1. Will a Former Exxon CEO Save the Paris Climate Deal?Bannon is pushing for Trump to pull out of the agreement. But Rex Tillerson and Ivanka oppose needlessly undermining America’s standing in the world.
    By Eric Levitz
  2. Days After Trashing Anonymous Sources, President Trump Becomes OneLast week, Trump suggested it should be illegal for journalists to quote anonymous sources. Then, he gave anonymous quotes to CNN.
    By Eric Levitz
  3. Trump Basks in the Approval of the ‘Enemy of the American People’The media found much to admire (or, at least, relatively little to loathe) in Trump’s big speech. And the president is elated.
    By Eric Levitz
  4. George W. Bush Not Thrilled by Behavior of Monster He Helped CreateThe former president speaks out against Trump’s attempts to curtail press freedom and Muslim immigration.
    By Eric Levitz
  5. Trump Praises First Amendment, Calls for Media Suppression and Fewer ProtestsThe president told CPAC the media “shouldn’t be allowed” to cite anonymous sources, and suggested people shouldn’t protest after an election.
    By Eric Levitz
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    Future’s ‘Mask Off’ Is the Biggest Moment for Flutes Since ‘My Heart Will Go On’It’s time to bust out your flute.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  8. Senate Confirms Leading Opponent of Environmental Regulation As Head of the EPAScott Pruitt will spearhead the Trump administration’s efforts to increase water pollution and accelerate man-made climate change.
    By Eric Levitz
  9. media
    Jared Kushner Complains About CNN’s Trump Coverage to Time Warner ExecutiveAna Navarro doesn’t seem upset about getting “under President Daddy-in-Law’s skin.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  10. Trump Ends the Presidential Press Conference As We Know ItIn a remarkable 80-minute presser, Trump did not try to reach people with a message via the media; the message itself was to mistrust the media.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. media
    Omarosa Produces Secret Recording of White House Dispute With Journalist“This is freaking Nixonian,” said April Ryan, who didn’t know she was being recorded.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  12. media
    Journalist Claims Omarosa Threatened Her, Said White House Has ‘Dossier’ on HerApril Ryan says her former friend got in her face just a few steps from the Oval Office.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  13. early and often
    White House Shifts Focus From Trump’s False Media Attack to Terror ThreatA list of 78 ostensibly underreported incidents – including the attacks in Orlando and San Bernardino – kept everyone talking about national security.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  14. encounter
    Heading to the Airport With the New York Times’ ISIS ExpertRukmini Callimachi discusses the travel ban, her refugee past, and extremists’ reactions to Trump.
    By Andrew Rice
  15. Trump Will Force EPA to Clear Studies With His Appointees Before Publishing ThemThe White House has demanded that its appointees review any studies produced by the EPA before the public gets a look at the data.
    By Eric Levitz
  16. Trump White House Tells EPA to Pull Climate-Change Webpage: ReportEmployees say they’re scrambling to save the data.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  17. Trump’s Aides Leak Embarrassing Story About How He Can’t Handle EmbarrassmentThree days in, and the president is consumed by rage, while his staffers are consumed by infighting. And reporters are hearing all about it.
    By Eric Levitz
  18. Team Trump Is Launching a Frontal Assault on the EPAThe new administration is wasting no time in bringing down the hammer, with plans to gut key aspects of the agency’s work.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. For One Day of Protest, Every City Belonged to Its PedestriansCities are places for openness — and carlessness.
    By Justin Davidson
  20. Trump: Media Will Pay ‘Big Price’ for Reporting That Inauguration Crowd Was TinyIn a speech at CIA headquarters, the president called journalists the “most dishonest human beings on earth” — and his audience cheered.
    By Eric Levitz
  21. The White House Website Removes Mentions of Climate ChangeThe America First Energy Plan does not include references to global warming.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  22. New York Draws 10 National Magazine Award NominationsIncluding in the categories of General Excellence and Magazine of Year.
    By Daily Intelligencer
  23. rumors
    The Times May Have Launched a False Rumor About Rick PerryIt’s hard to square its most inflammatory claim with a statement Perry made after he was tapped to be head of the Department of Energy.
    By Jesse Singal
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    Facebook Announces New Initiative to Save Media, AgainIt’s more training programs and publishing tools.
    By Brian Feldman
  25. Trump Adviser Condemns Meryl Streep’s Divisive RhetoricStreep is “inciting people’s worst instincts,” Kellyanne Conway said, after the actress disparaged Trump’s impression of a disabled person.
