1. 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
  2. Alabama GOP Senate Primary Getting Strange-er After Trump InterventionAlabama GOP voters likely to vault the wheezing campaign of Trump’s endorsee Luther Strange into a runoff with the grim celebrity theocrat Roy Moore.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. Yikes: Alt-Right Demonstrations Are Scheduled for Nine Cities Next WeekendUpdate: Organizers have announced the cancellation of the marches, citing ‘Terrorist Threats’
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. Trump Should Emulate Buckley and Tell Racists: ‘I Don’t Want Your Vote’More than words are needed to absolve the GOP and Donald Trump of collaborating with racists. But very direct words are essential as well.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. charlottesville
    White House Tries and Fails to Defend Trump’s Ambiguity About CharlottesvilleMany sides are to blame for the haphazard defense of the president’s response to Charlottesville, but none more so than Trump himself.
    By Chas Danner
  7. Trump Joins the Neo-ConfederatesBy professing neutrality between those who support and oppose racial equality, Trump is joining the generations of pols who whitewashed Jim Crow.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. politics
    Charlottesville Shows That Republicans Are More Willing to Rebuke TrumpRepublicans are continuing to call out the president, this time over white-nationalist violence.
    By Benjamin Hart
  9. lists
    Things President Trump Has Condemned Other Than White NationalistsThe president declined to condemn white nationalists on Saturday, but he’s sure summoned the will to condemn just about everything else.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  10. House Conservatives Will Try to Force Another Vote on Obamacare RepealIn an entirely symbolic — and divisive — gesture, the House Freedom Caucus is apparently hell-bent on one more vote to simply repeal Obamacare.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. the national interest
    What Does It Say That Half the GOP Base Would Support Trump’s Authoritarianism?Why a shocking poll tells us a lot about the state of the party.
    By Jonathan Chait
  12. How the Indiana GOP Skewed Early Voting Opportunities to Benefit ThemselvesRepublicans block early voting opportunities in areas favoring Democrats, while expanding them on their own turf.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. the national interest
    Republicans Fall Back in Love With Crony CapitalismA central tenet of Obama-era conservatism dies a quiet, lonely death.
    By Jonathan Chait
  14. Trump’s Loss of Support Is Where He Can Least Afford ItAn analysis of approval data shows Trump struggling with college-educated white voters, and even with his blue-collar “base,” in battleground states.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. Poll: Half of Republicans Open to Postponing of 2020 ElectionsIf Trump said it was delayed to prevent “voter fraud,” 52 percent would support him, a new survey shows.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. Democrat Wins Iowa State Legislative Special Election in District Trump SweptIt may be just a small straw in the wind, but a Democrat won in one of those midwestern small town districts Trump won, despite GOP culture-war ads.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. the national interest
    Ignore Our Crazy President, U.S. Government Tells North KoreaThe president nearly blunders into war completely by mistake.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. Trump’s Spiritual Adviser Authorizes Him to Smite North KoreaAt a time when the president could use some calm, pacific advice in dealing with North Korea, one leading spiritual counselor is egging him on to war.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. Trump Shocks Alabama Republicans by Endorsing Luther Strange for the SenateThe president shook up a tight three-way race for the GOP Senate nomination by endorsing Mitch McConnell’s candidate just days before the primary.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. the national interest
    What If Trump Was Only President on Television?The Truman Show solution.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. DOJ Finds No Conflicts of Interest in Mueller’s Financial DisclosuresThat probably won’t stop President Trump from going after the special counsel and the other prosecutors on his team.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  22. foreign policy
    Was Trump’s North Korea Threat a Strategy Shift or Pure Bluster?Even if he wasn’t planning to escalate a dangerous situation, that was the effect.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  23. Congress Is a Desert, Not a SwampWhile many people think Congress is enriching itself, it’s actually too poor in policy knowledge and resources to do much more than take orders.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. Jesus, Trump, and Guns: Luther Strange’s Ultimate Alabama GOP AdIn a race marred by negative ads, Senator Luther Strange has a positive spot that’s got more shout-outs to conservative icons than you can count.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. Why Nuking the Filibuster Could Be Part of a Debt-Limit DealWith conservatives now threatening to take must-pass legislation hostage, they could get together with Trump and permanently end Democratic leverage.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. Justice Department Changes Sides, Wants to Let States Purge Infrequent VotersIn a policy reversal, the Justice Department now supports quick purges of infrequent voters, which especially affect minorities (and Democrats).
