1. the national interest
    Trump Budget Director: We Didn’t Make a Childish Math Error! (They Did.)Mick Mulvaney: I can explain that mysterious $2 trillion mistake!
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. Trump Praised Duterte’s Deadly Drug War, Saying He’s Doing an ‘Unbelievable Job’Trump and Duterte also gabbed about the possibility of nuclear war with North Korea.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  3. media
    Hannity Drops Seth Rich Conspiracy ‘for Now,’ But Is Also ‘Not Stopping’He used the pleas of a grieving family to obscure his refusal to disavow a story Fox News retracted.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  4. Does Trump’s Pick for Russia-Probe Attorney Mean Lieberman Won’t Head the FBI?If Lieberman is the next FBI director, Trump hiring Lieberman’s boss is a huge conflict of interest – but perhaps the president doesn’t mind.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  5. Trump’s World Travel Kept Him Restrained on the Manchester Attack – So FarWhile meeting with Muslims and a potentially hostile pope, Trump is reacting to a terrorist attack differently than you might expect.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. Here’s How to Tell That Trump’s Budget Doesn’t Care at All About Poor PeopleForget what Trump does to programs liberals think help poor people. Look at what he does to programs Trump thinks help poor people.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. Trump Budget Based on $2 Trillion Math Error [Updated]Literally the largest and stupidest arithmetic mistake in the history of the federal budget.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. Trump Asked Intelligence Chiefs to Undermine FBI’s Russia Probe: ReportHis reported request to the heads of the DNI and NSA echoes Nixon’s effort to shut down the Watergate investigation.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  10. Paul Ryan Says Employer Coverage Is Safe From His Health-Care Plan. It Isn’t.Paul Ryan says something completely false.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. Trump Commerce Secretary Impressed by Lack of Protests in Despotic Petro KingdomWilbur Ross gushes over Saudi Arabia’s ability to suppress dissent.
    By Jonathan Chait
  12. the national interest
    Trump’s Russia Scandal Is Becoming a Corruption ScandalMaking sense of the flurry of developments from the last week.
    By Jonathan Chait
  13. The Most Bizarre Moments From Trump’s Trip to Saudi ArabiaTrump glossed over human-rights abuses and did everything he’d criticized Obama for.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  14. Trump Is Too Trusting for Washington, Say Former Aides“He doesn’t realize the implications of what he was doing or what he was saying or how it could be interpreted.”
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  15. the national interest
    Business Lobbyist: Interests of CEOs, Workers ‘Completely Aligned’ on Tax CutsThis is a huge relief for those of us concerned that the Trump tax cuts might be tilted to the rich.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. the national interest
    Joe Lieberman Is Donald Trump’s Ideal PatsyThe perfect combination of surface independence and pliability.
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. crimes and misdemeanors
    Anthony Weiner Pleads Guilty to Sexting With a MinorHe will have to register as a sex offender.
    By Lisa Ryan
  18. Pence Denies He Knew Anything About Flynn, Though That Was His JobA source claims people on the transition team — which Pence led — had a “pattern” of keeping things from him, which “has to be intentional.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  19. the national interest
    Trump Extorted Insurers to Make Them Support Health-Care BillRussian-style kapitalism comes to America.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. the national interest
    The Case for Why Paul Ryan Really Thinks Russia Pays TrumpIt’s funny because it’s probably true.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. How a Special Counsel Changes the Trump-Russia InvestigationWhat Robert Mueller can do, whom he answers to, and what happens next.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  22. Trump Knew Flynn Was Under Investigation, Still Hired Him: ReportAnd one of his first decisions on the job happened to align with Turkey’s interests.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  23. Trump Nominates Actual Fascist David Clarke for Department of Homeland SecurityThe violent authoritarian mind of Trump’s most radical and disturbing nominee.
    By Jonathan Chait
  24. Republicans: Trump Was Just Joking About Obstructing JusticeThe defense of the administration heads into absurd territory.
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. Putin to Congress: Russia Will Provide Transcripts of Lavrov-Trump MeetingFrom that White House meeting Putin reportedly helped arrange, and where Trump may have leaked secret intel.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  26. White House Sources Suggest They Hate Their Jobs, Are Terrified of Being FiredBehind-the-scenes reports compare them to “hostages,” yet they hope they’ll be spared from Trump’s rumored staff shake-up.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  27. the national interest
    Trump’s Protective Republican Wall in Congress CracksThe situation in Congress changed dramatically in one evening.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. The Malice of Trump’s IncompetenceEven if Trump is motivated by loyalty and indifference to democratic norms, not criminal intent, his recent actions have serious consequences.
