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  1. tremendous content
    John Bolton Announces 2024’s Most Ridiculous Presidential BidAnd he did it on Good Morning Britain.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  2. early and often
    John Bolton Admitted on National TV That He Helped Plan CoupsThe longtime Republican hawk laughed about doing it, too.
    By Matt Stieb
  3. that happened
    The Time Trump Held a White House Cabinet Casting CallDuring Trump’s wild search for staff five years ago, the right look was key, loyalty was optional, and there were wild cards (Ari Emanuel?) galore.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  4. middle east
    John Bolton and Mike Pompeo Will Explain the Middle East to You NowWhy Donald Trump’s goons may never go away.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  5. department of justice
    DOJ Opens Criminal Inquiry Into John Bolton’s Recent BookThe Department of Justice is reportedly investigating if the former national security adviser illegally disclosed classified information.
    By Matt Stieb
  6. rocket men
    Donald Trump Just Wants Elton John to Like HimHe allegedly wanted to impress the singer with a gift to Kim Jong-un.
    By Devon Ivie
  7. white house
    What We Know About John Bolton’s Tell-all BookBolton writes that Trump was obsessed with giving Kim Jong-Un an autographed CD of “Rocket Man” and pressured China to interfere in the 2020 election.
    By Adam K. Raymond and Matt Stieb
  8. interesting times
    When Is It Time to Claim Victory in the Gay Rights Struggle?The last major obstacle to civil equality was toppled this week — by another Republican-appointed justice.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  9. the national interest
    Trump: I Didn’t Realize Bolton Supported Iraq War Until After I Hired HimA small slip-up in the vetting process.
    By Jonathan Chait
  10. the national circus
    Frank Rich: The Folly of Trump’s Bolton LawsuitThe president would have been wise to ignore his latest nemesis’s new book. He chose a different route.
    By Frank Rich
  11. the national interest
    Trump: Bolton Book Is Lies, and Also Classified National Security InformationAlso, it’s “tedious” to read the president’s top security adviser call him corrupt and dangerously ignorant.
    By Jonathan Chait
  12. the national interest
    Trump Asked China to Help His Campaign, Then Said It’s Helping BidenJohn Bolton’s book reveals the president engaging in the very scheme that he’s falsely charging Biden with.
    By Jonathan Chait
  13. ukraine scandal
    House ‘Likely’ to Subpoena John Bolton, Nadler SaysDespite Trump’s impending acquittal in the Senate, Jerry Nadler says the House will continue probing the “lawless president.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  14. politics
    The Senate Impeachment Trial Returns to Its Foregone ConclusionWith Trump’s acquittal all but inevitable, the Senate started getting back to normal. That includes taking the weekend off.
    By Ben Jacobs
  15. impeachment
    Murkowski Kills Final Hope For Witnesses in Trump Trial“It is sad for me to admit that, as an institution, the Congress has failed,” said the senator, who was previously undecided.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. the national interest
    Trump Is Terrified Giuliani’s Ukraine Work Will Be ExposedThe deepest, darkest cesspool in the Ukraine scandal.
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. the national interest
    The Republican Cover-up Will Backfire. The House Can Keep Investigating Trump.If Republicans vote for an unpopular cover-up, Democrats can keep the probe going in the House.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. impeachment
    Where’s Hunter Biden? Probably Not Coming to the Senate TrialThe parties have different reasons for not wanting to call Hunter Biden — a rare bit of bipartisan agreement in an increasingly contentious trial.
    By Ben Jacobs
  19. food politics
    A Brooklyn Bakery Is Sending Cakes to 53 Republican Senators TodayNew York’s own Butter & Scotch is asking lawmakers to let former national security adviser John Bolton testify in the ongoing impeachment trial.
    By Nikita Richardson
  20. impeachment
    What We Learned on Day 7 of Trump’s Impeachment TrialTrump’s lawyers shifted their strategy to a “so what?” argument as Republicans continued to fight the idea of hearing John Bolton.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. the national interest
    The Republican Position on Trump’s Ukraine Scandal Has Completely ReversedThen: No quid pro quo, but it would be bad. Now: yes quid pro quo, but it’s fine.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. senate trial
    John Bolton’s Revelations Still Won’t Be EnoughInside the Senate chamber on Monday, Republicans did not appear to be swayed by Bolton’s account enough to let him testify.
    By Ben Jacobs
  23. impeachment
    GOP Leaders, Trump’s Defense Team Grasp at Weak Defenses After Bolton LeakRepublican senators and Trump’s legal team attempted to draw attention from Bolton’s revelation, but their arguments had severe logical gaps.
    By Matt Stieb
  24. impeachment
    For Republican Senators, Fealty to Trump Is the Only LawAppointed Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler shivs her old friend Mitt Romney in the name of the president over his call to hear John Bolton’s testimony.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. impeachment
    How Damning Could John Bolton’s Testimony Really Be?Intelligencer staffers discuss how much damage the ex-national security adviser could do to President Trump.
