1. covid-19
    Trump Publicly Attacks Dr. Fauci as Third Wave of Pandemic BeginsAs COVID-19 cases surge and his reelection campaign implodes, the president has decided to go after the nation’s top infectious disease expert.
    By Chas Danner
  2. politics
    Fading in Polls, Trump Resorts to Stalking Suburban WomenLadies. Ladies! Ladies? Come back!!!
    By Sarah Jones
  3. vision 2020
    Trump Is Running Out of Time to Change These 8 Election X-FactorsExamining the remaining variables, the president is in serious trouble just two weeks ahead of his date with reelection fate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. bolivian election
    Bolivia’s Left Wins Big in New ElectionVoters decisively rejected the party responsible for ousting socialist Evo Morales from power last year.
    By Sarah Jones
  5. the top line
    What If Trump Is All Too Eager to Give Up Power?The president may simply check out if he loses, leaving critical challenges, like the need for more COVID-19 relief, to fester.
    By Josh Barro
  7. power
    Trump Interrupted a Highly-Classified Briefing for … MilkshakesIn the middle of a meeting with top intelligence officials, Trump got bored and tried to order everyone malts.
    By Amanda Arnold
  8. coronavirus stimulus
    Judgment Day for a Stimulus Deal Has ArrivedTrump will finally have to stop sending mixed signals.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. vision 2020
    Men and Women Have Never Been More Politically DividedThe gender gap in the 2020 election will be record-breaking — and could persist long after Trump is gone.
    By Eric Levitz
  10. coronavirus
    Trump’s Latest Biden Insult: ‘He’ll Listen to the Scientists’Considering the majority of Americans who still fear COVID and consider Trump’s response inadequate, the barb isn’t as thorny as Trump thinks it is.
    By Matt Stieb
  11. politics
    Trump Is Still Targeting Governor Gretchen Whitmer After Foiled Kidnapping PlotOne day after Trump prompted “lock her up!” chants at his Michigan rally, his campaign tried to suggest she was encouraging his assassination.
    By Chas Danner
  12. coronavirus
    Twitter Removes Trump Adviser’s Tweet Claiming Masks Don’t WorkThe platform nixed radiologist Scott Atlas’s tweet for breaking its policy on distributing misleading info that could encourage the spread of COVID.
    By Matt Stieb
  13. the national interest
    Trump Says He May Leave the Country If He Loses. Does He Mean It?Is the president worried about prison?
    By Jonathan Chait
  14. poll position
    Two Republicans Could Blow Up Democrats’ Shot at the SenateHow the GOP may just pull off flipping seats in states as different as Alabama and Michigan.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. how was your week?
    1,667 New York Readers on the Barrett Hearings, Election Day, and Winter Life“I think democracy is dead and we are watching its funeral rites.”
    By The Editors
  16. vision 2020
    Has Trump Killed Sex Scandals? The Curious Case of Cal CunninghamThe Democrat running for a must-win Senate seat in North Carolina was caught cheating on his wife just weeks before Election Day.
    By Ben Jacobs
  17. racism
    GOP Senator David Perdue Deliberately Butchers ‘Kamala’ at Georgia Trump RallyHis reelection campaign later tried to claim that Perdue referring to Harris as “Kamamboamamla” was an innocent, not-at-all race-baiting mistake.
    By Chas Danner
  18. coronavirus stimulus
    Why Doesn’t Trump Just Tell Mnuchin to Take a Deal?Trump might blame Pelosi or McConnell for failure to get a deal and a second stimulus check. But if any deal is better than none, it’s in his hands.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. the national circus
    America Is Tired of the Trump ShowOne glance at Thursday’s dueling town halls showed why the president and his party are in such deep trouble.
    By Frank Rich
  20. the national interest
    The News Media Isn’t Biased Against Trump. It’s Biased in His Favor.The coverage is hostile, but he is held to a more forgiving standard than any modern president has been.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. 2020 elections
    Joni Ernst Bombs on Must-Know Soybean Question in DebateRepublican Ernst became famous for her 2014 ads bragging about her experience castrating hogs on an Iowa farm. She seems to have lost touch.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. speaking out
    Alexander Vindman’s Wife Accuses Trump of Threatening Their FamilyThe spouse of the colonel who stood up to the president speaks out for the first time.
    By Ben Jacobs
  23. vision 2020
    What the Early-Voting Deluge Could Mean for the ElectionRecord levels of early voting may mean record overall turnout. But even if early voters are just voting earlier, it could make for a quicker count.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. election 2020
    Biden Beat Trump in the Town Hall TV-Ratings BattleBiden’s ABC town hall had the benefit of a stronger lead-in.
    By Josef Adalian
  25. vision 2020
    Joe Biden’s and Donald Trump’s Dueling Town Halls: Key MomentsBiden answered cogently and demanded Trump test negative on the day of the next debate, while Trump refused to denounce QAnon.
