1. vision 2020
    Harris and Pence Represent Two Different AmericasEven more than Trump and Biden, the California liberal and conservative Evangelical answer to wildly disparate constituencies.
    By Eric Levitz
  2. family separation
    Jeff Sessions Reportedly Told U.S. Attorneys ‘We Need to Take Away Children’A Department of Justice draft IG report claims that former heads Sessions and Rosenstein spearheaded the family separation of children and infants.
    By Matt Stieb
  3. coronavirus
    For Trump, the Most Dangerous COVID Phase Lies AheadThe president is out of the hospital, but he’s not out of danger, according to experts.
    By Jeff Wise
  4. dollars and sense
    Biden Can Stimulate the Economy Right After He Wins — No Waiting for JanuaryPresident Trump just killed any hope of more relief before Election Day. There is a glimmer of hope though.
    By Josh Barro
  5. house divided
    Claudia Conway Isn’t Your Hermione GrangerThe #resistance’s quest for a hero takes it into unethical territory.
    By Sarah Jones
  7. the national interest
    Trump Turning Down Pelosi’s Stimulus Deal the Worst Political Blunder in HistoryThe president walks away from $3 trillion that could have saved his campaign.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. poll position
    Is the Bottom Beginning to Drop Out of the Trump Campaign?Some particularly bad polls for the incumbent have come out after his first debate with Biden and COVID-19 diagnosis.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. coranvirus stimulus
    Trump Pulls Plug on Stimulus Talks, Promises COVID Relief ‘After I Win’In an inscrutable decision, Trump flushed prospects for a second stimulus check and a boost to the economy — quite possibly until late January.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. supreme court
    Once Again, Supreme Court Won’t Help Make It Easier to Vote During COVIDThe Court is putting an end to late preelection interventions by federal judges.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. president trump
    Trump’s New Message Helps the Coronavirus, Not His CampaignThe president is effectively prioritizing getting Americans killed above his own reelection.
    By Eric Levitz
  12. just asking questions
    A Bioethicist on Trump’s COVID-19 Treatment Plan“You’ve got to imagine that COVID patients are going to be clamoring to get access to Regeneron.”
    By James D. Walsh
  13. vision 2020
    The 25th Amendment Won’t Save Us From a Roided-Out TrumpThe president’s erratic behavior could get worse, thanks to a new drug he’s on. The options in that scenario are not reassuring, to put it mildly.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. vision 2020
    Americans Are Becoming More Open to Post-Election ViolenceA study found growing bipartisan tolerance for political unrest, reflecting both Trump’s efforts to delegitimize the election and deeper divisions.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. vision 2020
    Biden’s Strategy Right Now? Hang Back and Be a ‘Normal Person’There will be a time to attack again. But Joe Biden knows he’s not the story in this moment, and he doesn’t think he needs to be.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  16. the national interest
    Trump Determined to Get Vaccine Before Election, Overrules FDA GuidelinesIt’s becoming abundantly clear that Trump’s political team is overruling the science to rush through the approval of a vaccine before the election.
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. just asking questions
    Trump Is on Steroids. How Worried Should We Be?The president was given dexamethasone to treat COVID-19. A leading expert breaks down what it means for his health, both physical and mental.
    By James D. Walsh
  18. white house outbreak
    Plexiglass Will Separate Harris and Pence at the Vice-Presidential DebateThe measure is consistent with CDC recommendations, though a spokesperson for Pence made fun of the idea.
    By Matt Stieb
  19. imperfect specimen
    ‘Owning the Libs‘ Now Means Catching the VirusAnd no one owns them harder than the manliest man to ever walk the planet: Donald Trump.
    By Sarah Jones
  20. coronavirus stimulus
    White House COVID-19 Outbreak Will Make or Break Stimulus DealTrump is tweeting encouragement for a deal as Pelosi and Mnuchin continue talks. But a COVID-19–stricken Senate isn’t around to approve it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. poll position
    Trump’s Post-Access Hollywood Comeback Will Be Hard to RepeatAt this point in the 2016 cycle, Trump’s campaign looked dead — then he bounced back. But he went into his COVID crisis with weaker poll numbers.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. politics
    Trump’s New Supreme Court Is Coming for the Next Dozen ElectionsDon’t worry so much about 2020 — the danger Amy Coney Barrett represents is to voting rights and more for the next generation.
    By Richard L. Hasen
  23. the national interest
    Trump: It’s Actually Good I Contracted the CoronavirusAvoiding the virus is appeasement.
    By Jonathan Chait
  24. politics
    The Virus Is Not Justice for TrumpNo matter what happens next, we suffer the unbearable weight of all his destruction.
    By Sarah Jones
  25. white house outbreak
    The White House Is Failing to Contact Trace Its Own COVID Outbreak: ReportAfter obscuring the scale of its COVID spread, the administration has yet to mobilize the CDC to help determine who may have been exposed.
    By Matt Stieb
  26. white house outbreak
    Trump Briefly Leaves Hospital for Drive-by Photo Op With SupportersTrump’s negligence apparently hasn’t been watered down by his experience with the virus.
