1. international affairs
    Could War With Iran Be an October Surprise?A series of mysterious explosions and alleged Israeli sabotage operations could soon open the door to a broader conflict.
    By Jonah Shepp
  2. vision 2020
    How Kanye West Is Trying to Get on the Ballot in South CarolinaThe West team is collecting signatures both physically and digitally in order to make him an official 2020 presidential candidate in the state.
    By Ben Jacobs
  3. portland
    Trump’s Military Tactics in Portland Will Likely BackfireJust because law enforcement officers can take certain action doesn’t mean they should.
    By Barbara McQuade
  4. republican party
    The GOP Coalition Is Getting More Working-Class. Its Agenda Isn’t.A post-Trump, putatively “populist” GOP may make gains with working people. But there’s no sign it will serve their interests.
    By Eric Levitz
  5. politics
    John Lewis Never Lost HopeThe congressman and civil-rights legend died on Friday. He recently spoke with Zak Cheney-Rice about why he stayed the course.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  7. the national interest
    Trump Caught Lying About Biden’s Police Stance in Fox News Interview Debacle“Get me the charter, please!”
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. supreme court
    RBG Health Scare a Reminder of Republican Plans to Ram Through Nominee This YearFlipping a liberal Supreme Court seat could happen as late as a post-election lame-duck session of the Senate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. 2020 elections
    It’s Official: Jamaal Bowman Has Defeated Eliot EngelAOC is going to have quite a bit of hometown company in the next Congress.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. vision 2020
    Democrats Planning Convention That Looks Like America: Hunkered DownDemocrats are being careful and limiting the main stage in Milwaukee to the bare minimum of events.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. intelligencer chats
    Could the Pandemic Be a Climate Turning Point?The volatile political conditions created by the coronavirus may matter more than a temporary downturn in carbon emissions.
    By Benjamin Hart and David Wallace-Wells
  12. just asking questions
    David Shor’s Unified Theory of American PoliticsA socialist data scientist (and supposed cancel-culture victim) details all he learned from eight years at the apex of Democratic consulting.
    By Eric Levitz
  13. coronavirus
    Florida Closes COVID-19 Response Center Following Its Own COVID OutbreakThe state’s pandemic response center closed its physical operation Thursday after 13 staffers reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus.
    By Matt Stieb
  14. president trump
    Everything We Learned From Mary Trump’s BookIn Too Much and Never Enough, Trump’s niece claims he allegedly cheated on the SATs. In an interview, she alleged she heard him use racial slurs.
    By Matt Stieb
  15. 2020 elections
    If Democrats Can Win Back the Senate, They Could Hold It For a WhileDemocrats don’t look vulnerable in Senate races until 2024.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. voting rights
    Supreme Court Refuses to Come to Aid of Disenfranchised Ex-Felons in FloridaIn a case that could keep nearly a million otherwise qualified Floridians from voting, the Supreme Court chooses to look away.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. stimulus legislation
    Trump Calls for Limiting COVID Relief to Less NeedyThe White House is pushing to cut unemployment benefits, keep the stimulus bill under $1 trillion — and give a big tax cut to people with jobs.
    By Eric Levitz
  18. the national interest
    Is the Anti-Racism Training Industry Just Peddling White Supremacy?The bizarre worldview of Robin DiAngelo.
    By Jonathan Chait
  19. 2020 elections
    Why Are We Still Waiting for Results From the New York Primary?More than three weeks after the June 23 primaries, an unprecedented number of absentee ballots are still being counted.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  20. past is prologue
    Remembering the Reagan-Ford ‘Co-Presidency’ That Could Have BeenIf you find Biden’s veep selection process boring, look back 40 years to a wild ride at the Republican convention where Reagan eventually picked Bush.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. president trump
    Trump’s COVID-19 Policy: I, Alone, Can Ignore ItIn the midst of a pandemic, the White House is working around the clock to protect the president’s fragile ego.
    By Eric Levitz
  22. q&a
    Jay Inslee on How Joe Biden Got Progressive on Climate ChangeThe Washington governor who set the bar for climate pledges discusses Biden’s ambitious new policy and how the pandemic radicalized the nominee.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  23. coronavirus
    The Most Scathing Lines From Larry Hogan’s Trump Takedown“It was hopeless, waiting around for him,” Hogan, who is rumored to have presidential aspirations of his own, wrote of Trump.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  24. coronavirus
    Brian Kemp Attacks Local Government Mask OrdersAs other states move toward mask requirements, Kemp seems to be attempting to balance responsibility with “political incorrectness.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. vision 2020
    Kanye Has Been Working to Get on the 2020 BallotWest briefly hired a campaign professional last week to gather signatures in Florida and elsewhere. Now he’s registered in Oklahoma.
    By Ben Jacobs
  26. vision 2020
    Why Doesn’t Trump Spend the Tax Dollars Necessary to Save His Presidency?Trump and Republicans don’t have the courage or imagination to work with Democrats to improve conditions in the country for their own benefit.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. schools
    ‘I’m So Furious’: Obama Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Dismal COVID ResponseObama Education Secretary Arne Duncan on how America’s dysfunctional coronavirus policy has made reopening schools more difficult.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  28. vision 2020
    Trump Replaces Brad Parscale As 2020 Campaign ManagerIn the wake of the disastrous Tulsa rally, Parscale has been demoted, with deputy campaign manager Bill Stepien taking the reins.
    By Matt Stieb
  29. opioids
    U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Hit Record High in 2019And initial data suggests that there were 42 percent more overdoses in May 2020 than there were the previous May.
    By Eric Levitz
  30. 2020 elections
    Susan Collins Wants to Debate Her Opponent 16 TimesIn one of the closest and most important Senate races, the Republican incumbent appears to be running scared.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. white house
    Ivanka Trump Promotes Can of Goya Beans, Violates Ethics StandardsBoth Ivanka and President Trump posted pictures of themselves with Goya products, which goes against federal rules for executive-branch officials.
    By Matt Stieb
  32. vision 2020
    USPS Delivery Problems Adding to Suppression of Mail Ballot VotesTrump hates voting by mail and also the U.S. Postal Service. What could go wrong?
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. death penalty
    The Capricious Execution of Daniel Lewis LeeThe federal government has put its first prisoner to death in 17 years. It’s still unclear why.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  34. 2020 elections
    Tuberville Ends Jeff Sessions’s Political Career in Alabama Primary RunoffThe former Auburn coach isn’t a cinch against Democratic senator Doug Jones, but he did dramatically reverse Sessions’s once dazzling success.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. president trump
    Trump Claims ‘More White People’ Killed by Police Than Black AmericansTrump asserted that “more white people” are killed by the police, ignoring basic demographic realities about the country.
    By Matt Stieb
  36. supreme court
    Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized With Possible Infection“The Justice is resting comfortably and will stay in the hospital for a few days.”
    By Claire Lampen
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. 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
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