Is This Warren’s Comeback or Last Hurrah?

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, in which we rank 2020 presidential candidates according to an assortment of jokes that, oh,...

The Nevada Union That Could Determine Bernie’s Fate

Bernie Sanders speaks during a rally at Desert Pines High School on Saturday in Las Vegas. Alex Wong/Getty Images Popular in News & Politics...

Sonia Sotomayor Just Accused the Supreme Court’s Conservatives of Bias Toward the Trump Administration

Justice Sonia Sotomayor attends The 2018 DVF Awards at United Nations on April 13, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty...

Experts Have Never Seen A Political Ad Blitz Like Bloomberg’s

Former New York mayor Mike Bloomberg talks to supporters at a rally in Salt Lake City. George Frey/Getty Images Recently in Politics The King Lear...

Polling Confirms World-Unanimous Consensus About Bloomberg as Debate Mega-Loser

Michael Bloomberg in Salt Lake City on Thursday. George Frey/Getty Images Recently in The Slatest “Let the Voters Decide” Doesn’t Work if Trump...

Five Weird Things About Bloomberg’s Weaselly Promise to Release Women From Their NDAs

The larger the font, the larger your respect for women. TIMOTHY A. CLARY/Getty Images Less than a day after Elizabeth Warren prodded him by...

5 Weird Things About Bloomberg’s Weasely Promise to Release Women From Their NDAs

The larger the font, the larger your respect for women. TIMOTHY A. CLARY/Getty Images Less than a day after Elizabeth Warren prodded him by...

“Let the Voters Decide” Doesn’t Work if Trump Fires His National Security Staff So Russia Can Help Him Again

Outgoing acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire on Capitol Hill on Jan. 7. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Popular in News &...

Why Do White House Staffers Put Up With Trump’s Abuse?

Book cover; President Donald Trump in Daytona Beach, Florida, on Feb. 16, 2020. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Penguin Press and Chris...

The King Lear Era of Donald Trump’s Presidency

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 11. Mark Wilson/Getty Images Popular in News & Politics...

How Bloomberg’s Competitors Are Taking Advantage of His Weaknesses

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Stephen Miller: Stopping Asylum Seekers Is “All I Care About”

Stephen Miller seen at the White House on Jan. 14, 2020. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Getty Images Popular in News & Politics Elizabeth Warren Was a...

Podcast Episode Why Are Male Historians So Obsessed With George Washington’s Thighs?

Think You’re Smarter Than a What Next Producer? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

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Panicking Biden-Bloomberg Donors on Wall Street Demonstrate That Money Can’t Buy You Common Sense

Michael Bloomberg and Joe Biden in Las Vegas on Wednesday night. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images Recently in Politics Here’s How the Bloomberg...

The Stop-Bernie Campaign Can’t Figure Out Which Way to Go

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren walks with members of Culinary Workers Union Local 226 on a picket line outside of Palms...

Podcast Episode Bloomberg’s Defenseless Debate

Podcast Episode The Democratic Primary Gets Contentious

Elizabeth Warren Was a Boss

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Far-Right Mass Shooting Targeting Immigrants in Germany Kills Nine

Police officers secure a crime scene behind a police cordon in front of a bar in Hanau, near Frankfurt, on Feb. 20, 2020. PATRICK HERTZOG/Getty...

Podcast Episode Will a Union Spoil Bernie’s Chances in Nevada?

Fiction Can Help Us Sympathize With the Worst Men of #MeToo. Good.

Steve Carell as Mitch Kessler in The Morning Show and Harvey Weinstein. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Apple TV and Stephanie Keith/Getty...

Former Congressman Says He Offered a Trump Pardon to Julian Assange for Evidence of DNC Conspiracy Theory

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as he is driven into a London court on May 1, 2019. Daniel Leal-Olivas/Getty Images Popular in News & Politics...

Podcast Episode Some Conservatives Don’t Want to “Get Political” at Dinner Parties

Here’s How the Bloomberg Campaign Presented His Disastrous Debate as a Success

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 19: Democratic presidential candidate former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is seen on a screen at a Democratic...

