1. the national interest
    Stormy Daniels Has Put Trump Fixer Michael Cohen in Serious Legal DangerMichael Cohen’s possible illegal behavior starts with campaign finance violations and goes all the way up to mob-style threats.
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. march for our lives
    People Are Sharing Fake Photos of Emma González Tearing Up the ConstitutionIt’s not the first time false propaganda has been spread about the outspoken Parkland survivors.
    By Chas Danner
  3. cambridge analytica
    As Facebook Fears Mount, Zuckerberg Apologizes in Ad BlitzThe company lost nearly $50 billion in stock value last week following the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
    By Chas Danner
  4. Trump’s Conspiracy Theory Lawyer Dropped From Team Before StartingJust after the president insisted (wrongly) that attorneys are dying to work for him.
    By Benjamin Hart
  5. stormy daniels
    Stormy Daniels Is Beating Donald Trump at His Own GameWith her legal and public-relations moves, she has managed to outmaneuver the president at every turn.
    By Cristian Farias
  7. Politicians React to March for Our LivesMany Democrats joined the protests, while President Trump said nothing.
    By Benjamin Hart
  8. march for our lives
    Scenes From the March for Our Lives Rallies Across AmericaA gallery of images and videos from Saturday’s big protests against gun violence from every corner of the country.
    By Chas Danner
  9. gun control
    Justice Department to Create New Rule Banning Bump StocksThe Trump administration is going to try to ban the devices without Congress, but may ultimately lose in court.
    By Chas Danner
  10. Trade War Fears Freak Out Markets, Which Should Freak Out TrumpThe stock market has been Trump’s best friend. That isn’t necessarily going to be the case going forward.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. Gov. Walker Wants to Change the Law So the GOP Can Avoid a Special Election LossHas a judge interpreted the law to compel Scott Walker to hold elections he’s afraid his party will lose? Okay, he’ll change the law.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. The Remarkable, Maddening Career of Zell MillerA remembrance of my former boss, a man who zig-zagged through political history.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. The 8 Zaniest Things About Trump’s Flipping and Flopping on the OmnibusWhether or not Trump is just pitching a fit, or blowing up months of negotiations, it’s all very … wacky.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. the national interest
    John Kelly Probably Shouldn’t Buy Any Green BananasTrump apparently doesn’t want to have any chief of staff at all.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. the national interest
    Trump Hired Bolton to Make Foreign Policy Exciting AgainA president tires of lectures and craves the simple moralistic drama of Fox News.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. john bolton
    John Bolton, Lover of Drama and Wars, Is a Terrible Fit for His New JobThe national security adviser facilitates sound White House decision-making. Trump hired a super-hawk known for scheming and outbursts.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  17. exits
    McMaster to Resign, John Bolton Is New National Security AdviserAfter months of rumors about his impending exit, the White House said McMaster will be replaced by the ultrahawkish former ambassador to the U.N.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  18. Court Orders Scott Walker to Hold Special Elections Republicans Want to AvoidScott Walker figures the best way to avoid embarrassing special election results is to not hold the elections at all. But a judge disagrees.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. GOP Rushes Omnibus Spending Bill Through HouseAfter the near defeat of the rule for passage of the bill, the House whipped it through unread, though the Senate may not be able to do likewise.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. Schwarzenegger, Kasich Are Going to Try to Pull the California GOP to the MiddleWhile the party moves to the right and toward Trump, hope springs eternal for isolated moderates.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. the national interest
    Republicans Don’t Care About Russia Scandal, Just Want Trump to Lie Better“Trump constantly does things to make himself appear guilty.” Paging William of Occam.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. Congress to Vote on 2,232-Page Spending Bill Before Ink Is DryMore than halfway through fiscal year 2018, Congress still can’t fund the federal government in an orderly and timely manner.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. foreign policy
    Why the Saudi Crown Prince Might Think He Has Jared Kushner ‘In His Pocket’Kushner spent the last year wooing Mohammed Bin Salman, and during his U.S. visit this week Trump declared that relations are better than ever.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  24. Trump Told Putin He’d Meet With Him Soon, Forgot to Inform White HouseAs with the Kim Jong-un summit, Trump reportedly set up a meeting without consulting with his advisers.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  25. Lou Dobbs Clip Inspires Trump to Undermine His Own Legal Position on ImmigrationImagine the chagrin of Justice Department lawyers who woke up to find that a tweet from POTUS had sabotaged their legal fight with California.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. Bernie-Endorsed Pol May Have Lost Because of Bernie’s Preferred Primary SystemThere’s some evidence Illinois’s open-primary system saved centrist Democrat Dan Lipinski from defeat by progressive Marie Newman.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. the national interest
    White House Learns Tip-Robbing Plan Will Rob Waiters. Guess What Happened Next.They … felt terrible and changed their mind about the plan?
