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  1. trump administration
    Pence Spokesperson Katie Miller Tests Positive for the CoronavirusMiller is married to top Trump adviser Stephen Miller. It is not yet clear how many White House aides and officials may have been exposed.
    By Chas Danner
  2. coronavirus
    Stephen Miller Has Long Wanted a Public-Health Excuse to Cut Immigration: ReportThe White House adviser has reportedly looked for a reason to restrict immigration based on public health since the beginning of the administration.
    By Matt Stieb
  3. politics
    Stephen Miller Sure Seems Like a White NationalistLeaked emails show that Miller is immersed in the alt-right.
    By Sarah Jones
  4. trump impeachment
    Stephen Miller: Trump Is the Real Whistle-blower Uncovering CorruptionWhich is true, in that Trump continues to casually expose his own levels of corruption.
    By Matt Stieb
  5. power
    The Five Millennials (Actually) Changing the WorldAn honest list.
    By Noreen Malone
  6. immigration
    Trump Moves Ahead With Ban on Public Assistance for Legal ImmigrantsIt’s part of a broader assault on immigration and on the social safety net by Team Trump.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. racism
    Trump Again Shows He Can’t Even Pretend to Reject RacismThe “send her back” chant was a validation for the president, and he’s done nothing to discourage it from happening again.
    By Chas Danner
  8. send her back
    Watch Fox News’ Chris Wallace Confront Stephen Miller on ‘Send Her Back’ ChantWallace didn’t buy Miller’s idea of Trump advancing a “colorblind society,” and called out the far-right adviser for his boss’s terrible rhetoric.
    By Matt Stieb
  9. immigration
    Democrats Are Developing a Clear Response to Trump on MigrantsWith seven Senate Democrats running for president on board with this alternative to Trump’s immigration policy, the bill could shape the 2020 debate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. xenophobia
    Report: Stephen Miller Intervened to Deport Individual MigrantsTrump’s most xenophobic senior aide has reportedly contacted mid-level DHS officials in a ploy to send individual asylum seekers across the border.
    By Matt Stieb
  11. president trump
    Trump Wants America to Stop Enforcing Its Immigration LawsThe White House’s attempts to nullify asylum rights prove that its opposition to illegal immigration has nothing to do with respect for the law.
    By Eric Levitz
  12. immigration
    Could Trump’s Illegal Plan to Ship Migrants to Cities Make Everyone Happy?The president’s assumption that urban liberals hate and fear migrants as much as he and the MAGA folk do isn’t necessarily accurate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. immigration
    Report: White House Wanted to Use Migrant Detainees to Target Political FoesThe White House reportedly considered releasing detained migrants in Nancy Pelosi’s San Fransisco district as a tactic to frustrate Democrats.
    By Matt Stieb
  14. immigration
    Conservatives Are Pushing to Put One of Their Own in Charge of Homeland SecurityHe’s very far to the right on immigration and everything else, but Cuccinelli may have yet to fully earn Trump’s trust.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. stephen miller
    If You Are Defending Stephen Miller, You Are an Ally of Anti-SemitismMiller’s white-nationalist politics are far more dangerous for American Jews than anything Ilhan Omar has ever tweeted.
    By Eric Levitz
  16. immigration
    Trump Wants a ‘Tougher’ ICE Director. What Does That Mean?After a Homeland Security shakeup, it appears that Stephen Miller may be gaining even more influence over Trump’s immigration and border policies.
    By Matt Stieb
  17. government shutdown
    Elusive Wall-for-DACA Deal Could Be Key to Ending Government ShutdownTrading relief for Dreamers for wall funding has long been on (or near) the table in Trump’s talks with Dems. But will he finally agree to a deal?
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. burns
    Stephen Miller Gets Roasted by His Third-Grade TeacherShe says he was a “loner” who ate glue off his arm.
    By Lisa Ryan
  19. donald trump
    Stephen Miller May Be the Only Staffer Trump Trusts NowTrump’s paranoia may lead him to rely ever more closely on his young and trollish policy adviser.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. jeff sessions
    Jerry Falwell Jr. Urges Trump to Fire SessionsJeff Sessions was a long-time Christian-right stalwart and an early Trump endorser. But he’s violating a new litmus test: Don’t cross the boss.
    By Ed Kilgore'
  21. the national interest
    Trump Administration Attacking Legal Immigrants NextThere’s a new plan to harass immigrants who have used Obamacare or food stamps. So much for the excuse that it’s just about law enforcement.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. Trumpists Seem Ready to Erase Jeff Sessions From Movement HistoryThe cold war between the president and the attorney general is now extending to denials that Session ever contributed anything.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. Trump Mulls Slashing Refugee Admissions by 40 PercentAmid a global-migration crisis, the world’s wealthiest country is poised to cut refugee admissions to historic lows.
    By Eric Levitz
  24. Trump Staffer Forced Out After Daring to Stand Up for RefugeesIn a xenophobic administration allergic to inconvenient facts, this may be the ultimate sin.
