1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. the national interest
    Robert Mueller Has Trump and Family in His CrosshairsThe investigation is getting closer to the president.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. Scott Pruitt Thinks Limited Government Is DivineIn an interview, Pruitt doesn’t say he thinks God wants us to despoil the earth, but he does think God hates Big Government.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. Roy Moore Back in Action With Endorsement of Feminist-Hating Missouri CandidateIf there’s any Senate candidate out there who is following Moore’s twisted path, it’s probably Courtland Sykes.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. the national interest
    Brave Trump Says He Would Have Disarmed Parkland Shooter With Bare HandsThe bone spurs have apparently healed.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. SCOTUS Hands Trump Temporary Setback on DACA CancellationThe March 5 deadline set for DACA’s demise is now a dead letter as the Ninth Circuit and then perhaps SCOTUS will review Trump’s action.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. Utah GOP Passes New Rule That Could Eject Romney From BallotThis is probably less about the candidate than regular old party warfare.
    By Benjamin Hart
  42. the national interest
    Trump Might Be Too Busy to Talk to Robert Mueller, Says LawyerThat White House bedroom television isn’t going to watch itself.
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. war on drugs
    Trump’s Plan to Solve the Opioid Crisis Might Involve Executing Drug DealersHe praises brutal policies in Singapore and the Philippines, and would reportedly love to replicate them — but he’ll settle for harsher sentences.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  44. U.S. Needs New FAA Head, Trump Generously Offers His Personal PilotPresident Trump has trusted John Dunkin to fly his jet since 1989, so obviously he should be on the short list to oversee civil aviation nationwide.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  45. foreign policy
    Why Are U.S. Troops Staying in Syria? The Trump Administration Won’t SayOfficials argued the military can remain there indefinitely, with no new authorization from Congress — but wouldn’t explain the long-term objectives.
    By Jonah Shepp
  46. The Wild Illinois Governor’s Race Shows Why the Midterms Remain UnpredictablePrimary challenges, like those on both sides of the Illinois contest, make it hard to handicap the 2018 gubernatorial landscape.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. the law
    The Second Amendment Is No Barrier to Stricter Gun LawsThe courts have found that even all-out bans on assault-style weapons are in harmony with the right to keep and bear arms.
    By Cristian Farias
  48. politics
    CPAC Speaker Needed Security Escort After Flagging Trump’s Sexual MisconductMona Charen chided conservatives for ignoring the president’s treatment of women, and later urged others to help fight off Trumpism.
    By Chas Danner
  49. russia investigation
    Democrats Release Declassified Rebuttal to Nunes MemoThe new memo details the various ways the Nunes memo was misleading or outright wrong.
    By Chas Danner
  50. the national interest
    The Nunes Memo Is Fake and the Russia Scandal Is Very RealWeeks later, a rebuttal destroys the Republican claim that the Deep State is conducting a witch hunt.
    By Jonathan Chait
  51. national security
    Kushner Still Has Security Clearance, Despite Additional Reported IssuesThe Justice Department warned the White House that significant issues remain unsettled regarding Kushner’s background.
    By Chas Danner
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