1. climate change
    When Will the Planet Be Too Hot for Humans? Much, Much Sooner Than You Imagine.Plague, famine, heat no human can survive. This is not science fiction but what scientists, when they’re not being cautious, fear could be our future.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  2. The Next Multi-Million-Dollar Special Election Is in SeattleMoney and partisan passions are pouring into a special-election contest in Washington that will determine control of the state Senate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. What Really Happened Between Trump, Morning Joe, and the National EnquirerThe high-stakes tabloid showdown brokered by Jared Kushner.
    By Gabriel Sherman
  4. media
    White House Reimagines Press Briefing As Opportunity to Scold JournalistsJudging by today’s performance, they’re still interested in holding live daily briefings — if the press is in the hot seat.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  5. Forests and Oceans Seem to Be Absorbing Less Carbon Than They Used ToMeanwhile, coal production is on the rise.
    By Eric Levitz
  7. What Is the Doomsday Clock, and What Makes It Tick?▶️ After the election of Donald Trump, the 70-year-old clock has been set at two-and-a-half minutes to midnight.
    By Jared T. Miller
  8. media
    Reporters Say Jon Ossoff and Karen Handel Banned Them From Campaign EventsOn the eve of Georgia’s special election, two journalists claim the campaigns denied them access, hours after they published unflattering stories.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  9. media
    Megyn Kelly’s Alex Jones Interview Was Less Controversial Than ExpectedCritics said the edited version offered a decent overview of the Infowars host but still had journalistic shortcomings.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  10. select all
    Charles Thacker, Designer of First Modern PC, Passes AwayThacker designed the Xerox Alto in 1973, which led directly to the Mac and Windows.
    By Jake Swearingen
  11. Register Your Megyn Kelly Complaints With the White HouseIn 2017, being a journalist means interviewing people close to power whose ideas might be reprehensible or flat-out insane.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  12. media
    Gianforte Apologizes for Assaulting Journalist Who Asked Him a QuestionHe’s agreed to donate $50,000 to the Committee to Protect Journalists as part of a settlement agreement, but he still faces criminal charges.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  13. Acting U.S. Ambassador to China Quits Over Trump’s Climate PolicyDavid Rank said that as a “parent, patriot and a Christian” he could not support the new U.S. policy.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  14. GOP to Make Media-Bashing a Big Thing in 2018It makes sense for Republicans to try to mobilize their pro-Trump base with attacks on the press. But they may be tempted to take it too far.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. the national interest
    Scott Pruitt Is As Insanely Wrong About Coal Jobs As He Is About Climate ChangeTrump’s EPA Director: “We’ve had over 50,000 jobs since last quarter — coal jobs, mining jobs — created in this country.” Uh, no.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. Despite Megyn Kelly’s Efforts, Putin Still Won’t Confess to Election MeddlingHe denies having Trump kompromat, though his admitting that would have been a great way to start Kelly’s NBC show.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  17. the national interest
    Why the Administration Won’t Say Whether President Trump Accepts Climate Science“For some reason or another, this issue of climate change has emerged as a paramount issue,” says Mike Pence.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. Haley Claims That Trump ‘Believes the Climate Is Changing’After days of White House officials avoiding the question of whether the president thinks that climate change is real.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  19. select all
    The ‘Anti-Business’ Paris Agreement Sure Seems Popular in the Tech IndustryTrump knows what American business wants — he’s just not listening.
    By Paris Martineau
  20. Trump Sees Alienating Our European Allies As an End in ItselfAnd four other frightening lessons from the president’s decision to exit the Paris climate agreement.
    By Eric Levitz
  21. What Quitting the Paris Climate Accord Will Do to the U.S., and the PlanetTrump’s decision may have serious consequences for the environment, the economy, and public health.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  22. the national interest
    No, President Trump, Paris Does Not Let China and India Steal Our Coal JobsA wildly false speech reveals a president unable to grasp a problem that isn’t zero-sum.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. Trump Yanks U.S. Out of the Paris Climate AgreementTrump insisted that other nations are taking advantage of the U.S. with the deal.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  24. Everything Conservatives Said About the Paris Climate Agreement Is Already WrongTrump wrecks an international pact to limit climate change because liberals like it.
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. Elon Musk Threatens to Quit Advising White House If Trump Ditches Paris DealThe SpaceX and Tesla CEO has joined scores of other businesspeople speaking out in favor of the agreement.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  26. Trump Poised to Pull Out of Paris Climate DealAfter months of deliberation, Trump has reportedly decided to undermine global cooperation on climate change and America’s diplomatic clout.
