1. the national interest
    Paul Ryan Is a Trump Lackey for One ReasonThe motivation of the world’s most transparent politician somehow continues to elude the news media.
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. Will Oklahoma Teachers Be the Next to Strike?After years of frustration over low pay, Oklahoma teachers may emulate their counterparts in West Virginia and go on strike.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. A Surge in Primary Turnout Is a Good Sign for Democrats, But Not a GuaranteeIf Democratic primary voting surges in Texas today, it could be a relatively meaningless blip, or an omen that the state is slowly turning blue.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. Sam Nunberg on Mueller, His Media Spree, and His Message for TrumpA late-night chat with Trump’s former campaign adviser after one long, wild day.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  5. Former Trump Aide Vowed to Fight Mueller Subpoena in Bizarre Media BlitzAfter a string of odd appearances, Sam Nunberg suggested he’d end up cooperating with the special counsel after all.
    By Benjamin Hart and Margaret Hartmann
  7. the national interest
    Trump Confuses North and South KoreaThey’re, uh, not the same.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. Thad Cochran to Resign From Senate, Shaking Up Mississippi PoliticsThere will be two Senate seats from Mississippi up this November, with GOP Governor Phil Bryant controlling the landscape.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. Bibi and the Christian Right Agree: Trump Is the New Cyrus the GreatNetanyahu gives his friend the president the great favor of reinforcing conservative Evangelical belief that Trump’s the supreme virtuous pagan.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. Democrat Looking Strong in Trump-Country Special Congressional ElectionConor Lamb’s not a long-shot candidate anymore, despite heavy GOP and Trump efforts on behalf of his opponent.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. Trump: I’ll Lift Tariffs If NAFTA Is RenegotiatedThe president is attempting to bully two close allies into submission.
    By Benjamin Hart
  12. trade war
    Trump’s Trade Adviser Says No Ally Exemptions From New TariffsPeter Navarro also expects the tariffs to be put in place within a week, meaning the trade war may actually happen.
    By Chas Danner
  13. authoritarianism
    Trump Jokes About Staying in Power IndefinitelyBut he also praised China’s president for his hard-fought dictatorship, because Trump loves authoritarians and their power-grabs.
    By Chas Danner
  14. trade war
    Trump Threatens to Tax European Cars If His Trade War EscalatesThe president says he’ll retaliate against any retaliation.
    By Chas Danner
  15. Roy Moore Is Pleading With Supporters to Pay His Legal BillsOh, how the already disgraced have fallen.
    By Benjamin Hart
  16. trump administration
    Grown-ups Are Not Running America’s Foreign PolicyA group of Model U.N. teenagers could probably pick and execute policies better than this administration.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  17. West Virginia Teachers’ Strike Continues As State Senate Drags Feet on DealA tentative deal reached by the governor and two unions did not persuade strikers to come back to work, and apparently for good reason.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. Did Trump Start a Trade War Because He Was Having a Really Bad Day?No one expects this president to conduct himself in an orderly way, but the announcement of dangerous new tariffs may take the cake.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. the national interest
    Trump’s Climate Science-Disputing EPA Head Also Disputes EvolutionThe good news is that Scott Pruitt doesn’t only hate scientific theories that are bad for oil companies.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. Trump Bullying of Sessions Could Backfire With Republican SenatorsJeff Sessions may be Mr. Magoo to the president. But to his former colleagues in the Senate, he’s part of the club.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. the national interest
    ‘Trade Wars Are Good.’ Business Is Scared of Trump for the First Time.Trump has wandered off the reservation before, but this time he might not come back.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. donald trump
    What It Means to Have a Government That Hates the Constitutional Right to ChooseWhen low-level bureaucrats try to keep vulnerable women from exercising reproductive rights, they’re just following signals from the top.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. family matters
    President Trump May Be Secretly Undermining Jared and Ivanka, TooHe reportedly asked his chief of staff to help push them out of the White House — a smart (yet bizarre) move.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  24. Don’t Worry, Trump’s Relationship With the NRA Is Still ‘Good (Great)’A day after Trump embraced Democratic gun policies, he and an NRA lobbyist exchanged tweets suggesting he’s reverted to GOP orthodoxy.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  25. Early Voting Among Texas Democrats Is Off the ChartsIt’s a sign of superior enthusiasm, not any guarantee of success in November, but it confirms Democrats have a wind at their backs.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. California Now Preregisters 16-Year Olds to Vote When They Get Their LicensesIt’s the latest step in Motor Voter reform. Conservatives aren’t happy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. the national interest
    New Survey Shows Young People Are Staying Liberal, Conservatives Are Dying OffIn the long run, we’re all dead, but Republicans are especially dead.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. The 3 Claims Republicans Are Making About Their Tax Bill’s EffectsSome of the good things tax cuts produce are ephemeral; others could backfire.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. the national interest
    Paul Ryan Helps Trump Undermine Rule of Law Once AgainTrump’s silent partner is running a counter-investigation to protect the president.
