1. presidential debates
    Even Trump’s Base Found His Debate Performance Off-puttingTrump voters called his showing “annoying,” and “overboard,” while his biggest media champions meekly declared the debate “a tie.”
    By Eric Levitz
  2. intelligencer chats
    Biden Emerges From a Train Wreck Mostly UnscathedThe Democratic nominee wasn’t always sharp on Tuesday night, but he probably did what he needed to do against an especially unhinged Trump.
    By Josh Barro, Margaret Hartmann, and Sarah Jones
  3. politics
    Lowlights From the Trump-Biden DebateDonald Trump and Joe Biden mercilessly attacked one another at the first debate, and it got so bad moderator Chris Wallace had to step in.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  4. presidential debates
    Trump Closes Debate by Threatening Election Night ChaosRather than forswearing an early victory claim, Trump said the Supreme Court should weigh in on his incoherent, fact-free attacks on voting by mail.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. the national interest
    Trump Controlled the Tone of the First Debate, But Biden Controlled the MessageA tactical success but a strategic defeat for a punch-drunk president.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. vision 2020
    Trump Keeps Repeating These Ludicrous Attacks on Voting by MailSome Trump claims are made up, others are exaggerations, and still others mistake safeguards against fraud for fraud.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. the national interest
    Here Are All Trump’s Advance Excuses for Biden’s Debate PerformanceFrom brain pills to secret earpieces.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. vision 2020
    Trump Disrespects His Religious Followers, Former Aides SayConservative Evangelical leaders may cynically accept a transactional relationship with a heathenish president, but in the pews they still believe.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. the national interest
    Trump’s Tax Returns Show Lying Is His Only Marketable SkillScamming reporters, customers, and tax authorities is his art form.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. politics
    The #Resistance and the Retirement CommunityInside the Villages in Florida, where election tensions are at an all-time high.
    By Alex French
  12. vision 2020
    Will Fox News Save Democracy With an Accurate Election Night Call?The real test for decision desks may come when data suggests a call for Biden despite Trump’s in-person voting lead.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. trump tax returns
    The Key Takeaways From the Times’ Trump Tax-Return InvestigationThe president paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017, and made millions off of gaudy endorsements in the wake of The Apprentice.
    By Matt Stieb and Chas Danner
  14. trump campaign
    Ex–Trump Campaign Manager Brad Parscale Hospitalized After Standoff With PoliceParscale was tackled and involuntarily committed by Fort Lauderdale police on Sunday after his wife told them he was suicidal, armed, and had hit her.
    By Matt Stieb and Chas Danner
  15. coronavirus
    Governor Cuomo Issues Warning As COVID Cases Rise Again in New YorkNew York City’s positive testing rate is currently just below 2 percent, the highest it has been since late June.
    By Matt Stieb
  16. supreme court
    Palin Threatens Challenge to Murkowski in Deeply Strange VideoIt’s unclear if Palin is at all serious or just bidding for attention again.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. vision 2020
    Pelosi Makes Plans for House Election of PresidentIf the Electoral College is deadlocked, the House will elect the next president under a scenario favoring Republicans that Pelosi will try to reverse.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. poll position
    Trump Needs Debates to Move the PollsThe president is still in range in battleground states if he can get a decent national swing, but he’s running out of time and Biden’s lead is steady.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. what-ifs
    Report: Trump Considered Ivanka As Running Mate in 2016The president entertained the idea of a Trump–Trump ticket for weeks.
    By Benjamin Hart
  20. politics
    QAnon Goes to WashingtonTwenty-four followers of the grotesque conspiracy theory are running for Congress in November. Where does this end?
    By Simon van Zuylen-Wood
  21. supreme court
    Trump Nominates Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court: UpdatesBarrett celebrated Justices Scalia and Ginsburg in her speech accepting the nomination, but made it clear she would follow Scalia’s example.
    By Margaret Hartmann and Chas Danner
  22. the system
    The Law Is Not Made for Breonna TaylorAnd its capacity to deliver justice is functionally null.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  23. supreme court
    Amy Coney Barrett Is Even More Extreme Than Antonin ScaliaEven if her confirmation is a done deal, Barrett’s record should be laid bare in the Senate hearings so Americans understand what’s at stake.
    By Barbara McQuade
  24. supreme court
    Amy Coney Barrett and the Triumph of Phyllis SchlaflyConservatives have long understood the power of weaponizing womanhood.
    By Sarah Jones
  25. supreme court
    Are Amy Coney Barrett’s Religious Views Fair Game for Tough Questions?Charismatic Catholicism may seem alien to many Americans. But Barrett’s critics really need to educate themselves before diving down rabbit holes.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. supreme court
    Dems Should Turn Barrett Hearings Into an Anti-GOP InfomercialThe party has no chance of blocking Trump’s nominee. But they do have an opportunity to spotlight the GOP’s unpopular judicial agenda.
    By Eric Levitz
  27. vision 2020
    Democrats Are All But Resigned to the Supreme Court’s Hard-Right Turn“The ACA could be overturned by Trump’s Supreme Court the week after the election, in the middle of a pandemic. There’s no good answer.”
