1. 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
  2. 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
  3. the national interest
    Trump: It’s Actually Good I Contracted the CoronavirusAvoiding the virus is appeasement.
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. politics
    The Virus Is Not Justice for TrumpNo matter what happens next, we suffer the unbearable weight of all his destruction.
    By Sarah Jones
  5. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. the national interest
    World’s Wrongest Man, Larry Kudlow, Calls Trump’s Coronavirus ‘Moderate.’ Uh-Oh.Always bet against Kudlow.
    By Jonathan Chait
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. the national interest
    Trump Is Now Living His Coronavirus Management StrategyDenial and mockery of social distancing comes home.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. the national interest
    Trump May ‘Denounce’ White Supremacists, But He Is Never AngryThe far right and the president need each other.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. the national interest
    Here Are All Trump’s Advance Excuses for Biden’s Debate PerformanceFrom brain pills to secret earpieces.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. politics
    The #Resistance and the Retirement CommunityInside the Villages in Florida, where election tensions are at an all-time high.
    By Alex French
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. 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
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