1. the national interest
    How Graham-Cassidy Would Make Single-Payer More Likely“Hell no to Berniecare” is literally Lindsey Graham’s argument for repealing Obamacare.
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. politics
    Can Our Democracy Survive Tribalism?Tribalism was an urge our Founding Fathers assumed we could overcome. And so it has become our greatest vulnerability.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  3. 4 Ways Graham-Cassidy Would Make the Health-Care System Far WorseFrom cutting protections for preexisting conditions to drastically reducing federal health-care spending.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  4. Manafort Wiretapped by Feds, Told to Expect Indictment: ReportsTrump supporters claim this proves Trump was right to accuse Obama of illegal surveillance, though few of the details match.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  5. President Trump Said Only One Weird Thing During His Speech to the U.N.It could have been much worse.
    By Benjamin Hart
  7. Memo: Secretary of the Interior to Recommend Shrinking 4 National MonumentsIt’s unclear how much the monuments will be trimmed back, but none would be completely eliminated.
    By Benjamin Hart
  8. the national interest
    Bill Cassidy, the Former Moderate Leading the Last Gasp to Repeal ObamacareBill Cassidy has repudiated all his sensible beliefs.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. twittering
    26 People Who’ve Been Blocked by Trump on TwitterA selection of Americans (plus a couple of others) who can’t read the dispatches of @realDonaldTrump.
    By Julia Mead
  10. Trump Calls Kim Jong-un ‘Rocket Man’ in Most Presidential Tweets YetThese are the new fireside chats.
    By Benjamin Hart
  11. Mueller Investigation Into Russian Facebook Ads May Be a Very Big DealIt could end with criminal charges.
    By Benjamin Hart
  12. confederate monuments
    America’s Ugliest Confederate Statue Isn’t Coming Down Anytime SoonA Tennessee town’s absurd and tacky monument to General Nathan Bedford Forrest.
    By Connor Towne O'Neill
  13. May Says Trump’s Terrorist Rumormongering Is UnhelpfulThe president’s inability to keep his mouth shut remains a problem.
    By Benjamin Hart
  14. the national interest
    The Unconvincing, Cynical Case for BerniecareFlaking on the details and misleading people might not be a good way to improve their lives.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. The Iran Deal May Live After AllPresident Trump continues to speak loudly and carry a small stick.
    By Benjamin Hart
  16. Hold On – Could the GOP’s Last-Ditch Effort to Kill Obamacare Actually Pass?Some health-care experts are sounding the alarm, but it still looks like a long shot.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  17. foreign policy
    North Korea’s Latest Missile Launch Shows the Limits of SanctionsThe message Pyongyang is sending by firing another ballistic missile over Japan: Sanctions might hurt us, but they won’t stop us.
    By Jonah Shepp
  18. the national interest
    Could Trump Betray His Party on Taxes Next?“The rich will not be gaining at all with this plan,” says Trump. It’s possible he’s actually not lying this time.
    By Jonathan Chait
  19. the national circus
    Frank Rich: Donald Trump’s ‘Independence’ Is a Complete FarceHis deal with Democrats isn’t a sign he’s turned a corner. It merely shows he’s as erratic and unprincipled as he’s ever been.
    By Frank Rich
  20. How Donald Trump’s Palace Intrigue WorksThe president seems to enjoy the permanent atmosphere of chaos and fear that surrounds his inner circle. But why?
  21. Bernie Sanders’s Bill Gets America Zero Percent Closer to Single PayerWhat looks like a large step forward is actually a party edging closer to a cliff it has no intention of going over.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. mayoral race 2017
    Mayor de Blasio Easily Wins Low-Turnout Democratic PrimaryOnly 14 percent of the city’s registered Democrats showed up to vote.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  23. Congress Passes Anti-White-Supremacy Resolution, Unclear If Trump Will SignIt’s a far cry from the calls to censure Trump over Charlottesville, but the White House hasn’t said whether the president will support the measure.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  24. The Republican Plan to Use the Steele Dossier to Attack James ComeyThey want to tie him to the “fake” dossier. But what if they wind up proving it’s not fake?
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. Kushner Keeps Winning Interpersonal Feuds, But Not Policy FightsHis latest victory: Trump apparently sided with Kushner when his own lawyers argued that his son-in-law should resign.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  26. Christie and Bannon Can’t Agree on Whose Trump Team Ouster Was More HumiliatingAfter Bannon claimed he put Christie in his “little black book,” the New Jersey governor said Bannon is just milking his “last 15 minutes of fame.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  27. Report: Mitt Romney Considering Senate Run in UtahIf Orrin Hatch retires, he’d have a good shot of winning.
