Recap 2020Sunday, 04.26.2020

Madam VP? Biden’s Auditions Begin

This week in political theater: Trump’s briefings continue to bring the drama, while Biden opens auditions for Madam VP.

This week in political theater: Trump’s briefings continue to bring the drama, while Biden opens auditions for Madam VP.

Sunday, 04.26.2020

Madam VP? Biden’s Auditions Begin

Trump downplays record-setting COVID spikes, top lawmakers receive a top-secret briefing on Russia, and 17.8 million Americans navigate unemployment.

Thursday, 07.02.2020

Trump Sings Happy Tune as COVID Cases Set New Record

This year has felt like a decade. Now that 2020 is at the midway point, take a look back through the first six wild months.

Thursday, 07.02.2020

Halfway Through 2020, In 60 Seconds

Former Vice President Biden had a big fundraising quarter and out-raised President Trump. But Trump's campaign says money isn't everything.

Thursday, 07.02.2020

Biden Beats Trump in Fundraising

The U.S. broke its own COVID record yesterday, more questions arise about the Russia bounties, and a QAnon sympathizer wins the Colorado primary.

Wednesday, 07.01.2020

Trump Says *Again* That Coronavirus Will Disappear (He Hopes)

Jen Palmieri demonstrates how women's voices have sparked radical change in the past, and why they have a particular obligation to speak up now.

Wednesday, 07.01.2020

Palmieri's History Lesson on White Women Allyship: Part 2

Fauci warns of a worsening COVID curve, lawmakers raise questions about Russian bounty as intel evolves, and cities slowly move to reform police budgets across the country.

Tuesday, 06.30.2020

Fauci Issues Dire Warning, Dems Blast Trump Over Bounties

As cases rise across the nation’s Sun Belt, Trump seems to be losing support in reliably red states. Is there a correlation?

Tuesday, 06.30.2020

Sun Belt Spells Trouble for Trump

Coronavirus cases surge in 31 states, the Russian bounty report rocks D.C., and SCOTUS rules on an anti-abortion law.

Monday, 06.29.2020

Have We Missed Our Window to Control COVID?

As coronavirus rages across the country, new reporting reveals Russia offered to pay Taliban-linked forces to kill American soldiers.

Sunday, 06.28.2020

COVID Runs Rampant in 36 States, Russia Offers Bounty on U.S. Soldiers

One pandemic + two candidates with vastly different approaches + three months campaigning under COVID = a widening polling gap. Let Heilemann run the numbers.

Sunday, 06.28.2020

Amid Surging Cases, the Polling Gap Widens

How can white women be better allies to the Black Lives Matter movement? Jen Palmieri introduces us to the sometimes-fraught intersection of the women's suffrage movement and abolitionist movement, and what we can learn from history.

Saturday, 06.27.2020

Palmieri's History Lesson on White Women Allyship

The U.S. records its highest number of new COVID cases (again), the Trump admin pushes to repeal Obamacare (again), and D.C. aims for statehood (again).

Friday, 06.26.2020

Pence: “We've Flattened the Curve” ... The Curve Disagrees.

When simple memes and parody videos are labeled “doctored,” it distracts us from the truly deceitful fakes. Griffin Hammond explains what you need to keep an eye on.

Friday, 06.26.2020

Warning — Doctored Video

Take a look at where states fall when it comes to issuing face cover requirements and how it’s impacting their infection numbers.

Friday, 06.26.2020

Mask Mandates Around the U.S.

COVID surges to its highest levels since April, Biden surges ahead in six swing states, and the House surges forward with a vote on police reform.

Friday, 06.26.2020

Election & Police Reform: Which Way Will the Votes Go?

The U.S. has reported its highest number of new COVID cases since April — and if that weren’t enough, two high-pressure hearings on Capitol Hill led to some feisty partisan disputes.

Wednesday, 06.24.2020

COVID Cases Peak, Police Reform Blocked

Anti-establishment fervor swept through some of 2020's most watched down-ballot races last night. Republican voters defied President Trump, progressives found their moment, and the whole country got a preview of a vote-by-mail general election.

Wednesday, 06.24.2020

Patience, Insurgents Define Tuesday's Primaries

Poland’s Andrzej Duda, controversial for his views on the LGBTQ+ community, visits the White House during Pride Month, and just days before his upcoming election.

Wednesday, 06.24.2020

Trump Welcomes Right-Wing Polish President

Trump pays a visit to the border wall while in Arizona, Dr. Fauci testifies on Capitol Hill amid COVID spike, and primary voters head to the polls in Kentucky and New York.

Wednesday, 06.24.2020

Trump at the Wall, Fauci on the Hill

President Trump’s got 99 problems — and rising COVID cases, John Bolton’s tell-all book, and the fallout from Geoffrey Berman’s firing are just some.

Tuesday, 06.23.2020

Trump’s ABCs: Axed Attorney, Bolton Book, & COVID Cases