1. the national interest
    Trump Administration ‘Can’t Guarantee’ Middle Class Won’t Pay Higher TaxesThe Republican tax-cut nightmare begins.
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. The Psychology of TribalismOur polarized, group-oriented politics is thousands of years in the making.
    By Jared T. Miller
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. Trump Duped by Old Footage of Iranian Missile TestTweet, but verify.
    By Benjamin Hart
  18. 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
  19. Trump Still Silent on Puerto Rico Amid Worsening Catastrophe3.5 million American citizens are in serious crisis.
    By Benjamin Hart
  20. Trump Using Pat Tillman to Shame NFL Protesters Is the Height of IgnoranceTillman was a very complex sort of patriot.
    By Benjamin Hart
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. Star Athletes Slam Trump After President Attacks Curry, KaepernickSports and politics in a head-on collision.
    By Benjamin Hart
  28. DHS: Hackers Attempted to Break Into the Election Systems of 21 Different StatesWhy did it take so long?
    By Benjamin Hart
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. the national interest
    Experts Keep Finding New Terrible Things in the Republicans’ Shoddy Repeal BillNew unintended consequences keep popping up.
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. President Trump Threatens to ‘Totally Destroy’ North Korea in U.N. SpeechOnce again, he called Kim Jong-un “Rocket Man.”
    By Benjamin Hart
  43. Trump White House Reportedly Nixed Study Showing Benefits of RefugeesIt didn’t line up with their anti-immigrant ideology.
    By Benjamin Hart
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. President Trump Said Only One Weird Thing During His Speech to the U.N.It could have been much worse.
    By Benjamin Hart
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. 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
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