1. Guess Which Line Was Missing From the Transcript of Trump’s Immigration MeetingHint: The one in which he agreed with a Democratic senator, to the horror of Republicans.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  2. Trump Attorney Michael Cohen Sues BuzzFeed, Fusion GPS Over Russia DossierThe defamation suits were announced just as BuzzFeed editor Ben Smith issued a public defense of the decision to publish the dossier in full.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  3. Trump Always Had the Power to Ruin Bannon, But His Strategist Didn’t See ItUntil the very end, Bannon seemed unable to admit he’d so thoroughly screwed himself, and unwilling to believe that even his own had turned on him.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  4. Steve Bannon to Step Down From Breitbart NewsQuotes attributed to him in Michael Wolff’s book made his position untenable.
    By Benjamin Hart
  5. the national interest
    Trump Holds Meeting to Show He’s in Charge, Instead Proves OppositeMitch McConnell reportedly said, “He’ll sign anything we put in front of him.” Trump admits it on television.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. the national interest
    Why Do We Say Trump Was ‘Accused’ of Groping? He Confessed.The weird status of the groper-in-chief in the post-Weinstein world.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. We Should Take Oprah 2020 Seriously, But Not LiterallyThe minute Oprah Winfrey becomes a politician, she’ll lose altitude, but she’d start from lofty heights.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. russia probe
    No Sane Lawyer Would Let Trump Sit for an Interview With MuellerThe president is a walking, talking perjury trap.
    By Cristian Farias
  10. the national interest
    Why Conservatives Outsourced Environmental Policy to Lobbyists and KooksA revealingly credulous profile in conservatism’s flagship magazine.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. games
    How Do You Watch the Olympics in the Shadow of Nuclear Apocalypse?If you thought Putin’s 2014 Games were scary, wait until you put an Olympic Games less than 50 miles from the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
    By Will Leitch
  12. 6 Times Trump Derailed His Own Infrastructure PlanFrom competing with Comey’s testimony to telling lawmakers his administration’s rebuilding strategy won’t work.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  13. foreign policy
    Trump Team Mulls Giving North Korea ‘Bloody Nose,’ Betting Kim Won’t RetaliateTop officials are reportedly considering whether the U.S. could launch a limited strike on Kim Jong-un’s regime without starting a war.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  14. Stephen Miller Attacks CNN’s Journalism During Softball Fox News InterviewHe said he’s glad his off-air jabs at Jake Tapper were made public, but denied he had to be escorted off set.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  15. Trump Administration Tells Almost 200,000 Salvadorans to Leave U.S. by 2019Unless Congress acts, many long-standing residents will face the risk of deportation.
    By Benjamin Hart
  16. College-Football Fans at Title Game Squeezed by Ticket Prices, Ice, and TrumpIt’s going to be a complicated evening in downtown Atlanta.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. Trump Said to Sour on Infrastructure Plan His Team Is Still PushingHe reportedly told GOP leaders public-private partnerships won’t work, then Gary Cohn promoted them a day later.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  18. feuds
    It Appears Stephen Miller’s CNN Meltdown Wasn’t Just for ShowJake Tapper suggested he was hamming it up for the president, but Miller reportedly had to be escorted from the studio.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  19. trump twitter
    Can You Spot All the Errors in Trump’s ‘Consensual Presidency’ Tweet?Autocorrect has been enormously consequential for late-night tweeters.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  20. climate change
    The Rockefellers vs. Exxon, the Company That Made Them the RockefellersThe family that pioneered the oil industry in America wants to expose what Exxon hid from the public about climate change.
    By Reeves Wiedeman
  21. bloopers
    Trump’s Greatest Worst Hits of 2017The number of gaffes and falsehoods issuing from the president last year was so high that you may have forgotten some of the less notorious ones.
    By Eric Levitz and James D. Walsh
  22. work-life balance
    Report: Trump Works From 11-6, Sort OfAnd the president has a lot of “Executive Time” for calls, cable news, and tweeting.
    By Chas Danner
  23. President Trump Announces Delay of Fake News AwardsIt’s still shaping up to be the biggest event of the year for the fake-news industry.
    By Benjamin Hart
  24. Bannon: I Didn’t Mean the Stuff I Said About Trump Jr.Some rare damage control from the former White House chief strategist.
    By Benjamin Hart
  25. Jake Tapper Cuts Off Stephen Miller After Deeply Strange Interview“I think I’ve wasted enough of my viewers’ time.”
    By Benjamin Hart
  26. foreign policy
    Pakistan Is a Problematic Ally, But Trump Cutting It Off Won’t Change ThatEnding U.S. security assistance in an effort to sever Pakistan’s ties to terror groups shows the administration has misjudged a complex situation.
    By Jonah Shepp
  27. politics
    Trump on Russia Investigation: I Do Things ‘100 Percent Proper’The president weighed in on that and several other topics during an impromptu press availability on Saturday.
    By Chas Danner
  28. mental health
    Trump Insists He’s a ‘Very Stable Genius’ in Response to Mental-Fitness ConcernsHe says his mental health and intelligence are his two greatest assets.
    By Chas Danner
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. Trump’s War on the Coastal States Includes More Offshore Drilling, Less SafetyHe’s doing this despite bipartisan opposition from governors.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. Trump Disbands Commission Studying (Nonexistent) Mass Voter FraudBut it will live on within the Department of Homeland Security.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. 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
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