Here’s How Congress Can Hold Trump Accountable for His Business Conflicts Here’s How Congress Can Hold Trump Accountable for His Business Conflicts
Public pressure has prompted Trump to make concessions. Keeping it up can force more.
Jan 12, 2017 / Stephen Gillers
Rex Tillerson’s Jaw-Dropping Testimony Just Completely Disqualified Him Rex Tillerson’s Jaw-Dropping Testimony Just Completely Disqualified Him
The former ExxonMobil CEO is too conflicted, too ill-prepared, and too disengaged to be seriously considered for the position of secretary of state.
Jan 12, 2017 / John Nichols
Trump Is Vicious, but He’s Also Vulnerable Trump Is Vicious, but He’s Also Vulnerable
Gary Younge on Trump’s weaknesses, plus David Dayen on Obamacare’s future and Joy Reid on Obama’s racial rhetoric.
Jan 12, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Jeff Sessions Claims to Be a Champion of Voting Rights, but His Record Suggests Otherwise Jeff Sessions Claims to Be a Champion of Voting Rights, but His Record Suggests Otherwise
He would be one of the most dangerous attorneys general in modern US history.
Jan 11, 2017 / Ari Berman
Trump Just Stumbled Into a Canyon on Obamacare Trump Just Stumbled Into a Canyon on Obamacare
His press conference today exploded whatever fragile deal the GOP was working on.
Jan 11, 2017 / David Dayen
I Remember When Donald Trump Had a ‘Lot of Respect’ for the UN I Remember When Donald Trump Had a ‘Lot of Respect’ for the UN
That respect is needed now more than ever.
Jan 11, 2017 / Pierre Schori
Who Are the Real Enemies of US National Security? Who Are the Real Enemies of US National Security?
New allegations that President-elect Trump can be controlled by the Kremlin through compromising information are unprecedented in American history and policy-making.
Jan 11, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Rex Tillerson Would Put the Dollar Sign on the American Flag Rex Tillerson Would Put the Dollar Sign on the American Flag
Our country needs a secretary of state who will guide foreign policy with a steady hand, not place profit ahead of diplomacy.
Jan 11, 2017 / John Nichols
Americans Deserve to Know the Specific Allegations on Trump and Russia Americans Deserve to Know the Specific Allegations on Trump and Russia
Trump’s sex life is his own affair. But his ties to foreign autocrats—whether Russian, Chinese, or Emirati—should have been fully aired long before now.
Jan 11, 2017 / D.D. Guttenplan
Obama Spoke to a Better America—but Does that Country Still Exist? Obama Spoke to a Better America—but Does that Country Still Exist?
On a day marked by Jeff Sessions’s disturbing hearing and shocking allegations about Trump, Obama took the high road.
Jan 10, 2017 / Joan Walsh