Report: Comey Shaped Clinton Probe Around Russian Intel That He Knew Was Fake

Russia created fake documents that suggested Loretta Lynch was sabotaging the Clinton investigation. Comey acted as though they were real.

Eric Levitz

100 latest

John Boehner: Cigarettes and Wine Good, Trump a ‘Complete Disaster’

The former House Speaker’s review of the President’s first few months isn’t exactly a rave.

Adam K. Raymond

20 latest

Pelosi Promises to Pass $15 Minimum Wage If Dems Take House

Don’t look know, but Capitol Hill Democrats seem to be putting together an ambitious, populist, post-2016 agenda.

Eric Levitz

2000 yesterday

Trump to EU: Germany is ‘Bad, Very Bad’ For Selling Too Many Cars in U.S.

According to a German newspaper, the President said he’s going to “stop” Germany from selling so many cars.

Adam K. Raymond

1000 yesterday

Trump Is the Antithesis of Christian Values

His policy differences with Pope Francis are just symptoms of a far deeper chasm.

Andrew Sullivan

1000 yesterday

Poor, Poor Michael ‘Lock Her Up’ Flynn Is Being Treated Like a Criminal

Conservatives are rallying to the defense of a very bad man.

Jonathan Chait

650 yesterday

Trump Bailed on Plans to Address Israeli Parliament to Avoid Hecklers

The heckler does not want to be heckled.

Adam K. Raymond

650 yesterday

Here’s Paul Ryan’s Biggest Health-Care Lie

“We want everybody … to get access to affordable health care.” No, you don’t want that.

Jonathan Chait

300 yesterday

The Pope and the Pagan

Trump’s policy differences with Pope Francis are just symptoms of a far deeper chasm.

Andrew Sullivan

200 yesterday

Montana NBC Affiliate Refused to Cover Gianforte ‘Body Slam’

KECI’s news director said they wouldn’t report allegations from “a reporter for a politically biased publication,” according to a source.

Yashar Ali

950 yesterday

Why Gianforte’s Assault Charge Won’t Prevent Him from Serving in Congress

It’s fairly common for members of Congress to face charges, and even a jail sentence wouldn’t disqualify him.

Margaret Hartmann

60 yesterday

Greg Gianforte Proves Trump’s Fifth Avenue Principle

The election of a thug is a dry run for the battles that lie ahead in Trump’s Washington.

Jonathan Chait

50 yesterday

FBI Refuses to Share Comey Memos With Congress

The former FBI director wrote detailed memos on his meetings with President Trump, and Congress is desperate to have them.

Adam K. Raymond

100 yesterday

The ‘White House Official’ Under FBI Scrutiny Is, in Fact, Jared Kushner

As suggested last week, sources say he’s the new person of interest in the Russia probe.

Margaret Hartmann

100 yesterday

Montana Republican Greg Gianforte Wins U.S. House Race, Despite Assault Charge

In a contest capped by Gianforte’s attack on a journalist, Montana’s GOP lean, Rob Quist’s weaknesses, big money, and heavy early voting all...

Ed Kilgore

200 yesterday

Mattis Is Last Adult Standing in Trumpworld. That’s Unsettling for Many Reasons.

Putting the burden of the republic on the military’s shoulders is risky for everyone.

Daniel Kurtz-Phelan

200 yesterday

Inside Hillary Clinton’s Surreal Post-Election Life

With nothing left to lose, she is finally free to really speak her mind.

Rebecca Traister

100 yesterday

Trump Official Incompetently Defends Administration’s Competence

Mick Mulvaney tried to explain how he hadn’t actually made a math error — and ended up suggesting that he doesn’t know the basics of...

Eric Levitz

6 yesterday

Trump Says His Trip to Europe Has Already Saved ‘Millions of Jobs’

Meanwhile, hundreds of Carrier workers in Indiana are learning that Trump’s trip to their plant didn’t actually save theirs.

Eric Levitz

3 yesterday

6 Takeaways From Montana’s Special Election

Montana’s special election has many lessons, but it’s unclear if it tells us a lot about the remaining contests of 2017, much less the 2018...

