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March 29, 2017

How House intel probe turned Devin Nunes into a piñata

Six months ago, I doubt that most of the country had heard of Devin Nunes.

March 28, 2017

Deadlock: Can Trump win over conservative purists -- or do deals with Democrats?

In the end, President Trump was stymied by the bitter warfare that for years has divided the Republican Party into two camps: the purists vs. the pragmatists.

March 27, 2017

Mission Impossible: Why Trump's health care compromise was never going to pass

There’s plenty of blame to go around, but one thing is clear: The ObamaCare battle was Mission Impossible from the beginning, because Donald Trump ran against Republican orthodoxy on health insurance.

March 24, 2017

Muddy waters: Trump surveillance story polluted by partisanship, media overreach

This whole Trump/FBI/Russia/wiretap/surveillance/leaking/intercept thing has become a monumental muddle.

March 23, 2017

Smugness watch: Some liberals say it's okay to hate Trump voters

There is, in some precincts on the left, an earnest attempt to understand Trump voters, those strange creatures that are standing by their man, and figure out how the Democrats might win them back.

March 22, 2017

Unscathed: Gorsuch aces his hearing, 'doesn't give a whit about politics'

Neil Gorsuch is an impressive witness, a judge out of central casting who says all the right things, with great earnestness, about judicial independence.

March 21, 2017

Press fired up as Comey rejects Trump wiretap claim, offers no evidence on Russia probe

James Comey didn’t want to say much yesterday on Capitol Hill, but for President Trump’s opponents, he said enough.

March 20, 2017

Trump's talkathon presidency is his greatest asset, and sometimes a liability

I was watching President Trump during a press availability after he met with GOP leaders on the health care bill, when he said this: “Fake news—I watch, I say that’s not the bill we’re passing… “ObamaCare is dead.

March 17, 2017

Donald Trump's sharp budget ax: Now the swamp fights back

Now we’re talking real money.

March 16, 2017

Hype Watch: Rachel Maddow's titanic Trump tax touting ends badly

What was touted as a very big night for Rachel Maddow ended up with a massive misfire.