    By Eric Levitz
  26. media
    Keepin’ It 1600 Crew Launches New Podcast, ‘Crooked Media’ CompanyPod Save America will focus more on activism.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  27. select all
    Facebook Hires Campbell Brown As Head of News PartnershipsShe’ll be working on making news orgs hate Facebook less.
    By Brian Feldman
  28. California Wants to Go Its Own Way on Climate Policy. Will the GOP Let It?In theory, Republicans love to give states more independence. But will they be able to say no to business lobbies whining to D.C. for relief?
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. A Toxic Smog Is Bringing Life to a Halt in China Right NowPlanes are being grounded and face masks are mandatory outside.
    By Jen Kirby
  30. Obama Will Reportedly Ban Offshore Drilling in Federal WatersThe president will take advantage of a rarely used provision in a 1953 law to make parts of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans off limits.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  31. Warmer Relations With Russia May Mean a Warmer PlanetThe U.S. imposed sanctions on Russia to punish its incursions into Ukraine. But those sanctions have also helped keep Arctic oil in the ground.
    By Eric Levitz
  32. Trump Was Elected to Drill, Baby, DrillThere’s a reason Trump’s administration is filling up with people who love fossil fuels: that’s a big part of the 45th president’s base of support.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. early and often
    Trump Team Distances Itself From Controversial Climate-Change EmailThe transition team had asked for a list of names of scientists at the Department of Energy who attended meetings on global warming.
    By Charley Lanyon
  34. DOE Refuses to Hand Trump a List of All Who Worked on Obama’s Climate AgendaTrump’s team asked for a list of all Department of Energy employees who worked on climate-change research. But the department isn’t naming names.
    By Eric Levitz
  35. This Has Been the Hottest Autumn EverThis fall has set a new temperature record — 57.6 degrees — in the U.S.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  36. D.C.’s Liberal Civil Servants Are Horrified at the Prospect of Life Under TrumpThey are wrestling with the question of whether to quit as an act of conscience, or stay and fight for their values.
    By Marin Cogan
  37. Report: Donald Trump Names Scott Pruitt As Head of the EPAPruitt has sued the EPA over various regulations of air and water pollution. Now, he’ll have the chance to change those policies directly.
    By Eric Levitz
  38. The Pope Compares Media’s Love of Scandal to a Feces FetishThe pontiff wants reporters to avoid “the sickness of coprophilia.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  39. Donald Trump and Al Gore Had a Climate-Change Chat TodayYou know, that issue he called a Chinese hoax.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  40. Ivanka Trump Plans to ‘Speak Out’ on Climate ChangeNow that she’s helped make a climate denier the most powerful man in the world, Ivanka hopes to make environmentalism a part of her brand.
    By Eric Levitz
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    Donald Trump Needs the Media, Just Not the Media You ThinkTwitter is near useless if there aren’t forces to amplify it.
    By Brian Feldman
  42. the national interest
    A Portrait of a Man Who Knows Nothing About Climate ChangeThe good news is Trump has an open mind. The bad news is it’s also very tiny.
    By Jonathan Chait
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    Donald Trump Isn’t Just Benefitting From ‘Fake News’ Websites — He Is OneThe problem of “fake news” isn’t bad actors or profit margins — it’s baked into the platforms themselves.
    By Max Read
  44. The Trump Administration Already Has a Terrible Relationship With the PressAs the president-elect struggles to staff his White House, he lashes out at some media organizations, while shutting out others.
    By Eric Levitz
  45. trump transition
    Corey Lewandowski Leaving CNN, May Join Trump White HouseOf course he is.
    By Chas Danner
  46. select all
    Does Mark Zuckerberg Use Facebook?The titans of social media are having some trouble grappling with the world-changing effects of their creations.
    By Max Read
  47. cable news news
    Megyn Kelly Doesn’t Think She Was Poisoned, or That Fox Leaked to TrumpShe refuted some disturbing questions that arose from the New York Times review of her forthcoming memoir.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  48. early and often
    Clinton Aide Claims Foundation Donor Kept Stories Out of the National EnquirerThe revelation comes from a memo leaked by WikiLeaks.
    By Charley Lanyon
  49. early and often
    National Enquirer Paid to Suppress Story of Trump Cheating on Melania: ReportPlayboy model Karen McDougal allegedly sold her story for $150,000, but the tabloid never ran it.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  50. the national interest
    By the Way, a Trump Presidency Would Also Cook the PlanetA possibly significant footnote to the election you may have missed.
    By Jonathan Chait
  51. cityscape
    To Honor Jane Jacobs’s Vision, We Need More Planning, Not LessA pair of new books reminds us to look at her streetscape with clear eyes.
    By Justin Davidson
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