MS NOW September 2017 Articles
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The Price is Wrong: Scandal-plagued HHS secretary resigns
Fresh evidence discredits key White House tax claim
Trump: Puerto Rico is ‘an island surrounded by … big water’
Congress fails to follow through on key children’s health program
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.29.17
The GOP’s tax plan rollout burdened by familiar missteps
Team Trump seems to have an aversion to commercial air travel
Two months later, Trump still doesn’t have a DHS secretary
Republican Party struggles to pass Roy Moore test
Trump’s Treasury Department hides inconvenient economic report
Team Trump can’t ‘guarantee’ middle class won’t face tax increase
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 9.28.17
Caught up in scandal, HHS’s Tom Price expresses ‘regret’
GOP rep says deficit talk was just an Obama-era ‘talking point’
Trump administration’s ACA sabotage campaign intensifies
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.28.17
How much longer can Tom Price remain in Trump’s cabinet?
Republicans can’t run from Roy Moore’s record forever
Paul Ryan sees Trump ‘giving us the leadership we need’
Trump tries, fails to explain the basics of his latest travel ban
What Trump doesn’t understand about the politics of taxes
Trump invents hospitalized senator to explain latest failure
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 9.27.17
Why the Republican tax plan is effectively ‘Cheez Doodle reform’
Roy Moore’s theocratic contribution to Republican politics
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.27.17
Donald Trump discovers he alone can’t ‘fix it’ after all
Paul Ryan rankles some of his members with tax-reform pitch
Democrats rack up another pair of special-election victories
EPA’s Scott Pruitt requests a very expensive phone booth
Tom Price’s travel combined personal and professional interests
Alabama Republicans ignore Trump’s advice in key Senate primary
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 9.26.17
Republicans pull the plug on health care repeal bill
Trump’s latest comments on Sessions were ‘dripping with venom’
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.26.17
Kobach accidentally makes a good point about voting rights
Interior Secretary says much of his team is ‘not loyal to the flag’
Senator lays out the ideal health care blueprint (which he opposes)
Private email use has been widespread in Trump’s White House
GOP health care repeal crusade runs into a brick wall
Trump responds to crisis in Puerto Rico in Trump-like fashion
Ben Carson takes risks with Alabama Senate race endorsement
Republicans set the stage for a striking health care showdown
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.25.17
Trump administration abandons subtlety in ACA sabotage campaign
Trump previews the kind of support GOP candidates can expect
The wrong president to claim the high ground on patriotism
Kushner acknowledges use of private email account in White House
Facing scandal over taxpayer-funded jet travel, Price scrambles
Trump reportedly ignored White House aides ahead of U.N. speech
Trump warns North Korea may not ‘be around much longer’
How Donald Trump tries to ‘improve race relations’
McCain cannot ‘in good conscience’ vote for GOP repeal bill
GOP ‘moderates’ give up on concessions they once deemed important
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.22.17
Poll shows weak public support for latest Republican repeal plan
Nevada’s Dean Heller is at war with himself over health care
Governors become important foes of Republican repeal plan
Trump aides ‘aren’t sure’ about real-world impact of repeal bill
Price’s private-jet travel more extensive than previously reported
GOP eyes special side deal to buy key senator’s health care vote
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 9.21.17
Kimmel showed a ‘better grasp of health policy’ than GOP’s Cassidy
Trump isn’t the only one fibbing about the GOP’s health care plan
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.21.17
Facing new allegations, Price’s track record does him no favors
One of Trump’s most radical judicial nominees in the spotlight
The case for the Republican health care repeal plan unravels
Trump praises health care system in non-existent African country
Entire health care industry fights to kill Republican repeal bill
In Russia scandal, Trump’s actions are under Mueller’s microscope
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 9.20.17
On health care, the GOP literally doesn’t know what it’s doing
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.20.17
Health care stakeholders to Republicans: Please stop
One of Trump World’s worst habits: burying inconvenient facts
Senate Republicans derail bipartisan health care compromise
Tom Price’s private-jet travel raises eyebrows
Jimmy Kimmel: GOP’s Cassidy ‘lied right to my face’ on healthcare
Trump uses RNC donor money to pay his Russia scandal legal bills
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 9.19.17
Trump points to ‘long gas lines’ in North Korea that don’t exist
The purpose of the Republican health care plan remains elusive
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.19.17
Republicans take aim at their own constituents’ health care
On health care, Republicans may regret opening this door
Republican propaganda efforts reach a new, alarming level
On health care, Republicans are prepared to govern in the dark
Rand Paul creates a problem for Senate GOP on health care
Repeal crusade puts John McCain’s principles to the test
In Russia scandal, Trump’s legal team isn’t a fine-tuned machine
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.18.17
As Russia scandal moves forward, Team Mueller isn’t done growing
‘Putin’s favorite congressman’ sought deal for WikiLeaks founder
Issa ordered to pay former rival after dubious campaign lawsuit
The politics of the Equifax mess pose challenges for Republicans
Trump admin shields Mar-a-Lago visitor logs from scrutiny
Senate Dems issue a ‘red alert’ on Republican repeal efforts
Questions surround Trump’s $25 million inaugural concert
How did Sean Spicer go from the bushes to mainstream acceptance?
