1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. Scott Walker Abandons Fight Against Special ElectionsThe hyper-partisan governor of hyper-polarized Wisconsin loses a round to the courts.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. the national interest
    Trump Thinks the Military Should Fund His Wall Without CongressThat’s not how any of this works.
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. 5 Liberal Priorities That Were Funded in Last Week’s Budget BillFor a minority party, Democrats ended up doing pretty well.
    By Benjamin Hart
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. Election Tracker: What’s at Play in the 2018 State-Legislature RacesState by state, the most competitive elections in the country.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. Politicians React to March for Our LivesMany Democrats joined the protests, while President Trump said nothing.
    By Benjamin Hart
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. The Remarkable, Maddening Career of Zell MillerA remembrance of my former boss, a man who zig-zagged through political history.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. 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
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