1. How Michael Cohen Profited Off His Meager Trump Administration ExpertiseBeing shut out by the White House led to Cohen selling himself to corporations as the ultimate Trump insider.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  2. John McCain Urges Senate to Reject Gina Haspel for CIA DirectorThe Arizona senator, who is home battling brain cancer, said, “Her refusal to acknowledge torture’s immorality is disqualifying.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  3. #MeToo in the Pews: A Backlash Against the Baptist PatriarchyAn unprecedented revolt against a conservative icon of the largest conservative evangelical denomination shows that the #MeToo movement is everywhere.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. the national interest
    Trump Promised a Yuge Infrastructure Bill. White House Said It’s Not Happening.We’ll always have the many Infrastructure Weeks.
    By Jonathan Chait
  5. Trump Demands More Stringent Work Requirements for Food Stamps RecipientsIt’s a great way for Trump to demagogue about shiftless welfare bums without actually making major changes in a popular program.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. Conservatives Confident Trump Has Thought Through Next Step of Iran StrategyThere’s no way Donald Trump would just go off half-cocked and pull out of a complicated international agreement with no idea what happens next, right?
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. the national interest
    Trump Admits He Calls All Negative News ‘Fake’Decades of conservative efforts to insist the media is biased against them just went up in smoke.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. foreign policy
    Pompeo Is Returning From North Korea With U.S. CaptivesKim Hak-song, Tony Kim, and Kim Dong-chul have been freed.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  10. Gina Haspel Promises Not to Reinstate Torture If Confirmed As CIA DirectorDuring Wednesday’s hearing, she’ll pledge not to restore the “detention and interrogation program” she previously participated in.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  11. Favorites Win Nearly Everywhere on First Big Primary Night of 2018With the exception of a GOP House member losing in North Carolina, upsets were few and far between in a four-state primary night.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. Blankenship Sunk in West Virginia After Giving National GOP a ScareBoth Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump worked to take down the eccentric ex-con who was beginning to look like another Roy Moore.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. the national interest
    How Badly Has Russia Compromised American Government? [Updated]A firm tied to a Russian oligarch paid Michael Cohen, creating sources of kompromat. And Trump’s GOP allies are working to keep their secrets.
    By Jonathan Chait
  14. the national interest
    McConnell Won’t Say If Blankenship Is Racist Until He Knows Election ResultOnce again, McConnell isn’t pretending to have any actual principles.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. Hatch Apologizes to McCain for Suggesting Trump Should Attend His FuneralEven one of the president’s most zealous supporters realized he was out of line on this one.
    By Benjamin Hart
  16. Schneiderman Shows It’s Risky to Choose a Male CandidateThe New York attorney general’s swift fall from champion of #MeToo to example of #MeToo fate is another warning to people in politics.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. From Impeachment to SCOTUS, Republicans Scramble for Ways to Rev Up the BaseFrom possible SCOTUS openings to impeachment to deep state conspiracies, the GOP is trying to get conservative voters psyched out of their skulls.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. the national interest
    Trump Legal Defense Prep Foiled by Trump’s Inability to Concentrate“In an informal, four-hour practice session, Mr. Trump’s lawyers were only able to walk him through two questions.” That’s bad.
    By Jonathan Chait
  19. foreign policy
    What Happens After Trump Pulls Out of the Iran DealThe agreement doesn’t stop existing the moment Trump reimposes sanctions, but it’s hard to see how it can survive in the long run.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  20. Trump Administration Says No to Medicaid Time Limits (for Now)While the administration lets states impose work requirements on those who receive Medicaid, it won’t let them just cut people off after three years.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. the national interest
    Oliver North and the Creation of Donald TrumpHow a right-wing law-breaker became a populist conservative hero and blazed the way for Trump.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. What to Watch on 2018’s First Super Tuesday of PrimariesWild who’s-the-Trumpiest GOP Senate races in Indiana and West Virginia and a Democratic gubernatorial fight in Ohio are the big events.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. the national interest
    Why Mueller Has to Expose Trump’s Crooked Business EmpireIf Trump is laundering money, and he probably is, the Russians know about it. So do Michael Cohen’s gangster friends.
    By Jonathan Chait
  24. first couple
    Melania, Who Swats Trump’s Hand Away, Might Not Like Spending Time With HimAs all the uncomfortable memes suggest, the First Couple are said to “spend very little to no time together.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  25. California GOP Can’t Unite Behind a Gubernatorial CandidateNeither John Cox nor Travis Allen could snag the party’s endorsement, which boosts the chances of two Democrats facing off for governor in November.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. politics
    Spy Firm Hired to Find ‘Dirt’ on Obama Officials, Possibly by Trump Team: ReportThe same firm Harvey Weinstein used to go after his accusers was apparently hired to discredit two Obama advisers who worked on the Iran deal.
