1. the national interest
    Most of the Trump Tax Cuts Would Go to Richest One Percent, Study FindsAstonishingly, President Trump’s claims about the plan do not actually hold up to scrutiny.
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. Deportations Down in 2017 Despite More Immigration ArrestsAnd way down from a few years ago.
    By Benjamin Hart
  3. Right-to-Lifers Look for a New Hostage for Their DemandsThe anti-abortion lobby is rejecting suggestions to wait until next year to defund Planned Parenthood. They want to put it in the tax bill right now.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. A Look at Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Blue-State Tax HikeA GOP proposal to kill the deduction for state and local taxes mostly hits high-tax, high-income blue states, but some House Republicans will object.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. If Price Is Fired, What About the Rest of Trump’s Private-Jet-Loving Cabinet?The president hinted that he might ax his embattled HHS secretary, but Mnuchin, Pruitt, and Zinke’s travel habits have come under scrutiny too.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  7. the national interest
    The Berniecrats Have an Obama ProblemA small problem for the triumph of the revolution.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. Let’s Talk About Roy Moore’s Extremism on AbortionHis views should be terrifying to voters, even in arch-conservative Alabama. Democrat Doug Jones needs to put the spotlight on them.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. Labor Movement’s Worst Nightmare Heads Back to the Supreme CourtPublic-sector unions dodged a bullet last year when SCOTUS deadlocked on suit denying them fees for collective bargaining. But the threat is back.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. the national interest
    Trump Administration ‘Can’t Guarantee’ Middle Class Won’t Pay Higher TaxesThe Republican tax-cut nightmare begins.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. the national interest
    Trump, Roy Moore, and the Craven Surrender of the Republican Establishment“I wasn’t paying attention. I’m just worried about taxes”: a credo for the Republican Party.
    By Jonathan Chait
  12. GOP Tax ‘Simplification’ Initiative So, So ComplicatedYou’d think a nice, modest, balanced tax cut would be easy for a GOP Congress and White House to execute. But the GOP keeps complicating it all.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. Democrat Doug Jones Has a Slim — But Real — Chance of Upsetting Roy MooreIt will depend on convincing Alabamians that Moore will embarrass their state.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. the national interest
    The Trump Tax Cuts Are Going to Hurt the Republican PartyThey’re not doing this to win an election.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. the national circus
    Frank Rich: Roy Moore’s Victory Only Adds to Trump’s Power Over the GOPThe president may have backed the wrong guy in Alabama’s Senate race, but the revolution continues.
    By Frank Rich
  16. Breitbart News Takes Total Credit for Roy Moore VictoryThe Trump movement’s favorite media outlet is proclaiming itself the enforcer of ideology in the GOP, and is even threatening Trump himself.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. the national interest
    Roy Moore Gave the GOP Another Chance to Reject Authoritarianism. It Declined.Elevating an insurrectionist to public office? Another vote for tax cuts!
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. ethics
    Tom Price Used Private Jets for Trips That Mixed Business With PleasureHis “demanding schedule” did not allow for commercial flights — but included lunch with his son and arriving at a resort 40 hours early.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  19. exits
    DEA Chief Resigns, Reportedly Over Lack of Confidence in TrumpChuck Rosenberg is close with James Comey, and sent a letter rebuking Trump’s comments urging police to be rough with suspects.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  20. Trump Congratulates Moore, Deletes Tweets Backing Alabama Senate Primary LoserThe defeat of Luther Strange shows Establishment candidates may be in trouble, even if they can secure the president’s endorsement.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  21. Roy Moore Beats Trump’s Candidate in Alabama Senate RunoffDespite presidential and vice-presidential campaigning and massive infusions of money, appointed senator Luther Strange lost handily.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. The Psychology of TribalismOur polarized, group-oriented politics is thousands of years in the making.
    By Jared T. Miller
  23. The GOP’s Latest Attempt to Repeal Obamacare Won’t Even Get a VoteAfter a pretty depressing luncheon discussion, Senate Republicans decided they won’t humiliate themselves with a vote on the Graham-Cassidy bill.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. Chatting With a Relaxed Roger Stone, on the Eve of His Russia-Probe TestimonyTrump’s former adviser on the current White House staff, Paul Manafort’s fate, and what he plans to tell Congress.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  25. Trump Duped by Old Footage of Iranian Missile TestTweet, but verify.
    By Benjamin Hart
  26. the national interest
    Limbaugh: The NFL Is Losing Core Audience of Racist Right-Wing Talk Radio Hosts“In many ways I think that I am fairly typical,” explains the fair-minded host.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. Trump Still Silent on Puerto Rico Amid Worsening Catastrophe3.5 million American citizens are in serious crisis.
