1. Trump Administration Dropping Climate Change As National Security ThreatHurricanes, floods, and fires don’t count.
    By Benjamin Hart
  2. Congress Fears Release of Bombshell Sexual-Misconduct Exposé That May Not ExistMeanwhile, more lawmakers are embracing calls to reform the current reporting system, which doesn’t satisfy victims or the accused.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  3. The Right (and Wrong) Lessons to Take From Doug Jones’s Win in AlabamaBe careful of over-interpretation by partisans. But Jones’s win shouldn’t be under-interpreted, either.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. the national interest
    America Hates the Republicans, and They Don’t Know WhyA party’s puzzling lack of self-reflection.
    By Jonathan Chait
  5. foreign policy
    Putin Calls Trump to Thank CIA for Helping to Prevent Terrorist AttackAnd the two leaders clearly want the whole world to know how well they get along.
    By Chas Danner
  7. Trump: ‘No, I’m Not’ Considering Firing Robert Mueller“What, are you surprised?”
    By Benjamin Hart
  8. russia investigation
    Are Trump’s Transition Lawyers Attempting to Discredit Mueller?They claim Mueller unlawfully obtained thousands of private emails from Trump’s transition-team members, but the accusation looks pretty weak.
    By Chas Danner
  9. early and often
    Trump Plans to Help More Republicans Lose in 2018The historically unpopular president wants to do a lot more endorsements and rallies to help GOP midterm candidates.
    By Chas Danner
  10. lost causes
    Roy Moore Won’t Accept Reality, Fundraises for ‘Election Integrity Fund’Math be damned, the defeated candidate is pushing voter fraud.
    By Chas Danner
  11. CDC Pushes Back on Report That It Told Staffers to Stop Using Seven WordsThe initial report was reminiscent of both Big Brother and George Carlin.
    By Benjamin Hart
  12. The Rock May Run for President When He Can Get Around to ItIn what is increasingly not just a joke, Dwayne Johnson says he’s mulling a presidential campaign, but not until he has time, probably in 2024.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. Kansas Democrat Is First Female Political Casualty of the ‘Reckoning’An old company settlement with a man alleging sexual harassment brought down the promising congressional candidacy of Andrea Ramsey.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. The Amendment Allowing Churches to Get Political Is Gone From the GOP Tax BillIt was spiked by the Senate parliamentarian.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. Alabama’s Christian Right Has Been Doubly Disgraced in 2017In Roy Moore and former governor Bentley, the state’s conservative Evangelicals have backed two bad apples from the same basket.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. the national interest
    FBI Agent ‘Scandal’ Revealed to Be Even More Stupid Than Previously KnownThe allegedly pro-Clinton FBI agent turns out to have also sent texts criticizing Clinton.
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. The GOP’s Biggest Problem Is Not Its Candidates, But Its PresidentTrump can’t accept that he is damaging his party down-ballot. And that could send his party off in search of illusory “fixes.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. the national interest
    Advisers Afraid to Bring Up Russian Hacking Around Trump Because It Triggers HimIs it possible he is guilty?
    By Jonathan Chait
  19. Graham: 70 Percent Chance of War With North Korea If It Tests More NukesThe hawkish South Carolinian is credibly terrifying in describing Trump’s intentions if North Korea keeps being North Korea.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. the national interest
    Paul Ryan to Go Out in a Blaze of Randian GloryThe Speaker plans one more attack on the lazy takers before he retires or is purged.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. The Democratic Wave Is Coming in 2018This year’s special elections and a host of objective factors continue to point toward a good midterm for the Donkey Party.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. the national interest
    FBI Agents Sending Anti-Trump Texts Is Not a ScandalIt’s just another pretext to quash the Mueller probe.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. the national interest
    Republicans Say Tax Cuts Are Paul Ryan’s Pope“Is it a Boehner-meeting-the-pope moment?,” a Republican asks about the tax cuts.
