1. early and often
    Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz Campaign Rally in Las Vegas
    Can Kamala Harris Be the Symbol of a New Political Era?The Democrat may cast herself as the candidate for voters looking to put both Biden and Trump in the rearview mirror.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. tremendous content
    Why Did Trump Say Kamala Looks Like Melania on This Time Cover?During his X Spaces chat with Elon Musk, Trump tried to allege media bias but wound up reinforcing Harris’s claims that he’s incredibly weird.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  3. politics
    Political Figures Speak At Bitcoin Conference In Nashville
    Kennedy Bounced From New York Ballot Over ‘Sham’ ResidencyA judge determined a Westchester address on his paperwork is not valid, and it could endanger his place on the ballots of other states.
    By Nia Prater
  4. the national interest
    The Media’s Double Standard Favors Donald Trump, Not Kamala HarrisConservative complaints about bias miss the point.
    By Jonathan Chait
  5. encounter
    Nate Silver Knows Who Will Win“It’s actually okay to be polarizing.”
    By David Freedlander
  7. x factor
    Milken Institute's Global Conference Held In Beverly Hills
    Trump-Musk Meeting Begins With X MeltdownAfter a long, painful delay, the two finally met.
    By Matt Stieb
  8. early and often
    Walz Is Trouncing Vance in the Battle of the VeepsWhile Vance has become a problem for Trump, so far Walz has been an asset to Harris. But a VP debate could help Vance recover.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. tremendous content
    US-POLITICS-TRUMP-fires
    Trump Is Very Confused, or Lying, About Helicopter StoryTrump insists he was nearly in a crash with Willie Brown — though Brown denies this and another Black California politician says he was on the flight.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  10. tremendous content
    The Chaotic History of Donald Trump & Elon Musk’s AllianceDonald Trump is back on Twitter ahead of his X Spaces interview with Elon Musk on Monday night. Here’s the latest on the frenemies’ tumultuous saga.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  11. the national interest
    Losing to Kamala Harris Makes Trump Crazier, and Being Crazy Makes Him LoseA candidate’s mental-health death spiral.
    By Jonathan Chait
  12. early and often
    President Biden Hosts White House Reception Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, And Pacific Islander Heritage Month
    What Kamala Harris Owes to Joe BidenThe 46th president gave his veep a cleared field for the nomination, a short runway to November, and a debate performance she can surely exceed.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. the body politic
    Tim Walz, Doug Emhoff, and the Nice Men of the LeftAn election defined by two very different kinds of guys.
    By Rebecca Traister
  14. politics
    WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 1: Special Counsel Jack Smith announces
    Will Anything at All Happen With Trump’s January 6 Case Before the Election?Special counsel Jack Smith cited a need for further consideration of the Supreme Court’s presidential-immunity decision, delaying everything again.
    By Nia Prater
  15. early and often
    Democrats Should Ditch the J.D. Vance Couch JokeIt’s both beneath them and not that funny.
    By Benjamin Hart
  16. the national interest
    How Harris WinsBidenism brought the Democrats to the brink of catastrophe. Obamaism can save them.
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. early and often
    Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump Speaks To The Press In Palm Beach, Florida
    Trump Agrees to Debate Harris at Rambling Press Conference: How It HappenedHe made some debate news, repeatedly questioned Kamala Harris’s intelligence, and compared his crowd size to MLK Jr.’s.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  18. early and often
    Why the Swiftboating of Tim Walz Won’t WorkThe attacks on Walz’s military service are weak tea. And they’re being vigorously contested, not ignored like the attacks on John Kerry in 2004.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. what we know
    Will Donald Trump Debate Kamala Harris?Trump is now proposing a new September 4 debate under his own terms — hosted by Fox News and inside a “full arena.”
    By Chas Danner
  20. politics
    Freedom Award Ceremony For Former Clerk Cheryl Johnson
    Pelosi Airs Criticisms of Biden CampaignDuring a book press tour, Pelosi indicated that she had lost faith in the Biden campaign’s chances for victory before the president dropped out.
    By Nia Prater
  21. early and often
    Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump Holds A Campaign Rally In Charlotte, North Carolina
    Trump’s 2024 Election-Denial PlaybookTrump and his allies are laying the groundwork to overturn a possible 2024 loss — and they don’t intend to repeat the mistakes they made last time.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. politics
    JD Vance
    Vance Awkwardly Doesn’t Confront Harris on Plane TarmacWith both campaigns in Wisconsin for events, J.D. Vance approached Air Force Two but opted to trash the vice-president to the press instead.
    By Nia Prater
  23. tremendous content
    Donald Trump And J.D. Vance Hold Campaign Rally In Atlanta
    What’s the Meaning of Trump’s ‘Kamabla’ Nickname? Unclear!Is he calling Harris “blah”? Referencing Obama? Just being racist? We’ve rounded up every theory, but even the Trump campaign doesn’t seem to know.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  24. politics
    Minnesota Governor Walz Highlights New Gun New Legislation
    What We Know About Why Harris Picked Tim WalzAmong other things, Josh Shapiro’s interview reportedly didn’t go very well.
