1. coronavirus
    Senate Reaches Deal on $2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus BillDemocrats won oversight of corporate loans, beefed-up unemployment insurance, and direct aid to hospitals and state and local governments.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. the national interest
    Does Trump Care About the Coronavirus Killing Blue America?The president has always treated blue states as the enemy. Has anything changed now that the stakes are life and death?
    By Jonathan Chait
  3. coronavirus
    Dems Get Some of the Election Funding They Wanted in Coronavirus Stimulus BillBut Pelosi and Schumer didn’t secure the money or a mandate for universal access to voting by mail.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. death penalty
    Colorado Abolishes the Death Penalty, Becoming the 22nd State to Do SoGovernor Jared Polis obeyed COVID-19 era social distancing mandates and announced his historic signing via press release.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  5. the national interest
    Trump Wants to Reopen Everything on Easter. Can He Do That Himself?Trump didn’t shut down anything for the coronavirus, governors did. But Trump has some tools.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. vision 2020
    Trump’s Approval Ratings Are Up, But for How Long?Believe it or not, the public thinks he’s doing a good job on coronavirus. But as the economy worsens, voters’ warm feelings may prove ephemeral.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. coronavirus
    No, Trump Can’t Revive the Economy Through Human SacrificeSome conservatives are eager to endorse trading thousands of lives for a stock market rally even though that isn’t actually an option.
    By Eric Levitz
  9. coronavirus
    Officials Are Using the Coronavirus to Expand the Criminal-Justice SystemOfficials are asking for — and doling out — increased law-enforcement power.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  10. coronavirus
    State Budgets Getting Are Blown Up by the Coronavirus PandemicIf the Feds don’t help, there will be a lot of red ink and pain in governments all over the country very soon.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. vision 2020
    Ex-Campaign Staff Suing Bloomberg For Broken Salary PromisesThey thought they had steady, well-paid jobs through November. But then they got laid off at the worst possible time.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. the national interest
    Trump Is Back to Waging War on Science, at the Worst Possible MomentRight-wing public-health skeptics gain the upper hand as a pandemic crisis descends.
    By Jonathan Chait
  13. coronavirus
    Lupus Patients Can’t Get Meds After Trump Touts Unproven Coronavirus TreatmentAfter Trump wrongly praised chloroquine as a safe, effective COVID-19 treatment, patients who need it have faced shortages from California to Karachi.
    By Matt Stieb
  14. politics
    Coronavirus Exposes the Virulence of American ConservatismAs British conservatives push historic aid to keep workers employed, the GOP is fighting to let bailed-out corporations cut staff.
    By Eric Levitz
  15. coronavirus
    Pelosi Offers House Plan As Senate Fights Over Coronavirus Economic Relief BillHouse bill may work its way into Senate negotiations, or could serve as an alternative if Republicans prevail in the upper chamber.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. vision 2020
    Primaries Continue to Melt Away During PandemicWith a few exceptions, states are either delaying presidential primaries or holding them mostly by mail.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. the national interest
    Big Business Lobbied Trump Not to Order Coronavirus SuppliesThe mystery of a president suddenly unwilling to use executive authority.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. coronavirus
    Trump Already Losing Patience With Being Semi-ResponsibleIf markets continue to tumble, Trump may try to simply call off the coronavirus crisis before the spread of the illness is stopped.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. the national interest
    Democrats Should Vote Down Trump’s Corrupt Stimulus Slush FundMitch McConnell wants to give Trump $500 billion to hand out as he pleases.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. the national interest
    Trump Blames Lack of Hospital Masks on ObamaWhy is the president scrambling to produce more personal protective equipment for health-care workers, two months late? That’s on Obama.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. coronavirus
    Member of Vice-President Pence’s Office Tests Positive for COVID-19The coronavirus has landed next door to the White House.
    By Chas Danner
  22. coronavirus
    The City’s One-Percenters Flee the Rest of Us to the Hamptons“It’s like the Fourth of July in March.”
    By Joshua David Stein
  23. vision 2020
    Bloomberg Bails on Anti-Trump Super-PACYes, he’s giving a relatively parsimonious $18 million to the DNC, but a lot of well-paid staffers will be left in the lurch.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. democratic primaries
    Stacey Abrams Is Joe Biden’s Strongest Running-Mate Prospect, Poll FindsData for Progress found that a Biden-led ticket featuring the former Georgia legislator polls uniquely well across a wide range of voters.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  25. the national interest
    The 5 Scariest Moments From Trump’s Coronavirus Briefing TodayPresident gets into extended public debate over biostatistics with actual expert, insists he is a “smart guy.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. coronavirus
    Lobbyists Swarm as Congress Prepares Massive Aid BillWhen the dinner bell rings, all sorts of hungry industries are making a case that they need help.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. coronavirus
    The City’s Doormen Are on the Front Lines of the PandemicThey are deemed “essential workers.”
