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Steve Bannon

  1. crime
    MAGA World’s Favorite Chinese Billionaire Charged With $1 Billion FraudThe mysterious businessman Guo Wengui has been funding operatives like Steve Bannon for years — and allegedly defrauding his investors.
    By Matt Stieb
  2. early and often
    Steve Bannon Sentenced to Four Months in JailA judge allowed him to appeal of his contempt of Congress conviction before serving his sentence though.
    By Matt Stieb
  3. early and often
    Steve Bannon Is in Big Trouble in New YorkDonald Trump’s pardon could only do so much to shield his frenemy from legal exposure.
    By Benjamin Hart
  4. tremendous content
    All the Juicy Gossip From Jared Kushner’s BookBreaking History, the forthcoming memoir from the former First Son-in-Law/top Trump adviser, is brimming with dirt, jabs, and score settling.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  5. early and often
    Steve Bannon Found Guilty of Contempt of CongressThe longtime Trump adviser could now face up to two years in prison after refusing to provide documents and testimony to the January 6 committee.
    By Chas Danner
  6. the money game
    Crypto Billionaire’s Possible Senate Run May Blow Up His Tax ShelterBrock Pierce is still exploring a long-shot bid in Vermont. Opting in could undermine his Puerto Rico residency.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  7. politics
    Merrick Garland Gets Political, Whether He Likes It or NotHated by the right and distrusted by the left, the attorney general is in a perilous position of his own making.
    By Ankush Khardori
  8. politics
    Steve Bannon Indicted for ContemptThe two charges came after Bannon refused to comply with a House subpoena in the investigation into the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.
    By Nia Prater
  9. politics
    House Holds Steve Bannon in Criminal Contempt for Refusing to Testify About 1/6The Justice Department will decide whether to charge him over his refusal to testify in the Capitol riot investigation.
    By Nia Prater
  10. virginia gubernatorial election
    Youngkin Dances Around Insurrection Flag Rally Held to Promote His CandidacyBannon and Trump showing up to honor January 6 and Youngkin’s candidacy is not what the candidate needs to charm swing voters.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. capitol riot
    House 1/6 Committee Subpoenas Trump Advisers Including Steve BannonLawmakers are looking for records detailing how Trump acted and who he talked to during and before the Capitol riot.
    By Matt Stieb
  12. politics
    Why Republicans Want Voters to Panic About Critical Race TheoryGOP complaints are largely based on myths, but they think scaring white middle-class parents is a winning electoral strategy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. trump administration
    Who Did Trump Pardon on His Last Day As President?Steve Bannon, Lil Wayne, Elliott Broidy, and Kodak Black are among the most notable figures in Trump’s final clemency spree.
    By Charlotte Klein and Matt Stieb
  14. trump pardons
    Everyone Trump Might Pardon Before He Leaves OfficeFrom his three eldest children to Tiger King’s Joe Exotic, there are a number of people the president may try to pardon — including himself.
    By Charlotte Klein
  15. steve bannon
    Steve Bannon Indicted Over Fraudulent Border-Wall SchemeHe joins an illustrious list of once-close Trump advisers who have been hit with charges.
    By Benjamin Hart
  16. alternative media
    Steve Bannon Wants to Save Trump — So He’s Launched a PodcastInstead of pulling the strings from Trump Tower or the West Wing, Bannon is now trying to steer GOP strategy from a D.C. basement.
    By Ben Jacobs
  17. first person
    My Evening With Erik Prince and Steve BannonI heard about a Young Republicans gathering in Manhattan where these two men would be speaking. So I bought a ticket.
    By James D. Walsh
  18. steve bannon
    Report: The Church Really Doesn’t Want Steve Bannon’s Alt-Right Academy in ItalyA top cardinal warned Bannon not to set up his “gladiator school for culture warriors” in a 13th-century monastery.
    By Matt Stieb
  19. mueller time
    Mueller Report Offers More Evidence That Erik Prince Lied to CongressHe told a congressional committee that he met a Russian oligarch in the Seychelles by accident. That doesn’t seem to be true.
    By Sarah Jones
  20. donald trump
    New Book Alleges Trump Doodles About ‘Sloppy Steve’ Bannon in MeetingsIn The Hill to Die On, Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer also claim that Trump considered nominating Merrick Garland to fill Kennedy’s Supreme Court seat.
    By Matt Stieb
  21. politics
    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Right-Wing Fan Club Is GrowingSteve Bannon and Ann Coulter are among the Trump fans who see something they like in the freshman congresswoman.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  22. revivals
    Steve Bannon Launches Comeback Nobody Asked ForHe’s helming a new pro-Trump group and putting out a documentary aimed at making the midterms a referendum on Trump’s impeachment.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  23. 2008
    Steve Bannon on How 2008 Planted the Seed for the Trump Presidency“That lit a match, and the explosion was Trump.”
