1. Voters Are Starting to See Trump As a Garden-Variety ConservativeIn 2016 he benefited from many voters perceiving him as moderate or even liberal. There aren’t so many anymore.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. The GOP’s Dilemma: Avoiding Disaster in 2018 Will Embolden Trump to Run in 2020You really have to wonder how long Republicans can stand this dance on the precipice with their unstable president.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. the national interest
    Republicans Are Weaponizing Law Enforcement Against Trump’s EnemiesHillary Clinton, the Clinton Foundation, and now Christopher Steele are being harassed with dubious charges.
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. the national interest
    Republicans Turn on Bannon for Telling the Truth About TrumpA book detailing that the president’s unfitness has had the perverse outcome of solidifying party support for that very president.
    By Jonathan Chait
  5. feuds
    Trump Proves He’s Still Got It, Dubs Bannon ‘Sloppy Steve’He may not be fit for the presidency, but he’s got a gift for sophomoric nicknames.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  7. His Voter Fraud Panel Folded, Kobach Turns His Attention to Ruining KansasPity poor Kansas, which has suffered through two terms of Sam Brownback’s fiscal punishment, and now could wind up being misgoverned by Kobach.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. Trump’s Scary Lurch Into Book-BanningEfforts to stop publication of Michael Wolff’s book don’t reflect well on a president whose support for the First Amendment was already suspect.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. Trump’s War on the Coastal States Includes More Offshore Drilling, Less SafetyHe’s doing this despite bipartisan opposition from governors.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. Nobody Seems to Know What Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Wall’ Would Look LikeYears after Trump started talking about a border wall, congressional negotiators trying to cut a spending deal still aren’t sure how it’s defined.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. feuds
    Trump Tries to Stop Publication of Wolff Book, Hits Bannon With Cease-and-DesistTrump is threatening to sue the publisher of Michael Wolff’s book and Steve Bannon, but he rarely follows through on these threats.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  12. the national interest
    Trump Has Created Dangers We Haven’t Even Imagined YetWar with North Korea is just one of them. The invisible dangers of a highly leveraged presidency.
    By Jonathan Chait
  13. Trump Disbands Commission Studying (Nonexistent) Mass Voter FraudBut it will live on within the Department of Homeland Security.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  14. Cuomo Vows to Sue Feds Over Trump Tax Bill’s Discrimination Against New YorkersIt’s a long shot, but if Republicans deliberately targeted blue states, that could be adjudged as unconstitutional.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. russia probe
    Paul Manafort’s Lawsuit Against Robert Mueller Is Frivolous Political TheaterManafort argues that the special counsel has no business sticking his nose in the pre-Trump campaign work he did in Ukraine. He’s wrong.
    By Cristian Farias
  16. Trump and Bannon Are Now Officially EnemiesAfter Bannon accused Don Jr. of “treason,” the president dropped the hammer on his former chief strategist.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. politics
    Donald Trump Didn’t Want to Win — and Neither Did His CampaignOne year ago: the plan to lose, and the administration’s shocked first days.
    By Michael Wolff
  18. Doug Jones to Enter Senate As a Regular Democrat Who’s Open to BipartisanshipWhile you can expect him to reflect Alabama sensitivities in the Senate, he’s not going to be a Democrat in name only.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. foreign affairs
    North Korea Reopens Hotline to South: Breakthrough or Another Ploy?Reestablishing communication could help ease tensions, or drive a wedge between the U.S. and South Korea.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  20. 2018 Could Be a Wave Election for Female Governors, TooIt looks like an unprecedented number of women — and especially Democratic women — could be elected to governorships in 2018.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. Orrin Hatch to Retire, Meaning We Might See Senator Mitt Romney in 2019Having the GOP presidential nominee and anti-Trump firebrand in the Republican caucus would be interesting.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. the national interest
    2018 Will Be a Fight to Save Democracy From Trump“Next year will bring ‘full Trump,’” a source warns. Be ready.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. Trump Can’t Decide Which Policy He Should Fail to Pass in 2018Don’t expect to see welfare reform or a bipartisan infrastructure deal before the midterms.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  24. Fan Favorite the Mooch Denies He’s Returning to Trump’s White HouseScaramucci says the rumors of his return to Trumpworld, which he has repeatedly encouraged, are “fake news.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  25. Remember World War II? That Was 5 Weeks AgoAnd other momentous events you may have forgotten happened in 2017.
    By Benjamin Hart
  26. Report: Papadopoulos, Not Dossier, Sparked Russia InvestigationThe scoop about Trump’s so-called “coffee boy” demolishes a key GOP talking point.
