1. the national interest
    The Obama-Era Deficit Scolds Want Big Tax Cuts NowFix the Debt is now fixin’ to get paid.
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. If Trump Keeps Threatening Government Shutdown, Democrats Will Have Some OptionsNow that the president has put a government shutdown squarely on the table, Democrats must decide if they want a deal, or just a Trump defeat.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. budgets
    The Republican Budget Fight, Explained in 5 MinutesA primer on how the House’s struggle to pass a 2018 budget could blow up tax reform — and America’s credit rating.
    By Eric Levitz
  4. White House Finds Solution to Transgender Military Ban: Delay, Let Mattis DecideThe reported plan gives Mattis six months to figure out what Trump’s tweets mean for service members — and by then the courts may have weighed in.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  5. Forgotten Mainline Protestants Challenge Evangelicals to Stand Up to TrumpWhile most conservative evangelical leaders are avid Trump fans or passive enablers, mainline Protestants are urging them to show some independence.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. select all
    Government Workers Are Resigning With Secret Acrostic MessagesIf you look closely, there’s a hidden insult.
    By Brian Feldman
  8. The Rising Tide of Shoddy PollsNew online platforms make it cheaper and easier to conduct polls. Some are just fine, but others could begin to poison the well.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. Trump Needs to Stop Whining About the FilibusterFor all his complaining about the Senate’s 60-vote requirement, Trump passed up the chance to take the issue to GOP voters in Alabama.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. Trump’s Rehash of His Charlottesville Remarks Was Deceitful and Self-DestructiveNobody was surprised the president cut loose at a rally in Phoenix. But he showed he can’t drop his losing argument.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. the national interest
    17 Times Mike Pence Said Trump’s Shoulders Prove He’s Good at Foreign PolicyThe vice-president has a different foreign-policy model: simpler, more rugged, with distinct homoerotic overtones.
    By Jonathan Chait
  12. The Trump-McConnell Feud Becoming a ‘Cold War’At the worst possible time, relations between the president and the leader of his party in the Senate have become frosty, distant, and even combative.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. Endangered California Republicans Feuding Over IdeologyHaving fallen to a historic low point, California Republicans are still fighting over conservative purity and loyalty to an unpopular president.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. Could Trump Hold Dreamers Hostage for Border-Wall Funding?The administration may be forced by the courts to cancel protection for Dreamers. So it could be time for a grand bargain to get border-wall funding.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. the national interest
    Paul Ryan’s Case Against Obamacare Goes From Misleading to Outright FalseHouse Speaker lies his head off on national television, nobody says anything.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. Trump Could Bust Loose Again at Phoenix RallyIt would be natural for the president to follow up on controlled remarks about Afghanistan with an uninhibited base-feeding frenzy the next night.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. politics
    Career Federal Employees Ask ‘What Would Make Me Quit?’“Am I an accomplice to this terrible thing that’s happening?”
    By Nick Tabor
  18. Paul Ryan Says Trump ‘Messed Up’ on Charlottesville, But Refuses to Censure HimHe thinks asking lawmakers to hold Trump accountable would amount to a “partisan hack-fest.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  19. The History of Trump’s Afghanistan PolicyThe History of Trump’s Afghanistan Policy
    By Jared T. Miller
  20. Judge Roy Moore Has Big Lead in First Poll for Alabama Senate RunoffLuther Strange may need all the money and all the Trump love he can get to catch up with Roy Moore, who’s winning over supporters of other candidates.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. the national interest
    That Russian Guy Who Attended The Trump Tower Meeting Is Almost Definitely a SpyA vernacular translation of the New York Times report on Rinat Akhmetshin.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. It’s Too Early for Democrats to Freak Out Over FundraisingWhile the DNC is struggling to keep up with the RNC in fundraising, other sources of campaign financing are more balanced, and it’s very early yet.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. jesus christie
    Chris Christie Didn’t Lose Potential Sports-Radio Job, He QuitFollowing a report that WFAN isn’t interested in having him replace Mike Francesa, Christie countered that he took himself out of the running.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  24. the national interest
    Trump’s White Nationalist HouseThe GOP once drew the line at Nazis.
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. politics
    Trump Administration Disbands Climate-Change Advisory PanelYet more evidence that the White House is uninterested in acknowledging or planning for the threat of climate change.
    By Chas Danner
  26. early and often
    Poll: Trump Embarrasses More Than 60 Percent of Voters in 3 Crucial StatesTrump’s response to Charlottesville doesn’t seem to have gone over so well in the three states that narrowly handed him last year’s election.