    By Daniel Kurtz-Phelan
  29. the national interest
    Comey’s Memo Is the Smoking Gun of Donald Trump’s WatergateA perversion of justice, a threat to the republic, and an impeachable crime.
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. Trump Welcomes Turkish President Erdogan, Repeatedly Mispronounces His NameErdogan congratulated Trump on his “legendary” election triumph.
    By Jen Kirby
  31. Mitch McConnell Wants to Steal Another Court Seat From Merrick GarlandThe Senate Majority Leader’s latest devious scheme looks a lot like his last devious scheme.
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. media
    Conservative Media Rails Against Leaks, Doesn’t Care What Trump Tells RussiaThey suggested the real danger is the “deep state” tattling on President Trump – and of course, Hillary’s emails.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  33. White House Staffers Hope to Survive Latest ‘Totally Self-Inflicted’ ScandalThey had hoped that a quiet week would distract Trump from his rumored plans for a staff shake-up. Then the Russia classified-information story hit.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  34. The Law Can’t Stop Trump. Only Impeachment Can.Republicans defend Trump’s breach of classified information because it’s legal. Dangerous incompetence is not illegal.
    By Jonathan Chait
  35. Former Trump Adviser Used Maroon 5 Lyrics in a Letter to the Justice DepartmentCarter Page turned to Adam Levine & Co. for help making his point.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  36. the national interest
    Sean Spicer’s Tape Stonewall Just Got 10 Feet Higher“The president has made it clear what his position is.” That is the opposite of the truth.
    By Jonathan Chait
  37. Trump’s Budget Director Says Fat, Lazy Americans Don’t Deserve Health CareMick Mulvaney: “That doesn’t mean we should take care of the person who sits at home, eats poorly, and gets diabetes.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. If the Trump Tapes Exist, Members of Congress Intend to Hear ThemSo far only Democrats are doing something about it.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  39. public opinion
    Poll: Most Americans Support an Independent Russia InvestigationBut nearly a third haven’t made up their minds about Comey’s firing, and a lot of Republicans bought the initial White House spin.
    By Chas Danner
  40. trump administration
    Reports: Trump Considering Staff Shakeup at Demoralized White HouseThe president knows who’s to blame for the fallout over Comey, and it’s definitely not himself.
    By Chas Danner
  41. politics
    Several Being Considered to Replace Comey, Who Declines Invitation to TestifyPresident Trump says he expects to make a decision on Comey’s replacement soon and has reportedly been considering “loyalty” as a criterion.
    By Chas Danner
  42. A Brief Conversation With John Dean, Former White House Counsel to NixonTrump would “have trouble surreptitiously recording somebody, you know, starting the machine … Nixon would’ve had the same problem.”
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  43. interesting times
    Trump Just Incriminated HimselfIf this is swept under the rug, we take one giant step toward the authoritarianism Trump has always threatened.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  44. Trump Asked Comey for Loyalty a Day After He Was Warned About Flynn: ReportThe timing could be relevant to proving whether or not the president engaged in obstruction of justice.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  45. the national interest
    Trump Is Trying to Control the FBI. It’s Time to Freak Out.Trying to quash the Russia probe, demanding loyalty from the FBI director – this is the authoritarian threat.
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. Will Former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly Be the Next FBI Director?His name has bubbled to the top of the list, but some other contenders are emerging.
    By Jen Kirby
  47. the national interest
    Donald Trump Tries to Explain Economics to The Economist. Hilarity Ensues.President says he invented extremely famous, extremely old phrase, proceeds to misapply it.
    By Jonathan Chait
  48. goodbyes
    Comey Assures FBI ‘I Will Be Fine’ As Agents Reel Over His FiringOne intelligence official said Trump “essentially declared war on a lot of people at the FBI.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  49. White House Comes Up With New Story on What Led to Comey’s FiringAfter Trump officials said Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was the motivating force, Rosenstein reportedly threatened to resign.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  50. the national interest
    Trump’s Constantly Changing Lies Are Making Life Impossible for His DefendersThe president can’t even remember why he was supposed to have fired James Comey.
    By Jonathan Chait
  51. the national circus
    The Comey Firing May Be the Beginning of the End of the Trump AdministrationAn incompetent White House might have made the ultimate miscalculation.
    By Frank Rich
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