1. Trump Advocates for Good Old-Fashioned GerrymanderingAs usual, subtlety is not the president’s strong suit.
    By Benjamin Hart
  2. stuck in the mittle
    Trump Offers Endorsement, Romney Caves ImmediatelyAfter claiming that knowing what he knows now, he would have rejected Trump’s support in 2012, Romney accepted his new endorsement in under an hour.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  3. New Pennsylvania Congressional Map Is a Big Win for DemocratsA fairer map means a better shot at taking the House this November.
    By Benjamin Hart
  4. Survey of Presidential Politics Experts Says Trump Is the Worst of All TimeThis seems just a tad bit premature.
    By Benjamin Hart
  5. Trump Now Trails Only Reagan Among Recent Presidents in GOP EsteemIt’s Trump’s party now for sure.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. White House Expresses Support for Improved Gun Background ChecksIt’s hardly a major step, but it’s something.
    By Benjamin Hart
  8. Unable to Golf, Trump Unwinds by Attacking OprahHe called her 60 Minutes segment “biased and slanted” and urged her to run for president, proving he didn’t actually watch it.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  9. power
    The Case for Impeaching Clarence ThomasIt’s time to re-examine the evidence that he not only committed serial sexual harassment, but lied about it.
    By Jill Abramson
  10. power
    The Forgotten Testimonies Against Clarence ThomasThree women who accused Thomas of inappropriate behavior had interviews quietly entered into the record, without being called to formally testify.
    By Jill Abramson
  11. russia investigation
    Report: Former Trump Aide Rick Gates Will Plead Guilty, Testify Against ManafortThings aren’t looking good for Trump’s former campaign chairman.
    By Chas Danner
  12. The Stoneman Douglas Students Are the New Faces of Gun ReformTheir fierce moral urgency is the jolt the movement needs.
    By Benjamin Hart
  13. stoneman shooting
    Top GOP Donor Cuts Off Opponents of Assault Weapon BanThe Florida school shooting seems to have moved at least some Republicans to action.
    By Chas Danner
  14. gun control
    Florida School Shooting Survivors Will Lead Nationwide DemonstrationThe teens say the ‘March for Our Lives’ gun-control demonstration will take place on March 24 in every American city.
    By Chas Danner
  15. Trump: ‘They Are Laughing Their Asses Off in Moscow’In a barrage of tweets, the definitely-not-rattled president went off on a range of subjects.
    By Benjamin Hart
  16. gross things
    Trump Blames Florida School Shooting on Russia Investigation“It always has to be about you,” one student responded, “how silly of me to forget.”
    By Chas Danner
  17. russia investigation
    Trump Cites Facebook Ad Executive in Attempt to Downplay Russia’s MeddlingMore proof that the president is incapable of believing Russia tried to help him.
    By Chas Danner
  18. insecurity
    Report: Kushner Requests More Intel Than Any Non-NSC Employee at White HouseThe president’s son-in-law has been undergoing an FBI background check for 13 months.
    By Chas Danner
  19. politics
    McMaster: Proof of Russian Election Meddling Is ‘Incontrovertible’To everyone but the president, anyway.
    By Chas Danner
  20. white house
    Kelly Orders Changes to Security Clearance Process at White HouseUnder the new policy, many staff members could have their access to classified information revoked as of next Friday.
    By Chas Danner
  21. scandals
    How the Lawyer for Trump’s Mistresses Turns Celebrity Sex Scandals Into CashFrom Tila Tequila to Hulk Hogan, Keith Davidson knows how to transform dirt into gold.
    By Molly Redden
  22. HHS Secretary Calls Blatant Violation of Health Care Law a ‘Cry for Help’In what’s supposed to be a law-and-order administration, HHS’s tolerance for Idaho’s efforts to nullify the Affordable Care Act is astonishing.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. Commerce Department Offers Trump Ammunition for His Trade WarTrump has until April 11 to decide whether to impose high tariffs on aluminum and steel. It’s a subject that divides his party and administration.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. the national interest
    Trump’s Claim Mueller Found ‘NO COLLUSION’ Is Literal NonsenseThe president’s favorite argument is to insist anything that doesn’t address his own guilt is proof of his innocence.
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. the national interest
    Katie Roiphe Is Right About Twitter Feminism and Wrong About #MeTooAn alternatingly brilliant and incoherent essay continues to fascinate.
