1. jesus christie
    Chris Christie Didn’t Lose Potential Sports-Radio Job, He QuitFollowing a report that WFAN isn’t interested in having him replace Mike Francesa, Christie countered that he took himself out of the running.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  2. the national interest
    Trump’s White Nationalist HouseThe GOP once drew the line at Nazis.
    By Jonathan Chait
  3. politics
    Trump Administration Disbands Climate-Change Advisory PanelYet more evidence that the White House is uninterested in acknowledging or planning for the threat of climate change.
    By Chas Danner
  4. early and often
    Poll: Trump Embarrasses More Than 60 Percent of Voters in 3 Crucial StatesTrump’s response to Charlottesville doesn’t seem to have gone over so well in the three states that narrowly handed him last year’s election.
    By Chas Danner
  5. protests
    Tens of Thousands March Against Hatred and White Supremacy in BostonBoston’s police commissioner applauded how 99.9 percent of the roughly 40,000 protesters were “standing tall against hatred and bigotry in our city.”
    By Chas Danner
  7. trump organization
    Charities Are Pulling Their Events From Trump’s Mar-a-Lago ResortThe perceived toxicity of the president has spread to the winter White House.
    By Chas Danner
  8. President Trump Is More Isolated Than EverThe departure of Trump’s nationalist id, Steve Bannon, after a week in which he alienated other allies, will only increase attacks on the White House.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  9. Icahn Fired by Trump As Adviser, Then ResignsAnother Trump ally is gone.
    By Ed Kigore
  10. Bannon on the Outside Could Be Even More DangerousWhile Bannon’s rivals in the administration will be happy to see him go, he could cause the White House immense problems as a free agent.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. Scheme to Get Republicans a 53rd Senate Seat Collapses As Manchin Stays PutA rumored game of musical chairs had Perry going to DHS, Manchin to Energy, and a West Virginia Republican to the Senate. But in the end nobody moved.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. the national interest
    Steve Bannon’s Talent for DestructionA strategist’s one brilliant insight had become obsolete.
    By Jonathan Chait
  13. Romney Takes Trump to the Woodshed, Calls for Presidential ApologyThe 2012 GOP nominee unambiguously condemns Trump’s remarks about Charlottesville and calls for an extremely unlikely retraction and apology.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. the national interest
    How Democrats Can Get Trump to Enact a Carbon TaxThe carbon tax actually stands a better chance of happening now than ever before.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. charlottesville
    James Murdoch Says There Are ‘No Good Nazis,’ Pledges $1 Million to ADLThe 21st Century Fox CEO and son of Rupert Murdoch says Trump’s reaction was concerning.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  16. Black Republicans Do Not Have Donald Trump’s BackWith rare exceptions, African-American Republicans are giving the president’s comments on Charlottesville a wide berth, or condemning them.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. Confederates in the CapitolDuring the Jim Crow era, southern states sought recognition in the Capitol for ex-Confederates and other proud racists. That may finally be corrected.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. Trump Cites Brutal, Bigoted Myth of Gen. Pershing Murdering MuslimsTrump’s response to breaking news of a possible terrorist attack in Spain is to endorse a false tale of U.S. torture and religious insults.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. The Growing Battle Within the Progressive Left Over Medicare-for-AllDoubts about Medicare-for-All are arising on the left as well as the center, despite activist efforts to make support for it a litmus test.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. Why Did Bannon Bash His Colleagues, and Trump’s Policy, to a Liberal Journalist?Supposedly he thought the conversation was off the record — but is Trump’s embattled chief strategist really that naive?
    By Margaret Hartmann
  21. ‘RINO’ Curtis Wins Utah GOP Special House PrimaryHe finished fifth at the GOP district convention and was attacked by out-of-state conservatives as a RINO, but John Curtis prevailed in the primary.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. America Coming to Grips With an Incorrigible TrumpDonald Trump didn’t just say something outrageous. He contradicted his own correction of an earlier outrageous statement. This is new and disturbing.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. the national interest
    Trump’s Aides Tried to Conceal His Crazy, Racist Beliefs From the CountryHelping an abnormal president appear sane is not a noble task.
    By Jonathan Chait
  24. Trump Fans Moore and Strange Head to a Runoff in Alabama Senate RaceAll of Mitch McConnell’s fundraising and Trump’s endorsement only won Luther Strange a second-place finish and a runoff fight with Judge Roy Moore.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. CBO: Trump Killing Obamacare Subsidies Would Raise Premiums and Budget DeficitsEnding cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers would inflict real pain on Americans.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. De Blasio Reportedly Considering a Presidential Run (Don’t Do It, Bill)Like all New York mayors, he can’t help seeing a future POTUS in the mirror. But there’s no reason to think voters will agree.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. In Utah Today, Voters Are Picking Jason Chaffetz’s SuccessorIn a deep-red House district, the mayor of Provo is the front-runner but is under attack as a RINO.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. foreign policy
    North Korea Backs Off From Its Threat to Attack GuamKim Jong-un will observe the “foolish and stupid conduct of the Yankees” before firing missiles, according to state media.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  29. 2017’s Special Elections Are Telling a Hopeful Story for DemocratsThe Donkey Party has been getting a lot more votes than expected.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. the national interest
    Ignore Our Crazy President, U.S. Government Tells North KoreaThe president nearly blunders into war completely by mistake.
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. the national interest
    What If Trump Was Only President on Television?The Truman Show solution.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. 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
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