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No, John Kelly Isn't Leaving Yet

In Meeting With Democratic Leaders, Trump's Tantrum Backfires
Report: Pelosi Tweaked Trump's 'Manhood' After Oval Office Debate
Planned Parenthood Wins Medicaid Victory In Supreme Court
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Few Of Us Are Even Remotely Prepared For Elder Care

By Froma Harrop
These 'Woke' Men Really Need To Wake Up

By Gene Lyons
Fox News Auditions Would-Be White House Chief Of Staff

By Matt Gertz
Trump's Meddling Sows Economic Trouble

By Steve Chapman

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Trump: If I'm Impeached, 'People Will Revolt'
Trump believes he has the people on his side in the event of impeachment. Evidence is scant.
By Matthew Chapman

Poll: Most Americans Don't Want Trump's Border Wall
Trump still isn't getting funding for his racist border wall, and he's pitching a fit.
By Oliver Willis

National Memo Editor’s Blog

With Mueller, Patience Is Patriotic
By Joe Conason

House GOP Leader Defends Trump On Russia
Kevin McCarthy took to Fox News to defend the Trump campaign's repeated, secretive interactions with Russian influence agents.
By Oliver Willis
White House Gave A Big 'Discount' To Banks That Abused Consumers
Mick Mulvaney used his tenure at the CFPB to do the bidding of corporations, not help consumers.
By Dan Desai Martin
Mueller Filing Blasts False Statements To Public
The latest memo strongly hints that Mueller cares about false statements made not only to investigators, but to the public as well.
By Matthew Chapman
Manafort's 5 Big Lies In Special Counsel Filing
Mueller laid out the case in a new court filing — and said his team could back it up with evidence, if need be.
By Cody Fenwick
Rudy Admits Mueller Questions Were 'Nightmare' For Trump
Rudy Giuliani told the Atlantic Mueller's questions "took him about three weeks to do what would normally take two days.”
By Alex Henderson
Report: Trump Expects Successors To Clean Up Deficit Mess
Trump is wreaking havoc on America's financial situation, but he just doesn't care.
By Dan Desai Martin

Money

America's Wealth Floods Into Already Wealthy Cities
Amazon's drawn-out search for another command post to rival the home base in Seattle appears to have been a stunt.
By Froma Harrop
Human Rights Group Demands Probe Of Giuliani And Trump In Alleged Money-Laundering
Prosecutors asked to probe dutch middlemen washing billions in dirty Kazakh cash for real estate deals in US and Europe.
By David Cay Johnston
The Hidden Money Funding The Midterms
Strategies that let super PACs delay revealing their donors until after the election are gaining popularity among both Democrats and Republicans.
By ProPublica

Health

A Yale Football Player Quits To Save His Brain
He sat out for a week and a half, but when he resumed practice, something was wrong. "I got very lightheaded and could barely feel my legs," he recalls.
By Steve Chapman
Trump Calls Halt To Medical Progress Over Stem Cell Research
Once again, the Trump administration is ready to sacrifice human health at the altar of anti-science extremism.
By Emily Crockett
How Doctors Shamed Arrogant NRA
The NRA tried to shut down doctors pushing for gun safety. It backfired and the gun extremists have been publicly shamed for their actions for a week and counting.
By Oliver Willis

Lifestyle

Danziger: Paging Dr. Frankenstein
By Jeff Danziger
SNL: Alec Baldwin Returns As Trump In Argentina
By National Memo
#EndorseThis: On Late Show, Manafort Auditons For Trump Pardon
By National Memo

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#EndorseThis: Colbert Volunteers For White House Chief Of Staff

Having heckled White House Chief of Staff John Kelly on his way out the revolving door, Trump was quickly humiliated.

By National Memo

#EndorseThis: Seth Meyers Reviews Trump's Lame And Lonely G-20 Trip

Seth Meyers noticed how poorly the scandal-ridden Trump plays with his international peers at the G-20 meeting.

By National Memo

#EndorseThis: On Late Show, Manafort Auditons For Trump Pardon

By National Memo

THIS WEEK IN CRAZY

This Week In Crazy: Ross Douthat's WASP Sting, Scott Walker's Whining, And More

By Michael Lathrop

This Week In Crazy: Alex Jones Makes Incoherent Case For White Reparations

Eclipse apocalypse, white reparations, and a journalism crash course from a conspiracist blogger. Welcome to This Week In Crazy.

By Brendan Gauthier

This Week In Crazy: David Crosby Faces Fire, Fury From Ted Nugent

Statue fetishists, blubbering neo-Nazis, and Cat Fight Fever. Welcome to This Week In Crazy.

By Brendan Gauthier

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WORLD

Poll: Most Americans Don't Want Trump's Border Wall
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Trump Still Separating Families At Border
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Trump Calls Halt To Medical Progress Over Stem Cell Research
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#EndorseThis: Seth Meyers Reviews Trump's Lame And Lonely G-20 Trip
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