1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. vision 2020
    The Unburdened BelieverThe Trump campaign is spiraling. Can a yes-man from the White House make anything better?
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. vision 2020
    Trump Targeting Wrong Battleground States, Just As Clinton Did in 2016The president needs to focus on lifting his national numbers, not “playing defense” in Ohio or Iowa.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. vision 2020
    Americans Reach Peak Partisan Polarization Under TrumpThe biggest danger sign for Trump is that independents don’t like him much at all.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. coronavirus
    Trump’s Latest Coronavirus Strategy: Hope Americans Learn to ‘Live With’ ItWith no real strategy for combating the pandemic, Trump’s team is reportedly hoping Americans grow numb to mass illness and death.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  36. vision 2020
    Supreme Court Lets States Punish ‘Faithless Electors’A unanimous Supreme Court found no constitutional sanction for treating presidential electors as free agents.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. encounter
    Two Weeks With Rachel Noerdlinger, the Movement’s PublicistFrom Bill de Blasio’s City Hall to George Floyd’s memorial service.
    By Lisa Miller
  38. vision 2020
    Can Trump Pull Off an Upset Like Harry Truman’s in 1948?The more you look at Truman’s shocker, the less it looks like anything Trump can duplicate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. the national interest
    David Horowitz’s Book Predicting a Trump Victory Was Not Well-Timed“As this book was in its final stages and heading for the printer, America and the world were struck by a deadly virus.” Uh-oh.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. john lewis
    John Lewis’s Lifelong Struggle for Voting Rights Isn’t OverOnce it looked like Obama’s election represented the culmination of John Lewis’s career. A new documentary shows battles for old causes persist.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. vision 2020
    Is Biden’s Lead Strong Enough to Make Texas Competitive?A once unthinkable electoral map comes into focus.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  42. vision 2020
    Rove Giving Trump Advice He Cannot TakeThe Boy Genius seems to be explaining in advance why Trump lost.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. california
    Affirmative Action and Voting Rights Are on California’s November BallotAs always, the California airwaves will be full of ads for ballot measures that have nothing to do with who wins what office.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. vision 2020
    Trump Believes That He Is Losing Because He Hasn’t Been Racist EnoughOn the one hand, all available evidence suggests this is wrong. On the other hand, Tucker Carlson suggests it is right.
    By Eric Levitz
  45. power
    HUD Proposal Cuts Protections for Unhoused Trans PeopleIt would allow federally funded, same-sex homeless shelters to make admission determinations based on biological sex.
    By Claire Lampen
  46. the national interest
    Trump Blames Losing Campaign on Listening to ‘Woke Jared’Trump decides to ignore his son-in-law and focus on voters who fear he isn’t racist enough.
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. politics
    Another QAnon Sympathizer Knocks Off GOP Congressman in Colorado PrimaryDespite a Trump endorsement, Scott Tipton was no match for the owner of a gun-themed restaurant called Shooters Grill who defied public-health orders.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. supreme court
    Trump Wants Another Supreme Court Nomination Fight Before NovemberTrump thinks a confirmation battle could excite his base, but it would work both ways, particularly among Democrats who remember Merrick Garland.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. vision 2020
    Trump’s Plan: Run As Outsider Against ‘Incumbent’ Non-President BidenTrump of all people cannot overcome his incessant claims of presidential greatness and campaign for reelection as some sort of insurgent.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. coronavirus stimulus
    As the Pandemic Persists, Mitch McConnell’s Senate DawdlesAs vacation looms, Senate Republicans haven’t even begun work on their version of a second stimulus bill, despite a new spike in coronavirus cases.
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. vision 2020
    Democrats Are on Pace for a Down-Ballot BlowoutThe party’s lead in the congressional generic ballot is higher now than it was in 2018.
    By Eric Levitz
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