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January 24, 2017
A crowd scientist says Trump’s inauguration attendance was pretty average
Trump got about a third of the crowd Obama got in 2009.
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January 24, 2017
Spicergate, explained: the controversy about Trump’s press secretary and crowd size
The squabble was an illuminating — and alarming — start to the Trump administration.
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January 23, 2017
Donald Trump is the only US president ever with no political or military experience
"Good people don’t go into government." —Donald Trump, 2000
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January 23, 2017
Trump claims 1.5 million people came to his inauguration. Here's what the evidence shows.
President Trump accused the media of lying about the size of the crowds.
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January 21, 2017
Trump’s real war isn’t with the media. It’s with facts.
Trump needs to delegitimize the media because he needs to delegitimize facts.
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January 21, 2017
Trump's White House called its first press briefing to complain about reporters’ tweets
A reflection of Trump at his pettiest.
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January 21, 2017
Watch Elizabeth Warren’s fiery speech at the Women’s March in Boston
“Yesterday, Donald Trump was sworn in as president. That sight is now burned into my eyes forever.”
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January 21, 2017
Gloria Steinem to Trump: It’s not “I, the president.” It’s “We, the people.”
Steinem spoke out against Trump’s divisive rhetoric at the Women’s March on Washington.
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January 21, 2017
DC’s metro system keeps trolling Trump for his poor inauguration attendance
It keeps pointing out on Twitter how bad attendance was for Trump’s event — and how good it is for the Women’s March on Washington.
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January 21, 2017
Chuck Schumer's inauguration speech reframed the most famous part of Ken Burns's Civil War
Schumer’s reading of a famous love letter is a subtle callout of revisionist history.
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January 21, 2017
Trump’s rhetoric only works when it’s dark and scary
Why phrases like “American carnage” sound so un-American.
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January 21, 2017
I spent Inauguration Day talking to protesters. They weren't sure it was worthwhile.
An anti-Trump gathering is divided by issues — and how best to effect change.
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January 21, 2017
The Carter Scenario: how Trump's victory could fall apart
Trump looks poised to pass his agenda through Congress. So did Jimmy Carter.
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January 21, 2017
These “nice guy” Trump supporters were the real story at inauguration
The alt-right hordes you see on TV give a skewed view of Trump’s base.
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January 20, 2017
How the crowd at the Trump inauguration reflected our divided politics
“Today is supposed to be a celebration, but instead it’s just ... crushing.”
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January 20, 2017
Don’t judge the Inauguration Day protests based on one burning car
Yes, there was some vandalism. But the great majority of protests were peaceful.
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January 20, 2017
Airplanes full of women are flying into Washington, DC, to protest President Trump
Protesters are flying to the nation’s capital to take part in the Women’s March on Washington.
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January 20, 2017
Globalization was great for Trump’s business. As president, he hates it.
His inaugural speech took a dark view of US trading partners.
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January 20, 2017
Police respond to anti-Trump protesters in Washington with pepper spray and smoke bombs
Demonstrations in DC flared up throughout Inauguration Day.
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January 20, 2017
Trump’s vision of education begins and ends with schools being bad
Every recent president criticizes schools. But for Trump, the criticism is seemingly the whole point.
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January 20, 2017
Trump’s inaugural address showed that he’s serious about his radical foreign policy
"America First" is more than just a slogan.
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January 20, 2017
The real target of Trump’s inaugural speech wasn’t Barack Obama. It was George W. Bush.
The newest Republican president just used a long speech to attack the last Republican one.