1. Trump Tweets His Way Into the Virginia Governor’s RaceThe same day a new poll shows the Democratic candidate taking a big lead.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. Bowe Bergdahl to Plead Guilty to Desertion Before the EnemyHe could spend the rest of his life in prison.
    By Benjamin Hart
  3. the national interest
    Is Trump About to Trigger a Cabinet ‘Suicide Pact’?Implosion watch.
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. the national interest
    Trump Furious Tillerson Refused to Deny Calling Him a MoronThere’s even moron this story.
    By Jonathan Chait
  5. House Budget Vote Necessary, But Not Enough, in the GOP’s Tax Cut PlansThe GOP dissenters in the House’s vote on a budget resolution setting up tax cuts indicate some potential problems ahead for the GOP.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. ‘Bump-Stock’ Bill Offers Chance to Isolate Second Amendment AbsolutistsDianne Feinstein’s proposal to ban “bump-stock” devices creates an opportunity to drive a wedge between 2nd-amendment absolutists and other GOP.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. the national interest
    GOP Congressman: Liberals Secretly Created Charlottesville Nazi RallyThe Republican Party’s openly stark-raving-bonkers wing has a new member.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. Voters, Not Just Politicians, Are Polarized by Party and IdeologyWhile some observers think of polarization as a Washington phenomenon that doesn’t reflect the citizenry, fresh evidence shows otherwise.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. the national interest
    The Debunked IRS Targeting Scandal Shows There Is No Sane Wing of the GOPA new report proves the “scandal” Republicans are certain of never existed.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. Can Jared Kushner Save Criminal-Justice Reform From Jeff Sessions?Bipartisan criminal-justice reform failed last year, in part because of the Trump campaign and Jeff Sessions. But now Jared Kushner is onboard.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. Early 2020 California Primary Could Affect Republicans, TooWhile most of the buzz about California’s move to a March 2020 primary has focused on natives and on Democrats, it could affect Donald Trump as well.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. the national interest
    The GOP’s Best Tax Reform Idea Is Dead, and Its Next-Best Idea Is DyingPlan C is not going to work any better than plans A or B did. It’s over.
    By Jonathan Chait
  14. Obamacare Premiums Set to Skyrocket in 2018After the serial failure of GOP Obamacare-repeal bills, Republicans are now letting insurance rates go up instead of cooperating on a quick fix.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. the national interest
    The Race-baiter As Kindly Monarch: Trumpism in Puerto RicoA disaster opens a new window into the president’s creepy worldview.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. House Passes 20-Week Abortion Ban on Near-Perfect Party VoteIt doesn’t much matter what a particular abortion bill proposes: Democrats are the pro-choice party, Republicans aren’t.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. Trump Administration Supports Path to Citizenship, a.k.a. Amnesty, for DreamersIn the latest in a series of flip-flops, the Trump administration now seems to be endorsing eventual citizenship for beneficiaries of a deal on DACA.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. Will Justice Kennedy Sink Partisan Gerrymandering — or Save It?In a potential landmark case from Wisconsin, SCOTUS tries to decide if intent to rob minority-party voters of influence can be measured and corrected.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. the national interest
    Did Manafort Use Trump’s Campaign to Pay Back Russia?The darkest theory of the 2016 campaign becomes extremely plausible.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. CHIP Extension Dangerously Delayed Past Expiration DateWhat should have been a no-brainer is getting complicated and dangerous for the 9 million kids and pregnant women covered by CHIP.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. media
    Preet Bharara Is Now in the Trump-Opposition BusinessThe prosecutor and his entrepreneur brother are trying to build a media empire for the resistance era. First step: a podcast.
    By Andrew Rice
  22. Study: Trump’s Endorsement Did Absolutely Nothing for Luther StrangeIn case you were wondering, some post-runoff polling from Alabama confirms that support for Luther Strange stayed flat after Trump backed him.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. the national interest
    Republicans Angry at Economists for Finding Their Tax Cuts Go to the RichWhy do the numbers keep showing that the GOP gives big tax cuts to the rich? Must be bias.
    By Jonathan Chait
  24. select all
    Does Even Mark Zuckerberg Know What Facebook Is?The same company that gives you birthday reminders also helped ensure the integrity of the German elections.
    By Max Read
  25. puerto rico
    Trump and White House Keep Up Attacks on San Juan MayorThe president continues to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico with defensiveness and insults.
    By Chas Danner
  26. Trump’s Attacks on San Juan Mayor Draw Widespread CriticismPuerto Ricans “want everything to be done for them,” the president said.
    By Benjamin Hart
  27. The Strangely Normal Exit of Tom PriceIf you’re going to break the rules, you better be in good standing with Trump first.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  28. Who Will Replace Tom Price at Health and Human Services?HHS Secretary Price embarrassed Donald Trump and went down the tubes. Finding a suitable replacement won’t be easy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. Tom Price Resigns as Health and Human Services SecretaryAfter reports emerged about his expensive private jet travel.
    By Benjamin Hart
  30. The GOP’s New Budget Tries to Keep It Simple: Big Tax Cuts for the RichDespite temptations to massively cut spending or launch a new health-care bill, the Senate is keeping its eyeson the prize of tax cuts.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. Transgender Candidate Challenges Virginia’s ‘Minister of Private Parts’in a big legislative race in Virginia, a leading cultural conservative who sponsored an anti-transgender “bathroom bill” is facing a trans opponent.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. the national interest
    Most of the Trump Tax Cuts Would Go to Richest One Percent, Study FindsAstonishingly, President Trump’s claims about the plan do not actually hold up to scrutiny.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. Deportations Down in 2017 Despite More Immigration ArrestsAnd way down from a few years ago.
    By Benjamin Hart
  34. Right-to-Lifers Look for a New Hostage for Their DemandsThe anti-abortion lobby is rejecting suggestions to wait until next year to defund Planned Parenthood. They want to put it in the tax bill right now.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. A Look at Trump’s Trillion-Dollar Blue-State Tax HikeA GOP proposal to kill the deduction for state and local taxes mostly hits high-tax, high-income blue states, but some House Republicans will object.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. If Price Is Fired, What About the Rest of Trump’s Private-Jet-Loving Cabinet?The president hinted that he might ax his embattled HHS secretary, but Mnuchin, Pruitt, and Zinke’s travel habits have come under scrutiny too.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  37. the national interest
    The Berniecrats Have an Obama ProblemA small problem for the triumph of the revolution.
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. Let’s Talk About Roy Moore’s Extremism on AbortionHis views should be terrifying to voters, even in arch-conservative Alabama. Democrat Doug Jones needs to put the spotlight on them.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. Labor Movement’s Worst Nightmare Heads Back to the Supreme CourtPublic-sector unions dodged a bullet last year when SCOTUS deadlocked on suit denying them fees for collective bargaining. But the threat is back.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. the national interest
    Trump Administration ‘Can’t Guarantee’ Middle Class Won’t Pay Higher TaxesThe Republican tax-cut nightmare begins.
    By Jonathan Chait
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. 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
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