Dick Cheney Says There Will Be ‘Heads Exploding All Over Washington’

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mass shooting

Everything We Know About the Shooting in Milwaukee at the Molson Coors Campus

By Matt Stieb

According to reports, a Molson Coors employee fired on Wednesday returned to the Milwaukee campus, killing five. The shooter also died in the attack.

2/26/2020

coronavirus

CDC Reports First U.S. Coronavirus Case of ‘Unknown’ Origin

By Matt Stieb

The UC Davis Medical Center said it took a week for the CDC to test and confirm what could be the first instance of community spread of coronavirus.

2/26/2020

coronavirus

Wuhan Nurses Pen Letter in Medical Journal Asking for Help to Fight Coronavirus

By Matt Stieb

“We are asking nurses and medical staff from countries around the world to come to China now, to help us in this battle.”

2/26/2020

coronavirus

Why Hasn’t the U.S. Done More Coronavirus Tests?

By Chas Danner

As coronavirus cases surge abroad, there has been an alarming lack of testing for the virus in the U.S. and too little transparency from the CDC.

2/26/2020

coronavirus

Trump Announces Mike Pence Will Lead the White House’s Coronavirus Response

By Matt Stieb

The vice-president’s public health record isn’t stellar: As late as 2000, he wrote that “smoking does not kill.”

2/26/2020

vision 2020

Conservative Poll Says Real Catholics Love Trump

By Ed Kilgore

Trump supporters are trying to delegitimize Catholics who encounter the president and smell brimstone.

2/26/2020

white nationalism

White Nationalist Arrested for Swatting Journalists, Historically Black Church

By Matt Stieb

John Cameron Denton, an alleged former leader of a neo-Nazi group, faces a conspiracy charge for calling in false reports of violence to the police.

2/26/2020

the media

ABC News Journalist Suspended for Comments Secretly Recorded by Project Veritas

By Adam K. Raymond

David Wright admitted to being a “socialist” and criticized both his own network and President Trump.

2/26/2020

recode decode

Jorge Ramos Talks to Kara Swisher About 2020 and Latino Trump Voters

By Eric Johnson

The Univision anchor takes questions about the Univision sale, Bernie Sanders’s Cuba comments, and Latino Trump voters feeling “vindicated.”

2/26/2020

buyer's market

So What Should I Do About Coronavirus Now?

By Josh Barro

Besides just waiting.

2/26/2020

vision 2020

Biden’s Very Narrow Path to the Nomination

By Ed Kilgore

After a good debate performance, Biden has a chance to reestablish himself as the moderate alternative to Sanders if he wins South Carolina.

2/26/2020

trump administration

Trump Insists on Paying for Coronavirus Prep by Taking Heating Aid From Poor

By Eric Levitz

The White House’s neurotic obsession with hurting the disadvantaged is going to get us all killed (or, at least, many of us needlessly ill).

2/26/2020

vision 2020

Is Your Candidate ‘Nominatable’?

By Ed Kilgore

We’re at a point in the Democratic presidential contest where voters need to decide who has a realistic path to the nomination.

2/26/2020

democratic debates

Chaotic Debate Probably Won’t Help Black Voters Make Up Their Minds

By Zak Cheney-Rice

But it could also present a rare opportunity.

2/26/2020

coronavirus

Marco Rubio Looks Panicked in Video Urging People Not to Panic Over Coronavirus

By Adam K. Raymond

“It’s not time to panic,” Rubio says, in a video that looks like it was recorded in his doomsday bunker.

2/26/2020

crime

What Happened to the Stolen Kids of Sarah Lawrence?

By James D. Walsh and Ezra Marcus

As Lawrence Ray faces trial in New York, some families of his victims are still waiting to reunite with their children.

2/26/2020

the national interest

Bernie: I’d Rather Lose Than Let Bloomberg Spend Money on Me

By Jonathan Chait

So much for Bernie’s secret pragmatism.

2/26/2020

vision 2020

5 Ways a Coronavirus Pandemic Could Change the 2020 Election

By Eric Levitz

The bug could expose Trump’s misrule and ruin his economic record — or validate his xenophobia and gift him a burst of catch-up growth this fall.

2/26/2020

vision 2020

Mike Bloomberg Is Running His Campaign Like a Money-Gorged Tech Company

By Brian Feldman

An organization that has more money than it knows what to do with is throwing every idea at the wall to see what sticks.

2/26/2020

life after warming

What Coronavirus Teaches Us About Climate Change

By David Wallace-Wells

Adaptation is not enough.

2/26/2020

south carolina debate

What Candidates Said About the Coronavirus at the Democratic Debate

By Chas Danner

Sanders mocked Trump, Biden said he’d pressure China, Klobuchar promoted the CDC website, and Bloomberg called out the president’s budget cuts.

2/26/2020

trump administration

The White House Reportedly Just Hired a College Senior

By Matt Stieb

The 23-year-old will be working in the newly politicized Presidential Personnel Office.

2/26/2020

democratic debates

Who Won (and Lost) the Democratic Debate in South Carolina

By Eric Levitz

Elizabeth Warren didn’t quite deliver the blockbuster performance she needed, while Joe Biden did just enough to stay on course.

2/25/2020

vision 2020

In Second Debate, Bloomberg Was Still a Man in a Billionaire’s Bubble

By Ed Kilgore

Despite the best debate prep money can buy, Bloomberg remained awkward, on the defensive, and incapable of going after front-runner Bernie Sanders.

2/25/2020

intelligencer chats

Did the South Carolina Debate Change the Race for the Democrats?

By Ezekiel Kweku and Gabriel Debenedetti

The South Carolina Democratic debate was raucous and unorganized. Whether any candidate stood out above the chaos is unclear.

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