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donald trump 9/11/2018

Lindsay Graham’s Latest Mission: Encouraging Trump’s Blood LustOnce part of the jolly, bipartisan Three Amigos, Graham is now very focused on feeding Trump’s most hawkish impulses.

By Ed Kilgore

the kavanaugh confirmation 9/11/2018

Kavanaugh’s Problem Isn’t What He Said in His Hearings. It’s Trump.The president’s unpopularity is rubbing off on his SCOTUS nominee.

By Ed Kilgore

natural disasters 9/11/2018

Trump Says Hurricane Florence Is ‘Tremendously Big and Tremendously Wet’A not-very-reassuring description.

By Madeleine Aggeler

movies 9/11/2018

What’s the Deal With All the New Trump Documentaries?A glut of Trumpumentaries is flooding into film festivals during prestige movie season. We’ve got a guide to all of them.

By Chris Lee

inappropriate reactions 9/11/2018

Donald Trump Is Having a Really Hard Time Honoring 9/11He started out the day tweeting and pumping his fists enthusiastically.

By Lisa Ryan

cyber war 9/11/2018

U.S. Silently Enters New Age of CyberwarfareBuried beneath a mound of political scandal, the Trump administration silently rescinded key regulations limiting the use of destructive cyberweapons.

By Mack DeGeurin

foreign relations 9/10/2018

The Trump Administration Declares War on International War Crimes CourtIn a fiery speech before the conservative Federalist Society, Trump’s national security adviser takes “America First” to new lengths.

By Ed Kilgore

vision 2020 9/9/2018

Another Problem for Trump: A 2020 Primary Challenge Is Growing More LikelyIn New Hampshire, there are increasing signs that a fellow Republican will take on the president.

By Gabriel Debenedetti

russia investigation 9/9/2018

Sessions Was ‘Enthusiastic’ About Trump-Putin Meeting, Says PapadopoulosPapadopoulos’s account indicates the attorney general may have perjured himself when he said he “pushed back” on the meeting pitch.

By Chas Danner

the political corner 9/9/2018

Trump Ran for President Because of Gwen Stefani Jealousy, Michael Moore SaysA surprisingly convincing theory.

By Madeleine Aggeler

anonymous op-ed 9/8/2018

Nikki Haley Addresses Anonymous White House Writer, Shows How to Exploit CrisisThe former South Carolina governor is a consummate opportunist in moments of crisis.

By Ed Kilgore

russia investigation 9/7/2018

Trump Campaign Adviser George Papadopoulos Gets 14 Days in JailHe’s the first Trump campaign aide to be sentenced in the Mueller probe.

By Adam K. Raymond

medicare for all 9/7/2018

GOP’s Latest Mediscare Tactic Is Deeply CynicalAttacking Medicare for All as a threat to Medicare is pretty bald-faced.

By Ed Kilgore

the national interest 9/7/2018

Obama Calls Trump the Product of a Republican Party Gone Mad“It did not start with Donald Trump,” said the former president, “He is a symptom, not the cause.”

By Jonathan Chait

politics 9/7/2018

Tired Boy Donald Trump Says He Fell Asleep During Obama’s SpeechAfter Obama asked how hard it is to say Nazis are bad.

By Madeleine Aggeler

politics 9/7/2018

Watching Donald Trump Try to Pronounce ‘Anonymous’ Is Physically PainfulAnomass…? Anomanous…?

By Madeleine Aggeler

tiff 2018 9/7/2018

Here Are Michael Moore’s Biggest Targets in Fahrenheit 11/9Including Donald Trump, the New York Times, and Barack Obama.

By E. Alex Jung

the national interest 9/7/2018

Trump Praises Rep. Greg Gianforte for Assaulting Reporter“This man has fought in more ways than one, for your state. He has fought for your state. Greg Gianforte. He is a fighter and a winner.”

By Jonathan Chait

the kavanaugh hearings 9/6/2018

Kavanaugh Testimony Ends With No Bombshells, But a Lot of EvasionsThe nominee sometimes sounded like a criminal defendant taking the Fifth.

By Ed Kilgore

the kavanaugh hearings 9/6/2018

4 Things You Can Do to Stop Brett Kavanaugh’s Appointment This WeekA comprehensive list of rallies to attend, elected officials to call, and other ways to fight Donald Trump’s SCOTUS nominee.

By Amanda Arnold

lies 9/6/2018

Report: Trump’s Inauguration Pics Were Edited to Make the Crowd Look BiggerIt was a simpler time.

By Adam K. Raymond

an idea 9/6/2018

So Who Do You Think Wrote That New York Times Trump Op-ed?I have an idea.

By Madeleine Aggeler

the national circus 9/6/2018

Frank Rich: The Anonymous White House Official Is a Collaborator, Not a ResisterThe Times op-ed reads like a defense document offered in case a Nuremberg-like legal reckoning ever comes about.

By Frank Rich

okay 9/6/2018

Giuliani: Trump Never Said I’m a ‘Baby Who Needed to Be Changed’Thanks for clearing that up.

By Gabriella Paiella

immigration 9/6/2018

The Trump Administration Is Trying to Detain Migrant Kids IndefinitelyThe courts currently allow migrant children to be detained for no more than 20 days. The government wants to change that.

By Adam K. Raymond

sure why not 9/6/2018

Trump Ran for President Because He Was Jealous of Gwen Stefani: A Fun TheoryMichael Moore thinks Trump’s path to the White House began with a petty, reality TV–related grudge. Sure, why not!

