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John Kelly foreshadows how he might be as White House chief of staff
John Kelly proved he can manage up by firing communications director Anthony Scaramucci on his first day. Many in the West Wing saw Trump’s firing of Scaramucci -- who served just 10 days as communications director -- as a sign he wants to impose order.
Trump’s warped view of loyalty
The president holds an absolutist, black-and-white view: You’re either with him or against him. There is no in between.
Trump’s hardball tactics backfire as ‘skinny repeal’ goes down
President Trump’s attacks on Republican senators are finally catching up with him, and Lisa Murkowski will not be bullied.
Growing GOP backlash to transgender troop ban underscores Trump’s political miscalculation
Reflecting how dramatically the national conversation on LGBTQ rights has shifted in recent years, Trump's ban on transgender troops drew swift rebukes from top Senate Republicans.
Senate Republicans still face narrow path to pass health-care bill after procedural victory
Mitch McConnell is like a quarterback who has just converted on fourth-and-long. The Senate majority leader kept the drive to repeal Obamacare alive, but he’s still trailing by a touchdown, the game clock keeps ticking down and a win is not inevitable.
Trump’s pick to run DOJ criminal division worked for Russia bank
Almost every day, it feels like someone else in the administration’s orbit gets sucked into the Russian vortex.
Trump marginalizes experts, debases expertise
President Trump has repeatedly dismissed the knowledge and wisdom of experts while elevating non-experts who lack relevant experience into important jobs across the federal government.
Asking about a pardon for himself is a quintessentially Trumpian move
Trump has asked his advisers about his power to pardon aides, family members and even himself in connection with the probe.
Trump shows disdain for rule of law
President Trump attacks his own attorney general, the Russia investigation and the special counsel.
Teflon Trump gets less blame for Obamacare fail than Senate GOP
As Republicans all but admit defeat in their seven-year quest to overturn the Affordable Care Act, the president made one thing clear yesterday: “I’m not going to own it.”