1. trump transition
    Trump Picks Freshman Montana Congressman to Run the Interior DepartmentOther prospects were better known and more experienced, but this former Navy SEAL was more to Trump’s liking.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. the national interest
    How Ayn Rand’s Theories Destroyed ‘Never Trump’ ConservatismThe libertarian ideas that justify an authoritarian presidency.
    By Jonathan Chait
  3. early and often
    Trump Said to Pick Rick Perry to Helm Energy Department, Agency He Couldn’t NameOnce again, the president-elect is going for the most ironic option.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  4. early and often
    Confirmation Fight Threatens Tillerson, Trump’s Pick for Secretary of StateSeveral GOP senators, including John McCain and Marco Rubio, have already expressed doubts about the Exxon CEO and friend of Vladimir Putin.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  5. the national interest
    The Russian Conspiracy on Behalf of Conspiracy Theorist Donald TrumpHow Trump sprays suspicion in all directions, so that his own shady relations are just one more conspiracy theory.
    By Jonathan Chait
  7. today in donald trump
    Trump Says He’ll Skip Most Intelligence Briefings, Still Denies Russian MeddlingKiss another norm good-bye as the U.S. intelligence community braces for impact with the future president.
    By Chas Danner
  8. u.s. senate
    Republican John Kennedy Wins Louisiana Senate RunoffThe GOP will now have a 52-48 seat majority in the next Senate.
    By Chas Danner
  9. politics
    Senate Avoids Government Shutdown, Passes Water-Relief BillAn hour before the deadline, Democrats caved on an effort to extend health benefits for retired coal miners.
    By Chas Danner
  10. the national interest
    Trump, McConnell, Putin, and the Triumph of the Will to PowerTrump’s supporters in government were willing to put the system at risk in order to win, and Clinton’s supporters were not.
    By Jonathan Chait
  11. politics
    The Mystery of Rudy Giuliani’s Moral Decline Isn’t Such a Mystery at AllIf you’ve been watching him all along.
    By Michael Tomasky
  12. the national interest
    Are Republicans Crazy Enough to Go After Social Security?A bill is introduced in the House to cut Social Security and destroy the GOP.
    By Jonathan Chait
  13. the national interest
    Donald Trump’s Shiny MarxismA strategy for ruling after losing the popular vote.
    By Jonathan Chait
  14. the national interest
    Donald Trump Has Finally Killed the Pro-Science Wing of the Republican PartyScott Pruitt and the triumph of climate-science denialism.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. early and often
    Democrats Threaten Government Shutdown, Appeal to Trump for HelpThey’re trying to extend coverage for thousands of retired coal miners set to lose their health insurance.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  16. early and often
    Republicans in Congress Would Like to Know If Russians Hacked Our ElectionThey’re planning to launch probes into the cyberthreat posed by Russia, though Trump doesn’t seem all that interested.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  17. early and often
    Carrier Deal Will Ultimately Help Eliminate Some Jobs Trump ‘Saved’An RNC official repeated Trump’s baseless attack on a union leader, and his false claim that more than 1,000 jobs will stay in Indiana.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  18. trump transition
    Trump’s Transition Team ‘Is Like Game of Thrones’There is a power struggle at the center of it between Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus.
    By Gabriel Sherman
  19. Shocker: Trump Won’t Completely Sever Ties to His BusinessBut Ivanka is said to be stepping away to focus on urging her dad to address issues she cares about.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  20. early and often
    Trump Attacks Union Leader for Daring to Fact-Check Him on the Carrier DealChuck Jones pointed out that Trump didn’t really save 1,100 jobs, so the president-elect blamed him for companies shipping jobs overseas.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  21. the national interest
    Paul Ryan: Trump Can Loot All He Wants As Long As I Get Tax CutsPaul Ryan is exactly who we thought he was.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. the national interest
    Donald Trump Has Proven Liberals Right About the Tea PartyWe can all stop pretending that “constitutional conservatism” and disagreement with stimulus were on the level.
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. early and often
    There Are Still Ways to Prevent a Trump Presidency – But It Won’t HappenTrump opponents have put their hopes in recounts, the Electoral College, and obscure sections of the Constitution.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  24. the national interest
    Paul Ryan Wants to Give Tax Breaks to Small Businessmen Like Donald TrumpTax cuts for the rich? Of course not! Why would you even say that?