    By Matt Stieb and Chas Danner
  27. early and often
    The White House Is Spreading Virus and LiesA senior official says there’s no reliable information about anyone’s health in the West Wing, and especially not on the president’s condition.
    By Olivia Nuzzi and Ben Jacobs
  28. supreme court
    Could the White House COVID-19 Outbreak Screw Up Barrett’s Confirmation?That depends on how many Republicans can show up for key committee and floor votes.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. politics
    17 Republicans Refuse to Condemn QAnon in House VoteThey did so even after a Democratic colleague was targeted with death threats by the conspiracy’s followers a few days earlier.
    By Charlotte Klein
  30. politics
    Biden Doesn’t Plan to Let Up on Campaign TrailThis time, the candidate stuck at home isn’t the cautious Democrat but the reckless Republican.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  31. the national interest
    World’s Wrongest Man, Larry Kudlow, Calls Trump’s Coronavirus ‘Moderate.’ Uh-Oh.Always bet against Kudlow.
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. coronavirus stimulus
    As Stimulus Talks Go Into Overtime, Pelosi Sends Mixed SignalsDespite passing a Democratic “messaging” bill, Pelosi is still negotiating with Mnuchin on a COVID-19 stimulus compromise.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. vision 2020
    What Happens If the President Is Incapacitated or Dies Before January?Trump’s COVID diagnosis raises questions about the 25th Amendment and line of succession. Rules for candidates are murky, but it’s too late to change.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. the national interest
    Trump Is Now Living His Coronavirus Management StrategyDenial and mockery of social distancing comes home.
    By Jonathan Chait
  35. politics
    Kimberly Guilfoyle Reportedly Offered Hush Money to Sexual-Harassment AccuserThe ex-Fox News host and current Trump campaign staffer allegedly showed an assistant nude photos and tried to buy her silence.
    By Matt Stieb
  36. vision 2020
    Texas Governor Orders Ballot Drop-off Locations Closed Across StateGreg Abbott seems to want to make it more difficult for Democrats to vote on the eve of a competitive election.
    By Charlotte Klein
  37. trump campaign
    Trump Cancels One of His Saturday Wisconsin Rallies As Local COVID Cases SurgeA rare coronavirus-considerate decision from the president.
    By Matt Stieb
  38. politics
    Jacob Wohl May Have Screwed Up for Good This TimeThe young dirty trickster and his sidekick, already infamous for false smears, are charged with felonies over alleged robocalls to scare Black voters.
    By Sarah Jones
  39. presidential debates
    Trump Has No Power to Block a Change in the Debate RulesIf the president boycotts the second debate, he’ll give his rival a free primetime infomercial, broadcast across all the major networks.
    By Eric Levitz
  40. the national interest
    Trump May ‘Denounce’ White Supremacists, But He Is Never AngryThe far right and the president need each other.
    By Jonathan Chait
  41. poll position
    So How Do the Polls Look After That Hellscape of a Debate?Trump certainly isn’t getting a bump from his performance, and he’s getting some not-great news from key-state polls.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. corruption
    Trump Orders Agencies to Aid His Campaign — and Its Violent SupportersThe president is stuffing self-promotional letters into food-aid boxes and giving pro-vigilante talking points to Homeland Security staffers.
    By Eric Levitz
  43. vision 2020
    Trump Says Biden Will Make Minnesota a ‘Refugee Camp’The president turned the racism dial up to 11 during a rally in Duluth.
    By Benjamin Hart
  44. the national interest
    Either Biden Will Kill the Filibuster, or the Filibuster Will Kill HimBiden’s advisers are seriously debating letting Mitch McConnell block everything.
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. vision 2020
    The Democratic Advantage in Voting by Mail Is a Mixed BlessingDemocrats will be able to “bank” a lot of early votes, but then they may have to fight all the way to the Supreme Court to get them counted.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. politics
    It Sure Looks Like Daniel Cameron Lied About Breonna Taylor’s KillingKentucky’s attorney general says everyone agrees on the facts about the case. Accounts from a grand juror and neighbors dispute that.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  47. coronavirus stimulus
    Last-Gasp Stimulus Talks Proceed With Time Running OutA compromise bill brought the previously successful negotiating team of Steven Mnuchin and Nancy Pelosi to the table.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. politics
    Debate Focus Group: White Working Class Men Sour on TrumpEveryone was lukewarm on both candidates, and that’s a big change for the president’s supposedly impregnable base.
    By Sarah Jones
  49. antitrust
    House Democrats Poised to Recommend Breaking Up Big Tech PlatformsThe aggressive posture may signal where the party is headed if it wins control of the government in November.
    By Benjamin Hart
  50. presidential debate
    Trump’s Conspiracy-Theory Shorthand Limits His Audience to True BelieversIn the debate and on the campaign trail, Trump constantly alludes to conservative myths that probably sound like gibberish to the uninitiated.
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. the national circus
    Frank Rich: Should the First Presidential Debate Also Be the Last?The next two events are unlikely to improve on Tuesday’s travesty, but Joe Biden still has something to gain by showing up.
    By Frank Rich
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