1. vision 2020
    Trump Changes Plans, Will Hunker Down in White House on Election NightThis should ensure plenty of time for angry and misleading tweeting as results roll in.
    By Benjamin Hart
  2. the national interest
    Trump Tells the Supreme Court It’s on His Election TeamPresident says the Court has a stake in him winning. He’s right.
    By Jonathan Chait
  3. the national interest
    Donald Trump Jr. Falsely Claims Coronavirus Deaths ‘Down to Almost Nothing’He’s a nepotist, dammit, not an epidemiologist.
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. coronavirus
    U.S. Reaches New Daily High of COVID Cases, Tops 9 Million in TotalThe United States recorded 89,940 cases on Thursday, a record that will be shattered soon, considering the uncontrolled spread of the virus.
    By Matt Stieb
  5. fox news
    Why Did Tucker Carlson Mail Hunter Biden Documents on a Flash Drive?Carlson’s purportedly damning package on Biden family corruption wasn’t stolen, though it did turn out he sent digital documents through the mail.
    By Matt Stieb
  7. covid-19
    Second Coronavirus Wave Propels European Countries Into Lockdown 2.0France, Germany announce lockdowns that will last at least a month. “We no longer have control of the spread of the virus,” Chancellor Merkel warned.
    By Charlotte Klein
  8. vision 2020
    Trump’s Voter-Suppression Strategy Is a Crisis (Even If It Backfires)Historic turnout doesn’t erase the threat posed by the GOP’s open contempt for the political rights of its opposition.
    By Eric Levitz
  9. the national circus
    Frank Rich: Tuesday’s Worst-Case ScenarioBiden may well win in a landslide, but there’s still plenty to keep liberal insomniacs awake.
    By Frank Rich
  10. supreme court
    How the Supreme Court Has Already Tinkered With the 2020 ElectionThe Court has deferred to state decisions about mail-ballot deadlines and other election issues, with some conservatives clearly wanting to intervene.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. dr. fauci
    Dr. Fauci Predicts No ‘Semblances of Normality’ Until 2022Yikes.
    By Hannah Gold
  12. the national interest
    Trump Corruptly Meddled With Probe Into Crimes by Turkish BankIf Trump wins, the House should impeach him.
    By Jonathan Chait
  13. vision 2020
    Kelly Loeffler Claims She’s ‘Not Familiar’ With Access Hollywood TapeWell, that’s a new one.
    By Benjamin Hart
  14. scenes from your election day
    Scenes From Your Election DayNew York readers share images of their election experiences, including PPE in Sacramento, an early-voting reflection, and some very happy waiting.
    By The Editors
  15. politics
    Kanye’s 2020 Run May Be the Future of Presidential PoliticsThe next Trump or Yeezus won’t even need a party — just celebrity, money, and an actual campaign.
    By Ben Jacobs
  16. coronavirus
    The 5 Worst Things Jared Kushner Told Bob Woodward About Trump’s COVID StrategyIn a newly published interview with Bob Woodward, Jared Kushner said in April that Trump wanted to get “the country back from the doctors.”
    By Charlotte Klein
  17. the national interest
    Tucker Carlson Reports He Lost the Only Copy of Documents That Nail BidenMaybe see if a Canadian girlfriend from summer camp stole them?
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. feminism
    Trump’s Base Isn’t Housewives, It’s TradwivesThe president has provoked an internal gender war.
    By Sarah Jones
  19. politics
    Anonymous ‘Resistance Inside the Trump Administration’ Guy Is Former DHS StafferThe notorious op-ed belongs to Miles Taylor, who wrote about how he fought Trump’s worst impulses while selling one of his most abhorrent policies.
    By Matt Stieb
  20. poll position
    COVID Resurgence May Keep Trump From Closing the Gap With BidenAs Trump urges voters to stop dwelling on his handling of the pandemic, COVID-19 is making an attention-grabbing comeback, especially in the Midwest.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. vision 2020
    Will Anyone Possibly Be Able to Call the Presidential Race on Election Night?Why you should be extra-skeptical of pundits (and the president) making declarations on November 3.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. supreme court
    Want Nonpartisan Court Reform? Add 4 Liberal Justices.Manufacturing a liberal majority is likely a prerequisite for preventing the Roberts Court from striking down unprecedented nonpartisan reforms.
    By Eric Levitz
  23. the national interest
    Badgers Football COVID Outbreak Might Doom Trump in WisconsinA high-profile symbol of Trump’s failure.
    By Jonathan Chait
  24. vision 2020
    Georgia Is Still a Purple State Only in TheoryBiden’s visit suggests the president’s segregationist bid for the suburbs isn’t working as he hoped. But Trump is the favorite until proven otherwise.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  25. vision 2020
    Trump Supporters Left Stranded in Cold After Omaha RallySeveral people were taken to area hospitals with hypothermia after an organizational breakdown at the event.
    By Benjamin Hart
  26. the national interest
    The Stench of Trump’s Racism Will Cling to His Enablers ForeverConservatives who say they just want to stick it to woke radicals have exposed themselves.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. the swamp
    The Winners of Trump’s WashingtonFifty-one insiders who profited off the presidency.
