1. coronavirus
    Trump Declares National Emergency Over CoronavirusThe declaration opens up $50 billion to help states and localities. Trump also introduced a private-sector partnership to boost testing capacity.
    By Chas Danner
  2. coronavirus
    The GOP’s Ideological Sickness Is Going to Get People KilledRepublicans are too obsessed with fighting imaginary crises to deal with the actual one that coronavirus presents.
    By Eric Levitz
  3. coronavirus
    Louisiana Postpones Presidential Primary Due to CoronavirusIt’s a troubling precedent, particularly when you remember that states run federal general elections like those in November, too.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. the national interest
    Why Are Conservatives Obsessed With Revenge on China for the Coronavirus?Tom Cotton: “We will hold accountable those who inflicted it on the world.” By … creating our own pandemic?
    By Jonathan Chait
  5. coronavirus
    Donate To a Food BankAnd donate money, not canned food.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  7. coronavirus
    Why Isn’t Trump in Quarantine?The president recently met with Jair Bolsonaro’s aide, who tested positive for coronavirus.
    By Eric Levitz
  8. coronavirus
    How Do You Campaign During a Pandemic?In a week, the 2020 election has entered totally uncharted territory.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  9. coronavirus
    The Coronavirus Is Testing Organized ReligionReligious believers often look to faith communities for safety in times of danger. But what if that poses public heath dangers, too?
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. vision 2020
    Biden Displays Unpresidential Competence in Coronavirus RemarksIn a marked departure from modern presidential norms, Biden opted to avoid spreading misinformation in his remarks on the pandemic.
    By Eric Levitz
  11. coronovirus
    Reporters on the Road Confront Their Mortality“I worry about my story being bad, not about whether I’ll die.”
    By Irin Carmon
  12. the national interest
    Joe Biden’s Platform Is More Progressive Than You ThinkHe is not just planning a “return to normalcy.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  13. vision 2020
    Biden-Sanders Debate Moved From Arizona to D.C. Over Coronavirus FearsThere won’t be an audience or a spin room, so it doesn’t much matter where the debate occurs.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. mitch mcconnell
    McConnell (Reluctantly) Nixes Vacation Plans to Work on Virus BillEarlier Thursday, the GOP leader said the Senate would wait until after recess to legislate a response to the coronavirus pandemic.
    By Eric Levitz
  15. coronavirus
    GOP in Disarray As House Nears Vote on Coronavirus Relief BillTrump won’t talk to Pelosi, so negotiations with the administration are indirect.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. coronavirus
    Trump’s Oval Office Address Included Major Errors That Had to Be CorrectedThe error-filled speech required walk backs by the Trump administration and the insurance industry.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  17. vision 2020
    Joe Biden Should Probably Just Hide NowJames Clyburn thinks he’s so far ahead he doesn’t even need to debate Bernie Sanders. That would be a dream come true for the Biden campaign.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  18. coronavirus
    The Night the Coronavirus Broke Through to the American ConsciousnessThe NBA’s suspension, a celebrity patient, and Trump’s speech packed with misinformation may have just changed the way Americans think about COVID-19.
    By Matt Stieb
  19. coronavirus
    Senate Aide Tests Positive for CoronavirusThe staffer, who works in the D.C. office of Washington senator Maria Cantwell, apparently had no known contact with any members of Congress.
    By Chas Danner
  20. the national interest
    Trump’s Speech Shows He Has No Idea What to Do About the CoronavirusWhen the incompetence stops tempering the malevolence.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. coronavirus
    Public-Health Expert Jared Kushner Is Advising Trump on COVID-19: ReportTrump is reportedly waiting on the research of Jared Kushner, who read “25 books” to prepare for his last task, before declaring a national emergency.
    By Matt Stieb
  22. the national interest
    Trump: If You Notice My Incompetence, You’re Rooting for the CoronavirusWhy Republicans have fallen back to the desperate “stop pointing fingers” defense.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. politics
    Biden Is Strong Because His Party Is WeakDemocrats can’t afford to keep looking to the past for hope.
    By Sarah Jones
  24. vision 2020
    Joe Biden Is a Tool (But Progressives Can Use Him)Biden’s (likely) nomination is cause for disappointment but not despair.
    By Eric Levitz
  25. vision 2020
    Why Biden’s Win May Just Be a Brief Setback for the Millennial LeftNobody really thinks Joe Biden represents the wave of the Democratic future. That’s an opportunity for those in the party who are truly looking ahead.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. vision 2020
    Contested Convention: No. Virtual Convention: Maybe.Planning is well underway for a convention with few if any delegates actually in the building, though selecting them will still be a problem.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. vision 2020
    Will Biden Actually Fight for a Public Option?The former veep is not actually going to have the opportunity to veto Medicare for All. But how will he enact his own proposal to expand coverage?
