1. the national interest
    Trump’s Genetic Delusions Are Being Put to the TestThe president’s obsession with DNA is not only an expression of racism, but also an explanation for the bizarre passivity of his pandemic response.
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. white house outbreak
    Trump Says COVID-19 ‘Is Disappearing’ at First Public Event Since Catching ItHow much Trump’s own illness is disappearing remains in question, however, following a new statement from his doctor.
    By Chas Danner
  3. foreign policy
    Armenia and Azerbaijan Are at War. Does President Trump Even Know?As the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict threatens to escalate into a proxy war between Russia and Turkey, the once-influential U.S. sits on the sidelines.
    By Jonah Shepp
  4. white house outbreak
    Even the Creator of Veep Couldn’t Make the Last Week UpArmando Iannucci on a presidency that has surpassed satire.
    By Armando Iannucci
  5. poll position
    It’s Harder Than it Looks for Democrats to Win the SenateRecent polls show many newly competitive Democratic Senate candidates, but they could still fall short of a majority even if Biden wins.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. social media
    Twitter Adds ‘Friction’ to Limit Election Chaos, But Is It Enough?With one eye on President Trump, the company introduced a raft of changes to prevent dangerous misinformation from going viral on Election Night.
    By Chas Danner
  8. politics
    Second Presidential Debate Canceled After Trump Refuses Virtual FormatThe president demanded to appear onstage with Biden, which unraveled the process and led to the first-such cancellation ever.
    By Justin Miller
  9. the national interest
    The Press Found Two More Apparent Trump Financial Crimes TodayThe odds of Trump going to prison just got a little higher.
    By Jonathan Chait
  10. coronavirus stimulus
    Erratic Trump Is All Over the Place on Stimulus DealMuch as Trump wants to sign new checks, it’s hard to see how a deal gets done with the president sowing chaos and Pelosi holding all the cards.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. the top line
    Wall Street Got What It Wanted From Trump and Is Ready for BidenBad news for the president is making markets bullish. What’s going on?
    By Josh Barro
  12. the national interest
    Barr Tried to Charge Trump’s Deep State Enemies for the Russia Probe. He Failed.What if the Obama-Biden coup wasn’t real?
    By Jonathan Chait
  13. coronavirus stimulus
    Trump Tries to Revive Stimulus Talks He Blew UpHe is suddenly all-in on striking an argument, but so far Nancy Pelosi is unmoved.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. white house outbreak
    Trump Lashes Out at Everyone After a Week in QuarantineIn interviews on Thursday on Fox News and Fox Business Network, Trump found targets on both sides of the aisle.
    By Matt Stieb
  15. white house outbreak
    Trump’s Physician Says He Is ‘Safe’ to Begin ‘Public Engagements’ on SaturdayTrump has taken the advice to heart, telling Sean Hannity that he plans to hold a rally in Florida on Saturday night.
    By Matt Stieb
  16. politics
    Trump Won’t Debate Unless There’s a Risk of Infecting BidenAfter refusing to participate virtually, Trump proposed delayed, in-person debates. Biden’s team says they won’t bend to his “erratic behavior.”
    By Sarah Jones
  17. extremism
    FBI Says It Broke Up Plot to Kidnap and Try Michigan’s Governor for ‘Treason’Thirteen men are accused of conspiring to violently overthrow the state government over Whitmer’s coronavirus shutdown orders.
    By Justin Miller
  18. the national circus
    Trump Is Flailing and Pence Did Nothing to HelpThe vice-president barely even tried to answer for his boss’s catastrophic COVID failure at Wednesday night’s debate.
    By Frank Rich
  19. vision 2020
    Pence Won’t Own Up to His Anti-Abortion CrusadeIf we know nothing else about the vice-president, it’s that he is devoted to the most extreme position on abortion policy available.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. power
    An Unarmed Black Man Tried to Shake Hands With a Cop. He Was Shot Dead.Jonathan Price, 31, was shot four times in the torso after his family says he broke up a domestic dispute.
    By Bridget Read
  21. vision 2020
    Trump Calls Kamala Harris a ‘Monster’In an appearance on Fox Business, the amped-up president also called for the arrest of his political opponents.
    By Benjamin Hart
  22. the national interest
    Republican Senator Blurts Out That He Hates DemocracyMike Lee loves Trump because they’re both authoritarian.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. vision 2020
    Should We Stop Panicking About Trump Stealing the Election?The odds of a contested presidential election have dropped. But until Trump’s attacks on mail ballots are repudiated by his party, some risk remains.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. 2020 vice-presidential debate
    No One Won the Pence-Harris Debate. But Trump Lost.The jarringly normal debate drove home how much worse Trump is at politics than his “generic Republican” running mate.
    By Eric Levitz
  25. vision 2020
    Pence Failed at His One Debate Job: Shifting the Focus From COVID-19After the VP debate, the campaign still revolves around COVID-19 spreading through the White House and Trump’s terrible pandemic response.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. politics
    Trump May Return to Campaign Trail Next Week: Live UpdatesIt is not clear whether the president is still receiving steroid treatment, and other mysteries remain.
    By Matt Stieb, Chas Danner, and Margaret Hartmann
  27. the national interest
    3 Factors That Decided the Harris-Pence Vice-Presidential DebatePence is sharper than Trump, but Harris is way sharper than Biden.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. vice-presidential debate
    Highlights From the 2020 Vice-Presidential DebateIt was a far more orderly affair than last week’s debacle, Harris hammered Pence on the White House pandemic response, and there was a fly.
    By Chas Danner and Matt Stieb
  29. executive functions
    ‘Disease Detectives’ on Contact Tracing a Reckless PresidentCDC veterans say the White House outbreak was all but inevitable.
    By Molly McCluskey
  30. vision 2020
    Pandemic-Theater Plexiglass Barrier Will Separate Both VP Candidates After AllAfter days of negotiation, Mike Pence and Kamala Harris have settled on a questionable virus-fighting solution for their debate on Wednesday.
    By Matt Stieb and Benjamin Hart
  31. coronavirus stimulus
    After Killing Stimulus, Trump Tries to Revive Deal by Shouting on TwitterA day after blowing up stimulus negotiations, Trump issued unilateral demands for a deal on Twitter, increasing concerns that he’s losing his grip.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. the national interest
    Remote Learning Is a Catastrophe. Teachers Unions Share the Blame.What’s good for teachers is not what’s good for students.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. house divided
    Claudia Conway Isn’t Your Hermione GrangerThe #resistance’s quest for a hero takes it into unethical territory.
    By Sarah Jones
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. 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
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