1. trump administration
    Jared Kushner Went to Iraq Because the Pentagon Knows How Trump Operates“You have to understand where the levers are,” said a defense official. “You don’t have to like it, but that is where they are.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  2. Trump Barely Even Pretending Any More Not to Be a KleptocratThe pathetically weak “separation” between the president and his office keeps getting weaker.
    By Jonathan Chait
  3. the national interest
    McConnell Admits the ‘Rule’ That Blocked Merrick Garland Is Not Actually a Rule“No Supreme Court Justice in a president’s last year” turns out to really mean “No Supreme Court Justice in Obama’s last year.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. scotus
    Gorsuch Filibuster Gains One Democratic Vote, Loses AnotherNow it’s up to eight undecided Democrats to determine whether McConnell is forced to go “nuclear.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  5. Jared Kushner Goes to Iraq Because He Doesn’t Have Enough on His PlateHe’s also revamping the federal government, solving the opioid crisis, brokering Middle East peace, and managing relations with China and Mexico.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  7. midterm elections
    Will Anti-Trump Fury Help Flip the Electoral Map for Democrats?Democrats are donating millions in the hopes that a special-election win for Jon Ossoff in Newt Gingrich’s old seat rattles the White House.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  8. midterm elections
    Here’s What Democrats Need to Do to Take Congress in 2018Will the race portend a sea change for 2018? The most up-for-grabs midterm seats in an election year that could be epic.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. Michael Flynn Initially Failed to Disclose Russia-Linked IncomeAnd the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee says he’s treating Flynn’s immunity request with “healthy skepticism.”
    By Chas Danner
  10. Federal Judge Says Trump Incited Violence at Campaign Rally, Lawsuit Can ProceedA federal judge has ruled that what Trump says actually matters, and in the case of a campaign rally last year, plausibly incited violence.
    By Chas Danner
  11. New York City Has Been Free of Donald Trump for More Than 70 DaysHis son Eric says that the president’s relationship with the city has changed.
    By Chas Danner
  12. early and awkward
    President Trump Held a Signature-Free Signing CeremonyTrump’s reality presidency could use some more dress rehearsals.
    By Chas Danner
  13. the national interest
    The GOP’s Best Health-Care Idea Is to Stick It to Mothers“And I don’t know about you, but I don’t need lactation services,” writes Charles Krauthammer.
    By Jonathan Chait
  14. the national interest
    House Republicans to Trump: Steal All You WantWe interrupt the House Republican “civil war” to bring you a supposedly independent branch working for the president.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. Flynn’s Offer to Testify for Immunity May Not Be As Explosive As It SoundsIf he actually has bombshell information about Trump’s ties to Russia, this is a strange way to pursue a deal.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  16. the national interest
    If Gorsuch Isn’t Filibustered, the Next Democratic Nominee Will BeIt is time for, yes, a little game theory.
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. Empathy Is Dead in American PoliticsDonald Trump succeeds exactly because he has adopted an “us versus them” mentality.
    By Sarada Peri
  18. equal rights
    North Carolina Lawmakers Announce Deal on Bathroom LawLGBT groups dismissed the compromise, saying it’s just “doubling down on the discrimination.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  19. the national interest
    Tax Reform Is Hard. Tax Cuts Are Easy.Gaming out the Republican plan to give rich people more money.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. Comey, Senators Attempt to Show Trump-Russia Probes Are ApoliticalSenators distanced themselves from the Nunes debacle, and Comey said the FBI is “never on anybody’s side, ever.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  21. politics
    Ivanka Trump Will Become an Official White House Employee After AllHer title will be “special assistant to the president.”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  22. the national interest
    Trump’s Mindless War on Green EnergyA party without a brain tries to tackle another Obama achievement, and will fail.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. the national interest
    The Left, Not the Right, Saved ObamacareBlaming the House Freedom Caucus minimizes the true failure of Trumpcare.
    By Jonathan Chait
  24. awful things
    U.S. Acknowledges Mosul Air Strike That May Have Killed HundredsAs many as 200 civilians may have been killed when three houses collapsed after a coalition attack on ISIS militants in the area.
    By Chas Danner
  25. politics
    Trump’s AHCA Blame Game Shifts to GOP TargetsThe wounded president is trying to make sure his followers know that the failure of Trumpcare wasn’t his fault.