    By Jonathan Chait, Benjamin Hart, and Ed Kilgore
  26. impeachment
    The Clinton Trial Rules That Are Shaping Trump’s TrialThe precedents set in 1999 are brief and businesslike and provide for later votes on hearing witnesses.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. the national interest
    John Bolton Blows Up Trump Impeachment Defense on the LaunchpadTrump’s argument hinged on nobody having testified that Trump ordered a quid pro quo. Now there is a witness.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. senate trial
    John Bolton Undercuts Trump’s Impeachment Defense in Book Draft: ReportJohn Bolton reportedly undercuts Trump’s impeachment defense that Ukraine aid was separate from investigations, proving the need for his testimony.
    By Matt Stieb
  29. impeachment
    Republicans Warming to Idea of Calling Their Own Trump Trial WitnessesThe thinking is that if Democrats get John Bolton into the dock, the president should get an impeachment witness he wants, like Hunter or Joe Biden.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. impeachment
    What We Learned on Day Two of the Trump Impeachment TrialHouse Democrats got a chance to lay out their case without interruption, as Trump raged and senators schemed in the background.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. impeachment
    Democrats Mull Trading Bidens’ Impeachment Testimony for John Bolton: ReportDemocratic senators are reportedly considering a witness deal proposal, trading John Bolton’s testimony for Hunter Biden’s — and possibly his dad’s.
    By Matt Stieb
  32. impeachment
    Mitch McConnell’s Impeachment Trial StrategyMcConnell wants the trial to unfold rapidly, but has backup plans in case things go awry and the Senate agrees to hear witnesses.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. impeachment
    McConnell Has the Votes to Begin Impeachment Trial Without WitnessesNeither Pelosi’s hold on articles of impeachment nor Bolton’s offer to testify shook Republican unity on beginning the trial without a witness deal.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. the national interest
    Republicans Scared John Bolton Will Testify About Trump’s Ukraine CrimesFirsthand witness shouldn’t be heard in the Senate trial because reasons.
    By Jonathan Chait
  35. impeachment
    Bolton’s Offer to Testify May Not Be a Game-Changer Just YetNobody really knows what he will say, and the battle over witnesses in an impeachment trial is far from resolved.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. trump impeachment
    John Bolton Willing to Testify in Senate Impeachment Trial If Subpoenaed“I have concluded that, if the Senate issues a subpoena for my testimony, I am prepared to testify.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  37. impeachment
    McConnell Pretends to Defer to House on Impeachment EvidenceMcConnell’s two-front war with both parties to keep a lid on a Senate impeachment trial reaches a new level of cynicism.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. impeachment
    Schumer and McConnell Play Chess Over Impeachment Trial RulesBoth parties want witnesses the other side opposes. Despite the posturing, a short trial with no testimony from John Bolton or the Bidens is likely.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. trump impeachment
    Senate Democrats May Try to Force a Longer Senate Impeachment TrialSenate Democrats and Donald Trump are the only people talking about a long trial with lots of witnesses.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. a boy is a gun
    John Bolton Reportedly Called Rudy Giuliani a ‘Hand Grenade’In closed-door testimony on Monday, former Trump adviser Fiona Hill relayed some of Bolton’s finer thoughts on the president’s personal lawyer.
    By Matt Stieb
  41. john bolton
    John Bolton Is Mad at Trump for Firing Him Just Before Iran StandoffYou can’t always get what you want.
    By Matt Stieb
  42. world view
    Robert O’Brien Shows Republicans Still Put Trump Ahead of Personal CredibilityGOP establishment mainstays like Robert O’Brien lined up to be national security adviser, even after Trump ignored and humiliated John Bolton.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  43. what the right is reading
    Is Tucker Carlson the Most Important Pundit in America?The Fox News host stymied a military strike and helped defenestrate John Bolton. Bigger yet, he’s trying to remake right-wing politics in the U.S.
    By Park MacDougald
  44. vision 2020
    Trump Relies on Maduro-Bashing to Win Florida Next YearTrump’s attacks on Maduro are key to winning Florida’s Latino immigrants and boosting his advantage among Cuban-Americans despite his other policies.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. politics
    Trump May Tap Pompeo to Pull Double Duty as National Security Adviser: ReportIf Pompeo replaces Bolton, it wouldn’t be the first time one man served as secretary of State and national security adviser simultaneously.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  46. politics
    Trump Fires John Bolton Over TwitterThe president’s most hawkish adviser is toast.
    By Benjamin Hart and Adam K. Raymond
  47. world view
    John Bolton Goes Down With the ShipBolton was happy to help Trump subvert the national security decision-making process – then the chaos did him in, too.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  48. the national interest
    John Bolton Era Ends With No Casualties Except Bolton’s DignityOn to national security adviser No. 4!
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. john bolton
    Trump Considers Foreign Policy a Good Cop Bad Cop Routine: ReportTrump thinks he offers the diplomatic carrot, while national security adviser John Bolton wields the military-industrial stick.
    By Matt Stieb
  50. international affairs
    Trump Has to Remind John Bolton How Much He Likes Kim Jong-unNeither missile tests nor hawkish national security advisors will dissuade Trump from appreciating a foreign strongman’s Biden insults.
    By Chas Danner
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