1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. politics
    John McCain the Republican vs. John McCain the PatriotThe senator (ambivalently, agonizingly) takes on the president.
    By Gabriel Sherman
  15. 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
  16. Donald Trump Thinks He’s Good at Being PresidentYesterday’s press conference proves Trump overestimates his competence as commander-in-chief.
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. trump transition
    Following Bitter Battle, Senate Confirms Jeff Sessions As Attorney GeneralElizabeth Warren said Democrats will keep a close eye on him, tweeting, “We won’t be silent. We will speak out. And we WILL persist.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  42. the national interest
    Trump’s Self-Enrichment Gets Even More CorruptA business that doesn’t want to carry the Trump brand is attacking the president, insists the White House.
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. the national interest
    Elizabeth Warren, Mitch McConnell, and the Gag RuleThe world’s greatest deliberative body bans criticism of the prospective attorney general.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. the national interest
    Why Democrats Must Filibuster Gorsuch (and Then Vote for Him)If Democrats don’t make McConnell eliminate the judicial filibuster, he’ll use it against them one day.
    By Jonathan Chait
  45. Trump Called National Security Adviser for Late-Night Economics Lesson: ReportMaybe the leaks are getting weirder and more alarming on purpose?
    By Margaret Hartmann
  46. terrorism
    After Deadly Raid, Yemen Bans U.S. Ground Missions Against Terrorist TargetsJohn McCain called the raid a “failure,” but the White House said it was “highly successful.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  47. early and often
    Senate Votes to Silence Elizabeth Warren Over Coretta Scott King QuoteMitch McConnell shut down her speech against Jeff Sessions for attorney general, but the move is backfiring.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  48. the national interest
    Obamacare Repeal Is Failing Because It Was Based on a LieAt the current trajectory, sometime next week, a Republican congressional staffer will Google “What is health care?”
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. early and often
    White House Shifts Focus From Trump’s False Media Attack to Terror ThreatA list of 78 ostensibly underreported incidents – including the attacks in Orlando and San Bernardino – kept everyone talking about national security.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  50. trump administration
    Trump Not ‘Fully Briefed’ on Order That Gave Bannon NSC Role: ReportThe president is said to be more angry about the NSC restructuring than the travel ban.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  51. the sports section
    Nation Experiences Election Night Flashback During Patriots Super Bowl ComebackThe game was steeped in political controversy even before New England’s record-breaking rally in the fourth quarter.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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