1. vision 2020
    Joe Biden Needs to Win Big to Avoid a Contested ElectionIf Donald Trump is ahead on Election Night even with a majority of the vote uncounted, look out!
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. executions
    Feds Restart Executions, Killing in Our Name During a Deadly PandemicAfter a 17-year hiatus on federal executions, the Justice Department had no good reason to execute prisoners this week.
    By Andrew Cohen
  3. education
    Trump Administration Cancels ICE Plan to Block International Student VisasThe rare reversal comes after Harvard and MIT sued ICE for requiring foreign students to leave the U.S. if they are taking online-only courses.
    By Matt Stieb
  4. 2020 elections
    Control of the U.S. Senate May Not Be Decided Until January in GeorgiaThere’s a nontrivial chance that there may be one or even two general-election runoffs for Georgia’s U.S. Senate seats on January 5.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. the national interest
    Unemployed Should ‘Find Something New,’ Urge Heirs to Fred Trump’s FortuneHave you thought about online courses? Or inheriting your dad’s crooked real-estate fortune?
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. joe biden
    Biden’s New Climate Plan Is Also His Stimulus PlanAnd that’s the best thing about his $2 trillion vision for making America run on 100 percent clean electricity by 2035.
    By Eric Levitz
  8. vision 2020
    The Republican National Convention Suffers Another Round of DropoutsTwo more senators — and eight House representatives — have announced they will not attend the Republican National Convention in Jacksonville.
    By Matt Stieb
  9. political art
    Behold Governor Cuomo’s Pandemic Mountain Poster, for Some ReasonThe governor has made another overstuffed, antique-style poster to celebrate himself — this time regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.
    By Chas Danner
  10. fox news
    Tucker Carlson Suddenly Leaves for Vacation After Writer Quits Over Racist PostsThe Fox News host announced a “long-planned” fishing trip days after his top writer resigned for posting racist comments on a message board.
    By Matt Stieb
  11. supreme court
    Supreme Court to Delay Arguments on Obamacare Case Until After ElectionIt’s a small break for Republicans who didn’t want more preelection attention on their efforts to deny even more people health insurance.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. coronavirus
    California Reorders Shutdowns on Indoor Activity As COVID-19 Cases SpikeGovernor Newsom cracks down on most indoor business activities with infections on the rise again.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. recession
    This Recession Is a Bigger Housing Crisis Than 2008Roughly 10 million Americans lost their homes to the foreclosure crisis. More than twice that number are at risk of eviction by October.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. vision 2020
    Republican National Convention Becoming a Dumpster FireOptions for safely holding a big Trump celebration in Jacksonville are shrinking as it becomes a major COVID-19 hotspot.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. the national interest
    Trump Warns That Biden Presidency Would Be Disaster (for Ratings)Finally, a second-term agenda Trump can credibly commit to.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. vision 2020
    Can Trump Make the Supreme Court a Campaign Issue Again?Trump-appointed justices didn’t give conservatives everything they hoped for. That only raises the stakes in November.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. vision 2020
    Polls Raise Hopes of Biden Turning Texas BlueNew polls, including one that has Trump down by five points, suggest the Lone Star State may not be off the table for the Biden campaign.
    By Matt Stieb
  18. coronavirus
    Trump Administration Transitions From Ignoring to Undermining Anthony FauciFor the last month, the White House has disregarded the NIAID head. But over the weekend, the administration began to bad-mouth their own expert.
    By Matt Stieb
  19. the pandemic president
    99 Days Later, Trump Finally Wears a Face Mask in PublicIt only took more than three months, 3.2 million COVID-19 infections, and 134,000 deaths for Trump to follow and model CDC guidance a single time.
    By Chas Danner
  20. vision 2020
    State and Local Budget Shortfalls Adding to Potential Election ChaosCongress needs to act to keep November’s pandemic-hampered election from becoming an epochal disaster.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. joe biden
    The Biden-Trump Race Is a Tale of Two PopulismsOne speaks to the temporarily embarrassed millionaire, the other to the proud laborer.
    By Eric Levitz
  22. obstruction of justice
    Trump Commutes Sentence of Roger Stone, Who Refused to Testify Against HimThe president has made sure that his loyal friend and longtime collaborator will not face justice after he was convicted of obstructing justice.
    By Chas Danner
  23. covid-19
    Disney World Is Reopening. Some Workers Are Worried.The Disney’s flagship theme park reopens this weekend. But has the company done enough to protect workers from the coronavirus?
    By Sarah Jones
  24. interesting times
    Andrew Sullivan: Coronavirus Will Be the Real Swing Voter in NovemberThe only way Trump can win is to ignore the pandemic or lie about it. Neither strategy seems to be working at the moment.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  25. the national interest
    Trump Keeps Boasting He Passed Cognitive Impairment TestIt’s one of his best remaining accomplishments in office, if true.
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. the economy
    Congress Can’t Handle the Truth About the Coronavirus RecessionWith coronavirus cases surging, the U.S. economy has never been sicker, and Republicans are preparing to take it off life support.
