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  1. the power trip
    Running From InsideIs it possible to conduct a successful campaign for president from a criminal courthouse?
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  2. supreme court
    Group Photograph Of U.S. Supreme Court Justices
    Alito Home’s Flag Is Symbol of New Partisan Era at Supreme CourtIt’s increasingly clear this is the Alito-Thomas Court, not the Roberts Court.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. tremendous content
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    Republicans’ Dumb Excuses for Trump Sleeping in CourtHe could be meditating, praying, or resting his eyes. Just don’t call him a tired old man.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  4. feuds
    Everything That Happened in Last Night’s Reality-Show House HearingA House markup hearing turned into name-calling across the aisle between Marjorie Taylor Greene, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Jasmine Crockett.
    By Nia Prater
  5. early and often
    Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate In Las Vegas Ahead Of Nevada Caucuses
    Bernie Sanders Makes Incredibly Gloomy Case for Reelecting BidenSanders doesn’t try to convince progressives that America’s on the right track with Biden. It’s all about life being hell under Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. life after roe
    Republican nominee for US Senate Larry Hogan and his wife, Yumi
    Larry Hogan and the Lost Tradition of Pro-Choice RepublicanismLike Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, Larry Hogan is sort of committed to abortion rights, but is chained to the party of forced-birth lawmaking.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. trump on trial
    What Happened in the Trump Trial Today: Cohen QuestionedThe defense continued cross-examining Trump’s ex-fixer, attempting to paint Cohen as an unreliable liar.
    By Nia Prater
  8. early and often
    Former President Trump Holds A Campaign Rally In Ohio
    Trump Doesn’t Seem That Bothered by Kristi Noem Dog KillingIs she still on his VP shortlist? Perhaps not. But Donald Trump hinted that the governor could still have a place in his administration.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  9. early and often
    Who’s the Trump VP Pick? Latest Odds for Every Shortlist Candidate.Does MTG have “the look”? Is Tim Scott loyal enough? Is Kristi Noem out? Here are each VP candidate’s odds in the race to be Trump’s running mate.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  10. past is prologue
    Why a Late RFK Jr. Polling Boom Is UnlikelyThe last three independent presidential candidates who polled at over 10 percent lost momentum by Election Day.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. early and often
    wes moore endorses alsobrooks
    Senate Democrats Have No Margin for Error in NovemberDemocrats actually lead in polling of every very competitive Senate race. But one stumble on a difficult landscape and they’re back in the minority.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. early and often
    Donald Trump And Joe Biden Participate In First Presidential Debate
    Trump Let Biden Take First Swing by Agreeing to DebateAn early head-to-head debate where Trump can’t replicate a circus-like rally environment could help Biden gain the initiative.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. politics
    Trump's Personal Lawyer Michael Cohen Appears For Court Hearing Related To FBI Raid On His Hotel Room And Office
    Stormy Daniels May Leave U.S. If Trump Gets AcquittedIn an interview, Daniels’s husband, Barrett Blade, said their family might “vacate the country” if Trump is acquitted in his hush-money trial.
    By Nia Prater
  14. life after roe
    US-NEWS-FLA-ABORTION-OS
    Abortion Rights Are Not Just for Partisan MobilizationDemocrats eager to exploit pro-choice sentiment shouldn’t forget that there’s more at stake in abortion-rights battles than who wins elections.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. israel-palestine
    The Progressive Brooklyn School Being Divided Over IsraelAt Brooklyn Friends, some parents say administrators are shutting out their criticisms of Israel.
    By Sarah Jones
  16. poll position
    Trump-vs.-Biden Polls: Will Ticket-Splitting Hurt Joe?Several Senate Democratic candidates in battleground states are running ahead of the president. But the gaps may not last.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. tremendous content
    Speculation Grows Over Possible Indictment Of Former President Donald Trump
    Hush-Money Trial Revives Doorman’s Trump-Love-Child StoryDid you forget about former Trump Tower doorman Dino Sajudin’s wild claim that Trump has a secret sixth child? There’s a good reason.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  18. trump on trial
    Michael Cohen Finally Talks Back to the BossAs Trump touted the polls, his former fixer tried to put him away.
    By Andrew Rice
  19. early and often
    President Trump Holds Briefing At White House
    Do Americans Remember the Actual Trump Presidency?Polls show voters have forgotten about COVID and January 6 and credit Trump with an imaginary tide of prosperity.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. tremendous content
    Donald Trump Holds Campaign Rally
    Praising the ‘Late, Great’ Hannibal Lecter Is Peak Trump LunacyTrump’s kind words about the fictional cannibal undermined the (false) argument he was trying to make.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  21. the national interest
    No, Your Pet Issue Is Not Making Biden LoseIt’s inflation, not Israel or class warfare.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. the national interest
    Manafort Returns As Trump Preps For New Crime SpreeHis criminal record is his best qualification.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. early and often
    TOPSHOT-US-ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-CONFLICT-POLITICS-CEASEFIRE
    The Most Endangered Democrat in AmericaJamaal Bowman might lose his job over Israel.
    By Ross Barkan
  24. early and often
    Democrats Hold Unprecedented Virtual Convention From Milwaukee
    Can the 2024 DNC Thwart Chicago Protests by Going Virtual?Antiwar protesters want this year’s Democratic convention to resemble 1968 — but it won’t be anywhere near as easy to target.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. early and often
    Governor Kristi Noem Visits FOX Business Network's "Varney & Co"
    The Kristi Noem Dog-Killing Story Is Actually Worse in ContextNoem is encouraging people to read her new book, No Going Back, and judge the dog-shooting anecdote for themselves. She probably shouldn’t.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  26. early and often
    Rick Scott Tries to Copy Trump’s Claims of PersecutionThe senator whose health-care company was hit with a giant Medicare fraud fine now wants it retroactively blamed on politicized prosecutors.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. life after roe
    TOPSHOT-US-VOTE-POLITICS-KENNEDY JR.
