1. the national interest
    Milton Friedman Predicted Socialism Would Kill Democracy. Instead, Trump Is.Freedom of the press hangs on Jeff Bezos’s conscience. This isn’t how democracy is supposed to work.
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. draining the swamp
    EPA Mulled Leasing a Private Jet, and Other Scandalous Scott Pruitt RevelationsWith a flurry of new reports on his ethically questionable behavior, the EPA chief may be pulling ahead in the race to see who Trump fires next.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  3. White House Unveils New Immigration Push, Tries to Make Sense of Trump’s TweetsThe administration set quotas for immigration judges and outlined legislative plans, but following through on the hard-line rhetoric could be tough.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  4. Rep. Esty Forced to Retire After Scandal Over Abusive StafferThe Connecticut Democrat’s political demise was quick, and could even open up a rare 2018 opportunity for Republicans.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. Report: Mueller Investigating Whether Roger Stone Had Dinner With AssangeStone says he was joking when he claimed to have eaten with the WikiLeaks founder.
    By Benjamin Hart
  7. Investor Fears of Democratic Win Could Aid Democratic WinSeems that the S&P averages have often declined just prior to midterm elections.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. Mark Cuban Has Little Chance of Becoming a Third-Party PresidentTrump’s way — winning over one of the two major parties — is probably the only way to the White House for a rich celebrity “outsider.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. teachers strike
    Teachers Go on Strike in Two More Red StatesEducators are walking off the job in Kentucky and (again) in Oklahoma as their conflicts with GOP state lawmakers intensify.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. Trump Repeats Nonsensical DACA Claims in Series of TweetsCan somebody please tell him what his own policies are?
    By Benjamin Hart
  11. These Urban Experiments Prove Charles Murray Is Wrong About Race ScienceThe achievement gap between black and white children can be closed with the right environment.
    By Jonathan Chait
  12. you’re fired
    A Guide to Which Trump Staffer Is Getting Fired NextTrump dumped four top White House officials in the past month, and he may be looking to purge more “deadweight” Cabinet members soon.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  13. Trump’s Habit of Firing via Tweet Could Spark Legal ShowdownDavid Shulkin insists he didn’t resign, he was fired. That could lead to a battle over whether Trump is abusing the Vacancies Reform Act.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  14. the national interest
    Corruption, Not Russia, Is Trump’s Greatest Political LiabilityThe president isn’t draining the swamp — he’s monetizing it. And Democrats need to make that clear in the midterms.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. swampland
    501 Days of Trump & Co. Stealing America BlindA constant drip of corruption. And this is just what we know so far …
    By Joy Crane and Nick Tabor
  16. China Announces Retaliatory Tariffs on American GoodsThis was inevitable.
    By Benjamin Hart
  17. politics
    Trump Campaign Used Amazon to Buy Its Office SuppliesAnd most of its orders qualified for free shipping.
    By Chas Danner
  18. politics
    President Trump Apparently Doesn’t Know What DACA IsAn anti-immigrant tweet reveals that his policy ignorance knows no bounds.
    By Benjamin Hart
  19. Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Election Is Going To Be A BarnburnerIn a closely divided and intensely partisan state, this judicial election will be among other things a tune-up for November.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. No, the HOPE Scholarship Didn’t Kill Great Society LiberalismA provocative op-ed says Zell Miller’s and Bill Clinton’s embrace of merit-based scholarships showed their betrayal of liberalism. I beg to differ.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. Trump Attacks Amazon Again After Washington Post Runs Unflattering StoryA nice morning jeremiad against the news media.
    By Benjamin Hart
  22. CA Voters Keep Accidentally Joining George Wallace’s Zombie Political PartyTwo years after many thousands of would-be Democratic primary voters discovered they were affiliated with a right-wing party, the confusion continues.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. Did Pope Francis Abolish Hell?The Vatican is equivocating about what Francis did and didn’t say, but it’s certainly reviving some very old debates about the afterlife.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. Red-State Teacher Unrest Just Keeps SpreadingThe wave of protests and strikes isn’t just about pay, but about GOP tax-cut-driven starvation of education spending.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. The Final Surrender of Anti-Trump ConservatismCompetence and honesty don’t matter to conservatives. Fealty to conservatism is their only standard to judge a president.