    By Chas Danner
  26. Why Obamacare Defeated TrumpcareThe Republican Party could not come up with a better idea.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. the national interest
    Trump’s Defense of His Lies: ‘I’m President and You’re Not’The president pauses his attack on truth to attack the idea of truth.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. health care
    Conservative Trumpcare Fix Leaves Moderates Angry, Freedom Caucus NoncommittalLast-minute concessions yielded another moderate “no,” and no firm support from the conservatives.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  29. russia scandal
    FBI Has Information Suggesting Trump Team May Have Colluded With Russia: ReportThe top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee says there’s “more than circumstantial evidence now.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  30. the national interest
    House Republicans May Have Saved Trumpcare by Making It Even CruelerThe new version would let insurance companies pick off healthy customers and load all the costs onto expensive ones.
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. the national interest
    7 Charts Explain the Horrors of TrumpcareA historic social calamity in bar-graph form.
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. the national interest
    Mitch McConnell’s Trumpcare Plan Is to Lose FastThe Republican leader will hold a vote next week, which he knows he’ll lose. He’s not dumb.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. health care
    These Senators Can Kill Trumpcare, and McConnell Can’t Do Much to Stop ThemRepublicans can only spare two votes, and six GOP senators oppose the bill for complex and contradictory reasons.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  34. trump administration
    Tillerson Didn’t Want to Be Secretary of State, But His Wife Talked Him Into ItYou’re welcome, America.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  35. the national interest
    Why Trump Thinks Passing a Terrible Health-Care Bill Makes SenseThe four main arguments for passing Trumpcare have nothing to do with the bill’s effects on health care.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. health care
    Despite AHCA Tweaks, Conservatives Say They Have the Votes to Defeat the BillThere are concessions to various Republican factions, but conservatives say GOP leaders have “seriously miscalculated.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  37. rebels
    Tillerson May Skip NATO Meeting, Head to Russia Next MonthHe doesn’t care about appearances, which is a weird trait for a secretary of State.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  38. the national interest
    The Republican Health-Care Plan Has Disappeared AgainThey’re back to their core strength of relying on a hypothetical plan nobody has seen.
    By Jonathan Chait
  39. the national interest
    Trump Budget Director: Health Care for All Actually Means Jailing PeopleMick Mulvaney explains that Trump’s promise to cover everybody means mass imprisonment so he has to break it.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. supreme court
    SCOTUS Nominee Gorsuch Argued Women ‘Manipulate’ Maternity Leave, Students SayThe judge reportedly told his class that employers “must ask females about their family and pregnancy plans to protect the company.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  41. the circus
    The Trump Voters Who Don’t Deserve Democrats’ SympathyIf some people want to vote against their own self-interest, maybe the party should let them.
    By Frank Rich
  42. trump white house
    Reports: Newest White House Feud Is Goldman Executives vs. the PopulistsGary Cohn is apparently playing the game of background thrones.
    By Chas Danner
  43. politics
    ‘Whitey Tape’ Blogger Was One of the Sources for U.K. Wiretap ClaimThe White House–promoted conspiracy theory has also been rebuked by the deputy head of the NSA.
    By Chas Danner
  44. politics
    Kellyanne Conway Is the Real First Lady of Trump’s AmericaShe’s a star. Not your star, perhaps. But that’s the point.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  45. the national interest
    Paul Ryan: Immiserating the Poor Is My Boyhood DreamHouse Speaker briefly forgets how much he is supposed to love and care about the poor.
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. 4 Reasons Why the Trump Budget Cuts Won’t HappenMeals on Wheels, Big Bird, and AmeriCorps are likely to survive.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. Trump Refuses to Shake Hands With Angela Merkel, and It’s Very AwkwardThe extremely mature president never forgets a slight.
    By Jen Kirby
  48. feuds
    A Brief History of John McCain and Rand Paul’s Sick BurnsThe two have been trading pot shots for years.
    By Jen Kirby
  49. How Republicans Could Nuke the Rules to Pass TrumpcareThis one weird trick involves an arcane interpretation of budget rules that would end the filibuster.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. just asking questions
    What Does Vladimir Putin Want?A former U.S. ambassador to Russia on what makes the strongman tick.
    By Nick Tabor
  51. health care
    GOP Health Bill Is One Vote From Death After Senator Susan Collins Opposes ItShe’s the second Republican senator to give a firm “no,” but several others have been railing against the legislation.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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