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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Why Military Chiefs Are Condemning White Supremacy
The U.S. Armed Forces have had troubles with extremists enlisting in the past, and they don’t want it to happen again.
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‘A Treacherous President Stood in the Way’
Frederick Douglass’s 1866 essay for The Atlantic on how Congress can cope with a chief executive who refuses to recognize the rights of all citizens
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump Defends White-Nationalist Protesters: 'Some Very Fine People on Both Sides'
The president backtracked from his remarks on Charlottesville just a day earlier.
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Stringer / Reuters 'Alt-Right' Leaders Won't Condemn Ramming Suspect
Two prominent white nationalist leaders held a press conference Monday in which they responded to the fallout from Saturday’s “Unite the Right” rally in Virginia.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Eight Things Paul Ryan Has Learned About Governing
The speaker of the House had grand ambitions for the first 200 days of this Congress.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters The Senate Finally Gives Trump His Administration
Democrats relented on confirming dozens of presidential nominees to key government posts, days after the collapse of the Republican effort to repeal and replace Obamacare.
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Tom Williams / CQ Roll Call / Getty The U.S. Government's Fight Against Violent Extremism Loses Its Leader
The resignation of George Selim, a key Homeland Security official, may signal a shift away from treating the American Muslim community as partners in the struggle against radicalization.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Anthony Scaramucci's Empty Feud With Reince Priebus
The new White House communications director’s profane rant at a reporter shows how similar to the president he really is.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Trump's Battle Over LGBT Discrimination Is Just Beginning
The Trump administration steps into an on-going legal battle over civil rights—and steps on another agency’s turf.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Why Trump Might Fire Robert Mueller
President Trump is reportedly considering drastic action to end the Russia investigation.
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Mike Segar / Reuters The War on the Freedom of Information Act
A conservative group is resisting congressional efforts to kneecap FOIA.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Scaramucci Takeover
The choice of the former hedge funder and ardent Trump loyalist reflected longstanding dissatisfaction with Press Secretary Sean Spicer.
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Richard Brian / Reuters Who Is Anthony Scaramucci?
Like many current presidential advisers, the new White House communications director and former Wall Street financier made a quick pivot from Trump basher to Trump loyalist.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters Mueller Can Pursue Whatever Crimes He Uncovers
There are no legal or ethical reasons for the special counsel to turn away if he discovers indications of misconduct that are unrelated to the original Russia inquiry.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Sean Spicer Is Out and Anthony Scaramucci Is In at the White House
President Trump’s press secretary has resigned in protest of the president's decision to name a former hedge-fund executive as communications director.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Anything They Can Do, Trump Can Do Better
No matter what the subject, the president finds someone to compare himself to. And in every comparison, he comes out the winner.
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Nick Didlick / Reuters All the Presidents' Dirty Tricks
Politicians have done some grim things in pursuit of the presidency, but there have also been times when people did the opposite: behaving morally when it was easier not to.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Projection President
Months into his tenure, Trump still responds to controversies by lobbing the same charges at his opponents.
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James Lawler Duggan / Reuters Jeff Sessions Claimed He Never Met Foreign Officials on a Key Security Form
A page from the attorney general’s documents, used to apply for a security clearance, were released in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.
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Bryan Snyder / Reuters How to Know Who Will Let Trump Get Away With Anything
The defenses of the president’s son for seeking a meeting with a Kremlin-connected attorney make clear that some conservatives will never abandon this White House.
