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Leah Varjacques / The Atlantic I Was a Muslim in Trump's White House
When President Obama left, I stayed on at the National Security Council in order to serve my country. I lasted eight days.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters President Trump’s Immigration Policy Takes Shape
New Homeland Security Department memos prioritize almost all undocumented immigrants for deportation, order the hiring of 10,000 more agents, and more.
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Jose Luis Gonzales / Reuters Is the Southern Border a Constitution-Free Zone?
The Supreme Court considers a case involving a youth on the Mexican side of the border killed by an American border patrol agent on the U.S. side.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters A Dangerous Time for the Press and the Presidency
Trump’s branding of the press as an "enemy" seems less an attempt to influence coverage than an invitation to repression and even violence.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters A Rabbi Defends the Johnson Amendment
The many reasons why President Trump should not end the law preventing tax-exempt organizations, including religious entities, from supporting political candidates.
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Rogelio V. Solis / AP How Voter ID Laws Discriminate
A new comprehensive study finds evidence that strict voting laws do suppress the ballot along racial lines.
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Evan Vucci / AP Trump Concedes Defeat on Travel Ban—for Now
The Justice Department said Thursday it would issue a revised version of its controversial travel ban after federal judges blocked its implementation.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Why Trump Can't Answer Questions About Anti-Semitism
Presidents are supposed to show empathy for their anxious constituents. But when it comes to anti-Semitism, the only person Trump shows empathy for is himself.
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Reuters / Carlos Barria Trump vs. the Very Fake News Media
The president’s Thursday press conference was a study in contradictions, laments, and woefully bad strategy.
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Marc Serota / Reuters The Scandal That May Haunt the New Nominee for Labor Secretary
R. Alexander Acosta was the head of the civil rights division at the Department of Justice in the Bush administration when subordinates skirted civil-service laws and engaged in politicized hiring.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Should Jeff Sessions Recuse Himself From the Russia Inquiries?
Justice Department regulations appear to suggest the attorney general should not be involved in any investigations into Trump associates’ ties to Russia.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP What Happens Next Is Up to Republicans
If they don’t act decisively now, when will they?
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Carlos Barria / Reuters American Institutions Are Pushing Back Against Trump
The bureaucracy, the press, the judiciary, and the public are not only pushing back, they’re having some success.
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Mike Segar / Reuters Why Flynn's Resignation Matters
A senior American official was compromised by his relationship with a foreign government. Who else has ties to the Russian state?
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David Moir / Reuters The Anti-Anti-Trump Right
For conservative publications, the business model is opposing the left. And that means opposing the people who oppose Trump.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP Donald Trump and the Art of the Apology
The 45th president is a sensitive soul whose ego is easily bruised when others say unkind or disrespectful things about him.
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Courtesy of Shannon Dingle These Conservative Christians Are Opposed to Trump—and Suffering the Consequences
People working in ministry, music, and nonprofit advocacy are facing pressure for their political beliefs.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Mosques Want to Offer Sanctuary, but Will Anyone Accept?
Some undocumented immigrants say they wouldn’t feel safe at a mosque given the uptick in anti-Muslim violence.
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Mike Segar / Reuters Trump Tried to Intimidate the Judges Over His Ban, and He Failed
Presidents have thought before that they could roll those wimpy-looking nerds with their gavels and robes. It usually doesn’t work out all that well.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Michael Flynn's Debacle
Trump’s national security adviser’s potentially false statements about his pre-inauguration contacts with Russian officials are a major scandal.