    By Nia Prater
  25. early and often
    Cori Bush Becomes Second Squad Member to Lose 2024 PrimaryMuch like Jamaal Bowman, Bush was taken down by the combination of a credible challenger and lots of AIPAC-directed money.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. liveblog
    Kamala Harris And Running Mate Tim Walz Make First Appearance Together In Philadelphia
    Kamala Harris Picks Tim Walz As VP: How It Played OutAt their first rally together, Harris celebrated her new running mate’s biography. Then Walz went on attack and dropped a couch joke.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  27. early and often
    Senate Impeachment Trial Of President Trump Continues
    The GOP’s Dumbest Attack on Walz Pick: Democrats Are AntisemitesTrump allies claim Kamala Harris failing to pick Josh Shapiro — one of four Jewish Democratic governors — means the party is hostile to Jews.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. the national interest
    Desperate Trump Pines For Biden to Return as Democratic OpponentMake the mean lady go away!
    By Jonathan Chait
  29. early and often
    US President Joe Biden in Minnesota
    In Tim Walz, Kamala Harris Has Her Super-Normie Running MateThe Minnesotan’s affability, small-town roots, and military service are authentic calling cards and not just in the Midwest.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. early and often
    Tim Walz Wins Harris Veepstakes. Here’s Everyone He Beat Out.The Minnesota governor has been selected as Harris’s running mate.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  31. the national interest
    Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Need to Pivot to the Center Right NowDoes Harris really understand the assignment?
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. the city politic
    Ford Motor Co. battery powered F-150 Lightning trucks under production at their Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan
    The Politics of Electric Vehicles Looms Large in Swing StatesTrump’s anti-EV rhetoric is a gift to Kamala Harris.
    By Errol Louis
  33. early and often
    Kamala Harris Holds Campaign Rally In Atlanta
    Kamala Harris’s Multiple Paths to VictoryJoe Biden had all but written off the Sun Belt battleground states. They’re back on the table again, giving Harris some strategic flexibility.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. the national interest
    If Trump Thinks Harris Is So Dumb, Why Is He Afraid to Debate Her?Can’t get onstage with the teleprompter candidate!
    By Jonathan Chait
  35. early and often
    Donald Trump And J.D. Vance Hold Campaign Rally In Atlanta
    Trump Tantrum Helps Kamala Harris Put Georgia Into PlayEven as polls showed Harris closing the gap in the state, Trump chose to nourish his bizarre grudge against powerful Republican governor Brian Kemp.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. early and often
    Republican Presidential Debate
    Tim Scott Actually Got Married This WeekendFrom finally tying the knot with Mindy Noce to not being J.D. Vance, everything is coming up Tim Scott!
    By Margaret Hartmann
  37. political roadkill
    Robert Kennedy Jr.
    RFK Jr. Admits Planting Dead Bear in Central ParkFinally, a presidential candidate who isn’t afraid to admit he’d eat roadkill bear cub — or stage a fake bike accident to get rid of the body.
    By Chas Danner
  38. just asking questions
    Can Kamala Harris Win Just Enough of the Working Class?Longtime political analyst Ruy Teixeira thinks she’s a long way from reassembling the Obama coalition.
    By Benjamin Hart
  39. scene report
    Doug Emhoff and Chasten Buttigieg Go to Fire IslandAt a fundraiser on the gay New York getaway, the Second and 14th Gentlemen did a meet and greet with the political-donor class.
    By E. Alex Jung
  40. vulture sports
    What’s Going On in Olympic Boxing?Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, a cisgender woman, is facing transphobia online from J.D. Vance, Donald Trump, and J.K. Rowling.
    By Jason P. Frank
  41. early and often
    2024 Republican National Convention: Day 3
    Republicans Will Regret Calling for Mass DeportationsThe required police-state conditions would come at considerable financial cost and might alarm Latino voters.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. early and often
    Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns in Atlanta
    Kamala Can Take the High Road to VictoryBiden tried to scare voters into liking him over Trump. Harris has an upbeat message focused on the future.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. early and often
    How Trump Could Actually Distance Himself From Project 2025The unpopular manual for a second Trump administration is hurting the former president’s campaign.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. tremendous content
    The Real Origin of Trump’s Hannibal Lecter ObsessionAnswers to all your questions about why the former president keeps heaping praise on a make-believe cannibal.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  45. early and often
    Trump Keeps Questioning Harris’s Blackness After Train-Wreck InterviewThe former president has a new, gross attack line.
    By Benjamin Hart
  46. what we know
    Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich at his sentencing on July 19.
    Who Was Exchanged in the Big Russian Prisoner Swap?The multi-country deal has freed Americans Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, among many others.
    By Chas Danner
  47. the national interest
    What’s So Great About Josh ShapiroAnd why he might be worth adding to the ticket, despite the real risks.
    By Jonathan Chait
  48. early and often
    Political Figures Speak At Bitcoin Conference In Nashville
    What Ever Happened to RFK Jr.?The demise of the Biden-Trump rematch may have spelled the end of Kennedy’s campaign as a promising enterprise.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. 2024 election
    Harris Team Expands Push To Compete With Trump In Swing States
    Atlanta Turns Out for Kamala HarrisThe vice-president drew her biggest crowd yet in Georgia, where rallygoers were ready for her to give Trump hell.
    By Jewel Wicker
  50. the inside game
    VP Kamala Harris Campaign
    How Team Kamala Will Pick a Running MateA new inner circle is calling the shots.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  51. early and often
    America Fest, an event organised by Turning Point USA, in Phoenix
    Peter Thiel Protégés J.D. Vance and Blake Masters Are Having a Tough WeekVance is struggling, but his weird Arizona friend Blake Masters is down and maybe out.
    By Ed Kilgore
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