1. vision 2020
    The Big Question in Iowa: Who Will Show Up on Caucus Night?If caucus attendance is high and young people show up like they did for Obama in 2008, it could be a big night for Bernie.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. impeachment
    Lev Parnas Barred From Senate Trial Due to Electronic Device: His Ankle MonitorThough a federal judge ruled that Parnas could travel to D.C., he was not allowed to remove the monitoring device so that he could attend the trial.
    By Matt Stieb
  3. impeachment
    What We Learned on Day 8 of the Trump Impeachment TrialThere was plenty of conflict on day one of questions, but Republicans seem to be consolidating their wall of shame preventing additional witnesses.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. border wall
    New Section of Trump’s ‘Virtually Impenetrable’ Wall Blown Over by WindThe windblown barrier joins other border wall setbacks, like the fact that it can be sawed through in minutes, or climbed with a pair of ladders.
    By Matt Stieb
  5. impeachment
    Where’s Hunter Biden? Probably Not Coming to the Senate TrialThe parties have different reasons for not wanting to call Hunter Biden — a rare bit of bipartisan agreement in an increasingly contentious trial.
    By Ben Jacobs
  7. vision 2020
    Winning Iowa Helped Obama in 2008. It Didn’t Make Him.It’s a myth that Iowans gave black voters “permission” to support Obama. But Iowa helped demonstrate his electability, which mattered then as now.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. middle east
    Kushner Can Solve Israel-Palestine Conflict Because He’s ‘Read 25 Books on It’That’s a lot of reading for the Trump administration, though not quite enough for his 80-page plan to make it past peer review.
    By Matt Stieb
  9. the national interest
    Dershowitz: President Can Abuse Power If It Helps Get Them ReelectedThe most authoritarian defense yet comes from Trump’s “civil libertarian” lawyer.
    By Jonathan Chait
  10. medicare for all
    South Carolina Democrats Sure Sound Open to Medicare for AllA new poll shows high levels of support for government-run health care.
    By Sarah Jones
  11. 2020 elections
    Trump Pit Bull Doug Collins Jumps Into the Georgia Senate Race, Dividing the GOPAppointed GOP senator Kelly Loeffler has a 2020 opponent who is manifestly Trumpier than she is.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. vision 2020
    Millennials Have Formed a Human Shield Around the Bernie Sanders CampaignIf centrist Democrats mount a conspicuous effort to take out Sanders, they’ll risk taking down youth turnout along with him.
    By Eric Levitz
  13. president trump
    Trump Advocates Are Giving Out Cash to Black VotersBeyond the unseemly nature of this tactic, it may not be, technically speaking, legal.
    By Benjamin Hart
  14. the national interest
    Trump Attacks John Bolton As Desperate Loser Who Nearly Destroyed the PlanetPresident turns on key witness to his high crimes.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. vision 2020
    If There’s an Anybody-But-Bernie Movement, Who Will Lead It?There are already alarms going up about Bernie Sanders sweeping the first three 2020 contests. But late-primary challenges don’t seem to work.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. middle east
    Kushner: Palestine May ‘Screw Up’ Peace Plan Like Every Deal ‘They’ve Ever Had’“They’re going to screw up another opportunity like they’ve screwed up every other opportunity that they’ve ever had in their existence.”
    By Matt Stieb
  17. vision 2020
    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wows Iowa, Probably Not for the Last TimeAOC is burnishing her reputation as a progressive all-star, serving as a campaign surrogate in Iowa while Sanders is stuck in the impeachment trial.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. war
    50 U.S. Troops Diagnosed With Brain Injuries As a Result of Iran StrikesLast week, Trump dismissed the soldiers’ injuries as “headaches” that were “not very serious.”
    By Eric Levitz
  19. impeachment
    What We Learned on Day 7 of Trump’s Impeachment TrialTrump’s lawyers shifted their strategy to a “so what?” argument as Republicans continued to fight the idea of hearing John Bolton.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. fracking
    Will a Fracking Ban Doom Democrats in Pennsylvania?The political risks of running on the policy may outweigh the substantive benefits, given the dearth of Congressional support for a universal ban.
    By Eric Levitz
  21. criminal justice
    Elizabeth Warren Wants You to Vote in Your Local Prosecutor ElectionHer endorsements come just as the Cook County, Illinois, state’s attorney election is becoming a referendum on the Jussie Smollett case.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  22. world view
    Trump’s Middle East Plan Is About Exerting Power, Not Achieving PeaceThe conflict is now shaped by the worldview of Trump and his allies — and a two-state solution may be off the table for good.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  23. vision 2020
    Watch Michael Bloomberg Try to Shake Hands With a Dog’s MouthA note to the former mayor: You shake a dog’s paw, not its upper jaw.
    By Matt Stieb
  24. the national interest
    The Republican Position on Trump’s Ukraine Scandal Has Completely ReversedThen: No quid pro quo, but it would be bad. Now: yes quid pro quo, but it’s fine.
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. huawei
    The Trump Administration’s War on Huawei Isn’t Going WellThe U.K.’s decision not to ban it from its 5G network is another blow to the White House’s pressure campaign.
    By Benjamin Hart
  26. vision 2020
    The Democratic Party Should Want Joe Rogan’s VoteDemocrats can’t protect marginalized groups unless they win elections. And they can’t win elections without the support of unenlightened voters.