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. Congress Has a Spending Bill That Solves Some Problems, Ignores Lots of OthersIf both houses pass it, and Trump signs it, we won’t have to hear about shutdowns again until October.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. the national interest
    Alan Dershowitz’s Audition to Be Trump’s Lawyer Is Not Going WellThe best legal case for firing Robert Mueller is extremely unconvincing.
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. select all
    Harry Reid on What the Government Knows About UFOsThe former Senate majority leader is definitely a truther.
    By Eric Benson
  31. 8 Reasons Why Trump Ignored His Advisers’ ‘DO NOT CONGRATULATE’ Putin NoteMaybe it was about some nefarious ties to Russia, or perhaps he just doesn’t like to read.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  32. Incumbents and Big Spenders Win Illinois Primary – But Only by a HairSome near-upsets occurred, but Governor Bruce Rauner and Representative Dan Lipinski managed to hold off their challengers.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. Cindy Hyde-Smith Set to Be Mississippi’s Next U.S. SenatorA rural conservative and former Democrat, Hyde-Smith will get a tough challenge from right-winger Chris McDaniel and then from Democrat Mike Espy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. the national interest
    Trump Economist Wants to Give the Rich Another Tax Cut, Without Vote in CongressTrump will never go along with this once he remembers that Republicans hate executive orders, though.
    By Jonathan Chait
  35. Ex-Con Blankenship Screwing Up GOP Plans for Taking Down Joe ManchinIt was supposed to be a clean partisan purge of a Democrat in an increasingly Republican state. But Blankenship’s personal agenda is interfering.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. No Immigration or Obamacare Deals As Huge Spending Bill Shambles Toward PassageMost of the controversial riders are out, but modest gun measures could yet be enacted.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. In Illinois Primaries, Abortion Is the Big IssueA pro-life Democratic congressman and a pro-choice Republican governor are both seeing strong challenges from their own parties.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. the national interest
    The Right Is Worse Than the Left on Free Speech. So What?A value is something you hold yourself to, not just something you taunt the other side with.
    By Jonathan Chait
  39. russia probe
    Mueller’s Interest in Obstruction Is Probably Just the Tip of the IcebergThe obstruction case may never come, but don’t be surprised if Mueller’s effort to unravel the Trump-Russia connection yields more conspiracy charges.
    By Cristian Farias
  40. the national interest
    Republicans Can’t Understand Why Trump Is Acting GuiltyIt can’t be because he’s actually guilty!
    By Jonathan Chait
  41. Trump Made White House Staff Sign NDAs in Futile Effort to Stop Leaks: ReportThe nondisclosure agreement never expires, and a draft obtained by the Washington Post said violators would face $10 million fines.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  42. scandals
    What Hope Hicks Learned in WashingtonThe departure of the Trump whisperer has left the White House in even deeper chaos. Which surely pleases some outsiders angling to get back in.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  43. russia investigation
    Republicans Barely React as Trump Goes After MuellerThe president may be laying the groundwork to end the Russia investigation. The GOP is still looking the other way.
    By Chas Danner
  44. politics
    Comey Uses Trump Attack to Tease His Upcoming BookHe says Americans will be able to “judge for themselves who is honorable and who is not” very soon.
    By Chas Danner
  45. the national interest
    Trump Is Taking Out His Enemies and Turning Toward Robert MuellerThe president builds his attack on the rule of law.
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. trump campaign
    Trump’s Data Firm Exploited Private Information From Millions of Facebook UsersCambridge Analytica, which has finally been suspended by Facebook, is even shadier than we thought.
    By Chas Danner
  47. The Attempted Purge of a Rare Pro-Choice Republican in IllinoisIllinois liberals are trying to “purge” RTL Democrat Dan Lipinski, but conservatives are also trying to purge pro-choice Gov. Bruce Rauner.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. National Geographic Replaces Racist Fictions With Post-racial FantasiesNatGeo wants to start a conversation on race, but its opening statement seems more like an end than a beginning.
    By Lauren Michele Jackson
  49. the national interest
    John Kelly: Ben Carson Would Be Crazy NOT to Buy That $31,000 TableThe Trump administration is really thinking about the long-term fiscal needs of the American people.
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. Tammy Baldwin’s Tough Reelection Fight in Hyperpolarized WisconsinAn awful lot’s going on politically in Wisconsin this year, and Senator Tammy Baldwin’s right in the middle of it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. the national interest
    Nancy Pelosi Is Good at Her Job and She Should Keep It.Why are House Democrats again talking about getting rid of the most effective legislative leader they’ve had in forever?
    By Jonathan Chait
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