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June 9, 2017
Magazine
Laura Reston
Trump’s War on Oversight
James Comey isn't the only watchdog casualty in the president's efforts to avoid scrutiny.
June 8, 2017
Jeet Heer
Democrats Should Swear More at Donald Trump
Some journalists are wringing their hands over a rise in profanity. Screw 'em.
June 1, 2017
Graham Vyse
Is Trump a New Nixon? Historians Can’t Agree.
Watergate experts are in high demand these days—and torn about it.
May 26, 2017
Graham Vyse
Hillary Clinton is auditioning for a role in the Trump resistance.
May 22, 2017
David Dagan
How Far Can Jeff Sessions Take His Crime War?
A memo from 1982 sheds a harsh light on the Trump AG's crusade for “law and order" 25 years later.
May 19, 2017
Daniel Benaim
What We Know About Donald Trump’s Middle East Policy
He faces numerous possible pitfalls in his first official trip to the region—as well as opportunities.
May 18, 2017
Jeet Heer
Why Donald Trump Can’t Quit Michael Flynn
The president and his former national security advisor have a mysterious bond. Is it just because Trump values loyalty, or something more sinister?
May 18, 2017
Brian Beutler
This Nixon-Trump comparison is so perfect it barely needs elaboration.
May 16, 2017
Zachary Jonathan Jacobson
The Search for Donald Trump’s Own Watergate
Some call it "Russiagate," others "Comeygate." What are we really saying when we apply the Nixonian suffix?
May 10, 2017
Jeet Heer
Henry Kissinger’s White House visit is a haunting.
April 28, 2017
Karen Hao
The Golden Age of the EPA
When it comes to the environment, Richard Nixon was no Donald Trump.
April 21, 2017
Jeet Heer
Nixon Had His “Madman Theory.” Trump Is Just a Madman.
Nixon was smart and calculating. Trump is just ignorant and incompetent.
April 18, 2017
Moira Donegan
How Trump’s Tax Returns Became a Liberal Fantasy
There is a desperate belief that we’re just one more disclosure away from bringing down the president.
March 23, 2017
Magazine
Leah Finnegan
The Media Should Become a True Opposition Party
If the press can relinquish its self-regard and battle Trump with Watergate-era gusto, perhaps it might stand for something of value to Americans.
March 21, 2017
Jeet Heer
The Nixonian Strategy Behind Trump’s Obama Lie
The president's stubborn wiretapping claim is a way to shore up support from his Republican base.
March 16, 2017
Jeet Heer
The Roots and Risks of Trump’s Dysfunction
The administration is consumed by paranoia and feuds. It could be the president's undoing.
March 15, 2017
Magazine
Matthew Phelan
Inside Trump’s Breitbart Brain
Bannonism will remain integral to Trumpism no matter what happens to Steve Bannon himself.
February 28, 2017
Magazine
Jesse Walker
All the President’s Phantoms
Trump isn’t the first conspiracy theorist in chief—just the most shameless.
February 15, 2017
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump Is on the Ropes
A barrage of damning leaks is making the president look weaker every day.
February 14, 2017
Daniela Blei
From California, a Progressive Cry for State’s Rights
The birthplace of the modern conservative movement is now the leader of a Trump resistance founded on federalism.
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