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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Congress's Ever-So-Brief Return to the Debate Over Gun Control
A post-massacre ritual takes on a new twist, but with the same end result.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The President's Power to Hide Secret Details About the Russia Investigation
Executive power means Donald Trump can classify or declassify memos that may implicate him.
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Zach Gibson / Getty / The Atlantic The Once and Future Speaker?
Is Nancy Pelosi's leadership the key to Democrats regaining the House, or the thing that will hold them back?
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Eric Thayer / Reuters The Great Senate Immigration Debate That Wasn't
Mitch McConnell promised an open, freewheeling process to finally resolve the fate of DACA and the Dreamers. But amid more partisan bickering, the attempt has stalled before it even began.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Trump’s Top Intelligence Officials Contradict Him on Russian Meddling
The intelligence community has a stark warning about Russia’s intentions to interfere in the 2018 elections.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters All the Trump Budget Cuts Congress Will Ignore
Lawmakers scoffed at the president’s calls to slash funding across the government a year ago. With a new spending deal now in place, they’re likely to do so again.
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Keith Srakocic / AP Contempt for Court
Republican lawmakers are increasingly showing disdain for decisions made by the judicial branch—and by extension the rule of law.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters Trump Won't Declassify Democratic Rebuttal to Nunes
The White House Counsel said the president was “inclined to declassify” the Democrats’ memo, but that “he is unable to do so at this time” because the memo contains “numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages.”
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Eric Gay / AP The Government Gets Into the Church-Rebuilding Business
A provision tucked into the budget bill requires FEMA to treat religious institutions like other nonprofits.
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Marcus DiPaola / Chicago Sun-Times How a Nazi Made the Ballot in Illinois
The strange candidacy of Arthur Jones points to failures of democratic safeguards on every level.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP A New Era of Big Spending in Trump's Washington
With a budget deal that will spike outlays by $300 billion over two years, lawmakers rediscover the key to consensus in Congress: Crack open the federal piggy bank.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Trumping of the FBI
The president and his allies don’t want to protect the bureau’s political independence—they want to subvert it.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP House Democrats Turn on One of Their Own
A progressive activist is challenging Representative Dan Lipinski, who voted against the Affordable Care Act in 2010. And two of his Illinois colleagues have joined the primary campaign to oust him.
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Kevin Lamarque Congress Braces for Another Shutdown Fight—With Two Days Left to Go
A long-term budget deal that’s coming together in the Senate is complicating short-term spending negotiations.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters The Real Lessons From Bill Clinton's Welfare Reform
The 1996 creation of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program effectively killed cash assistance. Now, Republicans want to use it as a model for the rest of the social safety net.
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Leah Millis / Reuters Infrastructure Week Is Always Next Week
President Trump on Tuesday night made yet another push for a major bill to rebuild roads, bridges, and railways. But to the frustration of lawmakers, his long-delayed plan is still not ready.
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Aaron P. Bernstein / Reuters Bob Menendez Is Off the Hook
The Justice Department filed to dismiss the corruption charges against the New Jersey Democrat.
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Leah Mills / Reuters Trump's Immigration Plan Receives a Chilly Reception
Republicans are banking on passing legislation on the issue to help them coast into November—and they’ll need Democratic votes to make it happen.
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Dennis Van Tine / Star Max / AP A New Group Wants to Elect More Veterans—From Both Parties
The organization, With Honor, believes veterans are the key to making Congress work across partisan lines.
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Carrie Antlfinger / AP Paul Nehlen Is an Anti-Semitic Clown
Paul Ryan’s Wisconsin primary challenger has made a sport out of trolling Jews on Twitter—and successfully won attention for his extreme views.