    By Matt Stieb and Justin Miller
  26. u.s. supreme court
    Senate’s Uselessness On Display As Judiciary Rubber-stamps Barrett ConfirmationThe body’s high regard for itself was never less earned than in this sham of a hearing.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. 2020 election
    Kelly Loeffler Races to Far Right With Endorsement From Marjorie Taylor GreeneCalling herself “more conservative than Attila the Hun” wasn’t enough to get to the right of Doug Collins. Nobody’s to the right of the QAnon fan.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. the national interest
    I Have This Crazy Theory Trump’s Campaign Is Colluding With Russia Right NowPeople who are certain there was No Collusion also pretty sure Russia didn’t hack Hunter Biden.
    By Jonathan Chait
  29. college football
    Nick Saban’s Positive Test Makes COVID-19 Real in the Heart of TrumplandNobody pays more attention to detail than the legendary Alabama coach. Now college football in the South is as imperiled as COVID-19 denial.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. vision 2020
    2020’s Top Election Forecasters Are Fighting on TwitterNate Silver and G. Elliott Morris are trying to make sense of 2020 — and each other.
    By Matthew Zeitlin
  31. vision 2020
    Will 2020 Be Jimmy Carter’s Revenge?The Democratic South is rising again, but this time it’s multiracial and progressive.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. supreme court
    Amy Coney Barrett Says She Won’t Be a Trump ‘Pawn,’ But Does Nothing to Prove ItSupreme Court nominees usually give vague answers, but they don’t always have a president openly wishing they would rule in his favor.
    By Charlotte Klein
  33. coronavirus stimulus
    Mitch McConnell Preps New Skinny Stimulus Bill With Skinny ChecksThe latest Republican proposal would be DOA with Democrats, so it looks like another means to just appease Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. 2020 elections
    We May Have to Wait for Senate Election Results, TooFor reasons ranging from slow counts of mail ballots to funky majority-vote requirements, we may not know who controls the Senate until January.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. covid-19
    Who in President Trump’s Orbit Has Tested Positive for COVID-19?Pentagon leaders, senators, campaign bigwigs, and career staff have all fallen ill — and at least one hospitalized.
    By Benjamin Hart and Chas Danner
  36. vision 2020
    Trump’s Comeback Strategy: Deliver Same Old Message, But LouderThe president’s campaign is in trouble, but he can’t seem to think of anything other than yelling at swing voters and demonizing Democrats even more.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. the national interest
    Rudy Found Biden Emails That Totally Weren’t Stolen by RussiaUnless Trump’s lawyer is cooperating with a Russian hack-and-leak October surprise? Nah.
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. vision 2020
    Trump, Biden to Hold Competing Town Halls Instead of DebateSadly, voters will have to wait to witness the unmatched eloquence on display two weeks ago.
    By Benjamin Hart
  39. supreme court
    Why the Barrett Hearings Are Generating Less Outrage Than Kavanaugh’sUnlike Trump’s last Supreme Court pick, Barrett is not embroiled in scandal — but that’s not the only reason the temperature is lower this time.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. supreme court
    Amy Coney Barrett Is the Perfect Victim for the Christian RightRepublicans defend her by using the same “religious liberty” arguments that trample over the rights of women and minorities.
    By Sarah Jones
  41. poll position
    Biden Takes Double-Digit Polling Lead As Clock Ticks for TrumpIn the presidential races as in the Senate, Democrats don’t have a lock on victory but have many paths to get there.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. the national interest
    Conservative Think Tank Finds Biden Tax Hike Only Hurts the RichThe rich will pay more, but the economy will be fine.
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. vision 2020
    Giuliani Threw a Potential Superspreader Event for Trump in PhillyHe tried to whip up Italian Americans with racism, conspiracy theories, and attacks on Joe Biden as a bad Catholic in pivotal Pennsylvania.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  44. coronavirus stimulus
    3 Reasons Pelosi Should Take Trump’s $1.8 Trillion Stimulus DealThe U.S. economy needs stimulus now — and there’s a high risk that Biden won’t be able to provide any next year.
    By Eric Levitz
  45. the national interest
    Trump’s Incompetence Does Not Excuse His AuthoritarianismThe plot against America will probably fail. But it might succeed.
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. election 2020
    Kanye Releases Presidential Campaign Ad Telling Voters to ‘Write In Kanye West’Featuring one very compelling J.K. Simmons look-alike.
    By Rebecca Alter
  47. covid-19
    The Third Wave of the Pandemic Is HereThe coronavirus is once again gaining ground, with no end — or plan — in sight.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  48. supreme court
    Amy Coney Barrett’s Judicial Neutrality Is a Political FictionWhen Barrett says that she interprets “the laws as written,” she is really asserting that right-wing jurisprudence is objective truth.
    By Eric Levitz
  49. white house outbreak
    Trump Brags About His COVID-19 Immunity, Feuds With FauciHe’s heralding the “protective glow” of his immunity, but antibodies can’t shield him from the political consequences of his incompetence.
    By Chas Danner
  50. in conversation
    Andrew Cuomo on His Pandemic Response and New York’s FutureAlternately combative and reflective, the governor tries to make sense of the last seven months.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  51. how was your week?
    1,663 New York Readers on Trump, COVID, and Election Anxiety“Every day brings a fresh news nightmare that would’ve been unimaginable to 2014 me.”
    By The Editors
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