Roger Stone Sentenced to More than Three Years for “Covering Up” for Trump

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How Kaitlin Bennett Became a Bonafide Conservative Media Star

Kaitlin Bennett at Ohio University. Shay Horse/NurPhoto via Getty Images Recently in Politics It’s Finally Time for the High-Stakes Democratic...

Democrats Wake Up

Democratic presidential candidates raise their hands during the Democratic presidential primary debate at Paris Las Vegas on February 19, 2020 in...

Podcast Episode How ICE Is Weaponizing Therapy

New National Poll Gives Bernie Sanders a Double-Digit Lead

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For The First Time, The UN Creates A Path Forward For Climate Refugees

A woman collects her belongings before going to the port to evacuate in Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, one week after Hurricane Dorian. ANDREW CABALLERO-...

Michael Bloomberg Just Helped Every Other Candidate Prove They Can Humiliate a Thin-Skinned, Entitled Billionaire

Michael Bloomberg, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders at Wednesday night’s debate in Las Vegas. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images Recently in...

Bloomberg On Being Accused of Sexual Harassment: “They Didn’t Like a Joke I Told.’

Popular in News & Politics Bloomberg Is the Crisis, Not the Cure The Democrats’ Inexcusable Ignorance on Mexico William Barr and the Fall of the DOJ...

It’s Finally Time for the High-Stakes Democratic Debate Everyone Has Been Waiting For

Michael Bloomberg in Nashville on Feb. 12. Brett Carlsen/Getty Images Recently in Politics Bloomberg Is the Crisis, Not the Cure The Democrats’...

Here Are the Bloomberg Campaign’s Latest Damage Control Talking Points

Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg greets supporters after speaking at the kickoff of his “Get It Done Express” bus tour on February...

Podcast Episode Visiting Ye Olde Bloomberg Soundbite Shoppe

Florida Can’t Bar Ex-Felons From Voting Just Because They’re Poor, Appeals Court Rules

Michael Monfluery, 38, who has never been eligible to vote, stands in a courthouse corridor following special court hearing aimed at restoring the...

William Barr and the Fall of the DOJ

President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr at the White House on May 22. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Popular in News & Politics...

Democratic Candidates Tear Into Mike Bloomberg to Start the Debate

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg during the Democratic primary debate in Las Vegas, Nevada, on...

Trump Is Trampling Dozens of Laws to Build His Border Wall. Here’s How.

President Donald Trump holds up photographs of border wall construction. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images On Tuesday, the Trump administration...

Trump Issues Pardons for Another Round of Well-Connected White-Collar Criminals

Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik leaves a courthouse in White Plains, New York, on Nov. 9, 2007. Spencer Platt/Getty Images...

Bloomberg Is the Crisis, Not the Cure

Mike Bloomberg at the “Mike for Black America” launch in Houston, Texas. MARK FELIX/Getty Images Popular in News & Politics I Watched 185 Mike...

Boy Scouts of America Files for Bankruptcy After Surge in Sex Abuse Lawsuits

A ranger closes a Boy Scouts of America camp gate on May 9, 2018 outside Payson, Utah. George Frey/Getty Images Popular in News & Politics Meet the...

Bloomberg’s Climbing National Poll Numbers For the First Time Qualify for Democratic Debate

Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg speaks at a campaign rally Feb. 12, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. Brett Carlsen/Getty Images...

Podcast Episode Is Michael Bloomberg Sorry?

The Senseless Danger of the Military’s New “Low-Yield” Nuclear Warhead

A Trident submarine off the coast of Southern California in 2004. The U.S. Navy has deployed a new type of “low-yield” nuclear warhead in some of...

Podcast Episode Trump Pardons the Crimes He Would’ve Committed

The Democrats’ Inexcusable Ignorance on Mexico

Amy Klobuchar in Las Vegas on Thursday. Alex Wong/Getty Images More on 2020 Campaign How I Fought Bloomberg on Stop and Frisk—and Won...

How I Fought Bloomberg on Stop and Frisk—and Won

Darius Charney, senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, speaks to the media about the stop-and-frisk court decision during...