Ed Kilgore

4 yesterday

After Another Setback, Only the Supreme Court Can Save Trump’s Travel Ban Now

At least one of two national injunctions against enforcement of the travel ban will be left in place by higher courts. SCOTUS is Trump’s last...

Ed Kilgore

8 yesterday

Orrin Hatch: Mitt Romney to Remain Retired Rich Guy Rather Than Run for Senate

Hatch has previously said he’d retire if Romney were to run.

Adam K. Raymond

4 yesterday

16 Babies Have Been Born With Zika-Related Birth Defects in New York City

It represents about a quarter of all babies with birth defects related to Zika in the entire United States.

Jen Kirby

2 yesterday

Here’s a Report Card for President Trump’s First Foreign Trip

“Needs improvement.”

Heather Hulburt

0 yesterday

Ben Carson Says Poverty Is ‘a State of Mind’

Malnutrition is just a mindset. Homelessness is where the heart is.

Eric Levitz

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Watch Trump Push a NATO Prime Minister Out of His Way So He Can Be In Front

That’s, um, some kind of power move.

Madison Malone Kircher

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Montana Republican Congressional Candidate Allegedly ‘Body Slams’ Journalist

A reporter says he was attacked by the front-runner on the eve of a special election. That might not please some swing voters.

Ed Kilgore

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Report: Dubious Russian Intel Influenced Clinton Email Investigation

A document from Russian intelligence that the FBI now considers unreliable played a big role in the James Comey’s handling of the Clinton probe.

Adam K. Raymond

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Trump Org Says Keeping Promise to Donate All Foreign Profits Is Too Hard

Tracking all foreign profits “would impede upon personal privacy and diminish the guest experience of our brand,” the company said.

Adam K. Raymond

100 previous day

The Republican Party Alone Now Owns This Health-Care Disaster

Trump and the GOP won’t be able to shift blame to Obamacare in 2018 any more.

Frank Rich

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As Advertisers Flee, Sean Hannity Takes a Sudden Vacation

His obsession with the Seth Rich conspiracy theory has led at least seven companies to pull ads from his Fox News show.

Adam K. Raymond

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Trump’s Cuts to AIDS-Treatment Programs Would Kill 1 Million, Researchers Say

America saves one million lives for every $1 billion it spends on HIV treatment. But Trump would rather invest that money in a border wall.

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U.S. Reportedly Cut Off from Manchester Attack Intelligence After Leaks to Press

The British are said to be “furious” that crime scene photos and the bomber’s identity were leaked to the U.S. press.

Margaret Hartmann

100 previous day

Trump SoHo Hotel Not Doing Tremendous Business, Will Reportedly Lay Off Staff

The struggling hotel is preparing to fire about 12 workers, and cut back on its turndown service.

Jen Kirby

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The Biggest Outrage of Trumpcare Continues To Be the Massive Medicaid Cuts

This reality should be at the center of the debate over CBO’s “score” of the GOP health bill.

Ed Kilgore

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Greg Gianforte’s Election-Eve Self-Sabotage Is One for the History Books

You have to go back to a disastrous 1962 election-night speech by Alabama’s Jim Folsom to find a parallel to Gianforte’s last-minute...

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Sessions Didn’t Disclose Russia Meetings in His Security Clearance Application

Once again, his staff claimed he didn’t need to share who he met with as senator.

Margaret Hartmann

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GOP Lawmaker: No One Can Truly Know Whether My Bill Will Kill People

The CBO says Trumpcare will price out poor sick people. MacArthur says CBO experts are “not prophets,” and the effects of his bill are unknowable.

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Trumpcare Would Cost 23 Million Americans Their Health Coverage, Says CBO

And that’s just part of the bad news the Congressional Budget Office delivered to republicans about their health care bill.

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Hard-line conservatives in Congress who are angry about deficits may find a way to take a debt-limit increase hostage.

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French President Emmanuel Macron tried to out alpha the alpha.

Adam K. Raymond

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Donald Trump Only Has One App on His iPhone. Guess What It Is.

Just guess.

Claire Landsbaum

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Greg Gianforte assaulted a reporter and then lied about it, according to an audio recording and eyewitnesses. Republicans have offered mild criticism.

