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The trade deals Trump thinks he understands, but doesn’t
White House falsely claims Trump has never ‘encouraged violence’
Trump abandons the pretense surrounding his voting ‘commission’
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.30.17
Nikki Haley celebrates cuts to U.N. peacekeeping budget
The CBO delivers more bad health care news to Senate Republicans
Trump shakes up GOP health care talks, endorses a plan he opposes
Trump’s sole ‘infrastructure’ idea is already a flop
Trump’s voting commission makes an alarming request for data
Collusion questions grow louder in Trump, Russia scandal
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 6.29.17
Trump admin makes strange familial decisions to enforce Muslim ban
Donald Trump abandons the pretense of dignity
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.29.17
The NRA finds new ways to stoke the fires of the culture war
Targeting Obama, Republicans play the Russia blame game poorly
Trump’s ISIS plan looks awfully similar to Obama’s ISIS plan
Some Senate Republicans think twice about health plan’s tax cuts
Donald Trump picks a fight over Medicaid he cannot win
Republican senators grow weary of Trump’s health care illiteracy
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 6.28.17
Public support for Republican health care plan reaches new depths
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.28.17
A Trump lawyer’s fundraising efforts generate new scrutiny
How the debate over pesticides unfolds in Donald Trump’s ‘swamp’
Trump’s embrace of ‘fake news’ takes an embarrassing turn
The ‘intellectual’ debate Rick Perry says he wants is already over
Republicans see bipartisan policymaking as the worst-case scenario
Trump’s ignorance about health care carries real consequences
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 6.27.17
Short on votes, Senate Republicans scrap vote on health care bill
Tax cuts in the Republican health care plan are the ‘central’ issue
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.27.17
Republican rhetoric on the uninsured descends into incoherence
The White House’s international credibility collapses in Trump era
With support for the ACA growing, Republicans go after single payer
White House’s Syria threat raises awkward questions about credibility
As their health plan falters, Republican leaders reach a crossroads
CBO: Senate Republican plan would take coverage from 22 million
Supreme Court opens the door to Trump’s troubled Muslim ban
The poor would be crushed by GOP health plan, but they’re not alone
Eager for branding credit, Trump undercuts the GOP on health care
How Republicans justify ignoring public attitudes on health care
Why some on the right see the GOP plan as ‘Obamacare Lite’
With time running out, health care advocates look for GOP ‘no’ votes
An inconvenient truth in the health care debate: ‘People will die’
Trump blames Obama for Russian attack he doesn’t believe happened
Republicans reduced to lying about GOP health plan’s Medicaid cuts
Key Senate Republican balks at far-right health plan
GOP senator on health care: “It depends on how you define ‘better'”
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.23.17
Trump’s Carrier boasts become an unexpected political headache
Trump insists his boneheaded move with Comey ‘wasn’t very stupid’
Republicans describe health care secrecy as ‘transparent and open’
Trump and health care: Promises made, promises broken
The window of opportunity to stop the GOP health plan is closing
GOP health plan is like trying to put out a fire with a flamethrower
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 6.22.17
With the health care system threatened, Obama speaks up
Four far-right senators balk at GOP health plan, for now
Donald Trump comes clean, admits he doesn’t have tapes
New Republican health care plan focuses on tax cuts, Medicaid cuts
The GOP’s political incentives on health care are a mess
Trump says his original North Korea policy ‘has not worked out’
Ford’s production decision causes a political headache for Trump
Trump vows to pursue new immigration law that already exists
Trump’s efforts to ‘monetize the presidency’ grow more audacious
Trump defends economic team: ‘I just don’t want a poor person’
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 6.21.17
The underappreciated detail about Nancy Pelosi’s public standing
After tough talk, Trump is poised to deliver for the drug industry
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.21.17
Paul Ryan’s ‘pep talk’ on taxes was missing a key ingredient
GOP falsely claims Dems did ‘exactly the same thing’ on health care
As Russia scandal percolates, AG Sessions the latest to lawyer up
Trump’s infrastructure initiative is already failing
Trump reportedly wants ‘more heart’ in GOP health care overhaul
Dems come up short in special elections, but find a silver lining
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 6.20.17
Republicans intend to execute ‘a legislative heist’
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.20.17
Devin Nunes: ‘I never recused myself’ from Russia probe
Former AG Eric Holder: ‘Now is the time to be heard’
New polling shows Trump’s support slipping among Republicans
Remember when Trump vowed, ‘We’re not going into Syria’?
Perry sees climate denial as evidence of being ‘intellectually engaged’
McConnell, GOP prepare a showdown over secret health care bill
Despite its other failures, GOP poised to move courts to the right
Some Georgia Republicans see a ‘political upside’ to tragic shooting
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.19.17
GOP senators flub the meaning of ‘committee of the whole’
Republicans aren’t exactly clamoring to work for Donald Trump
Trump under the mistaken impression that the economy will save him
Planned Parenthood funding creates key challenge for Senate GOP
Under latest Trump policy, ‘Dreamers’ remain in jeopardy
Secret health care bill roils Senate Republicans
Team Trump looks for nuance in the words ‘under investigation’
Schumer calls Senate Republicans’ bluff on health care gambit
Senate Republicans intend to ram through secret health care bill
Trump reportedly gives federal post to his family’s ‘event planner’
Trump, looking for a foe to attack, confirms he’s under investigation
Trump’s second-term curse starts surprisingly early
Republicans struggle to find the purpose of their health care plan
The ‘clueless, not criminal’ Trump defense comes up far short
Mike Pence lawyers up as Russia scandal reaches new level
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 6.15.17
DC-area shooting delays Congress’ consideration of silencers bill
Trump’s indifference to Russia’s election attack raises alarm
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.15.17
Trump delegates too much of his Commander-in-Chief authority
Trump’s foreign policy is too often divided against itself
Kushner’s infrastructure plan sounds familiar for a reason
Would Trump fire Special Counsel Mueller during the investigation?