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. select all
    How One Texas Candidate Is Using Memes and Facebook to Push the State LeftwardRichard Wolf is only 23, but he has experience in what matters — posting online.
    By Brian Feldman
  31. The California Democrats Aren’t In DisarrayA lot of the angst over Democratic primary battles, and California’s Top Two system, may be excessive.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. the national interest
    How Trump’s Saturday Night Massacre Might Start With Jeff SessionsJustice is supposed to be blind, but Trump considers blindness a disqualification.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. Bernie Sanders Has 2 Family Members Running For Office, Causing Real TroubleBernie’s stepdaughter is connected to his wife’s controversial presidency of Burlington College; his son says questionable things on Twitter.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. The White House Didn’t Break Hope Hicks OvernightShe resigned after getting caught up in the scandals and palace intrigue that she fought to avoid, but sources say her exit was months in the making.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  35. Amid White House Unrest, Trump Mulls Launching a Trade WarSteel and aluminum executives have been summoned to the White House for a big announcement on tariffs, but the details haven’t been finalized.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  36. Oprah May Run for President After All — If God Tells Her ToWaiting for a sign from the almighty can be perilous, but probably not for Oprah.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. the national interest
    Robert Mueller Has Trump and Family in His CrosshairsThe investigation is getting closer to the president.
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. foreign affairs
    North Korea’s Link to Syria’s Chemical Weapons Is Horrific, Yet UnsurprisingThe shipments identified in a U.N. report violate sanctions on both countries and demonstrate just how good these rogue regimes are at evading them.
    By Jonah Shepp
  39. Sexting Brings Down GOP Front-runner in Arizona Special Congressional PrimaryFirst Trent Franks resigned after asking two staffers to bear his child. Then his likely successor was accused of sexting. It’s a lot to take in.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. the national interest
    Carter Page Is a Very Strange Republican Choice for Martyr in the Russia ScandalThe GOP looks for its Alger Hiss, settles on shady goofball.
    By Jonathan Chait
  41. GOP Congressional Leaders Ready to Wrap Up 2018 Very SoonCongress will soon find reasons not to act on much of what was supposed to represent its 2018 agenda — other than campaigning for reelection.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. russia probe
    Hope Hicks Only Tells White Lies for Trump, So We Can Trust Her Russia TestimonyHer dodges before the House Intel Committee, and its failure to do anything about it, underscore that the House Russia probe has become a joke.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  43. Trump Endorses Another GOP Senator Facing a Perilous Primary BattleTrump unsuccessfully backed Alabama’s Luther Strange against a field of more Trumpian rivals. Now he’s making a similar play in Mississippi.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. Jared Kushner Loses His Right-hand Man Just When He Needs Him MostAs the world learns Kushner’s security clearance was downgraded and foreign officials sought to manipulate him, his spokesman Josh Raffel resigns.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  45. Trump Being Trump Seems to Make Him Less PopularThe GOP has an unusually acute problem in mobilizing a party base that glories in Trumpian outrages, without frightening the rest of the country.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. The Post-Millennials Should Scare the Hell Out of the GOPIf you think millennials are a bad demographic group for the old white man’s party, get a load of their successors.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. Bob Corker Decides to Retire (This Time for Real)He would have faced a brutal primary battle if he had opted to run again.
    By Benjamin Hart
  48. BREAKING: Man Plans to Keep JobAny presidential critics under the illusion he would voluntarily hang it up after one term should wake up and smell the bitter coffee of Trump 2020.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. the national interest
    Obama’s Education Legacy Has Been Forgotten. Now He Has to Save It.The least-known reform of the Obama era is at risk.
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. Every Gun Policy President Trump Has ProposedSince Parkland, Trump has been musing about various policies to combat gun violence. Here’s every idea he’s endorsed, and what he might actually do.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  51. West Virginia’s Statewide Teachers’ Strike ContinuesThe strike enters its fourth day tomorrow, as the state’s Republican attorney general hankers to intervene to stop the “illegal” action.
    By Ed Kilgore
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