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  1. covid-19
    U.S. Reports Another Record-Breaking Day of New COVID-19 CasesMore than 170,000 new cases were reported Friday, setting a new national record for the fourth straight day, as did current hospitalizations.
    By Chas Danner
  2. weather
    Destructive Derecho Tears Through Midwest Toward ChicagoThe fast-moving windstorm caused power outages for 430,000 in the region and hit a city reeling from a night of unrest.
    By Matt Stieb
  3. coronavirus
    After an Early Summer Lull, COVID-19 Cases Surge in the MidwestWith the South still facing significant outbreaks, the governors of Ohio, Wisconsin, and Illinois are bracing for their own coronavirus uptick.
    By Matt Stieb
  4. vision 2020
    Maybe Economic Prosperity Isn’t Trump’s Best Friend After AllFresh evidence from 2018 suggests people experiencing a stronger economy may lean Democratic, which could be why Trump is doubling down on racism.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. vision 2020
    Democrats Aim at Midwest With Choice of Milwaukee for 2020 ConventionDemocrats hope to tilt Wisconsin, and perhaps the entire region, but parties don’t always get a bump in the state where they hold their convention.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. 2020 elections
    Should Democrats Focus On the Heartland or the Sunbelt in 2020?The midterm results don’t really dictate either approach, but a 2020 candidate might.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. vision 2020
    There’s a New Electoral Map in TownPost-midterms, Democrats are looking over the new contours of the presidential map as they figure out where to take on Trump in 2020.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  8. 2018 midterms
    Heartland Heartburn Grows for Republicans in Gubernatorial RacesThe very region that did so much to make Trump president is moving away from his party in the midterms.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. Ocasio-Cortez’s Socialism Can Work in the Midwest — With a RebrandTammy Duckworth is right that phrases like “Abolish ICE” won’t play in many white rural areas. But “socialist” economic policy can.
    By Eric Levitz
  10. Trump Not Lifting GOP White Working-Class VoteThere’s not much evidence that with Trump at the top of the ticket the GOP will raise its already-strong performance among white working-class voters enough to offset the votes he’ll lose elsewhere.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. weather
    Rare Stretch of 100-Degree Weather in the Midwest Must Mean That Climate Change Is Definitely Real, Right?Well, now all that is settled.
    By Chris Rovzar
  12. weather
    Metrodome Collapses As Snowstorm Moves Through Midwest [Updated]Check out the video.
    By Mike Vilensky
  13. natural disasters
    Heavy Rain Causes Severe Flooding in the MidwestSmall towns in Minnesota and Wisconsin are already underwater.
    By Avi Zenilman
  14. monsters
    Massive Midwestern Poop Bubbles Deflate ‘Like Raisins in the Sun’The massive poop bubbles on an Indiana farm have been popped.
    By Jessica Pressler
  15. monsters
    Massive Poop Bubbles Threaten MidwestDon’t worry, they can’t come here.
    By Jessica Pressler