1. democratic primaries
    Iowa Results 2020: Live UpdatesThe Buttigieg and Sanders campaigns have both officially requested a partial recanvas of the caucus results.
    By Matt Stieb, Benjamin Hart, and Chas Danner
  2. vision 2020
    The Democratic Race Isn’t Ending Any Time SoonAs voting in New Hampshire nears, a consensus is crystallizing: The Democratic primaries are going to be long and contentious.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  3. policing
    NYC’s Police-Union Leaders Are UnhingedThis is not normal behavior.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  4. new york city
    Broker Fees Are Back for New York Renters, TemporarilyA state judge halted the new ban until at least March 13, following a lawsuit by New York’s powerful real-estate industry.
    By Chas Danner
  5. vision 2020
    The Iowa Democratic Party Is Literally Falling ApartIt’s not a great look for the IDP to have its sign fall down as its chair addresses the problems remaining in tallying results from a week ago.
    By Matt Stieb
  7. politics
    Trump’s Budget Clarifies the Election’s StakesThe president imagines himself a Robin Hood with the usual beneficiaries reversed.
    By Sarah Jones
  8. the national interest
    Trump and DeVos Propose to Eliminate Federal Charter School FundsAlong with an 8 percent cut to the entire federal Education budget.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. democratic primaries
    Pete Buttigieg’s Vow to Cut the Deficit Is Fiscally IrresponsibleThere’s nothing “responsible” about encouraging the superstitious fear of deficits that’s done incalculable harm to our economy and planet.
    By Eric Levitz
  10. vision 2020
    Please Don’t Fall for Mike Bloomberg’s Twitter PostsThey’re a dirty trick.
    By Brian Feldman
  11. the national interest
    Lindsey Graham Implicates William Barr in Massive Scandal, on Live TelevisionBarr has “created a process” to let Trump’s private lawyer channel dirt to the DOJ?
    By Jonathan Chait
  12. ukraine scandal
    The Justice Department Is Looking at Giuliani’s Biden Dirt From UkraineLindsey Graham said that Attorney General William Barr had set up a “process” for Giuliani to submit what he found in Ukraine.
    By Chas Danner
  13. federal budget
    Trump to Propose Cuts to Safety Net Once AgainIt’s budget proposal season, meaning the Trump administration has again recommended billion-dollar cuts to Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare.
    By Matt Stieb
  14. el paso shooting
    Don’t Give the El Paso Killer the Death PenaltyFederal hate-crime charges were announced against Patrick Crusius last week.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  15. vision 2020
    Biden Launches Attacks on Buttigieg, Who Nears Sanders in New HampshireUncle Joe, whose campaign suddenly seems like a long shot, said Mayor Pete was not “a Barack Obama” on Saturday and attacked his record in a new ad.
    By Chas Danner
  16. the national interest
    Trump Insists Real Photo Revealing His Fake Tan Is FakeAmerica’s comically superficial president also looks ridiculous.
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. politics
    Trump’s Impeachment Trial and the Verdict of HistoryIt may take a few decades, but the Senate’s handling of Trump’s impeachment trial will stand out.
    By Ben Jacobs
  18. vision 2020
    Why Wasn’t Turnout Better in Iowa?Maybe it was just a matter of complacent Democrats not knowing or caring whom they support against Trump. But it doesn’t show an expanding coalition.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. democratic debates
    Tom Steyer Is Here to Make Friends (With Bernie Sanders)The billionaire repeatedly praised Sanders during Friday night’s Democratic debate in New Hampshire.
    By Chas Danner
  20. vision 2020
    Biden’s Last Stand?Biden’s candidacy was teetering entering the debate. He began by predicting his own defeat in New Hampshire, and it didn’t get much better from there.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. democratic debates
    Klobuchar Knocks Buttigieg for Wanting to Watch Cartoons Instead of ImpeachmentThe Minnesota senator argued that Buttigieg’s anti-Washington positioning is shallow and glib.
    By Benjamin Hart
  22. vision 2020
    Biden Predicts He’ll Lose New Hampshire at Democratic DebateThe embattled former vice-president said Bernie Sanders would win instead.
    By Chas Danner
  23. politics
    Trump Fires Impeachment Witnesses Alexander Vindman and Gordon SondlandThe president’s post-impeachment revenge spree is now officially underway.
    By Chas Danner
  24. neo-confederates
    Out With the Confederacy, In With Democracy in VirginiaVirginia is about to eliminate Lee-Jackson Day from the list of state holidays and replace it with Election Day.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. the national interest
    Now Trump Is Charging Nancy Pelosi With Fake Crimes, TooWhy Trump calls all his opponents criminals.
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. mass incarceration
    The Justice Department Investigates Mississippi PrisonsThirteen inmates have died since December 29.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  27. vision 2020
    How Likely Is a Contested Convention, Really?Intelligencer staffers discuss the possibility that the Democratic primary will have a very old-school denouement.