Eric Levitz

1 previous day

Trump Budget Director: We Didn’t Make a Childish Math Error! (They Did.)

Mick Mulvaney: I can explain that mysterious $2 trillion mistake!

Jonathan Chait

2000 wednesday

Hannity Drops Seth Rich Conspiracy ‘For Now,’ But Is Also ‘Not Stopping’

He used the pleas of a grieving family to obscure his refusal to disavow a story Fox News retracted.

Margaret Hartmann

40 wednesday

Keeping Trump’s Base Voters Happy Won’t Be Enough for GOP in 2018

For a president this polarizing, his party had best look beyond his core supporters if they don’t want to lose the House.

Ed Kilgore

30 wednesday

Joe Lieberman Reportedly Out of the Running for FBI Director

Trump just lost all his Joementum in the search to replace James Comey.

Adam K. Raymond

80 wednesday

Pope Francis Gives President Trump Some Pretty Pointed Gifts

Including a copy of his 2015 encyclical on climate change and the environment — which Trump promised he’d read.

Jen Kirby

650 wednesday

Trump Praised Duterte’s Deadly Drug War, Saying He’s Doing an ‘Unbelievable Job’

The also gabbed about the possibility of nuclear war with North Korea.

Margaret Hartmann

70 wednesday

Trump’s Messy, Mostly Successful Israel Visit

Let’s concede that the White House achieved all of its short-term objectives. But there are some ominous signs too.

Heather Hurlburt

40 wednesday

Trump Adviser Makes $60 Million by Advising Trump to Deregulate His Company

Trump made Carl Icahn his “special regulatory adviser” — and let him advise the government to relax renewable fuel standards on his company.

Eric Levitz

40 wednesday

The Trump Budget’s Approach to Welfare Is Based On Discredited Delusions

If Trump cared about increasing productivity and growth — rather than redistributing wealth upward — he would increase social spending, not cut...

Eric Levitz

200 wednesday

Does Trump’s Pick for Russia Probe Attorney Mean Lieberman Won’t Head the FBI?

If Lieberman is the next FBI director, Trump hiring his boss is a huge conflict of interest – but perhaps the president doesn’t mind.

Margaret Hartmann

60 wednesday

Trump’s World Travel Kept Him Restrained on the Manchester Attack – So Far

While meeting with Muslims and a potentially hostile pope, Trump is reacting to a terrorist attack differently than you might expect.

Ed Kilgore

40 wednesday

Will New York and California Take the Plunge on Single-Payer Health Care?

With the national debate in chaos, big blue states might just go it alone on socialized medicine.

Ed Kilgore

9 wednesday

Pro-Trumpcare Republicans Owned $23 Million in Health-Care Stock

When the House GOP voted to repeal Obamacare, many were also voting to advance the interests of pharmaceutical companies they owned shares of.

Eric Levitz

6 wednesday

Both Parties Are Spinning Hard in Montana’s Strange, Evolving Special Election

Final question in a nationalized context between the parties: Who will vote on a Thursday before a holiday weekend?

Ed Kilgore

3 wednesday

The House Intel Committee Is Planning to Subpoena Mike Flynn

The former national security adviser is highly sought after on Capitol Hill.

Adam K. Raymond

1 wednesday

U.K. Authorities Believe Manchester Bomber Is Part of Larger Network

Abedi traveled back and forth to Libya over the last few years, where his father returned as recently as 2011.

Jen Kirby

1 wednesday

Paul Ryan Says Employer Coverage Is Safe From His Health-Care Plan. It Isn’t.

Paul Ryan says something completely false.

Jonathan Chait

3500 23.05.2017

Trump Signs Holocaust Museum’s Book of Remembrance Like It’s a Child’s Yearbook

“It is a great honor to be here with all my friends — so amazing & will never forget!”

Eric Levitz

4000 23.05.2017

Trump Asked Intelligence Chiefs to Undermine FBI’s Russia Probe: Report

His reported request to the heads of the DNI and NSA echoes Nixon’s effort to shut down the Watergate investigation.

Margaret Hartmann

550 23.05.2017

The Trump Budget Is Really Just a Cynical Ploy

The draconian spending cuts will never pass Congress. But Trump preparing excuses in advance for when GOP tax cuts balloon the deficit.