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. Trump Is Setting Up His New VA Secretary to FailRonny Jackson’s nomination was marred by chaos and questions about internal political maneuvering, which does a disservice to both him and veterans.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  27. sexual harassment
    Congresswoman Apologizes for Keeping Alleged Abuser on Staff for MonthsAfter a fellow staffer said Elizabeth Esty’s chief of staff threatened and harassed her, she sent him off with severance pay and a job recommendation.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  28. politics
    Cynthia Nixon Goes After New York’s Tax Breaks for MoviesIs she exposing corporate welfare, or biting the hand that feeds?
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. Scott Walker Abandons Fight Against Special ElectionsThe hyper-partisan governor of hyper-polarized Wisconsin loses a round to the courts.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. A Democratic Wave in the Midterms Could Expose Trump to a 2020 Primary ChallengeTrump stands athwart the GOP like a colossus right now. But like him, his party doesn’t like losers.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. Michael Cohen’s Attorney May Be an Even Worse Lawyer Than He IsOn TV, he said Cohen negotiated the Stormy Daniels agreement without telling Trump, which may invalidate the contract and be grounds for disbarment.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  32. Inside the Cutthroat Battle to Be the Next Hope HicksThe press office is ground zero for dysfunction in the Trump White House. Mercedes Schlapp and Tony Sayegh’s fight to lead it sparked even more havoc.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  33. The Clock Is Ticking on SCOTUS’s Decision about Partisan GerrymanderingThe second major partisan gerrymandering case before SCOTUS isn’t clearing up the Court’s future direction.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. The Resistance to ‘the Resistance,’ in Orange CountyFamously right-wing Orange County, California, is changing rapidly — but not so rapidly that its county government isn’t fighting back.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. the national interest
    Trump is ‘Obsessed’ With Amazon Because He Wants to Crush the Washington PostThe president may not actually be a postal-shipping-rates wonk.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. Why Are Trump’s Approval Ratings on the Rise?He’s more popular now than he was in December — even if that’s not saying much.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. foreign policy
    How the U.S. and North Korea Are Preparing for the Trump-Kim SummitAs Trump undercuts the effort with hawkish hires, Kim is making diplomatic overtures to his neighbors — and starting up a new nuclear reactor.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  38. Not So Long Ago, the Second Amendment Didn’t Guarantee the Right to Own a GunA slim Supreme Court majority transformed the law of the land in 2008. Another such decision might restore its narrower meaning.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. the national interest
    Trump Thinks the Military Should Fund His Wall Without CongressThat’s not how any of this works.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. 5 Liberal Priorities That Were Funded in Last Week’s Budget BillFor a minority party, Democrats ended up doing pretty well.
    By Benjamin Hart
  41. prison reform
    What If Prosecutors Wanted to Keep People Out of Prison?George Soros’s semi-secret plan to get progressive district attorneys elected all over the country.
    By Nick Tabor
  42. Cynthia Nixon Dubs Cuomo ‘Andrew the Bully,’ Compares Him to TrumpCuomo’s progressive challenger is capitalizing on the incumbent’s infamously abrasive personality.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. Election Tracker: What’s at Play in the 2018 State-Legislature RacesState by state, the most competitive elections in the country.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. Trump’s Census Change Could Give the GOP an Advantage for Years to ComeThe decision to ask about citizenship would likely discourage immigrant participation and give the GOP a new tool in redistricting efforts.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  45. Trump Hasn’t Rehired Rob Porter, So Apparently His Love of Chaos Has a LimitHe’s reportedly told advisers that he hopes the alleged domestic abuser will return to the White House — but he knows that can’t happen.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  46. Linda Brown, Center of Watershed Desegregation Case, Dies at 76Linda Brown’s father struck the blow that eventually took down “separate but equal” schools. But the Browns’ struggle lived on.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. White House Says VA Secretary Shulkin Is Safe … for NowDavid Shulkin has been at war with the White House and political appointees the White House sent to him. You might call him “pre-fired.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. Does Bolton Represent an Unhinged ‘Cheney/Trump Wing’ of the GOP?Maybe Bolton — like Cheney and Trump — doesn’t represent any school of foreign-policy “thinking,” but instead pure bellicose action.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. the national circus
    Why President Trump Says His Budget Is TerribleRepublican presidents always do this, because they can’t admit their tax cuts didn’t work.
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. Alexander and Murray’s Bipartisan Obamacare Alliance DisintegratesWhen Obamacare stabilization measures reached their moment of truth, bipartisanship ceased and the GOP agenda took over.
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. 2018 midterms
    After Losing PA Gerrymander Battle, GOP Rep. Costello Won’t Seek ReelectionCostello had called for the impeachment of Pennsylvania Supreme Court judges, but he’s decided to quit Congress instead.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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