1. the national circus
    Trump’s Rollback on Transgender Bathroom Rule Is Just the BeginningIt looked like Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s warm-up act in loosening protections for all minorities.
    By Frank Rich
  2. the national interest
    Trump Can’t Stop Undermining His Claim to Represent the Workers Party“We will not answer to donors, lobbyists, or special interests … now here’s another story about me answering to special interests.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  3. the national interest
    Trump’s Health-Care Nightmare Is Only Just BeginningThe Republican Party’s best chance to repeal Obamacare is already gone.
    By Jonathan Chait
  4. interesting times
    Andrew Sullivan: Moonlight — and Other Light — in Trump’s DarknessIn this week’s diary on life in Trump’s America: Signs of hope — or, at least, some tempering of the crazy; and Moonlight’s beautiful appropriation.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  5. early and awkward
    Gabby Giffords Tells Lawmakers Who Won’t Hold Town Halls to ‘Have Some Courage’Representative Louie Gohmert cited Giffords’s shooting when explaining why he won’t meet constituents for a public forum.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  7. White House Asked FBI to Refute Stories on Trump-Russia Ties: ReportReince Priebus reportedly went to FBI Director James Comey and his deputy, but they refused to comment on an ongoing investigation.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  8. Richard Spencer Gets Booted From CPAC in Apparent Conservative Housecleaning“Are you gonna escort me out?” Spencer asked.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  9. This Obscure Story That Should Be Huge Shows How Trump Gets Away With ItThe House has voted to bury investigations into massive scandals, and hardly anybody will ever know about it.
    By Jonathan Chait
  10. Trump May Have Demoted NSC’s Military and Intelligence Leaders by AccidentThey didn’t mean to make them lower than Steve Bannon, they just got confused while copying from the Bush organizational chart.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  11. immigration
    Trump’s Deportation Plan Sparks Fear, Drives Undocumented Immigrants Into HidingAlmost anyone can be targeted – even a young woman hospitalized with a brain tumor.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  12. early and often
    Secretary of State Tillerson Looks to Media to Get President’s AttentionSome worry that his low profile is a sign that the State Department doesn’t hold much sway in the Trump administration.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  13. the national interest
    Trump Staffers Plant Alternative Facts to Stop Him From Tweeting ThemMore leaks from the frightening world of Donald Trump’s child monarchy.
    By Jonathan Chait
  14. the national interest
    Fox News Congratulates Rand Paul For Being Loyal Trump Stooge [Updated]The task of suppressing dissent against the president’s authoritarian tendencies falls to the GOP’s libertarian.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. These Republicans Faced ‘So-Called Angry Crowds’ at Tuesday’s Town HallsWhile scores of GOP lawmakers are avoiding their constituents, a handful attended packed public events back home.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  16. early and awkward
    Timing of Trump Immigration Memos Undermines Cabinet Members’ Visit to MexicoThey were released just as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly headed south.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  17. sports
    Sports May Never Be a Politics-Free Zone AgainPatriots shun the White House. Sports stars turn ESPN into MSNBC. And brands smell the commercial potential in political rage.
    By Reeves Wiedeman
  18. CPAC Yanks Milo Yiannopoulos Invitation After ‘Offensive Video’The right-wing provocateur came under fire for a video in which he defends relationships between “younger boys and older men.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  19. early and often
    CPAC Blasted for Milo Yiannopoulos Invite After Pedophilia Remarks ResurfaceMany opposed giving the right-wing provocateur a speaking slot even before seeing his defense of relationships between “younger boys and older men.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  20. wtf
    Report: Trump’s Lawyer Involved With Secret Plan to Lift Russian SanctionsThe other two people involved with the plan were a pro-Putin Ukrainian lawmaker and a Trump business associate with links to the mafia.
    By Chas Danner
  21. politics
    McCain Keeps Criticizing Trump, Warns Against Attacks on PressHe warned that suppressing the media is “how dictators get started,” though he mostly avoided direct references to the president.
    By Chas Danner
  22. too early and often
    Trump Attempts Reset With Recycled Campaign Stump Speech in FloridaTrump has already chosen his 2020 opponents: the press and any version of reality that doesn’t come from him.
    By Chas Danner
  23. early and often
    Senior National Security Council Aide Fired After Criticizing TrumpMeanwhile, Trump is still looking for his next national-security adviser.
    By Chas Danner
  24. florida man
    Trump’s Presidency ‘Enhances’ a $200,000 Mar-a-Lago MembershipBut the White House insists nobody is getting enhanced access to the president.
    By Chas Danner
  25. politics
    John McCain the Republican vs. John McCain the PatriotThe senator (ambivalently, agonizingly) takes on the president.
    By Gabriel Sherman
  26. the national interest
    Paul Ryan’s Dream of Tax Cuts for the Rich Will Not Be DeniedA quest to repeat the Bush tax cuts, but without the fatal weakness.