    Not Even RFK Jr.’s Running-Mate Knows His Abortion StanceHis campaign says abortion is a “divisive issue.” Maybe that’s why he sometimes seems to be on both sides of it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. the national interest
    In Defense of Punching LeftThe problem with Solidarity.
    By Jonathan Chait
  29. poll position
    What the Polls Say Today: Democrats Take Lead in Generic Congressional BallotDemocrats recently moved into a narrow lead, though handicappers still give Republicans a good chance to hold the House.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. the national interest
    How Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Brain Worm Could Save AmericaA butterfly flaps its wings …
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. trump on trial
    Jury Selection Begins In Former President Donald Trump's New York Hush Money Trial
    ‘Sleepy Don’: Trump Falls Asleep (Five Times!) at Hush Money TrialA running list of Donald Trump’s many courtroom snoozes during his Manhattan criminal trial.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  32. early and often
    US President Donald Trump visits Israel
    Republicans Want to Give Netanyahu a Blank Check“America First” conservatives are fuming at Biden for trying to limit attacks in Gaza rather than letting Israel do as it pleases.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. early and often
    Brandon Herrera Campaign Rally
    Uvalde’s Next Congressman Might Be a GunfluencerIn the latest battle of the Republican civil war, a Texas moderate is challenged by “The AK Guy.”
    By Ben Jacobs
  34. trump on trial
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    The New York Jail Cells Trump Could Soon Call HomeExperts say the former president may be using a combination sink-toilet if he violates his gag order again.
    By Matt Stieb
  35. trump on trial
    This Isn’t the Same Stormy DanielsThe night she met Donald Trump changed both their worlds.
    By Olivia Nuzzi and Andrew Rice
  36. life after roe
    US-RIGHTS-WOMEN-abortion
    Ruling Against New York Abortion Vote Is a Blow to DemocratsThe ruling tossing a November ballot measure won’t roll back abortion rights in the state, but it could rob Democrats of a turnout booster.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. early and often
    Police Patrol UCLA Campus After Attack On Student Encampment
    Poll Finds Most College Students Aren’t Focused on Gaza WarDespite the attention on campus protests, most students don’t blame Biden for the situation in Gaza and are more concerned about domestic issues.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. the national interest
    Why President Biden Is Correct to Denounce Campus AntisemitismThe problem is not physical violence.
    By Jonathan Chait
  39. early and often
    Kari Lake’s Worst Enemy Is a RepublicanFalsely accused of stealing the last election, Stephen Richer decided to sue. The lawsuit could bankrupt her.
    By Casey Quackenbush
  40. early and often
    Donald Trump Campaigns In New Hampshire
    Is 2024 Election Denialism a Trump VP Litmus Test?Tim Scott showed the way by refusing to answer a question about accepting the results of the next presidential election.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. early and often
    Japan Joint Meeting April 11
    MTG Push to Oust Johnson Is MAGA Theater, Not a Real ThreatIt’s clear Speaker Johnson will keep his gavel for now. But he wants to avoid relying on Democrats, and MTG needs a symbolic partial victory.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. tremendous content
    South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem Speaks At The Coolidge And American Project Conference
    Kristi Noem Attacks ‘Fake News’ for Questioning Fake Kim Jong-un StoryThe governor’s reasons for writing about killing her dog and inventing a Kim Jong-un meeting keep changing. But somehow it’s always the media’s fault.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  43. past is prologue
    Vietnam in New York
    Gaza War Protests Don’t Yet Rival Anti–Vietnam War MovementToday’s protests are smaller, less focused, and less popular than those of the Vietnam era. But they are growing and could spur a similar backlash.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. that happened
    The Time Stormy Daniels Exposed Trump’s Weird Shark PhobiaOne question the hush-money trial probably won’t settle: Why is Trump so terrified of being eaten by a marine animal?
    By Margaret Hartmann
  45. early and often
    Donald Trump
    The Wildest Things Trump Said at His Private Mar-a-Lago Donor RetreatOver the weekend, Trump compared the Biden administration to the Gestapo and bragged he was bigger than Taylor Swift.
    By Chas Danner
  46. early and often
    Georgia's former lieutenant governor, Geoff Duncan, leaves the Lewis R. Slaton Courthouse
    Why Aren’t More Anti-Trump Republicans Endorsing Biden?It says a lot that former Georgia official Geoff Duncan is the most prominent Republican coming out for Biden in 2024.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. early and often
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    Lara Trump Tees Up Another Premature Election Victory ClaimThe RNC co-chair’s absurd complaint about counting votes cast by mail lays the groundwork for more Trump election chicanery.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. tremendous content
    All the Weird Stories in Kristi Noem’s New BookFrom the “dog killer” story to a made-up meeting with Kim Jong-un, here are Noem’s most eye-popping claims.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  49. just asking questions
    A Columbia ’68 Revolutionary Takes Stock of Today’s ProtestsJames Simon Kunen wrote a famous memoir of the university’s most tumultuous year. He likes what he sees from the kids these days.
    By Benjamin Hart
  50. tremendous content
    Commander Biden
    Kristi Noem Would Have Shot Biden’s Dog Commander, TooThe South Dakota governor, still under fire for executing her own dog, is now taking aim at the Biden family’s bite-happy former pet.
    By Chas Danner
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