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. Why Rural America Controls the Debates Over Guns and ImmigrationOur constitutional system gives disproportionate influence to the nonmetro areas that control the party controlling Washington.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. the national interest
    There’s a Pretty Good Chance President Trump Is Being BlackmailedWe know he has a lot of secrets, and that he’s willing to pay to keep them secret.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. As Florida Shooting Survivors Beg for Action, Trump Opts to Lie LowAs with the Rob Porter scandal, it appears his goal is to stay out of the spotlight and wait until the controversy blows over.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  29. the national interest
    Rick Gates, Former Manafort Partner, Makes Deal With MuellerThat’s three friendly witnesses for an investigation that is not looking friendly for Trump.
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. Senate Votes Down Every Immigration ProposalTrump’s own proposal and a bipartisan compromise that he angrily opposed both went down in the Senate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. The Special Election in Deep Red PA-18 Is a Dead HeatFor Republicans in 2018, the polls giveth and the polls taketh away.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. Appeals Court Tees Up Trump Travel Ban for SupremesThe high court will soon consider both statutory and constitutional challenges to Trump’s third effort to impose a travel ban.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. Team Trump Fighting Immigration CompromiseEven as a bipartisan bill emerges that might get 60 Senate votes, the administration is opposing it stridently.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. Every Attempt to Change Gun Laws Under TrumpTrump and other GOP lawmakers have worked to loosen gun restrictions, and the few bipartisan efforts to address mass shootings have stalled.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  35. State Party Chair’s Attack on Romney Is Sour Grapes, Not a ThreatYes, there will be grumbling, but the 2018 Senate race in Utah is definitely Mitt Romney’s to lose.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. Pruitt Flies First Class to Avoid Dealing With the Riffraff in CoachThe EPA administrator not only thinks like an oil exec: he travels like one.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. the national circus
    It’s Time for John Kelly to GoThe White House chief of staff’s handling of the Rob Porter fiasco is making the Scaramucci interregnum look like a golden age.
    By Frank Rich
  38. P.A. Special Election Could Be the Only Excuse Trump Needs to Start a Trade WarTrump will have to make a decision soon on possible tariffs on steel and aluminum, which most Republicans oppose.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. the national interest
    White House Update: Everybody Continues to Lie to Everybody About EverythingWe can’t trust the president, nor can his aides, nor can they trust one another.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. Governor Wolf Rejects a New GOP Gerrymandered Congressional Map for PennsylvaniaNow the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will draw its own map, using an independent redistricting expert.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. Stormy Daniels Payment May Be Illegal, Even If It Came From Trump’s LawyerMichael Cohen said he paid the porn star with his own money, not Trump’s, but that could still be a violation of campaign finance laws.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  42. america’s sweetheart
    Don Jr. Shows Support for Team USA by Attacking Adam RipponAs the president’s son, it’s his duty to defend the vice-president against criticism from our Olympians.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  43. scandals
    Trump Lawyer Claims He Paid Stormy Daniels $130K of His Own Money, Won’t Say WhyWhy does everyone always assume there’s some ulterior motive when a guy pays his boss’s alleged mistress a six-figure sum?
    By Margaret Hartmann
  44. Bibi’s a Step Closer to the SlammerThe Israeli police have recommended he face charges on two counts of corruption. But the process could take a long while.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. In 49 States, Trump Is Even Less Popular Now Than When He Was InauguratedThe president’s doing better in the polls lately. But overall, his popularity since taking office has been in a long slide.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. Paul Ryan’s Suicide MissionThe Speaker of the House has promised to stick with conservatives on immigration. Will he trade his gavel for a breakthrough deal?
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. ‘Ego-Driven, Tired Old Man’ Corker Considers Un-retirement From SenateIt’s probably too late for Corker to win another term, but if he decides to run after all, it could fatally divide the Tennessee GOP.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. How Glenn Greenwald Made the Russia Scandal DisappearRight-wing conspiracy theorists have been “relegated to obscurity,” he argues. What a relief!
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. Will Trump Make or Break an Immigration Deal?The odds of any legislation making it through the abattoir of both houses of Congress is limited at best — unless Trump gives Republicans cover.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. Trump Aides Galled by Criticism of Their Awful Rob Porter ResponseAs Sarah Huckabee Sanders refused to provide details on the alleged abuser’s exit, Kellyanne Conway quibbled over an essay by his ex-wife.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  51. Omarosa’s Shocking Big Brother Reveal: Mike Pence Is Pretty ‘Scary’ TooAfter warning about the dangers posed by her former boss, she said the vice-president might be worse, as “he thinks Jesus tells him to say things.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
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