    By Benjamin Hart
  25. the national interest
    Stephen Miller Owned the Libs by Throwing Away His Own SushiThe Trump administration’s self-defeating nationalist agenda summarized in one anecdote.
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. House GOP’s Immigration ‘Compromise’ Was a Bigger Flop Than Their Last BillThe more House Republicans negotiate with each other over immigration policy, the less they seem to agree.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. Trump’s Immigration Chaos: Incompetence or Deliberate Trolling?Trump aide Stephen Miller’s sloppy policy rollouts could be the result of his inexperience and paranoia, or maybe he just loves taunting liberals.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. Trump Could Accidentally Help Save Angela Merkel’s JobTrump’s attacks on Merkel might backfire. Maybe he should embrace those foreign leaders he would destroy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. Chaos on the Border, Chaos in TrumplandThe messy and confusing implementation of the president’s wishes on border policy resembles nothing so much as the travel-ban nightmare.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. the national interest
    Real-life Stephen Miller Now Creepier Than Onion Parody VersionTrump’s immigration adviser “enjoys” the suffering of the children.
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. Family Separation Is the Opening Salvo of a Broader Anti-Immigration OffensiveIf you liked “zero tolerance,” Miller and Trump have a lot more anti-immigrant ideas where that came from.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. We’re Getting a Taste of the Backlash Mass Deportation Would CreateKids in cages at the border have aroused the conscience of the country and put the GOP in a bind. Mass deportation of the undocumented would be worse.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. immigration
    Separating Families at the Border Was Always Part of the PlanTrump and administration officials like Stephen Miller view the detention of immigrant children as a long-awaited victory.
    By Chas Danner
  34. Trump Blows Up ‘Compromise’ House Immigration BillThe president has now positioned himself to the right of his hard-core immigration adviser, Stephen Miller, which is difficult to do.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. taxonomy
    What 22 Trump Staffers Looked Like in High SchoolWho would have thought they’d one day work for the 45th president of the United States?
    By Nick Tabor and James D. Walsh
  36. At the End of the GOP’s Immigration Battle Stands Stephen Miller With a Veto PenThe already long odds against passage of an immigration bill face the additional problem of a White House that may prefer outrage to accomplishment.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. The Dispute Dividing the GOP in the Debate Over ImmigrationSenate Republicans are resisting the House–Trump effort to force restrictions in legal immigration into a deal with Democrats. But maybe not for long.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. How Trump’s Immigration Proposal Could Be Trouble for DemocratsTurns out Americans are much more open to restrictions on legal immigration than they are to deporting Dreamers.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. Trump’s Surprise Immigration ProposalThe White House presented the outline of a deal — amnesty for Dreamers, but big asks — that might just make everyone mad.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. Trump Got Us Into This Shutdown, GOP Doesn’t Want His Help Getting Out of ItWhite House aides and congressional leaders are reportedly encouraging him to stay on the sidelines, since he’s already caused enough chaos.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  41. Leaked Memo Shows White House Doesn’t Really Want a Dreamer DealStaffers at the Justice Department and Homeland Security blasted last week’s bipartisan proposal as a plan to “cripple border security.”
    By Eric Levitz
  42. Stephen Miller Attacks CNN’s Journalism During Softball Fox News InterviewHe said he’s glad his off-air jabs at Jake Tapper were made public, but denied he had to be escorted off set.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  43. feuds
    It Appears Stephen Miller’s CNN Meltdown Wasn’t Just for ShowJake Tapper suggested he was hamming it up for the president, but Miller reportedly had to be escorted from the studio.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  44. Jake Tapper Cuts Off Stephen Miller After Deeply Strange Interview“I think I’ve wasted enough of my viewers’ time.”
    By Benjamin Hart
  45. Nobody Seems to Know What Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Wall’ Would Look LikeYears after Trump started talking about a border wall, congressional negotiators trying to cut a spending deal still aren’t sure how it’s defined.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. Why a Government Shutdown Is Looming Again in JanuaryAnother month of GOP rule, another month of stressful and arbitrary deadlines.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. This White House Aide Is Trying to Sabotage Trump’s DACA DealThe Breitbart wing of the White House is pushing for Trump to demand radical cuts to legal immigration in exchange for showing Dreamers his mercy.
    By Eric Levitz
  48. Trump White House Reportedly Nixed Study Showing Benefits of RefugeesIt didn’t line up with their anti-immigrant ideology.
    By Benjamin Hart
  49. Trump Administration Considers Cutting Refugee Cap to Lowest in DecadesAfter reducing the refugee quota to 50,000 in 2017, the Trump administration may go even lower in 2018.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  50. Could Trump Hold Dreamers Hostage for Border-Wall Funding?The administration may be forced by the courts to cancel protection for Dreamers. So it could be time for a grand bargain to get border-wall funding.
    By Ed Kilgore
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