    By Noah Kulwin
  24. the national interest
    Trump’s Reelection Slogan, ‘Keep America Great,’ Belies How Much Trouble He’s InTrump ran on a series of extravagant promises that haven’t come true.
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. Bookstore Owner Calls Cops After Woman Accosts Steve BannonA fellow patron called the former Trump adviser a “piece of trash.”
    By Benjamin Hart
  26. 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
  27. Bannon Is Still Advising Trump Allies on Their War With MuellerTrump seemed to reject the half-baked plan Bannon was pushing a month ago, and he may not know that his confidants are talking with his ex-strategist.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  28. Alan Dershowitz and Steve Bannon Offer Trump Advice on Crippling MuellerIf it weren’t already obvious that Trump’s legal team was in tatters, it is now.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  29. Report: Roy Moore Supporters Wanted Accuser’s Lawyer to Disavow HerA sordid tale of dirty tricks and Breitbart.
    By Benjamin Hart
  30. trump campaign
    Trump’s Data Firm Exploited Private Information From Millions of Facebook UsersCambridge Analytica, which has finally been suspended by Facebook, is even shadier than we thought.
    By Chas Danner
  31. Bannon Tells France’s National Front: ‘Let Them Call You Racist’The grandiose strategist, wounded but not defeated, is in the middle of a European tour.
    By Benjamin Hart
  32. russia probe
    Hope Hicks Only Tells White Lies for Trump, So We Can Trust Her Russia TestimonyHer dodges before the House Intel Committee, and its failure to do anything about it, underscore that the House Russia probe has become a joke.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  33. russia investigation
    What Could Bob Mueller Want From Steve Bannon?Bannon has little left to lose by telling the special counsel everything he knows.
    By Cristian Farias
  34. AP: Bannon’s Lawyer Relayed House Intel Questions to White House in Real TimeThis shows that “Bannon is very much on Trump’s team,” one former federal prosecutor said.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  35. russia probe
    Bannon Avoids Trump Testimony, Citing ‘Novel’ Definition of Executive PrivilegeEven after the House Intelligence Committee issued a subpoena, Bannon wouldn’t answer any questions about Trump’s presidency, or the transition.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  36. Special Counsel Robert Mueller Subpoenas Steve BannonWill the erstwhile White House adviser give up damning details on the president?
    By Benjamin Hart
  37. national circus
    Frank Rich: Trump Has Moved a Step Closer to ImplosionWolff’s Fire and Fury won’t change the mind of any Trump stalwarts. But it plays to one of the president’s key vulnerabilities.
    By Frank Rich
  38. Trump Always Had the Power to Ruin Bannon, But His Strategist Didn’t See ItUntil the very end, Bannon seemed unable to admit he’d so thoroughly screwed himself, and unwilling to believe that even his own had turned on him.
    By Olivia Nuzzi
  39. Steve Bannon to Step Down From Breitbart NewsQuotes attributed to him in Michael Wolff’s book made his position untenable.
    By Benjamin Hart
  40. 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
  41. Bannon: I Didn’t Mean the Stuff I Said About Trump Jr.Some rare damage control from the former White House chief strategist.
    By Benjamin Hart
  42. the national interest
    Republicans Turn on Bannon for Telling the Truth About TrumpA book detailing that the president’s unfitness has had the perverse outcome of solidifying party support for that very president.
    By Jonathan Chait
  43. feuds
    Trump Proves He’s Still Got It, Dubs Bannon ‘Sloppy Steve’He may not be fit for the presidency, but he’s got a gift for sophomoric nicknames.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  44. Steve Bannon’s Billionaire Benefactor Cuts Him OffHe may soon be forced to wear only one shirt at a time.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  45. feuds
    Trump Tries to Stop Publication of Wolff Book, Hits Bannon With Cease-and-DesistTrump is threatening to sue the publisher of Michael Wolff’s book and Steve Bannon, but he rarely follows through on these threats.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  46. We’re About to Find Out If Bannonism Is a ThingThe Breitbart chairman has a chance to trade pro-Trump sycophancy for an ideologically coherent brand of far-right populism.
    By Eric Levitz
  47. Trump and Bannon Are Now Officially EnemiesAfter Bannon accused Don Jr. of “treason,” the president dropped the hammer on his former chief strategist.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. politics
    Donald Trump Didn’t Want to Win — and Neither Did His CampaignOne year ago: the plan to lose, and the administration’s shocked first days.
    By Michael Wolff
  49. Orrin Hatch to Retire, Meaning We Might See Senator Mitt Romney in 2019Having the GOP presidential nominee and anti-Trump firebrand in the Republican caucus would be interesting.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. Leave Steve Bannon Alone!Contrary to popular belief (and his own delusions), Bannon is far too irrelevant to bear responsibility for the GOP’s loss in Alabama.
    By Eric Levitz
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