    By Benjamin Hart, Ed Kilgore, and Eric Levitz
  28. the national interest
    Report: Trump Organization Is Bilking Taxpayers and Lying About It“I probably have a legal obligation, Mr. Attorney, to report corruption.” Here’s a hot lead for you to investigate, Mr. President.
    By Jonathan Chait
  29. vision 2020
    Joe Walsh Will Not Be the Next President of the United StatesThe onetime Republican congressman ended his attempt to challenge President Trump after predictably gaining little traction in Iowa.
    By Benjamin Hart
  30. vision 2020
    How Iowa’s Chaos Affected the Top 4 Democrats — and Why N.H. Is Bigger Than EverThe caucus breakdown caused Sanders, Buttigieg, Warren, and Biden to shake up their plans for success, and bet big on New Hampshire and Nevada.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  31. vision 2020
    Two Career Non-Democrats Could Fight for the Democratic Presidential NominationSanders and Bloomberg have spent a lot of time avoiding identification with the party whose presidential nomination they seek — much like Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. fox news
    Fox News Warned Staff of Guests Like Giuliani Spreading ‘Disinformation’: ReportAn internal memo states that staff should be wary of Giuliani and opinion writer John Solomon for their “susceptibility to disinformation.”
    By Matt Stieb
  33. vision 2020
    Man Who Owns News Outlet Guilty of PlagiarismMichael Bloomberg copied entire sections of his policy platform from various news outlets — despite employing journalists on his campaign.
    By Sarah Jones
  34. vision 2020
    Who Could Breach Joe Biden’s ‘Firewall’ in South Carolina?Biden’s plan to rely on African-American voters in the Palmetto state no longer looks that secure.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. the national interest
    If You Think It Looks Bad for Mainstream Democrats Now, Just WaitThe center-left hasn’t unified around a candidate and appears helpless before Bernie Sanders.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. president trump
    The Insane Criminal President Held a Party TodayTrump celebrated his newly confirmed immunity from constitutional accountability by subjecting the country to his stream-of-consciousness gloating.
    By Eric Levitz
  37. vision 2020
    DNC Asks for Do-over in Iowa Caucus CountWe’re probably not going to get the results anytime soon.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. impeachment season
    Mitt Stands AloneThe view from the Hill as the senator from Utah and former presidential candidate casts the lone GOP vote in a failed bid to convict Donald Trump.
    By Ben Jacobs
  39. impeachment
    Senate Acquits Trump of Impeachment Charges, 52–48Mitt Romney’s “guilty” vote on the abuse of power article interrupted the party-line conclusion.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. the national interest
    Impeachment Exposed President Trump’s Authoritarian AmbitionsAnd the culpability of his party.
    By Jonathan Chait
  41. the national interest
    Mitt Romney Declares Trump Guilty of Abuse of Power in Impeachment TrialThe vote to convict is officially bipartisan.
    By Jonathan Chait
  42. senate trial
    Susan Collins: Trump Has ‘Learned’ a ‘Pretty Big Lesson’ From ImpeachmentIt’s unlikely that a president who said the Constitution gives him “the right to do whatever I want” would learn anything from his acquittal.
    By Matt Stieb
  43. vision 2020
    Elizabeth Warren’s Tough Road AheadShe’s now clearly trailing Sanders as the progressive favorite, but still has some potential as a “unity candidate.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. vision 2020
    The Most Consequential Failure of the Iowa CaucusesThe unusually slow count and abnormally large field of viable candidates means that the Iowa caucus didn’t shrink the field.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. the national interest
    Trump Baffled Why African-Americans Don’t Want to Vote for HimMaybe giving Rush Limbaugh another medal will fix it.
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. state of the union
    Trump Awards Medal of Freedom to Rush Limbaugh at State of the UnionThe day after the right-wing radio host announced he had stage-four lung cancer, Trump bestowed Limbaugh with the highest possible civilian honor.
    By Chas Danner
  47. state of the union
    President Trump Turned the State of the Union Into a Reality ShowLike many aspects of his presidency, Trump turned the SOTU into a TV event — awarding medals, reuniting families, and parading around service members.
    By Ben Jacobs
  48. politics
    Trump Avoids Handshake With Pelosi at State of the UnionThe president appeared to ignore an attempted handshake from Speaker Pelosi, who infamously dressed Trump down at a White House meeting in October.
    By Chas Danner
  49. politics
    Nancy Pelosi Rips Up Trump’s State of the Union SpeechThe Speaker of the House stood up and tore the president’s prepared remarks in half, later calling it “the courteous thing to do.”
    By Chas Danner
  50. state of the union
    Highlights From Trump’s 2020 State of the UnionBreakout moments from Trump’s fourth report to the nation — including some conflict between POTUS and Pelosi, and a surprise award for Rush Limbaugh.
    By Matt Stieb
  51. the national interest
    Trump Speech Cites Sole Triumph: Rebranding Obama’s Economy As His OwnKeep the same economy, skim off the top for your rich pals, claim credit.
    By Jonathan Chait
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