1. 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
  2. Why Obamacare Defeated TrumpcareThe Republican Party could not come up with a better idea.
    By Jonathan Chait
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  7. 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
  8. the national interest
    7 Charts Explain the Horrors of TrumpcareA historic social calamity in bar-graph form.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. trump administration
    Tillerson Didn’t Want to Be Secretary of State, But His Wife Talked Him Into ItYou’re welcome, America.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 4 Reasons Why the Trump Budget Cuts Won’t HappenMeals on Wheels, Big Bird, and AmeriCorps are likely to survive.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. Trump Refuses to Shake Hands With Angela Merkel, and It’s Very AwkwardThe extremely mature president never forgets a slight.
    By Jen Kirby
  25. feuds
    A Brief History of John McCain and Rand Paul’s Sick BurnsThe two have been trading pot shots for years.
    By Jen Kirby
  26. 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
  27. just asking questions
    What Does Vladimir Putin Want?A former U.S. ambassador to Russia on what makes the strongman tick.
    By Nick Tabor
  28. 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
  29. Senate Intelligence Committee Says ‘No Indications’ of Trump Tower WiretapBacks up the conclusion the House Intelligence Committee made Wednesday.
    By Jen Kirby
  30. another thing trump did
    Donald Trump Does Not Forget“Come on, Governor, even though you didn’t endorse me.”
    By Jen Kirby
  31. interesting times
    The Opioid Epidemic Is This Generation’s AIDS CrisisBut where is the rural ACT UP?
    By Andrew Sullivan
  32. the national interest
    Who’s to Blame for the Trumpcare Debacle, Donald Trump or Paul Ryan?Ryan is crazier, but Trump is dumber. Call it a tie.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. early and often
    Trump’s Budget Funds Military and Border Wall, Eliminates Dozens of ProgramsBut Republican lawmakers have already called the drastic blueprint “dead on arrival.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  34. international affairs
    Dutch Prime Minister Celebrates Win Over ‘the Wrong Kind of Populism’Anti-Islamic lawmaker Geert Wilders had an underwhelming finish, though his party still gained seats.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  35. health care
    Trump Admits AHCA Would Hurt His Voters, Says It’s ‘Going to Be Negotiated’“If we’re not going to take care of the people, I’m not signing anything,” he told Tucker Carlson.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  36. immmigration
    Trump Responds to Travel-Ban Setback by Undermining His Own Case Even FurtherHe said it was just a “watered-down version” of the order deemed too discriminatory, which is exactly why it was blocked.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  37. Judge in Hawaii Stops Revised Travel Ban on Grounds It’s Really a Muslim BanThe one legal problem the administration could not “revise” away was the claim it was really a Muslim ban. That’s what led to its suspension tonight.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. health care
    Republicans Search for Someone to Blame for TrumpcareAfter the dismal CBO estimate, more Republicans are turning against AHCA — and each other.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  39. 2005 Trump Tax Return Shows He Paid $38 Million in Taxes on $150 Million IncomeWithout the alternative minimum tax, which Trump wants to eliminate, he could have paid a rate of less than 4 percent.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  40. international affairs
    What You Need to Know About the Dutch ElectionGeert Wilders probably won’t be prime minister even if his party wins, but right-wing populist has shifted the political discourse.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  41. health care
    Leaked White House Analysis Says AHCA Would Be Even Worse Than PredictedNevertheless, the Trump administration is leaning toward making the law take effect next year, in a concession to the far right.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  42. the national interest
    Trumpcare Is Historic Social Calamity That Would Deprive 24 Million of InsuranceCongressional Budget Office lays out a future of suffering and deprivation.
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. Preet Bharara’s Ouster Could Be Very Bad News for Mayor de BlasioAnd even for Governor Andrew Cuomo, who might get the race of his life in next year’s reelection bid.
    By Chris Smith
  44. The Big Winner in Trump’s Decision to Fire Preet Bharara Might Be Rupert MurdochThe federal prosecutor was in the middle of a delicate case focusing on the conduct of Fox News executives.
    By Gabriel Sherman
  45. politics
    McCain: Trump Should Prove Wiretapping Claim or Retract ItHe also believes that, with regards to the Trump campaign and Russia, there are “a lot more shoes to drop from this centipede.”
    By Chas Danner
  46. politics
    White House Amateur Hour Continues With U.S. Attorney PurgeThe handling of this abrupt bureaucratic massacre just reinforces the impression of a paranoid, haphazard administration.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. Trump Adviser Roger Stone Admits Messaging With Alleged DNC HackerHe says the conversations were “completely innocuous.”
    By Chas Danner
  48. the national interest
    ‘What About Men Having to Purchase Prenatal Care?’ Demands RepublicanA simple question explains the logic of the GOP’s hatred for universal health insurance.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. the national interest
    Obama’s Economy Didn’t Elect Trump. But It Might Reelect Him.It’s pretty clear the economy was not Clinton’s problem.
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. early and often
    Tillerson Recuses Himself From Keystone Review, Speaking to the PressHe’s avoided questions from reporters, and won’t take any members of the press on his trip to Asia.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  51. build that wall
    Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful’ Border Wall Threatened by Political RealityIt’s still unclear what the barrier will look like, and even Republicans are questioning how it will be paid for.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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