    By Jonathan Chait
  27. Donald Trump Thinks He’s Good at Being PresidentYesterday’s press conference proves Trump overestimates his competence as commander-in-chief.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. early and often
    Flynn Reportedly Made False Statements to the FBI – But He Won’t Face ChargesHis faulty memory and misinterpretation of the word sanctions could save him from felony charges.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  29. the national interest
    Remember How Trump Was Going to Erase Obama’s Legacy Overnight? Not So Much.Even a highly competent president would have difficulty unwinding them, and Trump has shown no signs of being even a minimally competent one.
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. early and often
    FBI Interviewed Flynn About Russia Calls Days After He Took OfficeIf he lied to the agents, he could face felony charges.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  31. international intrigue
    Will the French Presidential Race Be a Replay of the U.S. Election?Marine Le Pen is in the lead, but the French system makes it harder for a Trump-like figure to take the presidency.
    By Jonah Shepp
  32. media
    Omarosa Produces Secret Recording of White House Dispute With Journalist“This is freaking Nixonian,” said April Ryan, who didn’t know she was being recorded.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  33. early and often
    Trump Aides Were Reportedly in Contact With Russians During the CampaignSo far there is no evidence that they colluded with Russia to influence the election.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  34. the national interest
    3 Ways Republicans Are Dodging the Flynn ScandalDoes anybody really want to investigate a tedious story about deceit, blackmail, and Russian intrigue? Didn’t think so.
    By Jonathan Chait
  35. trump transition
    With 4 GOP Senators Undecided, Andrew Puzder Nomination Is in JeopardySenators have watched a 1990 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show in which Pudzer’s ex-wife appeared as a victim of domestic violence.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  36. media
    Journalist Claims Omarosa Threatened Her, Said White House Has ‘Dossier’ on HerApril Ryan says her former friend got in her face just a few steps from the Oval Office.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  37. early and often
    National Security Adviser Michael Flynn ResignsFlynn said he apologized to Pence following reports that he misled the vice-president about his calls with the Russian ambassador.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  38. the national interest
    Donald Trump Is a Managerial Genius, Explains Conservative ScholarAn extremely … interesting defense of the president’s aptitude in The Wall Street Journal’s editorial pages.
    By Jonathan Chait
  39. roundup
    Will Trump Stand by Michael Flynn?The embattled national-security adviser could become the administration’s first sacrifice to the realities of political turmoil.
    By Chas Danner
  40. international affairs
    North Korea Conducts First Ballistic Missile Test Under TrumpJapanese prime minister Shinzo Abe denounced the test from Mar-a-Lago with Trump in tow.
    By Chas Danner
  41. politics
    Chaffetz Claims, Without Evidence, That Town-Hall Protesters Were Paid OutsidersHe also suggested that Democrats “have nothing but flailing and screaming” in response to the presidency of Donald Trump.
    By Chas Danner
  42. undocumented immigrants
    Hundreds Arrested During Nationwide Surge of Immigration RaidsActivists are worried that Trump’s widespread crackdown is now underway, but the government insists the raids are just business as usual.
    By Chas Danner
  43. the national interest
    Spicer Calls CNN Report on Dossier Fake News, Tries to Use Better Insult, FailsWhite House Press Secretary: The fake-news store called and they’re out of you!
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. the national interest
    The Myth That Democrats Must Cooperate With Trump“All your life is Time Magazine. I read it too. What does it mean?”
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. the national interest
    Why Was Betsy DeVos the One Trump Nominee Who Provoked Opposition?Democrats can muster enormous political energy against Trump. But can they channel it effectively?
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. early and often
    Flynn Reportedly Talked Sanctions With Russia Before Trump Took OfficeMultiple officials are contradicting denials made by the Trump administration.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  47. Trump Backs Down, Agrees to Uphold ‘One China’ PolicyTrump had suggested he’d use the policy as a bargaining chip in negotiations with China.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  48. early and often
    Hundreds Confront Congressman Jason Chaffetz at Rowdy Utah Town HallAfter answering questions about his failure to investigate President Trump, the Oversight Committee chairman left 40 minutes early.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  49. the national interest
    Kellyanne Conway’s Ivanka Product Endorsement Apparently Broke the LawA federal employee may not “use his public office … for the endorsement of any product, service or enterprise.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. the national interest
    Republican Senator: Health Plan Must Remain Secret Because It Will Be UnpopularSenator Mike Lee says the part he was supposed to think in his head.
    By Jonathan Chait
  51. early and often
    Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus Want You to Know They’re Actually FriendsThe rumors they are in a Hunger Games–style death match? “It bothers us because it’s not true. We actually like and care about each other a lot.”
    By Olivia Nuzzi
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