Joe and Mika (and Donald): A Beltway Love Story
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How Donald Trump Decides to Fire Someone
The sort-of method behind the apparent madness.
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The president started raising money for his 2020 campaign with an event held at his own D.C. hotel — and the press was forced to crash the party.
White House Reimagines Press Briefing As Opportunity to Scold Journalists
Judging by today’s performance, they’re still interested in holding live daily briefings — if the press is in the hot seat.
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Sarah Palin’s Latest Business Venture: Running a Right-Wing Content Farm
Her website is now dominated by short, aggregated news articles penned by other people and all manner of shady clickbait.
Congressional Baseball Game Goes On As Normally As Possible
Lawmakers took to the field just a day after the shooting of House whip Steve Scalise.
Register Your Megyn Kelly Complaints With the White House
In 2017, being a journalist means interviewing people close to power whose ideas might be reprehensible or flat-out insane.
While Comey Was Calling Trump a Liar, Trump Was Quoting the Bible
“Because as the Bible tells us, we know that the truth will prevail,” he told an audience of Evangelicals.
The Youngest Trump Enters the Spotlight
The president enlists his 11-year-old son Barron to express his outrage in the aftermath of the controversial Kathy Griffin photo shoot.
To Trump’s Supporters, ‘Covfefe’ Is Just Another Way He’s Making America Great Again
The president’s bizarre midnight tweet proves he’s just like us … or he’s a trolling genius.
Trump’s Love-Hate Relationship With Anonymous Sourcing
He raged on Twitter Sunday morning about it. But he has engaged in the practice for years.
‘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.
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.”
Politics Chat: Will Trump’s Scandals Bring Down Pence, or Put Him in the Oval Office?
How Trump’s recent troubles affect his vice-president — and whether liberals should be worried about President Pence.
John Dean, Former White House Counsel to President Richard Nixon, on What Trump and Nixon Have in Common
Trump would “have trouble surreptitiously recording somebody, you know, starting the machine … Nixon would’ve had the same problem.”
Sean Spicer Wants You to Know That the Tweet Speaks for Itself
How many times does he have to say it?
Trump Is Making It Too Easy to Compare Him to Nixon
It’s an accumulation of data points.
Rudy Giuliani Is Visiting the White House, But He Says It Has Nothing to Do With Comey’s Firing
He dismissed the speculation, saying “I’m not a candidate for FBI director.”
Ivanka Trump Is Trying to Promote Her Book Without Stumbling Into an Ethics Violation. It’s Proving Difficult.
The White House claims her flurry of appearances the week her book is released is just a coincidence.
Ivanka Trump Is Trying to Promote Her Book Without Stumbling Into an Ethics Violation. It’s Proving Difficult.
The White House claims her flurry of appearances the week her book is released is just a coincidence.