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. the national interest
    The Republican Dream of Partisan Tax Reform Is ImpossibleA bill can be tax reform, or it can pass exclusively with Republican votes. But it can’t be both.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. Mike Pence Has Every Reason to Gear Up for 2020 — But Don’t Tell His BossThe hysterical response of Team Pence to reports his political team has contingency plans for 2020 illustrates the deep neuroses of the White House.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. the national interest
    The Alt-Right and Glenn Greenwald Versus H.R. McMasterStrange new allies wage a strange new war against the national security adviser.
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. Could Republican Infighting Send the ‘Ayatollah of Alabama’ to the Senate?Nobody thought Judge Roy Moore had a chance to win a special Senate election in Alabama, until his main opponents began destroying each other.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. The Government Could Be Headed for a Showdown and a Shutdown Over Trump’s WallCongressional Democrats and Republicans can probably avoid a government shutdown or a debt default. But Trump’s border wall could be a deal-breaker.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. Republicans Are Playing With a Stacked Deck in the SenateThe GOP’s advantage in dominating small states is giving it a permanent advantage in controlling the U.S. Senate, even in “bad” years for the party.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. the national interest
    Republicans Gearing Up for Third Financial Crash In 3 Tries“This is the third time in 100 years we’ve had this alignment of government,” says Paul Ryan. So, how did the previous two go?
    By Jonathan Chait
  34. presidential tweets
    Has John Kelly Reined in Trump’s Tweetatorship?Many have tried. All have failed.
    By Chas Danner
  35. early and often
    Pence Denies He Is Already Running for Trump’s Second TermA new Times report says that some Republicans, including Pence, are quietly betting against Trump being willing or able to run for president again.
    By Chas Danner
  36. legal challenges
    How Jeff Sessions Might Channel the Far-Right Crusade Against Affirmative ActionThe DOJ inserting itself into this debate would represent a dramatic break with history and prior practices.
    By Cristian Farias
  37. trump palace
    Trump and Kushner Push Back on Right-Wing Campaign to Fire McMaster, for NowEven the Russian Twitter bots have been piling on McMaster over the past week.
    By Chas Danner
  38. There May Not Be As Many ‘Trump Democrats’ As Previously ImaginedThe obsession with “Obama-Trump voters” showing the fatal Democratic weakness in 2016 may be based on imaginary party-switchers voting GOP as usual.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. Forget ‘Tax Reform.’ Republicans Will Settle for Tax Cuts for the Rich.For all the talk of “tax reform,” Republicans would prefer to offset tax cuts with spending cuts, and in the end won’t insist on offsets at all.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. the national interest
    Trump’s Fledgling Presidency Has Already CollapsedAnd the one thing that could save him now is terrifying.
    By Jonathan Chait
  41. July Jobs Report: 2017 Looking Exactly Like 2016It’s becoming monotonous to report, but it’s true: the slow but steady recovery continues, which could help Trump stabilize his shaky popularity.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. Senate Democrats Let a Big Bunch of Trump Nominations Go Through TodayDemocrats had slowed down confirmations of Trump nominees to protest the Senate’s handling of health care legislation. Today they gave it a rest.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. West Virginia’s Marginally Democratic Governor Flips to the GOPIn a surprise timed to coincide with a Trump appearance in his state, Jim Justice switched parties, giving the GOP 34 governorships — for the moment.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. Can Trump and Sessions Kill Criminal-Justice Reform? Probably Not.While Trump’s election showed a return to “backlash” criminal-justice policies was politically feasible, state and local decision-makers matter more.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. GOP Struggles to Secure a ‘Clean’ Debt-Limit IncreaseIn theory everybody in Congress favors a straightforward debt-limit increase. But side deals and other complications loom large.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. Australia’s Prime Minister Slowly Realizes Trump Is a Complete IdiotAn American ally is heard talking to the president of the United States like he’s a slow-witted child.
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. it’s looking grimm
    Report: Michael Grimm Wants to Run for Congress AgainSources are saying the Staten Island politician may be looking to 2018 for a comeback.
    By Jen Kirby
  48. intrigue
    Felix Sater: Donald Trump’s Original Russia ConnectionFelix Sater has cut deals with the FBI, Russian oligarchs, and Donald Trump. He’s also quite a talker.
    By Andrew Rice
  49. All the Scary Deadlines Congress Is Facing This FallAfter repeatedly pushing off major undertakings like tax reform and raising the debt ceiling, they’re in for a truly hellish fall.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  50. The GOP Health-Care Bill Was a Mess. The GOP’s Tax and Budget Plans Are Messier.The GOP’s plans to use the budget process for health-care and tax legislation are already half-ruined. The worst could be yet to come.
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. Democrats Could Have a 2020 Presidential Field As Large As an Iowa CornfieldSanders, Biden, or Warren may run in 2020 and clear the field of pretenders. If not, Democrats could have the kind of field the GOP sported in 2016.
    By Ed Kilgore
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