British officials admonish Trump after ‘unhelpful’ terror tweets
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.15.17
It looks like Trump was for single-payer before he was against it
GOP crusaders claim they can nearly pass their ACA repeal bill
POW/MIA Recognition Day is an awkward one for Trump
No one told Trump his Susan Rice smear has already unraveled
Trump on hurricanes: ‘I never even knew a Category 5 existed’
Trump reignites racial controversy over Charlottesville violence
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 9.14.17
The scope of Trump’s humiliation of Sessions comes into focus
Why Democrats are more than happy to negotiate with Trump
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.14.17
Trump pretends his tax plan won’t be a giveaway to the wealthy
The problem with anonymous gifts to White House legal defense funds
What Republicans get wrong about the cost of single-payer
Trump’s Treasury secretary requested government jet for honeymoon
Trump’s message on DACA, Dreamers loses its coherence
In the US, criticizing the president shouldn’t be a ‘fireable offense’
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 9.13.17
With quite a few friends, Sanders unveils his single-payer pitch
State special elections continue to go Democrats’ way in 2017
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.13.17
Conservative Dem open to ‘exploring’ single-payer health care
Trump’s meeting with the Malaysian leader was anything but normal
With the NRA’s backing, gun silencer bill gets attention in House
Trump’s voting commission descends further into farce
White House: Prosecutors ‘should certainly look at’ charging Comey
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 9.12.17
The final fight of the Republican health care crusade has arrived
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.12.17
Republicans are writing tax reform behind closed doors, too
On single-payer, the Democratic floodgates have opened
Trump World isn’t done going after James Comey
Trump’s preoccupation with airplanes seems a little weird
Trump’s voting commission heads to NH amid ongoing controversies
EPA chief: It’s ‘insensitive’ to mention climate change right now
An excerpt from Katy Tur’s ‘Unbelievable’
Steve Bannon is ready for his ideological war
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.11.17
Even the White House counsel has reportedly lawyered up
White House social media director promotes bogus Irma news
Trump refuses ‘to make eye contact’ with his top economic adviser
Trump touts the Coast Guard’s improved ‘brand’
Despite controversy, Florida’s AG accepts role on Trump panel
Trump sees hurricanes as a reason to ‘speed up’ push for tax cuts
“Morning Joe” Gets Ready to Celebrate 10 Years On Air
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.8.17
“Morning Joe” 10th Anniversary Sweepstakes Rules
Trump suddenly sees the light on the debt ceiling
Warren throws support behind Sanders’ single-payer plan
GOP again moves to help keep Trump’s tax returns secret
ACA repeal crusade starts to look like ‘the zombie apocalypse’
A rare Republican moderate decides to walk away from Congress
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 9.7.17
The latest evolution in Trump Jr’s Russia scandal story
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.7.17
Whatever happened to the money from Trump’s inaugural committee?
Trump’s strange legal team can’t seem to help itself
Trump accepts the same Democratic deal Ryan called ‘disgraceful’
Trump’s case for tax reform rests on a false foundation
Has John McCain thrown a lifeline to the GOP health care crusade?
New evidence emerges on how Russia attacked the U.S. election
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 9.6.17
A president who doesn’t know where he’s going can’t lead
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.6.17
Some Republicans ready to use Dreamers as a bargaining chip
Join Morning Joe for our 10th anniversary broadcast
How committed is Trump to his plan to punish Dreamers?
Trump’s new ‘drug czar’ poised to roll back the clock
A way out of the GOP’s debt-ceiling mess comes into focus
White House sends a provocative shot across the GOP Congress’ bow
Looking for the method behind Donald Trump’s political madness
Obama speaks up as Trump targets Dreamers
Sessions: Trump admin has ‘rescinded’ protections for Dreamers
Identifying Trump’s ‘primary source of information gathering’
Trump’s pick to lead NASA faces some bipartisan pushback
Alabama’s Roy Moore flunks an easy test on current events
Justice Department undermines Trump’s wiretap conspiracy theory
The Republicans’ ACA repeal crusade now faces a tough deadline
For everyone’s sake, Trump needs to stop bluffing so badly
Investigation into Trump’s Comey firing comes into sharper focus
As crisis brews, some in South Korea fear Trump is ‘kind of nuts’
Special counsel in Trump-Russia investigation partners with IRS
Renewing his attacks on Comey, Trump loses the plot
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 9.1.17
After five weeks, Trump bristles at his altered White House
Kobach finds time for a side gig at a right-wing website
McCain takes aim at ‘poorly informed’ Trump
Job numbers fall short of expectations in August
Trump administration takes ACA sabotage campaign to a new level