    By Benjamin Hart
  28. Trump Using Pat Tillman to Shame NFL Protesters Is the Height of IgnoranceTillman was a very complex sort of patriot.
    By Benjamin Hart
  29. foreign affairs
    Angela Merkel Won Reelection, But Is She Still the Leader of the Free World?Sunday’s election results complicate her task of defending liberal democracy from the forces of right-wing xenophobia.
    By Jonah Shepp
  30. health care
    GOP Health Bill Now Includes More Blatant Bribes for Likely ‘No’ VotesThe new Graham-Cassidy is supposed to provide more money for Alaska and Maine, but policy experts say the Republicans’ math is wrong.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  31. We Know a Lot About What Robert Mueller Is Doing. We Also Know Nothing at All.Looking for clues in the actions of D.C.’s second-most-powerful man.
    By Cristian Farias
  32. the national interest
    Donald Trump, White Supremacy, and the Discourse of PanicConsider the theory that white supremacists can be assaulted or silenced alongside the theory that Trump is a white supremacist.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. politics
    More Than 100 NFL Players Protest During National Anthem After Trump AttacksTrump’s recent criticism inspired defiance and solidarity instead of fear on Sunday.
    By Chas Danner
  34. the national interest
    How Trump Bungled the Politics of FootballA clever demagogue could have exploited the football protests. Trump is not clever.
    By Jonathan Chait
  35. Star Athletes Slam Trump After President Attacks Curry, KaepernickSports and politics in a head-on collision.
    By Benjamin Hart
  36. DHS: Hackers Attempted to Break Into the Election Systems of 21 Different StatesWhy did it take so long?
    By Benjamin Hart
  37. Report: Sebastian Gorka Delivered ‘Tirade’ on Islam to Army StudentsThe erstwhile White House adviser also says he helped write Trump’s U.N. speech.
    By Benjamin Hart
  38. the national interest
    Republicans Threaten Alaska If Murkowski Turns Down Bribe“Why should the nation continue to send outsize taxpayer funds to a state that is single-handedly condemning Americans to ObamaCare?”
    By Jonathan Chait
  39. ethics
    HHS: Tom Price Spent $300K on Private Jets Because He’s a Man of the PeopleWhen asked why he took 24 flights on private charter planes since May, HHS said Price is “focused on hearing from Americans across the country.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  40. the national interest
    GOP Plan to Repeal Obamacare for Everybody But Alaska Possibly Unconstitutional“All Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.” So, no special Alaska deal?
    By Jonathan Chait
  41. Will GOP Let Alaska Keep Obamacare If Its Senator Votes to Kill It Nationally?Republicans are again throwing money at Alaska to get Lisa Murkowski’s vote on a health-care bill. But this time, they may offer more than money.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. Trump Tweets Confirm He Doesn’t Understand What’s in the GOP Health BillHe said he wouldn’t sign Graham-Cassidy if it didn’t cover people with preexisting conditions. In reality, it’s likely that it won’t.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  43. foreign policy
    Trump to Let Congress Decide Fate of Iran Deal, Like Everything Else: ReportSupposedly that’s the conclusion he was hinting at on Wednesday, but he may still change his mind.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  44. the law
    Mueller Wants Lots of White House Documents. Trump May Be Forced to Comply.Precedents set under Nixon and Clinton leave the president with few legal options when it comes to the Russia probe.
    By Cristian Farias
  45. the national interest
    Experts Keep Finding New Terrible Things in the Republicans’ Shoddy Repeal BillNew unintended consequences keep popping up.
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. the national interest
    Senate Republicans Are Abdicating Their Governing ResponsibilityCan you imagine being accused of sponsoring a law that would hurt millions of people, and your response is “We have a deadline”?
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. health care
    GOP Senators Refuse to Let Bipartisan Opposition Kill Obamacare-Repeal DreamThey’re forging ahead with Graham-Cassidy, though governors from both parties, various medical groups, and Jimmy Kimmel all say it’s a terrible bill.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  48. russia probe
    Trump Using Campaign and RNC Funds to Cover Legal Fees in Russia ProbeMeanwhile, some non-billionaire White House staffers are struggling to pay their attorneys.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  49. Ignore Trump’s Words on Climate and the Paris Treaty — Look at What He’s DoingHe has figured out there’s a strategic advantage in appearing open-minded.
    By Heather Hurlburt
  50. President Trump Threatens to ‘Totally Destroy’ North Korea in U.N. SpeechOnce again, he called Kim Jong-un “Rocket Man.”
    By Benjamin Hart
  51. Trump White House Reportedly Nixed Study Showing Benefits of RefugeesIt didn’t line up with their anti-immigrant ideology.
    By Benjamin Hart
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