Cornered and Facing ‘Existential’ Crisis, Will Trump Fire Mueller? Cornered and Facing ‘Existential’ Crisis, Will Trump Fire Mueller?
His deputy attorney general is under the gun as Trump allies lose patience with the Russiagate investigation.
Dec 12, 2017 / Bob Dreyfuss
This Is How the Trump Administration Gives Big Oil the Keys to Public Lands This Is How the Trump Administration Gives Big Oil the Keys to Public Lands
The Bureau of Land Management is rapidly opening previously off-limits areas to oil and gas drilling.
Dec 8, 2017 / Adam Federman
There Are More Important Questions to Ask Than Whether Rex Tillerson Is In or Out at State There Are More Important Questions to Ask Than Whether Rex Tillerson Is In or Out at State
A renovated foreign policy rests on a great variety of factors beyond a house-cleaning at State.
Dec 7, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence
Now That Al Franken Is Gone, Democrats Need to Hold Hearings on Trump Now That Al Franken Is Gone, Democrats Need to Hold Hearings on Trump
They have the moral high ground; now they need to use it to create real accountability for both parties.
Dec 7, 2017 / Joan Walsh
The Trump Team Definitely Colluded With a Foreign Power—Just Not the One You Think The Trump Team Definitely Colluded With a Foreign Power—Just Not the One You Think
Why are the media paying scant attention to Michael Flynn’s admissions about Israel?
Dec 5, 2017 / Aaron Maté
Donald Trump Is Just the Front Man for a Massive Heist Donald Trump Is Just the Front Man for a Massive Heist
Republican elites are pushing through their agenda while the president acts a fool.
Dec 5, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage
Flynn Pleads Guilty: Is He Singing on Trump-Russia? Flynn Pleads Guilty: Is He Singing on Trump-Russia?
Apart from the president’s own family, the former national-security adviser could do the most damage to the president.
Dec 1, 2017 / Bob Dreyfuss
Trump Begins to Feel His Way Toward a Post-American World Trump Begins to Feel His Way Toward a Post-American World
Whether or not by design, Trump seems to recognize that Xi’s dynamically emergent China has to be accommodated, not resisted.
Nov 30, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence
Personnel Changes Personnel Changes
John Kelly may be easing Jared Kushner out of the White House.——News reports We only hope that Kelly waits at least ’Til Jared straightens out the Middle East. If Kelly does from…
Nov 30, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin
This Is a Constitutional Crisis This Is a Constitutional Crisis
Trump’s move to displace the legitimate head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau assaults consumers—and violates the rule of law.
Nov 28, 2017 / John Nichols