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. 2020 elections
    Trump Endorses Sessions Foe in AlabamaBacking Tommy Tuberville is Trump’s ultimate revenge on his former attorney general for failing to quash what became the Mueller investigation.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. vision 2020
    How Bernie Lost MichiganSanders fell short of his 2016 performance in this crucial state in no small part by losing the white working-class voters he won against Clinton.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. the national interest
    Bernie’s Whole Campaign Was Based On a Misreading of the 2016 Election2016 voters didn’t hate capitalism. They just hated Hillary Clinton.
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. vision 2020
    Joe Biden Is Winning The Primary But Losing His Party’s FutureBiden dominated again Tuesday night. But Sanders’s resilient strength among younger voters is a force that he must reckon with.
    By Eric Levitz
  32. vision 2020
    Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden Cancel Tuesday’s Ohio Rallies Due to COVID-19 ConcernsThe two candidates canceled their events scheduled in Cleveland on Tuesday night, revealing the impact of the coronavirus on the electoral calendar.
    By Matt Stieb
  33. the national interest
    Trump Wants Coronavirus Bailout for Oil and Hotel IndustriesOh, did you know his family is in the hotel business? Weird coincidence.
    By Jonathan Chait
  34. democratic primaries
    Joe Biden’s Critics Among Black Democrats Are Now Lying on His BehalfThe price of influence in the self-styled party of multiracial democracy.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  35. vision 2020
    Bernie, Joe More Popular With Democrats Than Trump Was With Republicans in ’16Democrats may find it easier to unite than Republicans did four years ago.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. the national interest
    Trump’s Private Theories About the Coronavirus Are Even Crazier“What he keyed in on in his remarks is you’ve just got to live your life,” a Trump donor tells the Washington Post. What?
    By Jonathan Chait
  37. markets
    Markets Rebound After Trump Signals He Intends to Do His JobTrump stopped tweeting QAnon memes long enough to promise stimulus to aid recovery from the coronavirus crash. For a couple hours, investors rejoiced.
    By Eric Levitz
  38. coronavirus
    Our System of Federalism Is a Huge Problem in Fighting CoronavirusChaotic national leadership in a public-health crisis is bad enough, but our chaotic and decentralized system makes it all worse.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. coronavirus
    Fox Business Network: COVID-19 Is a ‘Coronavirus Impeachment Scam’“This is yet another attempt to impeach,” host Trish Regan said on Monday, the day the 26th American died from the coronavirus.
    By Matt Stieb
  40. vision 2020
    Three Scenarios to Look for in the March 10 PrimariesA Biden sweep might represent curtains for Sanders. But a Bernie win in Michigan might rekindle the Sanders campaign.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. coronavirus
    Stocks Drop Almost 8 Percent, One of the Worst Days Ever for the DowIn terms of percentage, the Dow’s fall on Monday was as bad as some of the worst days of the Great Depression — and the market’s worst since 2008.
    By Matt Stieb
  42. coronavirus
    Self-Quarantining Republican Shook Trump’s Hand After Coronavirus ExposureAfter posing with a CPAC attendee, Doug Collins shook the president’s hand — while Matt Gaetz, also under self-quarantine, rode on Air Force One.
    By Matt Stieb
  43. vision 2020
    Washington Democrats Vote Amid Coronavirus OutbreakVoting by mail helps reduce the threat of “social distancing” on voting, but the worst may be yet to come.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. the national interest
    We Are Watching the Probable Demise of Trump’s Reelection in Real TimeThe botched coronavirus response and the likely recession are a fatal combination.
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. vision 2020
    Can Bernie Beat the Polls and Win Michigan Again?Clinton led Sanders by similarly large margins in 2016 polls in Michigan, only to lose. But higher turnout could be good news for Biden.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. late night
    Pete Buttigieg to Guest Host Jimmy Kimmel Live This WeekThe former presidential candidate will fill in for Kimmel on Thursday.
    By Megh Wright
  47. vision 2020
    Inside the Race to Win Over Elizabeth WarrenBernie Sanders and Joe Biden both want her support, but this is one situation Warren doesn’t have a plan for.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  48. coronavirus
    Ted Cruz to Self-Quarantine After Coronavirus Exposure at CPACThe Texas Republican will spend four days in his home after shaking the hand of a CPAC attendee 10 days ago, who later tested positive for COVID-19,
    By Matt Stieb
  49. vision 2020
    Donald Trump Jr. Challenges Hunter Biden to a Nepotism ContestThe president’s son wants to debate the former vice-president’s son to discuss “all the places where I’m supposedly grifting and Hunter Biden isn’t.”
    By Matt Stieb
  50. vision 2020
    Kamala Harris Endorses Joe BidenThe California senator and possible running mate became the latest former rival to get behind Biden.
    By Chas Danner
  51. criminal justice
    On Criminal Justice, Biden Has No Moral Standing Over TrumpOne of Trump’s main general election strategies will be contrasting the two men’s records. And it looks bad for Biden.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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