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  1. mueller time
    Who Was the Bearded Man at Barr’s Mueller Press Conference?His name is Edward O’Callaghan, and he once thwarted an investigation into another Republican politician: Sarah Palin.
    By Sarah Jones
  2. mueller time
    What We Learned From William Barr’s Mueller Report Press ConferenceOnce again, Barr said the Mueller report found “no collusion” and that President Trump did not obstruct justice.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  3. mueller time
    Everything You Need to Know About the Mueller Report’s ReleaseThe Mueller report will come out after Barr’s presser, Congress will see a less-redacted version, and other late news about the long-awaited release.
    By Matt Stieb
  4. mueller report
    Remembering the Starr Report As We Await the Mueller ReportIt’s unlikely Mueller’s report will have the seismic impact of the dirty book Ken Starr put together, which 20 million people read the first two days.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. immigration
    Barr Decision May Keep Tens of Thousands of Asylum Seekers Locked UpThe AG’s ruling to deny bond to many asylum seekers is consistent with the president’s recent claim that the process is a “con job.”
    By Matt Stieb
  6. mueller time
    Everything We Know About the Release of the Mueller ReportThe report will finally be released on Thursday, April 18.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  7. the national circus
    Frank Rich: In Bill Barr, Trump Has Finally Found His New FixerThe AG’s unsupported Mueller report conclusions and “spying” accusations show he’s about covering for Trump, not thwarting his lawlessness.
    By Frank Rich
  8. the national interest
    Trump’s War on Democracy: An UpdateDemocracy is still standing, but Trump is working harder than ever to change that.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. mueller report
    The Counter-Investigations Into the Mueller Report Are About to BeginAG William Barr announced he is “reviewing the conduct” of the Mueller investigation, and is reportedly putting a team together to do so.
    By Matt Stieb
  10. mueller report
    Barr Promises Mueller Report Within a Week, Won’t Say If Trump Got a Sneak PeekThe attorney general said the Mueller report’s release is imminent, but there may be more squabbling over what exactly the public gets to see.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. mueller time
    A Rare Mueller Leak: Some on Team Consider Report More Damning Than Barr SummaryTwo new reports state Mueller team members are frustrated by how the AG handled the summary, claiming “the work would have spoken for itself.”
    By Matt Stieb
  12. mueller report
    Barr Promises Release of Mueller Report by Mid-AprilThere may be redaction of important materials, and some complaints about the inadequacy of Barr’s earlier “summary.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. the national interest
    Barr’s Letter Didn’t Exonerate Trump — It Vindicated HimAnother astonishing victory redefines what the presidency is.
    By Jonathan Chait
  14. polls
    Polls: Mueller Probe’s Conclusions Leave Trump’s Approval Rating UnchangedA plurality of voters said that Mueller’s findings had actually left them with a “less favorable” opinion of Trump than they’d held previously.
    By Eric Levitz
  15. the national interest
    Here Are All the Unsolved Questions the Mueller Report Can AnswerThe biggest questions in the Russia scandal are not the crimes, but the corruption and cooperation.
    By Jonathan Chait
  16. health care
    The Trump Administration Wants to Strike Down Obamacare. Again.On Monday, the Department of Justice announced it would support a district court ruling that declares the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.
    By Matt Stieb
  17. the national interest
    Trump Is Bullying the Media Into Falsely Exonerating Him of Russia CorruptionAfter Barr’s summary, an attack on the reporters who exposed his misconduct.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. mueller time
    Advisers Worry Trump May ‘Overreach’ on Mueller Victory LapTrump has a way of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  19. the national interest
    If Trump Obstructed Justice, He Can’t Be ExoneratedTrump’s criminal collusion and his obstruction are linked – but in the opposite of the way William Barr says.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. mueller time
    Mueller Report Expected Sunday, But How Much of It?The attorney general is prepping a hand-crafted summary of Mueller’s conclusions, but House Democrats are getting ready to fight for the whole report.
    By Chas Danner
  21. the law
    William Barr Needs Trump Just as Much as Trump Needs HimThe AG nominee wrote his Mueller memo hoping to get Trump’s attention — and now he’s going to end his career pursuing an ideological agenda.
    By Andrew Cohen
  22. politics
    Trump May Still Be Learning About His Own Decisions Through TVTrump reportedly learned about the friendship between Robert Mueller and his attorney general nominee William Barr by watching him testify on TV.
    By Matt Stieb
  23. the national circus
    With State of the Union Disinvitation, Pelosi Outmaneuvers Trump Once AgainPelosi knows how to push the levers of government, and how to push Trump’s buttons. It’s an unbeatable combination.
    By Frank Rich
  24. politics
    The Most Worrying Things About Trump’s New Attorney General PickWilliam Barr has spoken out against Roe v. Wade and has a bad record on civil rights.
    By Lisa Ryan
  25. the national interest
    William Barr’s Secret Pro-Trump Memo Keeps Getting More SuspiciousTurns out the nominee for attorney general did discuss his memo with Trump before being appointed. What else is he hiding?
    By Jonathan Chait
  26. russia investigation
    After Somehow Failing to Get Fired, Rod Rosenstein Is Expected to QuitOnce William Barr is confirmed as attorney general, the deputy AG who hired Mueller and infuriated Trump is expected to leave the DOJ.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  27. the national interest
    Now We Know Trump Picked William Barr to Shut Down Mueller’s InvestigationThe attorney general nominee wrote a long, secret memo attacking Mueller earlier this year, and submitted it to the administration.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. attorney general
    Bush AG William Barr, a Law-and-Order Conservative, Favorite to Succeed SessionsBarr seems to share a number of Trump perspectives related to the Mueller investigation, but he’s best known as a big fan of mass incarceration.
    By Ed Kilgore