    By Eric Levitz
  27. media
    Scott Pelley Has Reportedly Been Ousted From CBS Evening NewsSources say his office was cleaned out on Tuesday while he was away on assignment for 60 Minutes.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  28. global warming
    Report: Trump Saying He Will Pull U.S. Out of Paris Climate DealAmerica’s exit from the agreement wouldn’t doom the 195-country pact, but it would increase the danger the world faces from global warming.
    By Chas Danner
  29. media
    Hannity Drops Seth Rich Conspiracy ‘for Now,’ But Is Also ‘Not Stopping’He used the pleas of a grieving family to obscure his refusal to disavow a story Fox News retracted.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  30. Trump Is Using a Nixon Tactic to Shore Up Conservative Support in a CrisisNixon got his base to rally behind him in early stages of Watergate. Will the same trick work for Trump?
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. media
    Conservative Media Rails Against Leaks, Doesn’t Care What Trump Tells RussiaThey suggested the real danger is the “deep state” tattling on President Trump – and of course, Hillary’s emails.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  32. Trump Consults Fake-News Memes When Contemplating Climate-Change PolicyAs Trump mulls the Paris deal, his deputy national security adviser provides him with a key bit of intel: a fake Time story about global cooling.
    By Eric Levitz
  33. power
    Women Can Wear Pants on Fox News Now, But Not Much Else Has ChangedRupert Murdoch’s out-of-touch management of the disaster at his network.
    By Gabriel Sherman
  34. media
    HHS Secretary Commends Police for Arresting Journalist Who Asked Him a QuestionPrice notes the reporter approached him in a hallway, “not in a press conference,” and says, “Police acted as they felt necessary.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  35. A Few Republican Senators Helped Save an Obama-Era Climate RuleIt prevents the venting of methane — a potent greenhouse gas — at drilling sites.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. media
    Reporter Arrested After Asking Health and Human Services Secretary a QuestionPolice say Dan Heyman was “causing a disturbance,” but he says he was just doing his job.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  37. Trump-Friendly Company Buys Rights to Deliver Local News to 70 Percent of U.S.Last year, Sinclair reportedly made a deal with the Trump campaign, trading access for friendly coverage. Now, it’s poised to expand its reach.
    By Eric Levitz
  38. Telling Trump Fans He’s Betraying Them Won’t WorkThe president’s white working class base voters won’t abandon him even if Democrats pursue them with populist pitchforks.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. George Will Is the Latest Conservative to Find a Home at MSNBCThe liberal network continues to bring on former Fox News talking heads.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  40. How Much Do Donald Trump and Andrew Jackson Actually Have in Common?▶️ “Had Andrew Jackson been around a little bit later, you wouldn’t have had the Civil War. He was a very tough person, but he had a big heart.”
    By Granger Willson
  41. Trump Reportedly Leaning Toward Exiting Paris Climate DealThe U.S. may isolate itself from every other country so as to abandon a deal that doesn’t even legally restrain its right to pollute.
    By Eric Levitz
  42. What If Climate Scientists Are Guessing Wrong?The New York Times’ new conservative columnist does not understand that the risk of errors runs both ways.
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. the new far right
    Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow Talks About Covering His Old Boss“We don’t have to be hysterical or outraged as often because our agenda is mostly getting implemented.”
    By Gabriel Sherman
  44. the new far right
    Beyond Alt: Understanding the New Far RightThe extremely reactionary, burn-it-down-radical, newfangled far right.
    By Simon Van Zuylen-Wood, Noreen Malone, and Max Read
  45. protests
    Tens of Thousands March Against Climate Change, Trump in Washington, D.C.The massive crowd braved record temperatures and, yes, brought good signs, too.
    By Chas Danner
  46. climate denial
    EPA Scrubs Climate-Change Sections From Website“Our website needs to reflect the views of the leadership of the agency.”
    By Chas Danner
  47. media
    Conservative Radio Host Hugh Hewitt in Talks for MSNBC Show, Sources SayRumors of the deal are causing waves at the liberal cable network.
    By Yashar Ali
  48. fox news news
    Sean Hannity Warns of ‘Total End’ of Fox NewsIn a series of tweets, the Fox News anchor hinted at a conspiracy inside company headquarters.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  49. fox news news
    Is a Management Shake-up Looming at Fox News?Network co-president Bill Shine is on edge about his job, say sources.
    By Gabriel Sherman
  50. media
    Black Fox News Anchor Joins Expanding Racial-Discrimination LawsuitKelly Wright says he endured “many racist comments,” and Bill O’Reilly rejected a proposed segment because its portrayal of blacks was “too positive.”
    By Gabriel Sherman
  51. media
    O’Reilly Promises ‘the Truth Will Come Out’ in First Broadcast Since Fox ExitHe discussed his firing on his podcast as Tucker Carlson took over his Fox News time slot.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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