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President Donald Trump: What we can expect from the Trump administration
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May 11, 2017
A Nixon biographer explains how Trump compares
Trump’s backlash politics, attacks on the press, and thin skin seem awfully familiar. And the scandals?
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February 28, 2017
It’s official: the Trump administration will “pull back” from investigating police abuses
Obama’s Justice Department uncovered horrible abuses at police departments. Trump’s attorney general said they’ll “pull back” from such investigations.
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February 16, 2017
Trump says American allies should spend more on defense. Here's why he's wrong.
Doing "burden sharing" wrong.
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February 14, 2017
The first immigration raids of the Trump era, explained
Both fairly standard and newly terrifying.
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February 9, 2017
Jeff Sessions, Trump’s attorney general, will be a massive setback for civil rights
A man who once allegedly said the KKK “was okay until I found out they smoked pot” will guide the nation’s top law enforcement agency. But he said he was taken out of context.
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February 2, 2017
What psychology teaches us about opposing an unpopular president
Trump’s best hope is to convince opponents he’s more popular than he actually is.
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February 1, 2017
President Obama flouted legal norms to implement Obamacare. Now Trump may go further.
Did President Obama hand the ACA’s enemies a weapon by over-relying on executive power?
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January 31, 2017
The incompetence displayed by Trump's immigration orders will be terrifying in a crisis
Worse than a crime, it’s a mistake.
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January 30, 2017
Trump’s “refugee ban” — annotated by a former top Department of Homeland Security lawyer
A close analysis of Trump’s executive order.
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January 27, 2017
Yes, Trump could bring back torture. Here’s how.
Torture is terrible. Yet a draft of a new executive order suggests Trump might bring it back anyway.
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January 25, 2017
The wall is the least aggressive part of Trump’s executive actions on immigration
The biggest single-day changes to immigration policy in recent memory.
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January 24, 2017
Donald Trump and the emoluments clause, explained
A new lawsuit argues Trump is already in violation of the Constitution. Here’s how.
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January 24, 2017
Reports: Trump’s team orders a temporary freeze on EPA grants
Trump has the agency on complete lockdown as he prepares to drastically reshape US environmental policy.
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January 23, 2017
It's a lot harder to fight lies about invisible things
Crowd sizes are visible. The worrisome Trump lies will be about invisible things.
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January 23, 2017
Donald Trump’s plan to cut Medicaid spending, explained
Trump’s HHS pick would reduce the program’s budget by $1 trillion over the next decade.
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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 20, 2017
You’ll learn more about Trump by looking at his new website than listening to his speech
This is the real agenda.
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January 20, 2017
Trump's new website has 2,200 words on his agenda. Obama started with 25,000.
Trump doesn't sweat the details, and boy does his new website show it.
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January 20, 2017
Trump’s White House site promises to end the “anti-police atmosphere” in America
The revamped WhiteHouse.gov features a dark and aggressive take on policing.
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January 20, 2017
Trump took down the White House climate change page — and put up a pledge to drill lots of oil
It’s a stark reminder that big changes in energy policy are on the way.
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January 20, 2017
The 4 most powerful people in Washington are white men again
Is this part of “make America great again”?