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Evan Vucci / AP Why Trump Isn’t Sweating a Shutdown This Time
The president says he doesn’t like Congress’s border-funding deal. But he’ll probably sign it anyway.
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Doug Mills / The New York Times via ... Some Democrats Actually Liked What They Heard From Trump
High-profile progressives and party leadership panned the president’s calls for unity. But a group of the newest House lawmakers saw an opening.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Trump Sees an Opening With Voters on Late-Term Abortion
The president lamented bills that would allow “a baby to be ripped from the mother’s womb moments from birth” in his State of the Union address.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Congress Just Wants to Be Left Alone
As House and Senate lawmakers begin their border-security talks, they’ve managed to agree on at least one thing.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters There’s a Way for Democrats to Sue Trump—Thanks to the Republicans
A lawsuit to block the border wall could go the route the House GOP took in 2014 to challenge Obamacare.
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Leah Millis / Reuters The Most Remarkable Thing About Trump's Proposed National Emergency
With his solution to the border-wall impasse, the president seems to be working within the boundaries of law—revealing the massive power of the American executive.
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Jacquelyn Martin / AP The Shutdown Is Making Senate Republicans Squirm
As President Trump descends on the border Thursday to further make his case for a wall, back home in Washington the impasse continues.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP How a Lawsuit Could Check Trump's Power Over Security Clearances
Can the president restrict a person’s access to classified material for any reason he wants? It may take a claim from former CIA Director John Brennan to find out.
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Gregory Bull / AP Recording: Hear the Voices of Children Detained at the Border
They scream “Mami” and “Papá” over and over again, as if those are the only words they know.
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Jonathan Ernstl / Reuters Breaching Norms Has a Price
Trump may not care that he is upsetting the safeguards imposed on intelligence agencies in the wake of Watergate—but the damage will prove lasting.
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Rebecca Cook / Reuters The End of Trump Won't Be the End of Trumpism
A new book—tweeted out by the president himself—argues that America is in the midst of a populist realignment.
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Baz Ratner / Reuters Celebration in Jerusalem, Bloodshed in Gaza
The new American embassy opens during a chaotic and violent week in the Middle East—and it's just the beginning.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters What Exactly Is Rudy Giuliani's Role?
Brought on to Trump’s legal team to negotiate with Robert Mueller and be a public face, he seems to be acting more broadly as an attorney and strategist, a risky choice.
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Mykola Lazarenko / Ukrainian Presidential Press Service / ... Ukraine’s Successful Courtship of Trump
Trump was convinced to sell lethal weapons to Ukraine thanks in part to a savvy charm offensive from Kiev—but the deal may be more bark than bite.
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Mary Altaffer / AP Hillary Clinton's High Profile Is Hurting the Democrats
She dismisses those who tell her to step aside, but at this rate she will harm her political future and aid the GOP.
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AP Photo The Party of Ike
Eisenhower—embodying prudence, diligence, and broad-mindedness—offers conservatives in the age of Trump a different model of leadership.
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Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP The Comey Memos Won't Derail the Mueller Probe
The release of the documents seems unlikely to harm the current stage of the investigation, but if Congress keeps tipping the special counsel’s hand, that could change.
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Lucas Jackson / Reuters Why Stormy Daniels Poses a Problem for Democrats
The intense media focus on President Trump’s personal dramas hurts the party’s ability to sell its message to the voters it needs most.
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Brennan Linsley / AP Ten Questions Trump's CIA Director Nominee Should Answer
Gina Haspel’s upcoming confirmation hearings will be a rare opportunity to ask about some of the agency’s most secretive and controversial methods.
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Hannah McKay / Reuters Why Did Trump Fire Tillerson Now?
The specific timing of the move—following the secretary of state’s split from the president to condemn a Russian attack in the U.K.—raises questions about its motive.
