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  1. the national interest
    28 States, 71 Bills, and an Education System TransformedA running tally of how Republicans are remaking the American classroom.
    By Alice Markham-Cantor, Britina Cheng, and Paula Aceves
  2. the national interest
    What Ron DeSantis Can’t FakeTrump’s legal problems reveal an organic connection to the base that his rival is trying but failing to match.
    By Jonathan Chait
  3. the swamp
    How Biden Learned to Love the Debt-Ceiling CrisisHe has turned a chronic political headache into a winning issue.
    By Eric Levitz
  4. 2024 election
    Nikki Haley Is Running for PresidentShe’s the first politician to challenge Trump in the 2024 GOP race.
    By Danielle Cohen
  5. sounds good!
    Madison Cawthorn Has Left the BuildingThe scandal-plagued congressman appears to have vacated his offices well before the end of his term.
    By Danielle Cohen
  6. politics
    How to Make a Semi-Fascist PartyThe hostile, paranoid, and increasingly authoritarian path ahead for American conservatism.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. the national interest
    The GOP’s Surrender to the AntisemitesHow an old scourge crept back into the political mainstream.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. the power trip
    Donald Trump on 2024: ‘I’ve Already Made That Decision’In an interview with New York, the former president says the only question left in his mind is when he’ll announce.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  9. abortion
    Another GOP Candidate Fails to Understand Rape, Possibly Also SexYesli Vega claimed that rape rarely results in pregnancy because “it’s not something that’s happening organically.”
    By Claire Lampen
  10. the national interest
    Republicans Will Do It AgainThey have not been chastened by the revelations of the January 6 committee.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. 2024
    Presidential Debates As We Know Them May Be OverRepublicans are cutting ties with the nonpartisan group that’s been running the events since 1987.
    By Matt Stieb
  12. politics
    Madison Cawthorn Saw Someone Doing Coke in a Car OnceKevin McCarthy says the young congressman exaggerated his wild claims about life in Washington.
    By Benjamin Hart
  13. politics
    Is Ron DeSantis the Future of Trumpism?The greatest threat to Donald Trump’s hold on the Republican Party may be his Florida neighbor.
    By Jonathan Chait
  14. sports!
    Lawmaker Apologizes for Failed Pantsing AttemptRepresentative Jeremy Faison is sorry he “lost his junk” on the ref at a high-school basketball game.
    By Claire Lampen
  15. the national interest
    How the January 6 Insurrection Birthed a New RightTrump has transformed his party into something once unrecognizable.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. january 6
    Trump Doesn’t Care How Ashli Babbitt DiedThe grim reality behind the ex-president’s “happy birthday” message to the slain Capitol rioter.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  17. ralph norman
    GOP Representative Suing Nancy Pelosi Over House Mask Mandate Gets COVIDRalph Norman will spend much of his August recess in quarantine after protesting the House mandate, which he said was a product of “unjustified fear.”
    By Matt Stieb
  18. delta variant
    GOP Reps Flail Against House Mask Mandate by Barging Into the SenateProductive behavior just before the August recess.
    By Matt Stieb
  19. explainer
    How the GOP’s Long War on the IRS Threatens the Infrastructure DealThe bipartisan deal is financed by ramped-up tax enforcement. But for decades, Republicans have been devoted to defunding and demonizing the IRS.
    By Eric Levitz
  20. georgia
    Welcome to Georgia, Where Election ‘Integrity’ Goes to DieBrad Raffensperger’s incomprehensible position in the party of Trump.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  21. d.c.
    The GOP Has Discovered Joe Biden’s Political SuperpowerThere’s a reason he isn’t showing up much in Republican talking points.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  22. gop
    Matt Gaetz Distracts From Sex-Trafficking Probe With False Election Fraud ClaimsAs the inquiry into an alleged act of sex trafficking develops, Gaetz is spreading falsehoods about the election with Marjorie Taylor Greene.
    By Matt Stieb
  23. gop
    Trump’s Chances for the 2024 Nomination Are Stronger Than You Might ThinkIn retrospect, no one in the GOP has really laid a glove on the 45th president since he started running in 2015.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. gop
    Meet Trump’s New ApprenticeA one-time moderate from New York, Elise Stefanik embraced Trump’s election-fraud claims and may soon be rewarded with Liz Cheney’s leadership seat.
    By Matt Stieb
  25. gop
    Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Caucus Promoting ‘Anglo-Saxon’ Values Didn’t Last LongThe GOP representative walked back a proposal to form an America First caucus after Republican leaders pushed back against her nativist language.
    By Matt Stieb
  26. georgia
    Businesses Ignore Mitch McConnell’s Warning to ‘Stay Out of Politics’Over 100 business leaders were reportedly on a conference call on Saturday discussing how to respond to new Republican-led voting restrictions.