Ed Kilgore

100 23.05.2017

At Least 19 Dead Following Suspected Terror Attack at Ariana Grande Concert

The singer was unharmed.

Halle Kiefer

80 23.05.2017

Trump Accidentally Confirms That He Leaked Israeli Intel to the Russians

“I never mentioned the word … Israel,” Trump told reporters, implying that he shared the Jewish state’s intelligence without disclosing his...

Eric Levitz

2000 23.05.2017

In Most Expensive House Race Ever, Ossoff Takes the Lead

Polling shows Democrat Jon Ossoff with a significant lead over Republican Karen Handel in Georgia’s special election. That defies conventional...

Ed Kilgore

100 23.05.2017

Trump Budget Based on $2 Trillion Math Error

Literally the largest and stupidest arithmetic mistake in the history of the federal budget.

Jonathan Chait

6500 23.05.2017

The Trump Administration Has Declared War on the Office of Government Ethics

The office asked the White House to disclose any ethics waivers it provided to ex-lobbyists. The White House said the office can’t make them do...

Eric Levitz

1000 23.05.2017

What We Know About the Manchester Concert Bombing

Police say an “improvised explosive device” was set off at an Ariana Grande concert, killing at least 22 people and wounding nearly 60.

Margaret Hartmann

100 23.05.2017

Flynn Misled Pentagon About Russia Payments, Top House Democrat Says

In December 2015, Flynn accepted $45,000 from a Kremlin-backed media company. Two months later, he denied receiving any foreign income.

Eric Levitz

20 23.05.2017

The Democratic Primary in the Virginia Governor Race Is Getting Very Interesting

The winner will be general-election favorite. Some observers see a distinct Bernie versus Hillary flavor to it.

Ed Kilgore

30 23.05.2017

Police Report at Least 19 Deaths Following Explosion at Ariana Grande Concert

Concertgoers were killed, others injured at Manchester, England’s Manchester Arena Monday night.

Halle Kiefer

40 23.05.2017

Here’s How to Tell That Trump’s Budget Doesn’t Care at All About Poor People

Forget what Trump does to programs liberals think help poor people. Look at what he does to programs Trump thinks help poor people.

Jonathan Chait

40 23.05.2017

California Democrats Aren’t As Crazy As They Sound

After a confab marked by a disputed chair election, protests, and obscene chants, it’s easy to overestimate the party’s problems.

Ed Kilgore

20 23.05.2017

Trump Pulls Back on Threat to Kill Obamacare Subsidies — For Now

But the administration’s actions will mess with the health-care system anyway.

Ed Kilgore

5 23.05.2017

Callista Gingrich an Odd Vatican Ambassador for an Odd President

Her identification with two adulterous pols whose policies are deplored in the Vatican won’t make life easy for America’s new representative.

Ed Kilgore

2 23.05.2017

Former CIA Chief: Trump-Russia Contacts ‘Required Further Investigation’ By FBI

John Brennan had information “that revealed interactions between Russian officials and U.S. persons involved in the Trump campaign.”

Jen Kirby

2 23.05.2017

Trump’s Russia Scandal Is Becoming a Corruption Scandal

Making sense of the flurry of developments from the last week.

Jonathan Chait

2000 22.05.2017

Trump Commerce Secretary Impressed by Lack of Protests in Despotic Petro Kingdom

Wilbur Ross gushes over Saudi Arabia’s ability to suppress dissent.

Jonathan Chait

850 22.05.2017

Supreme Court Strikes Down Two Gerrymandered North Carolina Districts

Clarence Thomas joined the court’s liberals in ruling that the congressional districts were designed to dilute the influence of black voters.

Eric Levitz

3 22.05.2017

Michael Flynn Pleads the Fifth: Reports

Trump’s former national security adviser will invoke his Fifth Amendment right to silence on Monday and refuse to honor the Senate’s subpoenas.

Eric Levitz

200 22.05.2017

PissPigGrandad Is No More

Brace Belden, back from Syria and readjusting to life in the Bay Area, has a new Twitter handle.

