1. New California Poll Shows Feinstein Doing Well, Republicans Doing PoorlyCalifornia’s new voting system will be perilous for the GOP, which may have no general-election candidates for governor or senator.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. What Needs to Happen in Congress Today to Avoid Another Government ShutdownThere will be loud dissents today, especially from House conservatives and Democrats — but it looks like the spending deal may get ratified.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. the national interest
    Nunes Memo Reporter Somehow Still Feeling Good About His WorkDarkness at Nunes.
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. the national interest
    Congress Has a Literal ‘Bros Caucus’A persecuted and despised minority finally gains a voice in Washington.
    By Jonathan Chait
  5. The Coming Democratic Wave May Be Smaller Than ExpectedThere are good signs for Republicans that show a Democratic “wave” is no longer certain, but in the end turnout patterns could matter most.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. Trump Team Tends to Defend Alleged Abusers, Unless They’re DemocratsAny White House staffer dismayed by how top officials handled the Rob Porter abuse allegations hasn’t been paying attention.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  8. Kelly ‘Shocked’ by Porter Abuse Claims, Which the White House Already Knew AboutThe White House chief of staff released a statement condemning domestic violence — but said he also stands by previous comments praising his aide.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  9. Pelosi’s ‘DACA-buster’ Speech Likely a Record-Setter for the HousePelosi can’t stop a spending deal that excludes DACA. But she can talk about it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. the national interest
    Trump’s EPA Director Says Climate Change Will Be Good for UsSome like it hot. Unfortunately, one of them runs the EPA.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. Surprise! Congress May Sneak Debt-Limit Increase Into Its Stopgap Spending BillIt could take care of a big legislative headache — or blow up the delicate negotiations.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. the national interest
    Donald Trump’s Hair Illusion Came Undone and We All Missed ItThe worst hair day of a bad hair life.
    By Jonathan Chait
  13. Pennsylvania Special Election Is a No-Excuses, Must-Win Race for Team TrumpWith all the advantages the GOP has in this pro-Republican, pro-Trump district, a loss would be catastrophic.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. Trey Gowdy: Democrats May Be Tricking Trump Into Hiding Parts of Their MemoHe suggested Democrats might have planted sensitive information in their Nunes rebuttal because they knew redactions would make Trump look suspicious.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  15. the law
    The Supreme Court Would Be Crazy to Jump Into the DACA DisputeThe Supreme Court has an opportunity to weigh in on the future of DACA, but the justices should let Trump fix the mess he created.
    By Cristian Farias
  16. Steve Wynn Resigns As CEO of Wynn Resorts Amid Sexual-Misconduct AllegationsIt’s unclear whether this is enough to make the RNC give back donations from its former finance chairman.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  17. Forget the State of the Union Address: Trump Wants a Military ParadeTrump wasn’t joking about wanting a great big jingoistic display. It’s happening.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. Trump Picks Up Shutdown Threat Over Immigration After Democrats Drop ItLook who’s threatening to shut down the government now.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. Trump Endorses Government Shutdown Just As Bipartisan Deal Seems ImminentThe man seems addicted to making everyone’s lives more difficult.
    By Benjamin Hart
  20. GOP States Are Trying to Put Time Limits on MedicaidIt’s the latest effort to attack Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. the national interest
    Conservatives and the Cult of TrumpThe fears of an American Perón gave way to appreciation for an American Pinochet.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. Trump Team Says President Was Joking When He Called Democrats TreasonousCan’t you humorless liberals lighten up and laugh about being enemies of the state?
    By Benjamin Hart
  23. Pennsylvania Lawmaker Hopes to Impeach Justices Who Rejected Gerrymandered MapSomeone has been giving Republicans ideas about doing away with courts that don’t rule in their favor.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  24. Two Weeks After Last Shutdown, All GOP Has Is a New Way to Jab DemocratsWith only days to go until the next deadline, House Republicans unveiled a stopgap bill that will probably be blocked by Senate Democrats.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  25. Trump’s Lawyers Seem to Think He’s Incapable of Not LyingThey’re reportedly advising Trump not to talk to Mueller, because they’re worried he could wind up being charged with lying to investigators.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  26. Even a Healthy McCain Couldn’t Broker a Good Immigration Deal in the Trump EraMcCain’s vision of comprehensive immigration reform is missed in Washington, but wouldn’t prevail in this Congress.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. House Intelligence Committee Votes to Release Democratic Rebuttal of Nunes MemoNow it’s up to the president whether he wants the public to see it.