By Madeleine Aggeler

international intrigue 9/6/2018

Kim Declares His ‘Faith’ in Trump, Who Offers an Enthusiastic ThanksNorth Korean denuclearization seems stalled, but at least these two are getting along.

By Adam K. Raymond

fall preview 2018 9/6/2018

Jonathan Lethem Wrote a Mystery Novel to Beat His Trump BluesThe Feral Detective emphatically reasserts the notion that a novel can grapple with a cultural moment.

By Adam Sternbergh

power 9/5/2018

Watch Trump’s Petty, Impetuous Response to Op-Ed Calling Him Petty and ImpetuousThe man does hate an anonymous source.

By Amanda Arnold

the national interest 9/5/2018

Senior White House Official Confesses Anti-Trump Cabal in Newspaper Trump ReadsWhy they are revealing their secret is hard to say.

By Jonathan Chait

the kavanaugh hearings 9/5/2018

Republicans Are Trying to Make Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Seem Routine. It Isn’t.Republicans are trying to disguise a confirmation that they think is an epochal moment in history as a bland, uncontroversial exercise in bureaucracy.

By Ed Kilgore

the national interest 9/5/2018

Trump: I Have 100 Pictures of Mueller and Comey Hugging and KissingIn Russia, Trump kompromat you.

By Jonathan Chait

nike 9/5/2018

Trump Says Nike Is Getting ‘Killed’ Over Kaepernick Ad As Its Stock ReboundsAfter its stock price took a hit Tuesday, Nike is rebounding Wednesday as young people snap up shares.

By Adam K. Raymond

the national interest 9/5/2018

Trump Officials Keep Getting Misquoted Questioning President’s IntelligenceHe’s a very stable genius! He said so himself. Why can’t the media get this right?

By Jonathan Chait

the kavanaugh hearings 9/4/2018

Why Kavanaugh Stayed in the Middle of the Road in His Opening StatementTo hear the SCOTUS nominee, he’s a centrist who is zealously protective of the independence of the judiciary and devoted to women’s rights.

By Ed Kilgore

2018 elections 9/4/2018

With the Midterms Two Months Away, Democrats Are Surging in the PollsAt a time when Republicans need to be closing the gap with Democrats, that gap seems to be increasing.

By Ed Kilgore

the national interest 9/4/2018

Report: Everybody in the White House Considers Trump an IdiotAnd also a gigantic liar. Still more tales from the court of the mad king.

By Jonathan Chait

the national interest 9/4/2018

Trump’s War on Democracy Will Be Held in the Department of JusticeThe generalized debate about Trump’s authoritarianism has settled on a specific question.

By Jonathan Chait

the national interest 9/3/2018

Congressional Republicans Don’t Even Pretend to Stand up to Trump AnymoreWhatever restraining force the president’s party exerted against him has now almost completely dissipated.

By Jonathan Chait

guides 8/31/2018

Eminem’s Surprise Album, Kamikaze: 10 Things to KnowEverything from why Kendrick Lamar is credited as a songwriter, to its Beastie Boys homage, to how it deals with Trump.

By Dee Lockett

lame duck session 8/31/2018

If Democrats Win Midterms, Trump Could Be Planning a November SurpriseTrump could use a lame-duck session to conduct a Saturday Night Massacre, or take other extreme steps to abuse his power.

By Ed Kilgore

the national interest 8/31/2018

Republican Admits Trump Broke His Popular Promises That Got Him ElectedTrump ran on an infrastructure bill, health care for all, and raising his own taxes. Republicans are thrilled he ditched those ideas.

By Jonathan Chait

michael cohen 8/30/2018

Michael Cohen, Whose GoFundMe Is at $165K, Sells NYC Apartments for MillionsDonald Trump’s ex-lawyer is $7 million richer.

By Adam K. Raymond

federal employees 8/30/2018

Trump Aims to Freeze Federal Worker Pay, Citing ‘Serious Economic Conditions’Months after his trillion-dollar tax cut, Trump says the federal budget “cannot sustain” the pay raises.

By Adam K. Raymond

alabama 8/30/2018

Alabama Republicans Forsake Sessions for Trump, Who Looks Down on ThemNow Jeff Sessions’s old friends are abandoning him at the behest of a president who reportedly can’t stand southern accents or non-Ivy educations.

By Ed Kilgore

the media 8/30/2018

‘You’re the Enemy of the People’: Man Arrested for Threatening to Kill ReportersRobert Chain referred to Boston Globe employees as “the enemy of the people.”

By Adam K. Raymond

2018 elections 8/30/2018

White Non-Evangelical Working-Class Women Could Be 2018’s Key Swing VotersGender, class, and religious outlook are pulling one swing-voter category away from the GOP.

By Ed Kilgore

the national enquirer 8/30/2018

Trump Wanted to Buy Decades of Trashy Tabloid Stories Killed by the EnquirerA plan to snatch up the tabloid’s entire treasure trove of Trump gossip was hatched in 2016, but it ultimately fell through.

By Adam K. Raymond

the national interest 8/30/2018

Trump Is a Snob Who Secretly Despises His Own SupportersTrump mocks Jeff Sessions for his southern accent and lack of an Ivy League degree.

By Jonathan Chait

immigration 8/29/2018

Trump Administration Revoking Passports and Deporting Hispanic CitizensIn another example of the administration’s animus towards Hispanics, officials are forcing U.S. citizens to prove the legitimacy of their births.

By Ed Kilgore