    By Benjamin Hart
  27. Trump Is Still Happily Mixing Government Affairs With His Private BusinessesAnd not a single Republican elected official seems to care.
    By Benjamin Hart
  28. Merkel’s Efforts to Teach Trump About Diplomacy Didn’t Go WellIt reportedly ended with the chancellor repeatedly explaining that Germany can’t negotiate trade deals separately from the E.U.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  29. What We Learned From Trump’s Rambling New York Times InterviewIt doesn’t sound like Mueller’s firing is imminent, but he declared, “I have absolute right to do what I want to do with the Justice Department.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  30. How to Maintain Your Sense of Proportion in the Trump EraThe closer we get to the 2018 and 2020 elections, the less sense it makes to treat Trump’s very presence as an intolerable, outrageous scandal.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. Roy Moore Files Lawsuit Alleging Voter Fraud Cost Him Alabama Senate RaceHe wants to keep Doug Jones’s win from being certified on Thursday, though Alabama officials say there’s no evidence of voting irregularities.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  32. russia probe
    If Flynn Is Just a Liar, Why Did Trump Keep Defending Him?There’s a flaw in Team Trump’s reported plan to attack Flynn’s credibility: basically everything the president has said about his former adviser.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  33. Can a #NeverTrump Republican Win in 2020? Don’t Bet on It.Anti-Trumpers long for a third option in the next presidential race, but their prospects are grim.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. Thanks to GOP Tax Bill, Homeowners Rushing to Prepay Property Taxes Before 2018New restrictions on the deductibility of local property taxes are driving many homeowners to pay early and get the deduction one more time.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. encounter
    Touring ESPN With Jemele Hill, SportsCenter Anchor Turned Liberal Hero“There are times when certain things are happening in this world and I truly couldn’t care less about Jerry Jones’s fight with Roger Goodell.”
    By Reeves Wiedeman
  36. After Passing Trump’s Tax Cuts, What’s Next on the GOP’s Agenda?GOP leaders want to tackle infrastructure and welfare reform, but first they’ll have to address all the issues they pushed off to the new year.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  37. Pennsylvania Special Election Could Be the First Ripple in a Democratic Wave“I was Trump before Trump was Trump,” says the GOP nominee in a potentially competitive special election.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. Trump Administration Proposes Rolling Back Oil-Spill RulesSurely private industry doesn’t need any oversight on this stuff.
    By Benjamin Hart
  39. Roy Moore’s Candidacy Was in Trouble Even Before the Sexual-Abuse AllegationsJoe Trippi argues that abuse allegations against Roy Moore changed the focus of the race from the judge’s crazy record to the hated national media.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. GOP Representative Supports ‘Purge’ of FBI, Justice DepartmentThe Republican Party is sounding uncomfortably Stalinesque these days.
    By Benjamin Hart
  41. Nick Saban Gets Crushed in Alabama Senate ElectionMany thought Saban would get many write-in votes in a Senate contest between an alleged predator and a Democrat. He did not.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. Trump Again Claims, Wrongly, That Obamacare Has Been RepealedWhatever gets you through the night, Mr. President.
    By Benjamin Hart
  43. Trump Tells Mar-a-Lago Crowd ‘You All Just Got a Lot Richer’ After Tax BillFor once, the president is honest about something.
    By Benjamin Hart
  44. Report: Trump Said Haitians ‘All Have AIDS,’ Nigerians Live in ‘Huts’Stunning but not surprising comments from our bigot-in-chief.
    By Benjamin Hart
  45. Exactly How High Could That 2018 Democratic Wave Rise?Yes, Republicans have some institutional advantages in their efforts to hang onto the House. But they only help so much in a wave election.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. Feinstein Is Vulnerable Next Year, But California Republicans Are in DangerCalifornia’s “Top Two” election is just months away, and while Republicans are struggling to survive, Tom Steyer could be formidable if he runs.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. Delirious December Gives Way to Jittery January As Congress Passes Spending BillCongress has kicked multiple cans down the road to January, but they won’t be able to stall any longer.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. Advisers Warn Trump About Prospect of Democratic Wave in 2018The president is said to be tracking the GOP’s challenges closely. But will he do anything to help?
    By Benjamin Hart
  49. the national interest
    Congress to Trump: Steal All You WantWhat the new Emoluments Clause ruling tells us.
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. Tax Bill Will Make It Easier to Drown Your Sorrows Over the Tax BillIt didn’t get much attention, but the GOP tax bill gave a generous break to producers of beer, wine, and distilled spirits.
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. Temporary Spending Bill to Include Temporary Funding for CHIPLooks like Congress will provide relief for the very popular but fiscally strapped program providing health insurance for kids.
    By Ed Kilgore
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