1. John Kelly Is No-Nonsense. Can He Run an All-Nonsense White House?Donald Trump likes having generals around, and he really likes John Kelly. But can a Marine “run” a White House whose boss loves chaos above all?
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. What If McCain Had Said ‘Yes’ to the ‘Skinny Repeal’?If the climactic vote on the “skinny repeal” had gone the other way, the result would have probably been the same: GOP failure, with much time lost.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. Is Kasich Preparing a Primary Challenge to Trump in 2020?Kasich has never bent the knee to Trump. But viable primary challengers to sitting presidents come from the fever swamps, not the sensible center.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. GOP Health-Care Drive Ends Not With a Bang But a WhimperRepublicans couldn’t come up with a workable health-care plan, so they kept kicking the can down the road. The road finally ended in the Senate today.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. the national interest
    Obamacare LivesAn eight-year crusade to destroy universal coverage has failed, and a social achievement endures.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. the national interest
    The ‘Health Care Freedom Act’ Is a ScandalA bad bill designed to avoid scrutiny.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. the national interest
    Confused Republican Senators Explain Why They Will Vote for Repeal ‘Disaster’John McCain calls for bipartisanship, votes to prevent it from happening.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. Maybe There’s No Light at the End the Tunnel for the GOP Health Bill After AllAll the tactical brilliance that has kept unpopular and divisive GOP health care legislation alive disguises a fatal strategic blindness.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. Sam Brownback Returns to His First Vocation: Warrior for the Christian RightAs Trump’s religious-freedom envoy, Brownback has a chance to leave the state he wrecked and to take his religious views worldwide.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. the national interest
    ‘I Haven’t Thought It Through,’ Admits Anti-Obamacare SenatorThinking it through before you vote for a huge change to the health-care system is for “big-government liberal” weenies.
    By Jonathan Chait
  12. the national circus
    Everything Trump Does Must Be Viewed Through This Single LensIt explains his otherwise inexplicable attacks on staunch ally Jeff Sessions.
    By Frank Rich
  13. Keeping the ‘Skinny Repeal’ Bill From Getting Fat Won’t Be Easy for GOPThe point of “skinny repeal” of Obamacare is to enact a bare-bones bill to shape in committee. Bulking up could be fatal.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. the national interest
    Anthony Scaramucci Is Unclear on Concept of Legal SystemYou can see why Trump digs this guy.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. Senate Democrats Call BS on the GOP’s Devious Health-Care DebateKnowing McConnell plans to unveil a new health-care bill at the 11th hour, Schumer won’t push amendments to legislation the GOP has already abandoned.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. 7 Senate Republicans Help Kill GOP’s Obamacare Repeal BillA second major GOP Obamacare repeal bill, the one Congress passed in 2015, was handily defeated by the Senate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. The ‘Skinny Bill’ Is a Farce. Here’s the Real Reason Republicans Are Doing It.Some want to repeal Obamacare, others to replace it, others to repair it. Why are Republicans pushing a bill that does none of the above?
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. Senate Is Rejecting Two Years’ Worth of GOP Health-Care PolicyThe GOP-controlled Senate is rejecting its own rhetoric on health care.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. the national interest
    Scaramucci: Trump So ‘Direct’ He Won’t Say If Sessions Is FiredJust imagine how an evasive president would handle this situation.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. the national interest
    President Trump Promises to Raise Taxes on Rich, Is Lying“If there’s upward revision it’s going to be on high-income people,” says Trump. Yeah. that’s not what his plan does.
    By Jonathan Chait
  21. politics
    Senate Judiciary Committee to Drop Subpoena of Paul ManafortThe former Trump campaign chair will no longer face a public hearing on Wednesday.
    By Jen Kirby
  22. A Look at the Procedural Madness of the Senate Health-Care DebateThe process is arcane; the outcome, unpredictable.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. ‘Skinny Repeal’ Could Be Final Effort to Sell Trumpcare — Whatever Trumpcare IsThe GOP figures out new ways to delay making painful decisions about health-care policy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. Texas ‘Bathroom Bill’ a Product of GOP Right-Wing CompetitionWhy would Texas rush into the kind of “bathroom bill” controversy that was so damaging to North Carolina? It’s about Gregg Abbott’s political future.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. Why ‘Medicare for All’ Is a Misleading Term for Single-Payer Health CareWhile it’s handy shorthand to describe single-payer proposals as “Medicare for all,” the retirement program might not work that well for everyone.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. education
    Betsy DeVos Knew How to Wield Power in Michigan. It’s Not Working in D.C.Who is she? And how did she get to be head of our schools?