    By Jane Starr Drinkard
  28. the economy
    The GOP’s Relief Bill Is Too Right-Wing for the Right’s Own GoodRepublican penny-pinching could doom Trump — and American capitalism as we’ve known it.
    By Eric Levitz
  29. the national interest
    Republican Stimulus Plan Gives Less Money to Poor HouseholdsThe most irrationally diabolical element of Mitch McConnell’s bill.
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. coronavirus
    Red America May Blame Blue America for CoronavirusRight now, much of nonmetropolitan America feels relatively immune to COVID-19 fears. But if that changes, metro America, not Trump, could be blamed.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. coronavirus
    McConnell Prefers to Slow Down Slo-Mo Senate Rather Than Voting RemotelyThe already-languorous upper chamber will take even longer to vote as a form of social distancing.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. the national interest
    GOP Senators Dumped Stock Before Coronavirus Hit, Without Warning the CountryWhen senators tell their stockbrokers what they’re not willing to tell the public.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. coronavirus
    Two GOP Senators Dumped Millions in Stock After Coronavirus Briefings: ReportAt least two Republicans sold millions in stock following closed-door coronavirus meetings — after which they told the public not to panic.
    By Matt Stieb
  34. coronavirus
    State Department Issues Global ‘Do Not Travel’ Warning to AmericansIn an unprecedented act, State warns that Americans should prepare “to remain abroad for an indefinite period” if they don’t return immediately.
    By Matt Stieb
  35. immigration
    ICE Was a Danger to Immigrants. The Coronavirus Makes It a Danger to Everyone.The spread of the pandemic has made the agency’s reign of terror untenable.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  36. the national interest
    Trump: State and Local Governments, Not Him, Have to Solve Coronavirus Shortages“We’re not a shipping clerk,” complains the president, annoyed that governors want his help with the pandemic.
    By Jonathan Chait
  37. democrats
    Democrats Need to Stop Worrying and Give Everyone Free MoneyIt’s more important for economic relief to be rapid and comprehensive than precisely targeted.
    By Eric Levitz
  38. vision 2020
    Gabbard Suspends Campaign and Endorses BidenThe gadfly congresswoman from Hawaii makes a timely party-unity gesture.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. coronavirus
    For Some Diabetes Patients, the Coronavirus May Turn a Crisis Into an EmergencyThe cost of insulin already forces some people with diabetes to ration their medicine. What will they do during a pandemic?
    By Sarah Jones
  40. recode decode
    Andrew Yang on How Americans Will Likely Be Getting $1,000 Monthly Checks Soon“I think the stimulus packages are on the right track. If anything, I would go bigger,” he tells Kara Swisher.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  41. coronavirus
    All 236 Georgia Legislators Exposed to CoronavirusA legislator who was symptomatic showed up for a special legislative session, and then tested positive for COVID-19.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. vision 2020
    Now’s the Time for a Biden-Warren TicketChoosing Warren as running mate posthaste would not only help unify the Democratic Party quickly, but would elevate a figure as serious as the times.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. coronavirus
    We’re Lucky the Coronavirus Isn’t a Prolific Child KillerGiven our lack of preparedness, a disaster like this was inevitable. We’re lucky the one we got has a low fatality rate among children.
    By Eric Levitz
  44. coronavirus
    The Leader of the Free World Gives a Speech, and She Nails ItA speech with compassion and forthrightness — imagine that.
    By Justin Davidson
  45. vision 2020
    Bill Weld and His One Delegate Fold Up the TentA Trump challenger that got some grave attention at the beginning of his campaign ended it with little notice.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. coronavirus
    Senate Passes Coronavirus Relief Bill, Plans $1.3 Trillion SequelThe legislation would provide some workers with paid sick and family leave, and boost unemployment benefits and food assistance.
    By Eric Levitz
  47. coronavirus
    What Coronavirus Triage Could Look Like in American HospitalsAfter Hurricane Katrina, states drafted plans for “crisis standards of care,” some of which include preferential treatment by age and occupation.
    By Matt Stieb
  48. the national interest
    GOP Senator Upbeat Coronavirus May Kill ‘No More Than 3.4% of Our Population’Ron Johnson is bad at both statistics and comforting people.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. coronavirus
    Rikers Island Prisoner Tests Positive for CoronavirusAdvocates have long warned about the deadly stakes of a jail or prison outbreak.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  50. vision 2020
    What If Trump Tried to Cancel the November Election?Trump can’t really cancel a constitutionally mandated general election, but could make voting difficult and trigger a court fight and a fresh crisis.
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. democratic primaries
    Kim Foxx Wins Reelection in Chicago, Despite Jussie Smollett CaseOpponents’ efforts to make the race a referendum on the Jussie Smollett case appear to have failed.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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