Russell Berman
A Nation of Pundits
Electability is king in the 2020 Democratic primary as voters are choosing candidates they think their fellow citizens would support—not the ones they actually like best.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters The Battle for Obama’s Legacy
A scrap over who deserves credit for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was the prickliest exchange yet between two top Democratic rivals, Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren.
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The Democrats’ New War on Warren
A volley of attacks from her rivals at tonight’s debate confirmed what polls have started to show: The senator from Massachusetts is the new leader of the primary pack.
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John McDonnell / The Washington Post via Getty ... The Blue Wave Faces Its First Test After 2018
Eight months after scandals rocked their party, Democrats are on the cusp of turning Virginia into an all-blue state.
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Kittibowornphatnon / Shutterstock / Katie Martin / The ... The 2020 Congressional-Retirement Tracker
For the second consecutive election, more Republicans than Democrats are forgoing reelection, a potentially ominous sign for the GOP in 2020.
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Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg via Getty Trump’s Intelligence Chief Didn’t Make Anyone Happy
Joseph Maguire did not endorse the explosive allegations of an anonymous whistle-blower, but neither did he rise to the president’s defense.
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Andrew Harnik / AP What Pelosi’s Pivot on Impeachment Really Means
Is this a defining moment in the Trump presidency, or merely some creative packaging?
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Kristoffer Tripplaar Nancy Pelosi Has Had Enough
The speaker of the House announced the launch of a long-awaited formal impeachment inquiry against President Trump.
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Brianna Soukup / Portland Press Herald via Getty A Step Toward Blowing Up the Presidential-Voting System
Maine’s adoption of ranked-choice voting for the 2020 general election could upend a close race for the White House.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Corey Lewandowski Tried to Make a Mockery of the House
At his recent hearing, the president’s former campaign manager had a much larger audience in mind than just congressional Democrats.
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Preston Ehrler / SOPA / LightRocket via Getty Elizabeth Warren’s Fans Aren’t Naive About Her Plans
At a New York City rally, supporters of the senator from Massachusetts expressed a deep skepticism that her agenda is truly achievable.
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Gretchen Ertl / Reuters The Question Elizabeth Warren Doesn’t Want to Answer
The senator from Massachusetts’s artful dodge on middle-class taxes reflects an age-old wariness in the Democratic Party.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Question Democrats Have to Answer Before They Can Impeach
The lawmakers who most want to oust President Trump don’t agree on what the party’s strongest case against him is.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The Impeachment Summer That Wasn’t
Despite impeachment efforts from progressive activists, most of the Democrats who flipped GOP seats in 2018 aren’t ready to go there.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Never Trumpers Want a GOP Alternative. Most Republicans Don’t.
Former Representative Joe Walsh is running against a president who, polls show, is no more vulnerable to a primary challenge than his recent predecessors were.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters The Last Days of the Other 1 Percent
Next week’s deadline to qualify for the third Democratic debate could leave half of the large field of candidates on the sidelines.
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Tom Brenner/Getty Images Five Stories We’re Watching
Atlantic writers look ahead at gun-control momentum, Kashmir’s status change, the secrets of Jeffrey Epstein, and more.
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Jose Luis Magana / AP Trump’s Own Aides Doubt His Latest Push on Guns
And Democrats do, too.
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Trump Passed the Tax Cuts. Now He’s Undermining Them.
According to Grover Norquist, one of the 2017 bill’s biggest champions
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters A Rare Gun-Control Proposal That Could Unite Congress
A plan to help states implement so-called red-flag laws has bipartisan support in the Republican-controlled Senate.
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Elise Amendola / AP ‘Do Something’: 2020 Democrats Are Stuck After Mass Shootings
With Congress on August recess, the candidates running to take on Donald Trump can call for action on guns, but they can’t take any themselves.
