1. Trump Calls Kim Jong-un ‘Rocket Man’ in Most Presidential Tweets YetThese are the new fireside chats.
    By Benjamin Hart
  2. Mueller Investigation Into Russian Facebook Ads May Be a Very Big DealIt could end with criminal charges.
    By Benjamin Hart
  3. 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
  4. May Says Trump’s Terrorist Rumormongering Is UnhelpfulThe president’s inability to keep his mouth shut remains a problem.
    By Benjamin Hart
  5. 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
  7. The Iran Deal May Live After AllPresident Trump continues to speak loudly and carry a small stick.
    By Benjamin Hart
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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?
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. Report: Mitt Romney Considering Senate Run in UtahIf Orrin Hatch retires, he’d have a good shot of winning.
    By Benjamin Hart
  20. Trump’s Band of Merry Voter-Fraud Charlatans to Ride AgainThey’re not going to let facts get in the way.
    By Benjamin Hart
  21. Trump’s Impulsiveness Has Again Been Mistaken for Something DeeperWhat we’re seeing is not political independence.
    By Benjamin Hart
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. McCain Says He’s Fighting ‘Virulent’ Form of Cancer“Every life has to end one way or another.”
    By Benjamin Hart
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. When Trump’s Aides Admit He Has No Idea What He’s Talking AboutDon’t sweat the small stuff.
    By Benjamin Hart
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. Obama Speaks Out on DACA: ‘To Target These Young People Is Wrong’It was a rare rebuke from the former president.
    By Benjamin Hart
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. McConnell Responds to Trump’s Phone Banter by Literally Going Silent: Report“Mitch? Are you there?”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  43. 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
  44. The Trump Doctrine Falls FlatIt holds that the U.S. is the most powerful country, and every interaction should favor us. North Korea begs to differ.
    By Jonah Shepp
  45. Haley: North Korea ‘Begging for War’But she’s still looking for a diplomatic solution.
    By Benjamin Hart
  46. Reports: Trump to End DACA With 6-Month DelayIt’s likely up to Congress to save the program now.
    By Benjamin Hart
  47. 7 Big Questions About What Congress Will Do in SeptemberThe big storm in Texas and Louisiana has improved the visibility in Washington — but there’s still a lot to do and little time to do it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. scary things
    Trump Says U.S. Could Cut Off Trade With China After North Korean Nuclear TestFor the first time, the country has tested a bomb that exceeds the destructive power of the ones dropped on Japan during World War II.
    By Chas Danner
  49. big lies
    No Evidence Obama Tapped Trump Tower, DOJ Confirms in Rebuke of TrumpOne of the president’s biggest lies has been finally and officially exposed by his own administration.
    By Chas Danner
  50. harvey
    Trump Returns to Texas, Visits Harvey Victims and Relief WorkersThe president handed out hot dogs, posed for photos, and once again praised the government’s response to the disaster.
    By Chas Danner
  51. politics
    Kelly Trying to Cut Trump Off From Omarosa, BreitbartAs Kelly’s game of misinformation Whac-a-Mole continues, Trump is sneaking in calls, mainlining Fox News, and craving more right-wing printouts.
    By Chas Danner
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