  28. politics
    Where the Trump Revolution Started and EndedRepublicans thought they had a realignment on their hands four years ago. Iowa shows why they were wrong.
    By Ben Jacobs
  29. trump campaign
    Trump Campaign Website Hacked in Apparent Cryptocurrency ScamA message up for around 30 minutes baselessly claimed that voters would soon learn that “the trump-gov is involved in the origin of the coronavirus.”
    By Matt Stieb
  30. walter wallace jr.
    National Guard Mobilized in Philly After Police Killing of Walter Wallace Jr.Several hundred guardsmen will be deployed to Philadelphia within 48 hours, following the police killing of Walter Wallace Jr. on Monday.
    By Matt Stieb
  31. politics
    Hopes for a Stimulus Deal Before the Election Are DeadThe economy is on its own until January or later.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. vision 2020
    How Trump Failed to Make This a ‘Choice’ ElectionCOVID-19 and Joe Biden’s nomination screwed up Trump’s original campaign strategy, and he never adjusted.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. trump campaign
    Trump Has Given Up on Reaching Voters Who Think COVID Is ‘a Big Deal’“If you think Covid is a big deal, then you are not voting for the president,” a Trump ally said this week, forfeiting 65 percent of the electorate.
    By Eric Levitz
  34. games
    If Trump Wins, Athletes Might Just Stop PlayingA shock victory next week would have a tectonic effect on activists in the NFL and other leagues.
    By Will Leitch
  35. supreme court
    Trump’s Justices Show How They Might Help Him in Contested ElectionGorsuch defends Republican state legislatures’ power over election disputes. Kavanaugh echoes Trump’s attacks on mail-in ballots. Be very afraid.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. the system
    Two Visions of the Suburbs Are on the Ballot. Both Are Myths.To understand them as imagined by Donald Trump and Joe Biden, you first have to understand that they are actually talking about segregation.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  37. breonna taylor
    What Really Happened With the Breonna Taylor Grand Jury?Jurors have started speaking out about the secret proceedings. One called the attorney general’s actions “criminal.“
    By Bridget Read and Angelina Chapin
  38. the top line
    The World’s Best BureaucratAs chairman of the Federal Reserve during the pandemic, Jerome Powell has managed to do something almost unimaginable in Washington: a good job.
    By Josh Barro
  39. scotus
    Amy Coney Barrett Sworn in As Supreme Court JusticeA month after the apparent superspreader event at her nomination celebration, Barrett’s swearing-in locked in a 6-3 majority in the high court.
    By Matt Stieb
  40. vision 2020
    Why the Size of Biden’s Lead Still MattersThere’s the down-ballot impact, the possibility of polling error, and the need to keep Trump from declaring victory based on early returns.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. maga
    The 10 Strangest Moments From Trump’s Trifecta of Pennsylvania RalliesTrump recalled how his COVID doctors “would grab my body” and expressed his desire for the open road, yearning to “drive the hell out of here.”
    By Charlotte Klein
  42. politics
    Amy Coney Barrett’s Confirmation Is Proof That Norms Are DeadEven if he loses next week, Trump got his third justice. The only question is: What are Democrats going to do about it if they gain power?
    By Sarah Jones
  43. covid-19 stimulus
    Another Day of Overtime Stimulus Talks Ends With No DealBoth sides are accusing the other of “moving the goal posts,” but in the end, it’s Trump who needs a preelection announcement.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. climate change
    Republicans Put the Oil Industry Above Economic GrowthThe GOP is what it purports to oppose: A party that would rather subsidize its favorite declining industries than promote creative destruction.
    By Eric Levitz
  45. scenes from your election day
    Scenes From Your Election DayNew York wants to see what your election experience looks like in this unprecedented, emotionally charged year.
    By The Editors
  46. politics
    Jared Kushner Told the Truth About Republicans and Black PeopleThe president’s son-in-law said what a lot of conservatives really believe.
    By Sarah Jones
  47. the national interest
    Trump Admits China, Russia, North Korea are Rooting for Him to Beat Biden“President Xi from China, President Putin from Russia, Kim Jong-un, North Korea … They don’t want to deal with Sleepy Joe.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  48. vision 2020
    Supreme Court’s Vague Election Orders Are a 2020 Wild CardRepublicans want the Supreme Court to stop lower-court judges from liberalizing voting rules, and the Court’s conservative majority often complies.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. just asking questions
    How to Restore the Justice Department After Trump Leaves OfficeConstitutional-law expert Mark Tushnet on his call for a bipartisan commission to investigate the many ways the DOJ shattered norms under Trump.
    By James D. Walsh
  50. the national interest
    Trump Let the Right Make Him the Herbert Hoover of the CoronavirusThe virus was a chance for Trump to revive his presidency. He blew it by listening to conservatives.
    By Jonathan Chait
  51. four long years
    The Birth of an Extraordinary Modern Progressive MovementThe last four years have been an era of radical right-wing rule in Washington — and of remarkable left-wing populist response.
    By Rebecca Traister
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