    By Eric Levitz
  27. the national interest
    Running Bernie Sanders Against Trump Would Be an Act of InsanityBernie’s vulnerabilities in the general election would be enormous.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. senate trial
    John Bolton’s Revelations Still Won’t Be EnoughInside the Senate chamber on Monday, Republicans did not appear to be swayed by Bolton’s account enough to let him testify.
    By Ben Jacobs
  29. impeachment
    GOP Senator Suggests Her Party Is Using Ukraine to Hurt Biden in the PrimaryJoni Ernst contradicted the talking point that Trump was simply rooting out corruption, with no intention of hurting Biden’s electoral shot.
    By Matt Stieb
  30. impeachment
    GOP Leaders, Trump’s Defense Team Grasp at Weak Defenses After Bolton LeakRepublican senators and Trump’s legal team attempted to draw attention from Bolton’s revelation, but their arguments had severe logical gaps.
    By Matt Stieb
  31. impeachment
    What We Learned on Day Six of Trump’s Impeachment TrialThe revelations from John Bolton’s manuscript began to sway Republican senators, even as Trump’s lawyers became adversarial.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. impeachment
    For Republican Senators, Fealty to Trump Is the Only LawAppointed Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler shivs her old friend Mitt Romney in the name of the president over his call to hear John Bolton’s testimony.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. the national interest
    Biden Helped Reform Ukraine, and Giuliani Is Recorrupting ItTrump’s impeachment defense turns reality upside down.
    By Jonathan Chait
  34. impeachment
    How Damning Could John Bolton’s Testimony Really Be?Intelligencer staffers discuss how much damage the ex-national security adviser could do to President Trump.
    By Jonathan Chait, Benjamin Hart, and Ed Kilgore
  35. immigration
    SCOTUS Green-Lights Expansion of Trump’s Self-Sufficiency Test for ImmigrantsThe administration could ultimately lose this case, but more likely it will get tougher to get a green card if you receive any public benefits.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. politics
    The Symbolic Power of Trump the ConvertAccusations of hypocrisy misunderstand Trump’s appeal to conservative Christians.
    By Sarah Jones
  37. vision 2020
    Why Polls Might Get the Iowa Caucuses WrongCaucuses and primaries are very different environments … starting with who shows up in the first place.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. impeachment
    The Clinton Trial Rules That Are Shaping Trump’s TrialThe precedents set in 1999 are brief and businesslike and provide for later votes on hearing witnesses.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. the national interest
    John Bolton Blows Up Trump Impeachment Defense on the LaunchpadTrump’s argument hinged on nobody having testified that Trump ordered a quid pro quo. Now there is a witness.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. senate trial
    John Bolton Undercuts Trump’s Impeachment Defense in Book Draft: ReportJohn Bolton reportedly undercuts Trump’s impeachment defense that Ukraine aid was separate from investigations, proving the need for his testimony.
    By Matt Stieb
  41. impeachment
    In Apparent Threat, Trump Says Schiff Has ‘Not Paid the Price’ for ImpeachmentSchiff said Trump’s tweet was “intended to be” a threat, days after audio emerged of the president telling associates to “take out” an ambassador.
    By Matt Stieb
  42. vision 2020
    Polls Show Bernie Sanders Surging at Just the Right TimeEight days before the Iowa caucuses, polls show Sanders leading Iowa by seven points and New Hampshire by nine, while competing with Biden nationally.
    By Matt Stieb
  43. vision 2020
    Des Moines Register Endorses Warren in Run-up to Iowa CaucusesThe paper has often failed to pick caucus-winners, but could give a boost of momentum to Warren in a close four-way race.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. senate impeachment trial
    The Impeachment Trial Became Saturday Detention for SenatorsThe mood was subdued as members sat through “Death Valley” and earned a 49-hour break.
    By Ben Jacobs
  45. ukraine scandal
    Watch: Tape of Trump Saying ‘Get Rid of’ Ambassador to Ukraine Marie YovanovitchThe lawyer for former Trump operative Lev Parnas has released the full recording in which the president tells his associates to fire the ambassador.
    By Chas Danner
  46. impeachment
    What We Learned on Day Five of the Trump Impeachment TrialTeam Trump took just two hours to preview their case, which mostly revolves around the claim that House Democrats have no real evidence.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. the national interest
    Republicans Feign Anger at Schiff ‘Head on Pike’ Speech to Justify CowardiceSenators threaten to cover up presidential crimes because they’re upset the Democrat quoted a news report.
    By Jonathan Chait
  48. the national interest
    Pompeo Dares Veteran Foreign Correspondent to Find Ukraine on Map (She Does)Secretary of State has wild meltdown with Mary Louise Kelly.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. impeachment
    What We Learned on Day Four of the Trump Impeachment TrialHouse impeachment managers wrapped up by arguing that Trump’s obstruction of Congress was egregious and ongoing. Next up: the White House’s defense.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. vision 2020
    Why Is Bernie Sanders Surging Now?Intelligencer staffers discuss the Vermont senator’s improved standing as the Iowa Caucuses loom.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti and Benjamin Hart
  51. the national interest
    Tape Records Trump Ordering Goons to Get Rid of Ambassador YovanovitchFour takeaways from another explosive piece of evidence Republicans don’t care about.
    By Jonathan Chait
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