    By Benjamin Hart
  28. Trump’s Band of Merry Voter-Fraud Charlatans to Ride AgainThey’re not going to let facts get in the way.
    By Benjamin Hart
  29. Trump’s Impulsiveness Has Again Been Mistaken for Something DeeperWhat we’re seeing is not political independence.
    By Benjamin Hart
  30. the national interest
    Bannon: Trump Sucks Up to Putin So He Can Help the Inner CitiesThe least plausible explanation yet of Trump’s suspicious Russophilia.
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. Jeff Sessions Wanted to Use Polygraph to Find White House Leakers: ReportHe’s talked about having everyone on the National Security Council take the test.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  32. Steve Bannon Thinks Civil War in GOP Is a Mistake … Unless He’s Running ItOn 60 Minutes, he said a 2018 fight over immigration reform would be “unwise,” then declared war on Establishment Republicans.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  33. the national interest
    The Only Problem in American Politics Is the Republican PartyNo system could withstand a stress test like a major party captured by a faction as radical as the conservative movement.
    By Jonathan Chait
  34. McCain Says He’s Fighting ‘Virulent’ Form of Cancer“Every life has to end one way or another.”
    By Benjamin Hart
  35. Mueller to Interview 6 of President Trump’s AidesThe investigator reportedly wants to talk to Reince Priebus, Sean Spicer, Hope Hicks, and others.
    By Benjamin Hart
  36. climate change
    Will Irma Finally Change the Way We Talk About Climate?This summer’s outbreak of extreme weather should force everyone to see climate change for what it is and what it does.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  37. the national interest
    5 Reasons Why a Dreamer Bill Could Really HappenCould Trump’s one legislative achievement be a bill to help immigrants?
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. the national interest
    Trump Wants to Eliminate the Debt Ceiling. He’s Right.Naturally, Paul Ryan wants to stop his one good idea.
    By Jonathan Chait
  39. the national interest
    No, Donald Trump Is Not a Moderate NowTrump deals with Democrats one time, on a small thing, and everybody freaks out.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. Will the Economy Save Trump and His Party?So much of this presidency is a mess that the idea of him or the GOP making a comeback seems far-fetched. But then there’s the economy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. When Trump’s Aides Admit He Has No Idea What He’s Talking AboutDon’t sweat the small stuff.
    By Benjamin Hart
  42. the national interest
    House Conservatives Angry at Trump’s Debt-Ceiling Deal, Threaten Paul RyanThe complete version of the story makes even less sense than the headline.
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. the national interest
    Charter Schools Are Losing the Narrative But Winning the DataThe New York Times concludes that America’s worst charter system is … actually not that bad.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. art of the deal
    Democrat Heitkamp Says She’s Open to Trump Tax Plan, Gets Air Force One RideShe hasn’t committed to anything, but the North Dakota senator has probably avoided an attack from the president.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  45. Trump Promises to ‘Revisit’ DACA in 6 Months, Though That Isn’t Really PossibleHe suggested that if Congress fails to act, he’ll extend the program himself, though his administration spent the day arguing that that’s illegal.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  46. Obama Speaks Out on DACA: ‘To Target These Young People Is Wrong’It was a rare rebuke from the former president.
    By Benjamin Hart
  47. the national interest
    Trump’s Immigration Plan Is Obamacare Repeal All OverAn incoherent president can’t decide which promise to break, tries to get Congress to figure it out for him.
    By Jonathan Chait
  48. Amid Rising Tensions, Trump Announces New Weapon Sales to South KoreaSouth Korea is adoping a more offensive posture to match its neighbor’s.
    By Benjamin Hart
  49. immigration
    Trump Asks for a ‘Way Out’ on DACA, Aides Offer a Sloppy DodgeIt seems they decided not to tell him the states’ September 5 deadline is irrelevant.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  50. McConnell Responds to Trump’s Phone Banter by Literally Going Silent: Report“Mitch? Are you there?”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  51. in conversation
    Bill de Blasio on Trump, Cuomo, and Getting New York to Like YouThe mayor thinks New Yorkers appreciate real talk, even if some of it is bad news. But also, he says, a lot of it isn’t.
    By Chris Smith
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