    By Jonathan Chait
  24. Doug Jones’s Victory Shows the Way Forward for Democrats in the SouthDoug Jones assembled the same kind of biracial coalition that always worked for southern Democrats, but without being conservative. Get used to it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. Republicans Rush Toward Final Tax Bill AgreementMaybe the tax agreement isn’t that tightly wrapped, but Republicans need some positive news ASAP.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. the national interest
    How Trump’s ‘Grab Them by the Pussy’ Comments Might Lose Him Congress in the EndThe long fuse of the Billy Bush tape may explode in the president’s face.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. dreamers
    Democrats Abandon Threats to Shut Down Government to Protect DreamersAfter some saber-rattling, congressional Democratic leaders have decided to pursue Dreamer protections through bipartisan negotiations.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. We Now Know FBI Agents Called Trump an ‘Idiot,’ But Not Why That’s RelevantWhile the text messages released by the Justice Department added fuel to attacks on Mueller, we still know little about their significance.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  29. alabama senate election
    Roy Moore Won’t Concede, Tells Supporters to ‘Wait on God’State officials confirmed there’s basically no way he can beat Democrat Doug Jones in the Alabama Senate race, so it’s going to be a long wait.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  30. Jones Upsets Moore and Humiliates Trump in Deep-Red AlabamaOn the back of strong turnout from African-Americans and a superior campaign, Doug Jones pulled an upset that will echo into next year’s midterms.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. the national interest
    Alabama Voters to Roy Moore: F*ck You and the Horse You Rode in OnThe candidate who is Donald Trump, but more so, suffers an ominous defeat.
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. the national interest
    Republicans Reportedly Add Even Bigger Tax Cut for the RichThey’re going to cut the top income-tax rate on top of everything else.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. Ed Gillespie Is Sad He Was Forced to Run Racist Ads in Virginia Governor’s RacePoor Ed Gillespie. He wanted to run on his economic-development plans, but they “didn’t move numbers.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. Donald Trump Jr. Requests Inquiry Into Intelligence Committee LeaksHis attorney sent a letter to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence today.
    By Yashar Ali
  35. Congress Nearing Deal to Stave Off Shutdown Showdown Until JanuaryAnything could still happen, but it looks like the government will stay open through Christmas, with a real battle on tap for January.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. the national interest
    Trump Wants to Fight Robert Mueller by Appointing Bizarro MuellerDon’t Republicans deserve their own special counsel to investigate their conspiracy theories?
    By Jonathan Chait
  37. President Trump Fires Off Particularly Gross Tweet About Kirsten GillibrandLet’s just say he’s not at the leading edge of the #MeToo movement.
    By Benjamin Hart
  38. the national interest
    Why the Trump Tax Cuts Might Jack Up the Deficit More Than Anybody ExpectsThe bill is a sieve. What happens if the tax-shelter industry explodes?
    By Jonathan Chait
  39. Roy Moore Reemerges for an Election-Eve Rally, and Good Lord, Was It WeirdThe rally in a remote barn featured Steve Bannon, a dig at Ivanka, a reference to Moore’s Jewish lawyer, and several inflatable alligators.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  40. alabama senate election
    Roy Moore’s Wife: We’re Not Anti-Semitic, ‘One of Our Attorneys Is a Jew’Also, a friend recalls that one time Moore passed up an opportunity to prey on children.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  41. Turnout Will Win It for Moore or Jones, But GOP Will Have a Headache Either WayIn a strange campaign where the front-runner disappeared and the polls are all over the place, turnout patterns will matter most.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. Sanders-Clinton Commission Agrees on Changes to Make the Primaries More OpenIt’s just one step toward unity, but fewer superdelegates, more oversight of the DNC, and less convoluted Iowa caucuses could help.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. the national interest
    Report Suggests President Trump Told Michael Flynn to Lie to the FBIIf Trump authorized lying to the FBI, Robert Mueller can nail him good.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. alabama special election
    Cory Booker Campaigns for Alabama’s Doug Jones — and Maybe Himself in 2020If the New Jersey senator is successful, he’ll have helped defeat Roy Moore. If not, he got a chance to test out his stump speech.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  45. Roy Moore Disappears From Campaign Trail, Probably to Watch FootballWhile the campaign wouldn’t comment on his whereabouts, several sources said he was in Philadelphia at the Army-Navy game.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  46. politics
    For Nikki Haley, Dealing With Foreign Tyrants Is the Easy Part of the JobHow the U.N. ambassador handles her boss with great diplomacy.
    By Andrew Rice
  47. natural disasters
    California Governor on Wildfires: ‘This Is the New Normal’And, as if climate change wasn’t a big enough problem, the GOP tax cuts also pose a threat to disaster victims.
    By Chas Danner
  48. Trump Thinks People Should Be Fired for Misrepresenting the Truth on TwitterThe president’s response to a Washington Post journalist’s mistaken tweet sets a new standard for hypocrisy.
    By Chas Danner
  49. The 5 Most Disturbing Revelations About Trump’s TV HabitsIn a chronicle of the president’s average day, Trump’s unfitness for office is evident in his obsession with cable news.
    By Benjamin Hart
  50. Trump Pushes Moore, Celebrates Himself at Florida RallyHe also took the time to ridicule “the resistance.”
    By Chas Danner
  51. Trump (Predictably) Goes on Warpath Against CNN After WikiLeaks BlunderThe president’s least favorite news network made it easy this time around.
    By Benjamin Hart
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