1. the national interest
    Trump’s Budget Director Declares War on MathIn the same interview, Mick Mulvaney also attacks the Congressional Budget Office as biased and admits his own numbers are completely fabricated.
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. Everything Conservatives Said About the Paris Climate Agreement Is Already WrongTrump wrecks an international pact to limit climate change because liberals like it.
    By Jonathan Chait
  3. profile
    One Millennial’s Attempt to Be the Youngest Congresswoman in HistoryAlexis Frank, a 26-year-old political novice, never considered vying for Congress — until she saw Hillary Clinton lose.
    By Marin Cogan
  4. joetorious
    Joe Biden to Launch PAC, Keep Presidential Speculation Going for YearsAmerican Possibilities will be “dedicated to electing people who believe that this country is about dreaming big” including, possibly, himself.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  5. Senate Republicans Could Save Trumpcare With This One Weird TrickJust do the tax cuts later.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. Trump Officials Brace for Rumored Staff Shake-upWhile Kushner keeps his head down and Spicer tries to sound more like his boss, Bannon is said to be “reinvigorated” by the chaos.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  8. To Trump Supporters, ‘Covfefe’ Is Another Way He’s Making America Great AgainThe president’s bizarre midnight tweet proves he’s just like us … or he’s a trolling genius.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  9. call me maybe
    President Trump Is Urging World Leaders to Call Him on His Cell PhoneHe’s reportedly passed his number to the leaders of Mexico, Canada, and France, which presents a huge security issue.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  10. select all
    Nordic Prime Ministers Stage Trump’s Orb Photo Using a Soccer BallSadly, the soccer ball doesn’t glow.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  11. Russians Think Trump Might Be a Russian Asset, and They Might Be RightIf you’re not paranoid about Trump and Putin now, you’re not paying attention.
    By Jonathan Chait
  12. adviser-in-law
    Jared Kushner Gets His Own Daily Intelligence Briefing: ReportPerhaps, unlike the president, he doesn’t care for “killer graphics” in his intel reports.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  13. the national interest
    What’s Less Popular Than Donald Trump?Pretty much everything Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell are doing.
    By Jonathan Chait
  14. ‘Is This Even About Seth Rich at All?’Before he was a murder victim and the subject of politically motivated conspiracy theories, Seth Rich was a real person with a real life.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  15. international affairs
    Merkel Says Trump-Led U.S. Is No Longer a Reliable AllyShe thinks Europe must now be prepared to go it alone.
    By Chas Danner
  16. global warming
    Report: Trump Saying He Will Pull U.S. Out of Paris Climate DealAmerica’s exit from the agreement wouldn’t doom the 195-country pact, but it would increase the danger the world faces from global warming.
    By Chas Danner
  17. presidential tweets
    White House Considering Plan to Have Legal Team Vet Trump’s TweetsThough Trump is unlikely to agree to the restrictions, it seems his scandal-weary staff would appreciate some legal aid.
    By Chas Danner
  18. russia investigation
    Jared Kushner Wanted to Talk to the Russians in SecretThe smoke around the Trump administration is thicker than ever.
    By Chas Danner
  19. the national interest
    Greg Gianforte Proves Trump’s Fifth Avenue PrincipleThe election of a thug is a dry run for the battles that lie ahead in Trump’s Washington.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. politics
    Inside Hillary Clinton’s Surreal Post-Election LifeWith nothing left to lose, she is finally free to really speak her mind.
    By Rebecca Traister
  21. Poor, Poor Michael ‘Lock Her Up’ Flynn Is Being Treated Like a CriminalConservatives are rallying to the defense of a very bad man.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. family matters
    The ‘White House Official’ Under FBI Scrutiny Is, in Fact, Jared KushnerAs suggested last week, sources say he’s the new person of interest in the Russia probe.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  23. oh congress
    Why Gianforte’s Assault Charge Won’t Prevent Him From Serving in CongressIt’s fairly common for members of Congress to face charges, and even a jail sentence wouldn’t disqualify him.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  24. Here’s Paul Ryan’s Biggest Health-Care Lie“We want everybody … to get access to affordable health care.” No, you don’t want that.
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. the national circus
    The Republican Party Alone Now Owns This Health-Care DisasterTrump and the GOP won’t be able to shift blame to Obamacare in 2018.
    By Frank Rich
  26. Sessions Didn’t Disclose Russia Meetings in His Security Clearance ApplicationOnce again, his staff claimed he didn’t need to share whom he met with as senator.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. Paul Ryan Says Employer Coverage Is Safe From His Health-Care Plan. It Isn’t.Paul Ryan says something completely false.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. the national interest
    Joe Lieberman Is Donald Trump’s Ideal PatsyThe perfect combination of surface independence and pliability.
    By Jonathan Chait
  42. crimes and misdemeanors
    Anthony Weiner Pleads Guilty to Sexting With a MinorHe will have to register as a sex offender.
    By Lisa Ryan
  43. 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
  44. the national interest
    Trump Extorted Insurers to Make Them Support Health-Care BillRussian-style kapitalism comes to America.
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. the national interest
    The Case for Why Paul Ryan Really Thinks Russia Pays TrumpIt’s funny because it’s probably true.
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. How a Special Counsel Changes the Trump-Russia InvestigationWhat Robert Mueller can do, whom he answers to, and what happens next.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. Republicans: Trump Was Just Joking About Obstructing JusticeThe defense of the administration heads into absurd territory.
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. 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
  51. 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
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