WASHINGTON
Julia Ioffe
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September 17, 2024
The Madness of Ryan Routh
A close reading of the wannabe Trump assassin’s self-published memoir, documenting his time in Ukraine, reveals a mentally ill man grappling with the existential comedown from his delusions of grandeur.
Peter Hamby
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September 16, 2024
The Swift-Rogan Election
In a mostly static, coin-flip race, the election may be determined by whether Harris can win back young men—the hyper-impressionable, internet-addled demographic that was once a competitive advantage for Democrats and is now drifting toward Trump. Can she reverse that deficit in the next 49 days? Or is the post-Dobbs coalition enough?
John Heilemann
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September 15, 2024
Slaughterhouse 45
The totality of Donald Trump’s debate decimation by Kamala Harris was as staggering as it was indisputable. But even more stunning—and possibly more consequential—is the post-debate meltdown now consuming Trumpworld, from Mar-a-Lago to the farthest reaches of the MAGA-sphere.
Peter Hamby
& John Heilemann
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September 11, 2024
Pet-Eating, Wharton & Executions: Aftershocks From the Rumble in Philly
In a very special post-debate conclave, Peter Hamby is joined by John Heilemann and Dylan Byers to share their snap analysis of the climactic Trump-Harris presidential showdown in Philadelphia—the points landed and egregiously missed, the inevitable polling implications, the post-event recalculations, and much more.
Peter Hamby
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September 10, 2024
The Media Is Not the Message
Despite the historic nature of this unprecedented topsy-turvy election, a staggering percentage of persuadable voters are not tuning in—and they’re definitely no longer tuning in on linear TV, making it harder than ever for the campaigns to find them.
Abby Livingston
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September 10, 2024
Burning Down the House
A concise and incisive chat with a pair of Inside Election analysts about the House races that will determine which party wins the gavel.
John Heilemann
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September 9, 2024
Fight Night in Philly & The Morning After
The Harris and Trump war rooms agree that Tuesday night’s debate is a bona fide B.F.D.—with a gargantuan audience and potentially game-changing consequences. But both sides are already looking past what happens in Philly to a handful of critical variables that will shape the campaign’s homestretch.
William D. Cohan
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September 8, 2024
The Ineptitude of Trumponomics
Yes, Trump’s insane, rambling, nonsensical dissembling at the Economic Club of New York was the latest evidence of his declining acuity. But it was also yet another example of his terrible understanding of simple business concepts.
Tara Palmeri
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September 6, 2024
Elon, Trump & DeSantis’s People… What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
So Trump’s campaign has tacitly endorsed DeSantis’s former operatives’ ability to restock Elon Musk’s super PAC with their old buddies, all in the spirit of reelecting 45? Unsurprisingly, the blame game has begun.
John Heilemann
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September 5, 2024
No Sleep Till Pennsylvania
A sobering conversation with Dan Pfeiffer, the Obama advisor turned podcaster and polling guru, on whether Democrats are overrating Harris, how Trump could bridge the gender gap, and which states keep him up at night.
Julia Ioffe
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September 4, 2024
A Game of Telegram
Ever since his arrest in Paris, Telegram founder Pavel Durov has become an unlikely free-speech martyr, somehow uniting both Navalny supporters and the Kremlin in their praise of him. And yet, the truth about Durov’s actions appears to be at odds with the legend.
Peter Hamby
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September 3, 2024
Tuesdays With James and Mary
Unfiltered political spouses James Carville and Mary Matalin hop on the phone to explain what today’s generation of always-online politicos doesn’t understand about campaigns, and what Kamala Harris has to do to maintain her momentum going into November.
John Heilemann
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September 1, 2024
A Biden Retrospective & An Obama Distillation
In a candid conversation, the Times’ Nicholas Kristof diagnoses the Democrats’ Thanksgiving challenge, looks back at the year of magical thinking about Joe Biden, assesses Tim Walz’s talent, and much, much more.
Tara Palmeri
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August 29, 2024
Jeff Roe Speaks!
Everybody’s favorite mercenary mega-consultant offers a candid assessment of the 2024 state of play, DeSantis regrets, becoming a Trump frenemy, Kamalamentum, and those “latte-drinking men.”
Abby Livingston
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August 28, 2024
The ’25 K Street Draft Lottery
In just a few months, a new crop of elected officials will trade their legislative power for the higher calling of the lobbying industry. Unfortunately, according to my K Street sources, an increasingly weak crop of lawmakers is cycling through the revolving door—unless, say, Tim Walz needs a job...
Julia Ioffe
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August 27, 2024
The Durov Delusion
The billionaire Telegram founder, now a cause célèbre among the Russian opposition following his arrest in France, is not quite the free speech hero he is made out to be.
Peter Hamby
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August 26, 2024
Country First Kamala
In a new post-convention poll from Puck and Echelon Insights, Harris’s hard pivot from progressive to patriot appears to have neutralized Trump’s advantage on issues like toughness, strength, and keeping the country safe. Meanwhile, almost nobody knows what it means to be “brat.”