Trump warned of a ‘constitutional crisis’ if president faced an investigation
The irony of the criminal investigation into Donald Trump
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 6.14.17
Suspected gunman identified in DC-area shooting
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise shot at a Virginia park
Trump privately criticizes Republican health care plan he celebrated
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 6.13.17
Trump’s brand of populism goes out of its way to help Wall Street
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.13.17
Republicans lack public support for new health care scheme
Jeff Sessions moves forward with his regressive drug war
Did Trump’s personal lawyer help fire a key U.S. attorney?
Reflecting on his record, Trump is convinced of his own awesomeness
The scandalous secrecy surrounding the Republican health care gambit
Would Trump fire the special counsel investigating the Russia scandal?
Trump’s first full cabinet meeting was surprisingly creepy
Trump’s legal team features some unexpected members
Watching Comey, fired U.S. attorney experiences ‘deja vu’
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.12.17
A debt-ceiling deadline adds a wrinkle to a challenging landscape
Trump faces constitutional questions over foreign payments
Trump creates uncertainty by contradicting his Secretary of State
A ‘track record for lying’ likely to pose fresh challenges for Trump
Ratings for Comey hearing reflect broader civic awakening
Trump faces ‘put up or shut up’ moment over possible secret tapes
Senate Republicans inch closer to far-right health care overhaul
An excerpt from ‘The Least Among Us’
Trump’s Comey claims contradicted by president’s own son
Trump accuses Comey of lying, offers to talk to Special Counsel
Trump’s outside counsel gets a little desperate targeting Comey
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.9.17
New polling shows Trump’s standing slipping to new lows
Despite last year’s embarrassing missteps, Gowdy gets a promotion
McCaskill uses facts to slam Senate Republicans’ health care process
Away from the national spotlight, GOP guts Wall Street safeguards
Trump sets up a contest of credibility he simply cannot win
Trump’s allies point to his ignorance and inexperience as a defense
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 6.8.17
FBI’s Comey raises the stakes in Trump’s Russia scandal
Key GOP senator shrugs off Trump’s scandalous demand for loyalty
Top intel officials hide scandal info from congressional oversight
Comey’s statement points to alleged Trump lies about obstruction
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 6.7.17
Comey says Trump demanded ‘loyalty’ in private meeting
White House, Trump allies take aim at James Comey’s credibility
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.7.17
Trump’s use of cancer charity draws awkward scrutiny
Canada prepares for an era in which it can’t count on the U.S.
Eric Trump: President’s detractors are ‘not even people’
Kansas lawmakers reject Brownback’s ‘experiment,’ force taxes higher
Trump taps Christopher Wray to lead the FBI, replacing Comey
Ryan may have been a bit too quick to dismiss Trump’s impeachment
Trump is not above deceiving his own national security team
“All the President’s Men Revisited” airs Saturday, 6/17 on MSNBC
An excerpt from ‘The Revolution of Robert Kennedy’
Trump makes Middle Eastern crisis worse with strange tweets
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.6.17
Trump’s radical budget director sees himself as a great success
Trump’s hotel profited from Saudi lobbying campaign
Trump’s family can’t seem to stop blurring ethical lines
GOP congressman on terrorist suspects: ‘Kill them all’
EPA chief, White House get caught making bogus jobs claims
Trump launches infrastructure initiative with fake signing ceremony
White House pretends Trump didn’t ‘pick a fight’ with London mayor
An excerpt from ‘Giant of the Senate’
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.5.17
Trump struggles with the meaning of ‘obstructionism’
Defending his Muslim ban, Trump remains his own worst enemy
Nikki Haley keeps straying from Team Trump’s script
Former Trump surrogate makes his debut as a pundit
Trump stumbles while looking for a new FBI director
Trump campaign’s ‘Pittsburgh, not Paris’ rally draws ‘dozens’
Pentagon’s Mattis shares an unexpected message with U.S. allies
Following London attack, Trump flunks latest leadership test
Pence: People care about the climate crisis ‘for some reason’
The White House’s secret: Trump’s beliefs about climate change
Democrats face an unprecedented silent treatment from Trump World
Joe: Zbigniew Brzezinski always got it right
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.2.17
Donald Trump’s unhealthy preoccupation with being laughed at
White House ethics waivers prove ‘drain the swamp’ was a scam
As hurricane season begins, the Trump administration is unprepared
Republican governor hopes to fight crime with ‘prayer patrols’
U.S. job growth cools a bit in the spring
Trump positions the Republican Party as a global outlier
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 6.1.17
Trump abandons U.S. commitment to Paris climate agreement
Trump poised to take contraception fight in a dramatic new direction
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 6.1.17
Trump’s budget director takes aim at inconvenient, independent data
On Israeli embassy, Trump adds to his list of broken promises
Do Americans have a right to eat? Republican rep won’t say
Republicans take a stand in support of ‘ringless voicemail’
A tale of two Vice Presidents: Biden, Pence start making moves
Republican congressman: God can ‘take care of’ the climate crisis