    By Lisa Miller
  27. McConnell Schedules Leap-Into-the-Unknown Health-Care Vote for TuesdayIt could be a bluff, or McConnell may have something up his sleeve, but at this point, it seems he’s planning a vote he’ll probably lose.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. the national interest
    Study Disproves Trump’s Health-Care Promises to GOP ModeratesThey’ll take care of the Trumpcare victims for two years, then they’re on their own.
    By Jonathan Chait
  29. the national interest
    Trumpcare Is the Worst-Designed Social Policy in HistoryThe domestic equivalent of invading Iraq without a plan for the occupation.
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. Six Questions About the Senate Health-Care Bill As the Endgame ApproachesThe GOP is still struggling for votes to bring up health-care legislation. If that succeeds, the deal-making and rules-breaking will get serious.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. profile
    Joe and Mika (and Donald): A Beltway Love StoryJoe, Mika, and their star-crossed relationship with the president.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  32. alternative facts
    Trump Still Doesn’t Accept That Russia Meddled in the ElectionWhite House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said on Sunday that the president thinks Russia is too smart to get caught hacking an election.
    By Chas Danner
  33. foreign policy
    Congress Set to Pass Trump-Proof Russia Sanctions, White House Signals SupportThe White House indicated on Sunday that the president will sign the bill rather than get into a veto fight. We’ll see.
    By Chas Danner
  34. awful things
    McCain’s Former Primary Foe Calls for Him to Resign, Citing Cancer DiagnosisShe also offered to take his seat. Her remarks didn’t go over very well.
    By Benjamin Hart
  35. Senate Parliamentarian May Have Dealt Last, No-Kidding-Final Blow to TrumpcareBy excluding from Trumpcare indispensable features, the Senate parliamentarian has probably killed the bill unless McConnell nukes her rulings.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. Instead of a Reassuring Senior Communications Director, Trump Chose the MoochAt a time when the White House could benefit from a steady, respected hand to run the communications shop, Trump went in a very different direction.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. Here Is Where Things Stand With the Senate Health-Care BillMcConnell doesn’t have the votes to pass any version of it. But, in theory, he does have an incredibly narrow path to success.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. Some 2016 House GOP Landslide Winners May Not Be Safe in 2018A new analysis shows incumbents from the White House party usually lose a lot of points in midterms.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. Another Day, Another Scary CBO Score of Another Trumpcare BillThe latest version of Trumpcare would cost 22 million people health coverage, just like its predecessor, but McConnell has some room to maneuver.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. Despite Trump’s Rage at Him, Sessions Will Stay OnYou’d expect a presidential tirade against a top appointee to lead to a firing or resignation. Not with Donald Trump — but the optics are terrible.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. Despite Trump’s Demands, No Miraculous Health-Care Breakthrough for GOP SenatorsThe president seems to think more time and effort will overcome the divisions among Senate Republicans on health care. So far, no signs he’s right.
    By Ed Kilgore
  42. the national interest
    Donald Trump: L’état, C’est MoiThe president explains his belief that a conflict of interest is any loyalty to anything but Trump.
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. Why Did Mitch McConnell Fail, and What’s Next for Health Care?A former staffer for now-retired Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on the Trumpcare debacle.
    By Lily Carollo
  44. CBO Says Repealing Obamacare Without a Replacement Would Be a DisasterCBO says a “straight repeal” would cost 32 million their health coverage while doubling premiums.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. A Small Note on the Uses of DerisionWhat the discourse loses when commentators reserve our bile for the opposing party.
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. Trump-Russia Scandal Could Be Trouble for ‘Putin’s Favorite Congressman’Most GOP congressmen are keeping their distance from the Trump family’s Russia scandal. That’s not an option for California’s Dana Rohrabacher.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. Trumpcare’s ‘Orphans’ Must Search for New HomesSeveral provisions conservatives hitched to Obamacare repeal will need new legislative vehicles now that Trumpcare has crashed.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. Now What? Democrats Must Decide How to Exploit the Collapse of Trumpcare.Democrats could go small or big or refuse cooperation at all. But the party needs a strategy to deal with its sudden leverage over health-care policy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. There Aren’t Very Many Democratic Governors. That Could Change in 2018.With a lot of term-limited governors, the landscape for 2018 is unclear. But with more targets and a midterm breeze, Democrats should do better.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. the national interest
    Trump: 48 Senate Votes for Trumpcare ‘Impressive by Any Standard’He makes deals. That’s what he does.
    By Jonathan Chait
  51. the national interest
    Wall Street Journal Can’t Think of Reason Trump Is Hiding His Russia Connections“If there really is nothing to the Russia collusion allegations,” the editorial posits, “transparency will prove it.” But, uh, what if not?
    By Jonathan Chait
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