    By Chas Danner and Margaret Hartmann
  27. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao Finally Gets Her Own Ethics ScandalHer many interviews with her shipping magnate father feature the Transportation Department emblem and highlight her government connections.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  28. trump administration
    Haspel Nearly Walked Away From CIA Director NominationShe reportedly had to be convinced to stay after worrying she’d be “the next Ronny Jackson” amid scrutiny of her role in the CIA’s torture program.
    By Chas Danner
  29. Connecticut Joins Effort to Overturn Electoral CollegeThere’s real momentum to do away with our grossly flawed system, but it’s going to be a while before anything changes.
    By Benjamin Hart
  30. mueller investigation
    Mueller Team Has Interviewed Tom Barrack, a Close Friend of TrumpBarrack was a top fundraiser for Trump’s presidential campaign and chaired his inaugural committee.
    By Chas Danner
  31. McCain Regrets His Palin Pick for the Wrong ReasonsHe still won’t draw a connection between his decision and the GOP’s descent into nihilism.
    By Benjamin Hart
  32. Report: Cohen Set Up $774,000 Credit Line During Trump CampaignAnd if the money was used to pay off porn stars who had affairs with President Trump, Cohen may have committed bank fraud.
    By Chas Danner
  33. Trump Administration Ends Protection for Last Big Emergency Migrant Population86,000 Hondurans join 200,000 Salvadoreans and others from dangerous places being shown the door by the Trump administration.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. Giuliani Walks Back Confusing Comments on Trump, Comey — Creates More ConfusionTrump’s new lead lawyer tried to undo some of the damage he did to his client in earlier comments, but left a lot of questions unresolved.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. House Republicans Working to Give Trump His Military ParadeIt’s not just the president’s boyish fantasy anymore.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. A Red State Finally Rejects an Abortion BanIn South Carolina a Democratic legislator mockingly asks Republicans to pass a total abortion ban they know to be unconstitutional. They nearly did.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. The GOP Candidate Testing the Limits of TrumpismHow Don Blankenship, the ex-con West Virginia coal baron, has turned a personal rebranding project turned into a Senate run.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  38. the national interest
    Trump: Ignore Rudy’s Shocking Confession About Stormy Daniels, He Just StartedSo much for the notion Giuliani had a clever plan all along.
    By Jonathan Chait
  39. The Supreme Court Will Make Trump Talk to Mueller If It Has ToIf Mueller’s effort to make Trump testify winds up before the court, expect SCOTUS to stick to the precedent set by United States v. Nixon.
    By Cristian Farias
  40. Giuliani Helps Trump Break Free — From His Own White House StaffGiuliani didn’t tell anyone about the strategy he plotted with the president, and now staffers fear they’re subject to the whims of two Trumps.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  41. foreign policy
    Trump Looks at Pulling U.S. Troops From South Korea, Despite Peace Talks: ReportHe ordered the Pentagon to look at options for withdrawal, though that could complicate delicate negotiations between our ally and North Korea.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  42. House Chaplain Un-Resigns, Paul Ryan RetreatsAfter a clumsy forced resignation, the House chaplain changes his mind in a fiery letter citing possible anti-Catholic motives, and Paul Ryan folds.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. the national interest
    Before It Stopped Cooperating With Mueller, Ukraine Hired GOP Lobbyists. Hmm.America’s Worst Columnist makes an appearance in this scandal!
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. Trump’s Faith-Based PR StrategyThe president announced a faith-based initiative that seems more aggressive and politically important than those of his predecessors.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. 18 House Republicans Nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace PrizeWill a Peace Prize really be awarded to Trump because of his militaristic bluster, before any peace has even been won?
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. State Support for Colleges Declines As Student Diversity GrowsPublic higher education was hit hard by the Great Recession and a GOP wave in the states. Now, a more diverse student population may leave pols cold.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. the national interest
    Trump Claims Credit for ‘One Nation Under God,’ Which Started in 1954It’s another thing Trump believes people didn’t say under Obama that they say now.
    By Jonathan Chait
  48. the national interest
    Giuliani’s FBI ‘Stormtroopers’ Smear Is the Key to Trump’s Authoritarian MindsetHow Republicans can both fear the law as an instrument of terror while coveting it for the same purpose.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. Every Contradictory Thing Team Trump Said About Stormy DanielsA month ago Trump said he knew nothing about the hush agreement. Now Giuliani says he’s been reimbursing Cohen in regular installments.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  50. In One Hannity Interview, Giuliani Blew Up Trump’s Arguments in 3 Legal CasesThe new head of Trump’s legal team managed to contradict his positions on the Mueller probe, the Stormy Daniels affair, and the Michael Cohen case.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  51. Another Day, Another Set of Scandalous Claims Against Missouri Governor GreitensGreitens was already facing calls to resign over a sex scandal. Now he’s been accused of illegally using his charity’s donor list and lying about it.
    By Ed Kilgore
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