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. early and often
    Congressional Republicans Claim They’ll Start Standing Up to TrumpThe GOP Establishment says they won’t start a trade war, regardless of what the president-elect tweets.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  26. joetorious
    Biden Says, ‘I’m Going to Run in 2020.’ If He’s Joking, He Won’t Admit ItHe says he’s “not committing” to anything because “fate has a strange way of intervening.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  27. the national interest
    How Republicans Justify Unlimited Trump CorruptionIf the American people didn’t want Trump to enrich himself through power, they wouldn’t have elected him.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. the national interest
    Ben Carson May Be the Perfect Trump HUD SecretaryIt all depends on what kind of qualifications Trump wants.
    By Jonathan Chait
  29. politics
    Stein Campaign Shifts Pennsylvania Recount Effort From State to Federal CourtCampaign balks at a $1 million bond it would have been forced to pay to proceed at the state level.
    By Chas Danner
  30. Evangelicals Looking to Trump to Make America Manly AgainMaybe those of us who wondered why Christians would be attracted to Donald Trump were thinking of a different Jesus.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. the national interest
    The 2016 Election Is a Disaster Without a MoralGreat events do not always have great causes.
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. early and often
    Trump Team Explains They Were Campaigning Against Facts, Not Just Clinton“There’s no such thing, unfortunately, anymore as facts,” as Trump supporter Scottie Nell Hughes put it.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  33. early and often
    Congressman Chaffetz Thinks Trump Has Yet to Do Anything Worth InvestigatingThe Oversight Committee chair, who bragged about what he had in store for Clinton, says calls for a Trump probe are “almost silly.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  34. early and awkward
    Trump’s Call to Pakistan’s PM Would Be Funny, If It Weren’t for All the NukesPakistan claims that he told Nawaz Sharif “you are a terrific guy,” and offered to make a visit.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  35. early and often
    How Did Trump Save Carrier Jobs? Fear of Losing Federal Contracts Said to Be KeyAn Indiana official says the company was likely concerned about maintaining a favorable relationship with the Trump administration.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  36. the national interest
    Republicans Might Coerce Democrats to Replace Obamacare for ThemThe GOP Majority Leader puts a gun to the head of 20 million Americans.
    By Jonathan Chait
  37. Don’t Be Fooled: Donald Trump Will Never Walk Away From His BusinessesThere’s nothing to stop him from turning America into a kleptocracy.
    By Frank Rich
  38. stuck in the mittle
    Mitt Romney Swallows Pride, Frogs Legs at Dinner With Donald TrumpThe potential secretary of State had a “wonderful evening” with the president-elect, whom he once described as a “con man.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  39. the national interest
    The GOP Congress Is Out of the Checks-and-Balances Business“I will not discuss President-elect Donald Trump,” says famous straight-talker.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. the national interest
    David Brooks and the Intellectual Collapse of the CenterThe moderate Establishment retreats to a new fantasy in the Trump years.
    By Jonathan Chait
  41. the national interest
    Donald Trump Wants You to Burn the Flag While He Burns the ConstitutionA fiendishly clever distraction, for once.
    By Jonathan Chait
  42. early and often
    Congressman Chaffetz Has Suddenly Lost Interest in Investigating the PresidentThe poor guy was so excited about being a thorn in President Clinton’s side.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  43. the national interest
    Conspiracy Theorist Donald Trump Does Not Understand How Logic WorksThe president-elect defends lunatic voter-fraud theories with a lunatic approach to reasoning.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. the national interest
    Why Donald Trump Is Lying About the Popular VoteThe Republican Party is gearing up to exercise minority rule.
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. politics
    Donald Trump Falsely Blames Popular-Vote Loss on Voter FraudHe is now baselessly claiming that millions of Clinton voters voted illegally.
    By Chas Danner
  46. the senate
    GOP Senators Are Anxious About Nuking the FilibusterThe threat of the filibuster may be the only way for Senate Republicans to resist Trump, should that need arise.
    By Chas Danner
  47. the national interest
    An Apology to Donald Trump From Mitt RomneyI recant every last word of my slander against you and applaud your wise choice to require this public humiliation.
    By Jonathan Chait
  48. politics
    Conway Criticizes Recounts, Calls Trump ‘Gracious’ for Not Prosecuting ClintonThe Trump team is accusing the Clinton campaign of disrespectfully contesting the election results.
    By Chas Danner
  49. the environment
    Standing Rock Protesters Vow to Remain at Camp, Despite Army Corps OrderNorth Dakota officials are pressuring the federal government to intervene in the seven-month-old protest.
    By Chas Danner
  50. early and often
    Clinton Campaign Will Take Part in Election Recounts, But Doubts ManipulationBoth the Clinton campaign and the White House say they haven’t found evidence to warrant further scrutiny of the election results.
    By Chas Danner
  51. protests
    In the Age of Trump, Should Protest Be Angry or Optimistic?Rembert Browne and Rebecca Traister discuss.
    By Rembert Browne and Rebecca Traister
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