    By Chas Danner
  27. protests
    Tens of Thousands March Against Hatred and White Supremacy in BostonBoston’s police commissioner applauded how 99.9 percent of the roughly 40,000 protesters were “standing tall against hatred and bigotry in our city.”
    By Chas Danner
  28. trump organization
    Charities Are Pulling Their Events From Trump’s Mar-a-Lago ResortThe perceived toxicity of the president has spread to the winter White House.
    By Chas Danner
  29. President Trump Is More Isolated Than EverThe departure of Trump’s nationalist id, Steve Bannon, after a week in which he alienated other allies, will only increase attacks on the White House.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  30. Icahn Fired by Trump As Adviser, Then ResignsAnother Trump ally is gone.
    By Ed Kigore
  31. Bannon on the Outside Could Be Even More DangerousWhile Bannon’s rivals in the administration will be happy to see him go, he could cause the White House immense problems as a free agent.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. Scheme to Get Republicans a 53rd Senate Seat Collapses As Manchin Stays PutA rumored game of musical chairs had Perry going to DHS, Manchin to Energy, and a West Virginia Republican to the Senate. But in the end nobody moved.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. the national interest
    Steve Bannon’s Talent for DestructionA strategist’s one brilliant insight had become obsolete.
    By Jonathan Chait
  34. Romney Takes Trump to the Woodshed, Calls for Presidential ApologyThe 2012 GOP nominee unambiguously condemns Trump’s remarks about Charlottesville and calls for an extremely unlikely retraction and apology.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. the national interest
    How Democrats Can Get Trump to Enact a Carbon TaxThe carbon tax actually stands a better chance of happening now than ever before.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. charlottesville
    James Murdoch Says There Are ‘No Good Nazis,’ Pledges $1 Million to ADLThe 21st Century Fox CEO and son of Rupert Murdoch says Trump’s reaction was concerning.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  37. Black Republicans Do Not Have Donald Trump’s BackWith rare exceptions, African-American Republicans are giving the president’s comments on Charlottesville a wide berth, or condemning them.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. Confederates in the CapitolDuring the Jim Crow era, southern states sought recognition in the Capitol for ex-Confederates and other proud racists. That may finally be corrected.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. Trump Cites Brutal, Bigoted Myth of Gen. Pershing Murdering MuslimsTrump’s response to breaking news of a possible terrorist attack in Spain is to endorse a false tale of U.S. torture and religious insults.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. The Growing Battle Within the Progressive Left Over Medicare-for-AllDoubts about Medicare-for-All are arising on the left as well as the center, despite activist efforts to make support for it a litmus test.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. Why Did Bannon Bash His Colleagues, and Trump’s Policy, to a Liberal Journalist?Supposedly he thought the conversation was off the record — but is Trump’s embattled chief strategist really that naive?
    By Margaret Hartmann
  42. ‘RINO’ Curtis Wins Utah GOP Special House PrimaryHe finished fifth at the GOP district convention and was attacked by out-of-state conservatives as a RINO, but John Curtis prevailed in the primary.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. America Coming to Grips With an Incorrigible TrumpDonald Trump didn’t just say something outrageous. He contradicted his own correction of an earlier outrageous statement. This is new and disturbing.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. the national interest
    Trump’s Aides Tried to Conceal His Crazy, Racist Beliefs From the CountryHelping an abnormal president appear sane is not a noble task.
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. Trump Fans Moore and Strange Head to a Runoff in Alabama Senate RaceAll of Mitch McConnell’s fundraising and Trump’s endorsement only won Luther Strange a second-place finish and a runoff fight with Judge Roy Moore.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. CBO: Trump Killing Obamacare Subsidies Would Raise Premiums and Budget DeficitsEnding cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers would inflict real pain on Americans.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. De Blasio Reportedly Considering a Presidential Run (Don’t Do It, Bill)Like all New York mayors, he can’t help seeing a future POTUS in the mirror. But there’s no reason to think voters will agree.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. In Utah Today, Voters Are Picking Jason Chaffetz’s SuccessorIn a deep-red House district, the mayor of Provo is the front-runner but is under attack as a RINO.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. foreign policy
    North Korea Backs Off From Its Threat to Attack GuamKim Jong-un will observe the “foolish and stupid conduct of the Yankees” before firing missiles, according to state media.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  50. 2017’s Special Elections Are Telling a Hopeful Story for DemocratsThe Donkey Party has been getting a lot more votes than expected.
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. Trump Pondering Pardon for Racial Profiler Joe ArpaioAs he dragged his feet on condemning racist violence this weekend, the president was thinking fondly of the nativist demagogue Joe Arpaio.
    By Ed Kilgore
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