    By Matt Stieb
  27. roundup
    Trump Reprises Mythomania Grievance Routine for GOP DonorsThe Florida man called Mitch McConnell a “dumb son of a bitch” at an RNC event on Saturday, but otherwise had little to add but nauseam.
    By Chas Danner
  28. gop
    House Republicans Double Down on Scammy Trump Fundraising TacticDays after it emerged that Trump bilked donors with deceitful recurring payment programs, the NRCC gave a similar strategy a shot.
    By Matt Stieb
  29. gop
    Matt Gaetz Sought a Preemptive Pardon From Trump: ReportA blanket pardon would have been a nice security blanket for the representative under investigation for an alleged act of sex trafficking.
    By Matt Stieb
  30. gop
    Matt Gaetz’s Colleagues Drop the Dirt on HimLawmakers describe Gaetz’s alleged drug use and incidents in which he showed nude photos of women he slept with to colleagues on the House floor.
    By Matt Stieb
  31. gop
    DOJ Investigation Focusing on Matt Gaetz’s Alleged Payments for Sex: ReportA new report states that Gaetz paid escorts for sex, taking ecstasy before doing so on at least one occasion.
    By Matt Stieb
  32. gop
    Matt Gaetz Under Investigation for Possible Relationship With a Minor: ReportDOJ looking into whether loudmouth Republican paid a teen girl to travel across state lines for sex, which would violate federal trafficking laws.
    By Matt Stieb
  33. 2022 midterms
    The Alaska Republican Party Is Trying to Push Out Lisa MurkowskiIn their censure vote, state GOP officials requested that she not run on the Republican ticket in 2022.
    By Matt Stieb
  34. republican party
    Small-Dollar Donations to the GOP Increased After the Capitol Riot: ReportSo much for the corporate backlash against the Republicans who voted to overturn the election.
    By Matt Stieb
  35. insurrection
    Feds Investigate Communications Between Lawmakers and Capitol Rioters: ReportThe probe into the insurrection is moving on from rounding up more obvious suspects to determining how the attack was coordinated.
    By Matt Stieb
  36. gop
    Mitch McConnell Would ‘Absolutely’ Support Trump If He Were the 2024 NomineeOnce again, he backs the man who has physically mocked him, called on the party to replace him, and arguably cost him his Senate majority.
    By Matt Stieb
  37. covid-19
    Congressman Ron Wright Dies of COVID-19The 67-year-old Texas Republican, who was also battling lung cancer, is the first active member of Congress to die from the coronavirus.
    By Chas Danner
  38. donald trump
    What’s Trump Up To?The former president has reportedly been doling out $50 bills in his hotel lobby and plotting a “revenge tour.”
    By Charlotte Klein
  39. just asking questions
    Marjorie Taylor Greene Is the ‘Worst Enemy’ for Her CausesA long talk with John Cowan, the Republican neurosurgeon who Greene defeated in the 2020 GOP primary for Georgia’s 14th congressional district.
    By Ben Jacobs
  40. gop
    Republicans Who Condemned Trump Are Being Condemned by the GOPArizona Republicans were censured for wavering from their support of Trump, while GOP reps who voted for impeachment face early primary challengers.
    By Matt Stieb
  41. end-times
    What Madison Cawthorn Saw at the InsurrectionThe youngest member of Congress is invigorated by the mob he helped incite
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  42. capitol riot
    House Republicans Disobey Police, Dodge Metal Detectors in CapitolSeveral Republicans walked past House Chamber metal detectors and many more objected to the security measure common in American life.
    By Matt Stieb
  43. the national circus
    The Trashing of the RepublicThe only response to the carnage in Washington is to banish Trump and his traitorous collaborators from civil society.
    By Frank Rich
  44. contested election
    WATCH: Mitch McConnell Gives Speech Opposing Effort to Overturn ElectionThe Senate majority leader made an impassioned plea for his GOP colleagues to abandon their effort to reverse Biden’s victory.
    By Chas Danner
  45. politics
    ‘GOP Lawmakers Are Scared’: Republican Insiders Vent About ‘Stop the Steal’Party operatives sound off by text on Trump and his loyalists’ desperate legal antics.
    By Ben Jacobs
  46. politics
    The Extensive New Scale of David Perdue’s Shady Stock Trading RevealedThe Republican from Georgia is far and away the most prolific trader in the Senate — often with shares of companies he oversees in office.
    By Matt Stieb
  47. 2020 election
    Michigan Republicans Now Want to Rescind Election CertificationThey changed course after a presidential intervention, but the “no backsies” rule applies here.
    By Matt Stieb and Benjamin Hart
  48. gop
    Republicans Keep Trying to Throw Out Black Votes After the ElectionWhat challenging ballots in Milwaukee and Detroit is really about.
    By Matt Stieb
  49. gop
    Will the GOP Become the Party of Men?Republicans have stumbled upon a logical — if ironic — solution to their diversity problem.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  50. the swamp
    The Winners of Trump’s WashingtonFifty-one insiders who profited off the presidency.
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