    By Benjamin Hart
  28. Congress Is Sleepwalking Toward Its Next CrisisMaybe one more stopgap spending bill can be enacted, but then that’s it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. the national interest
    Trump Calls Democrats ‘Treasonous’ for Failing to Applaud HimPlease clap. Or next time I might not say ‘please.’
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. The Supreme Court Won’t Intervene on Behalf of GOP in P.A. Gerrymandering CaseThe Court deferred to a state court on the state constitution, so the GOP is going to have to redraw those maps after all.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. Trump Didn’t Unify the FBI by Firing Comey. He Demoralized It.Newly released internal FBI emails cut against Trump’s characterization of the agency’s morale.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. the national interest
    ‘The Memo’ Follows the Republican Plan to Destroy Neutral AuthorityThe FBI joins the media, academia, budget forecasters, scientists, and other subjects of right-wing attack.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. The Christian Right’s Willful Faith in TrumpA new book shows how Evangelical leaders are desperately trying to convince themselves that the president’s not just using them.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. Trump Accuses Adam Schiff of Lying, LeakingOne takeaway: The president really needs to come up with some new nicknames.
    By Benjamin Hart
  35. 2018 midterms
    Illinois Holocaust Denier Set to Win GOP Congressional NominationThis is why you always field a candidate.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  36. the swamp
    The Misadventures of Steven Mnuchin and Louise LintonThe mascots of Trump-era “glamour.”
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  37. Report: Nunes Wants to Publish As Many As 5 More MemosHe also swears there is a Hillary-funded wolf on the hill. Really.
    By Chas Danner
  38. Trump Jr. Compares Russia Investigation to McCarthyismIf you ignore every relevant fact, he’s got a point.
    By Benjamin Hart
  39. roundup
    The Real Damage of the Nunes MemoThe integrity of the U.S. law enforcement system is under attack, and Trump may already be winning the battle.
    By Chas Danner
  40. Priebus: Trump Didn’t Really Want to Fire Mueller Last SummerIn his first post-White House interview, the former chief of staff gave a full-throated defense of the president.
    By Benjamin Hart
  41. russia investigation
    Carter Page Claimed He Was Adviser to Kremlin in 2013 LetterThis guy.
    By Chas Danner
  42. Paul Ryan Deletes Tweet Connecting Woman’s Tiny Raise to Tax CutThis was probably for the best.
    By Benjamin Hart
  43. Trump Says Memo Vindicated Him on Russia InvestigationThe president’s message: Move along, folks, nothing to see here.
    By Benjamin Hart
  44. The Dispute Dividing the GOP in the Debate Over ImmigrationSenate Republicans are resisting the House–Trump effort to force restrictions in legal immigration into a deal with Democrats. But maybe not for long.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. Good Economic News Triggers Stock-Market PlungeTrump, like his predecessors, is learning that good economic news sometimes quickly produces the opposite.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. donald trump
    Joe Manchin Is Right: Washington SucksAs Washington descends into tribal warfare over the president’s struggle against independent investigation, Congress is becoming a bad joke.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. the national interest
    The Backward Logic of the Nunes MemoRepublicans argue any investigators who think Trump might be compromised by Russia must be biased against him.
    By Jonathan Chait
  48. the national interest
    Did Donald Trump Read the Memo? Could He Read It?What happens when a semiliterate president finds himself at the center of a debate about a document?
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. McConnell Pitched a Scheme to Fill an Ailing Senator’s Seat: ReportIt involved the governor of Mississippi appointing himself to the Senate.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  50. Trump Decided to Release the Memo Because People on TV Told Him To: ReportsCable news coverage and talks with Sean Hannity convinced him that the Nunes memo should be declassified, before he’d even read it.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  51. Ryan to Unemployed Poor: Let ‘Em Eat Job TrainingThe frustrated would-be entitlement reformer Paul Ryan is taking the indirect route of linking work requirements to job-training programs.
    By Ed Kilgore
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