — but Congress will affirm Biden’s win in the end.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. the group portrait
    The Beleaguered Chroniclers of the Trump White HouseFour years of history, day after day after day.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  14. georgia senate runoffs
    The Strangest Moments From the Last Meaningful Trump RallyIn a speech to boost support for Republican candidates in Georgia, Trump frequently went after other GOP figures for not supporting his coup attempt.
    By Matt Stieb
  15. conservatism
    House GOP Admits It Opposes Democracy, Not Voter FraudHouse Republicans claimed that they object to affirming Biden’s victory out of concern for voter fraud. A colleague just called their bluff.
    By Eric Levitz
  16. intelligencer chats
    Why Georgia Republicans Are So Worried About Trump’s Phone CallAs the special Senate elections approach, the president is making things more difficult for Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti and Benjamin Hart
  17. the national interest
    The Trump Era Could Only End in a Final Attack on DemocracyFour years of mainstream Republican denial have come crashing down.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. contested election
    Tom Cotton Breaks With Trump on Coup Attempt in CongressThe Arkansan split with other presidential wannabes in warning that Trump is undermining an Electoral College that has served Republicans well.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. elections
    White House Made 18 Previous Attempts to Call Georgia’s Secretary of StateThe 19th time was the charm.
    By Benjamin Hart
  20. the system
    The Never-ending Coup Against Black AmericaHistorically, “recovery” tends to look a lot like betrayal.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  21. georgia
    Did Trump Break the Law by Pressuring Georgia Official to ‘Find’ Votes?Former prosecutors and legal experts suggest that the president could be criminally liable for his phone call to Georgia’s secretary of State.
    By Matt Stieb
  22. contested election
    Futile Ploy to Overturn Election in Congress Divides GOPRepublicans in the Senate and House are publicly at odds over a pointless plan to block the certification of Biden’s win out of loyalty to Trump.
    By Chas Danner
  23. politics
    Nancy Pelosi Is Narrowly Reelected House SpeakerWith 216 votes to her Republican opponent’s 209, the Democrat secured another term as leader of the House.
    By Claire Lampen
  24. the national interest
    Trump Tells Georgia Official to Steal Election in Recorded Call“I just want to find 11,780 votes.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. politics
    5 Lessons About Politics for 2021The 2020 election may be over, but it’s got lessons for the future.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. politics
    Senate Overrides Trump’s Veto of National Defense Authorization ActBut a last-ditch effort to increase COVID stimulus checks to $2,000 failed.
    By Chas Danner
  27. the swamp
    The Life and Death of the Most Notorious Man in WashingtonPaul Behrends went from fighting the Soviets to palling around with the Trump era’s most notorious Russians.
    By Sharon Weinberger
  28. georgia
    Senator David Perdue Quarantining After COVID ExposureIt’s not clear if the Georgia Republican will be able to return to the campaign trail again before the crucial runoffs on Tuesday.
    By Chas Danner
  29. coronavirus stimulus
    Will We Get a Second Round of COVID-19 Stimulus Checks?The second stimulus bill signed by Trump on Sunday includes $600 checks for Americans eligible for the $1,200 payments in the CARES Act.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. politics
    McConnell Kills $2,000 Stimulus Checks With Poison PillsThe wily Senate leader is insisting on attaching the bigger checks to demands Democrats won’t accept. It’s his excuse for doing nothing.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. contested election
    Hawley to Trigger Congressional Vote on Trump’s Election CoupThe circus will come to Congress on January 6, but the man at center ring is Mike Pence, who will preside over a joint session to certify electors.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. politics
    Georgia Senate Runoffs Head Toward a Dramatic FinishAmid epic spending and strong early voting, the contests that will determine Senate control remain in a dead heat.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. power
    Two More Police Officers to Be Fired in Breonna Taylor CaseLouisville’s interim police chief has issued termination letters to detectives Myles Cosgrove and Joshua Jaynes.
    By Claire Lampen
  34. coronavirus vaccine
    Biden Condemns Trump for ‘Falling Short’ on Vaccine RolloutThe U.S. is around a tenth of the way toward its vaccination goal for the end of December.
    By Matt Stieb
  35. new york city
    Homicides Surged in NYC in 2020The city is part of a national trend in surging violent crime that has been blamed on everything from an anti-police backlash to the pandemic.
    By Matt Stieb
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. politics
    Trump Gave QAnon What It Always Wanted: RespectThe president lost the election, but the dangerous movement has won his recognition.
    By Travis View
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. politics
    Experts Fear Trump’s Failed Coup Is a ‘Dress Rehearsal’American democracy survived the 2020 election, but in what shape?
    By Ben Jacobs
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. the national interest
    Trump Completes Russiagate Cover-up by Pardoning Paul ManafortStill not a hoax.
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. 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
  51. 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
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