Reeves Wiedeman

20 22.05.2017

The Most Bizarre Moments from Trump’s Trip to Saudi Arabia

Trump glossed over human rights abuses and did everything he’d criticized Obama for.

Margaret Hartmann

30 22.05.2017

Sheriff David Clarke Plagiarized Parts of His Master’s Thesis: Report

The controversial Milwaukee sheriff, who says he was tapped to join the Department of Homeland Security, denies the CNN report.

Jen Kirby

20 22.05.2017

Trump’s Speech in Saudi Arabia Was More Obama Than Bannon

Compared to his campaigning, it was a blatant flip-flip. It was also a hopeful sign about his foreign policy.

Jesse Singal

70 22.05.2017

Boehner Reportedly Talked Trump Out of Causing a Government Shutdown

The former House speaker was called in to convince him not to veto the spending bill.

Margaret Hartmann

70 22.05.2017

How Trump Got Comfortable With Saudi Religious Extremism

It’s true Saudi Arabia has been been pushing a radical version of Islam. But for Trump, that fact was inconvenient.

Ed Kilgore

10 22.05.2017

Trump Arrives in Israel, Seeking the ‘Ultimate Deal’

“We just got back from the Middle East,” Trump informed the Israelis.

Eric Levitz

10 22.05.2017

For Those Who Want Trump Gone: Don’t Prosecute, Impeach

The criminal liability of presidents is a difficult and unsettled area of constitutional law.

Brian Kalt

100 22.05.2017

Moderate Rouhani Wins Iranian Election in Landslide

Iranians rejected a rightwing nationalist challenger, and reaffirmed their desire for greater social freedom and international cooperation.

Eric Levitz

100 21.05.2017

Trump’s Scandals Are Making His Administration Impossible to Staff

On Friday, Trump’s nominee for deputy Treasury secretary suddenly realized that he needs more family time than a White House job would allow.

Eric Levitz

100 21.05.2017

North Korea Launches Another Medium-Range Ballistic Missile

It was almost identical to the North Korean missile fired off in February in the first weapons-test of the Trump administration.

Jen Kirby

6 21.05.2017

Trump’s Speech to Muslim Leaders: Drive Extremists ‘Out of This Earth’

In Saudi Arabia, Trump describes a battle of good versus evil, and puts the responsibility for stamping out terrorism on his audience.

Jen Kirby

40 21.05.2017

Notre Dame Students Walked Out of Mike Pence’s Commencement Speech

The members of WeStaNDFor weren’t having it.

Jenni Miller

2 21.05.2017

Paul Ryan Scoffs at Prospects of Losing His Gavel in 2018

Signs are growing that House Republicans, including some very senior members, could be in trouble next year.

Ed Kilgore

400 20.05.2017

Did Trump Blow Up Obamacare on the Way Out of Town?

After agreeing to continue Obamacare insurer subsidies to avoid a government shutdown, Trump may abandon them as he embarks on his overseas trip.

Ed Kilgore

750 20.05.2017

Trump’s Big Problem Is That He Doesn’t Get Washington, Say Former Aides

“He doesn’t realize the implications of what he was doing or what he was saying or how it could be interpreted.”

Olivia Nuzzi

1000 20.05.2017

Saudi Arabia Gives Hero’s Welcome to President Who Said It Was Behind 9/11

Trump spent most of last year demonizing the Saudis and their faith. And Riyadh already likes him better than Obama. Here’s why.

Eric Levitz

30 20.05.2017

Trump Told Russians He Fired ‘Nut Job’ Comey to Ease Pressure from the Probe

Also, a senior White House official has reportedly become a “person of interest” in the FBI’s investigation.

Adam K. Raymond

200 20.05.2017

Comey To Tell His Side of the Story in the Senate Intelligence Committee

He’s taken a real beating of late. But former FBI director James Comey will have his day in the Senate, and in the court of public opinion, very...

Ed Kilgore

20 20.05.2017

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Pelosi Promises to Pass $15 Minimum Wage If Dems Take House

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Trump to EU: Germany is ‘Bad, Very Bad’ For Selling Too Many Cars in U.S.

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Trump Is the Antithesis of Christian Values

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16 Babies Have Been Born With Zika-Related Birth Defects in New York City

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