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  28. supreme court
    Senate Democrats Want Barrett to Step Aside If Supreme Court Gets Election CaseIt would make Bush v. Gore look like child’s play to rush through a Supreme Court nominee who then rules on Trump’s political fate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. the national interest
    Trump’s Threats of Bloodshed Are Off Message, Republicans WorryEvery time Trump says he’s an authoritarian, it just feeds into the baseless liberal paranoia that he’s some kind of “authoritarian.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. vision 2020
    Democrats Are Moving Fast on the Filibuster. Joe Biden Isn’t Yet.Nearly everything the party wants to achieve probably hinges on a procedural step their candidate may refuse to take.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  31. the national circus
    How Far Will Trump Go to Keep the White House?Trump won’t commit to a peaceful transfer of power after the election. The real question is how his most ardent, militant supporters will respond.
    By Frank Rich
  32. vision 2020
    How Biden Can Challenge Trump on Trying to Rig the ElectionBiden should try to split Trump from his enablers by disclaiming an attack on the legitimacy of the Electoral College if all votes are counted.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. the national interest
    Economic Forecast: Biden Plan Will Create 7 Million More Jobs Than TrumpAverage household incomes will also increase nearly $5,000.
    By Jonathan Chait
  34. vision 2020
    Trump’s Plan to Send Seniors $200 in Drug Coupons Is Unlikely to Come ThroughEvidence suggests these Trump cards will be another in a long line of promises from the Republican Party on health-care that never actually appear.
    By Matt Stieb
  35. coronavirus stimulus
    Pelosi to Test How Badly Trump Wants His Signature on More Stimulus ChecksThe ballgame may now depend on whether Trump wants his signature on a second round of $1,200 stimulus checks badly enough to accept Pelosi’s deal.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. intelligencer chats
    Would Court Packing Be Too Slippery a Slope?In the face of a 6-3 majority pushed through before the election, would Democrats favor an expanded Court? Filibuster reform? Guam statehood?
    By Benjamin Hart, Ed Kilgore, and Eric Levitz
  37. politics
    Trump Booed During Visit to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s CasketThe crowd at the viewing for the late Supreme Court justice did not respond well to the presence of a president who questioned her reported last wish.
    By Matt Stieb
  38. the national interest
    Trump Finally Releases Fake ‘Plan’ to Protect Preexisting ConditionsWe’ve been waiting “two weeks” for almost four years.
    By Jonathan Chait
  39. vision 2020
    Pompeo’s Swing-State Appearances Look a Lot Like Campaigning for TrumpThe secretary of State has been touting the president’s agenda in key battlegrounds, violating norms and possibly the Hatch Act.
    By Charlotte Klein
  40. ron desantis
    Ron DeSantis Is Risking Floridians’ Lives to Benefit TrumpThe governor’s sycophantic Trump relationship led to disastrous COVID outcomes, and now he’s pushing looser penalties for drivers who kill protesters.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  41. after rbg
    American Women Need a Revolution. It Has to Be Bigger Than RBG.Ruth Bader Ginsburg wasn’t the feminist hero I wanted her to be. If we’re to survive the coming battles, we must be honest about her legacy.
    By Sarah Jones
  42. vision 2020
    GOP Offers Mild Pushback on Trump’s Threat to ‘Get Rid of the Ballots’It’s slightly better than nothing.
    By Benjamin Hart
  43. religion
    Why Being Catholic Isn’t Special in Politics AnymoreJoe Biden isn’t appealing to Catholic tradition in his bid to become the second Catholic president. But that’s the American way.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. climate
    The Economy of World War II Proved a Green New Deal Is PossibleAmericans didn’t have to choose between guns and butter during the war. And they don’t need to choose between prosperity and sustainability today.
    By Eric Levitz
  45. black lives matter
    Renewed Unrest After Officers in Breonna Taylor Case Cleared of Criminal ChargesTwo police officers have reportedly been shot in Louisville, where the officers who killed Breonna Taylor were cleared of criminal charges.
    By Matt Stieb
  46. the national interest
    Trump: ‘Get Rid of the Ballots … There Won’t Be a Transfer’ of PowerTrump, once again, did not commit to accepting the election results, and suggested throwing out mail ballots to ensure a “continuation” of power.
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. electric vehicles
    California to Ban Sales of New Gas-Powered Cars in 2035Governor Newsom’s office estimates the rule will cut the state’s greenhouse-gas emissions by 35 percent and nitrogen oxide emissions by 80 percent.
    By Matt Stieb
  48. supreme court
    Trump Says Supreme Court Needs 9 Justices for Potential Election DisputeMeanwhile, Republicans at the state and national level are reportedly gaming out ways to dispute the election.
    By Matt Stieb
  49. the national interest
    Republican Report Suggests Hunter Biden, Donald Trump Both Unfit for OfficeThe one person who comes out of the Ukraine scandal looking good? Joe Biden.
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. vision 2020
    A Nightmarish End to the 2020 Elections Is Becoming All Too PlausibleBarton Gellman lays out in great detail how Trump might use chaos to steal a second term, or at least create a constitutional crisis.
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. the national interest
    Report: Trump, a Giant Racist, Said Jews Are ‘Only in It for Themselves’The president continues to provide evidence of his massive racism.
    By Jonathan Chait
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