    By Eric Levitz
  27. donald trump
    Joint Chiefs Chairman Defies Trump on Bases Named After TraitorsGeneral Mark Milley is fine with renaming bases to remove names of those who committed an “act of treason” in a bad cause.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. vision 2020
    The Unburdened BelieverThe Trump campaign is spiraling. Can a yes-man from the White House make anything better?
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  29. coronavirus
    A Hasty ‘Reopening’ Is Not a Good Political Move for GovernorsMost governors who followed Trump in quickly pushing to get rid of measures to stop the pandemic are also sharing his loss of popularity.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. coronavirus
    Why Is There Still a PPE Shortage?Four months after doctors and nurses used trash bags for gowns and takeout containers for face masks, the PPE problem has not been solved.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  31. supreme court
    Supreme Court Gives Trump Legal Loss, Tactical Win in Tax CasesTrump’s tax and financial records probably won’t see the light of day before November, but his sweeping claims of presidential powers were rebuffed.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. the discourse
    ‘Defending a Free Society’ Requires Radically Changing This OneThe myopia and hypocrisy of “philosophical liberals” undermine their critiques of “cancel culture.”
    By Eric Levitz
  33. coronavirus
    America Is Refusing to Learn How to Fight the CoronavirusThe pandemic is surging again in the Southwest, where hospitals are reaching capacity. And it’s probably going to get worse.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  34. vision 2020
    What Would a Democratic ‘Tsunami’ in November Look Like?A big Biden win would result in a takeover of the Senate and state legislature gains just in time for redistricting.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. coronavirus
    Pence Announces CDC Will Change School-Reopening Guidance After Trump ComplaintThe administration continues to overrule public-health officials six months after learning the peril of doing so.
    By Matt Stieb
  36. vision 2020
    Not Much ‘Democratic Disarray’ in 2020Polling indicates that backers of Biden’s primary rivals are falling into line much more solidly than did Sanders supporters in 2016.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. supreme court
    Supreme Court Allows Trump Restrictions on Obamacare Contraception CoverageUp to 126,000 women could lose no-cost contraception coverage. The Court also expanded the “ministerial exception” to employee protections.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. fox news
    Tucker Carlson: Protect American ‘Culture’ and ‘Heritage’ From Tammy DuckworthThe Fox News host continued his attacks on the Illinois Democrat, calling her a “coward,” a “moron,” and a “fraud.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  39. the top line
    Here’s What the Trouble in Commercial Real Estate Means for YouSome of the hits to retail real estate may permanently change how state and local governments fund themselves.
    By Josh Barro
  40. politics?
    Kanye West Wants to Run the White House Like WakandaHe detailed a platform that’s anti-abortion, anti-vaccine, and based on the fictional country in Black Panther.
    By Zoe Haylock
  41. coronavirus
    United States, World Leader in COVID-19 Deaths, to Leave WHOThe Trump administration has officially notified the U.N. that the United States will leave the World Health Organization in 2021.
    By Chas Danner
  42. vision 2020
    GOP Senators Are Already Bailing From the Convention in Florida Next MonthFive Republican senators announced this week that they would skip the convention in Jacksonville, further revealing the uselessness of the event.
    By Matt Stieb
  43. vision 2020
    Could Dumping Pence Be a Last-Minute Game Changer for Trump?Incapable of changing his ways to salvage reelection, Trump might decide blaming the coronavirus mess on Pence and dropping him is the only option.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. 2020 elections
    Loeffler Attacks WNBA for Honoring Black Lives MatterThe endangered Georgia Republican senator triangulated against the league and the team she partly owns.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. vision 2020
    Trump Picked the Wrong Hostage in Battle Over Confederate-Named Military BasesSenator Chuck Grassley predicts that Republicans will override Trump if he vetoes the defense bill to block the renaming of military bases.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. the economy
    ‘A Hate Crime Against Future Generations’Scott Galloway thinks the coronavirus bailout packages are little more than another wealth transfer to the rich.
    By James D. Walsh
  47. 2020 elections
    Ranks of Republican Women in Senate Could Be Decimated in NovemberAs many as four of the GOP’s nine women in the Senate could lose, and a fifth is a prospect for a party switch.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. vision 2020
    Why the Convention Trump Wants to Have Is Worse Than UselessEven in the unlikely event Trump’s self-celebration in Jacksonville goes off as planned, convention “bounces” may be a thing of the past.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. democracy
    The Coronavirus Crisis Is Proving That Democracy WorksThe president is bleeding support in counties hit hard by COVID-19, as previously pro-Trump voters rationally respond to evidence of his failures.
    By Eric Levitz
  50. white house
    Former Melania Confidant Pens Latest Trump Tell-All BookStephanie Winston Wolkoff, a former adviser to Melania Trump, is set to release a book on her friendship with the first lady on September 1.
    By Matt Stieb
  51. coronavirus
    ICE Makes International Students Choose Between Coronavirus Risk and DeportationICE’s new ruling requires that college students with visas take in-person courses, transfer to a campus with physical classes, or exit the U.S.
    By Matt Stieb
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