Executive Branch

People protest after Russian hacking allegations.

Americans Deserve to Know the Specific Allegations on Trump and Russia Americans Deserve to Know the Specific Allegations on Trump and Russia

Trump’s sex life is his own affair. But his ties to foreign autocrats—whether Russian, Chinese, or Emirati—should have been fully aired long before now.

Jan 11, 2017 / D.D. Guttenplan

Obama Spoke to a Better America—but Does that Country Still Exist?

Obama Spoke to a Better America—but Does that Country Still Exist? Obama Spoke to a Better America—but Does that Country Still Exist?

On a day marked by Jeff Sessions’s disturbing hearing and shocking allegations about Trump, Obama took the high road.

Jan 10, 2017 / Joan Walsh

Rex Tillerson

Don’t Be Fooled—Rex Tillerson Hasn’t Separated From ExxonMobil Don’t Be Fooled—Rex Tillerson Hasn’t Separated From ExxonMobil

It looks like the company has left a back door open for Tillerson’s return. 

Jan 10, 2017 / George Zornick

In Atlanta, January 24, 2014, an EMS worker wheels a patient through Grady Memorial Hospital’s emergency department.

Where’s the GOP’s Health-Care Plan? Where’s the GOP’s Health-Care Plan?

This isn’t simply about dollars and sense. This is about lives and health.

Jan 10, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Call Your Senators Today and Demand That They Reject Jeff Sessions

Call Your Senators Today and Demand That They Reject Jeff Sessions Call Your Senators Today and Demand That They Reject Jeff Sessions

Republicans are trying to rush through his confirmation. Tell your senators you won’t stand for it. 

Jan 10, 2017 / no-paywall / NationAction

Jeff Sessions Has Spent His Whole Career Opposing Voting Rights

Jeff Sessions Has Spent His Whole Career Opposing Voting Rights Jeff Sessions Has Spent His Whole Career Opposing Voting Rights

Imagine what he will do as the most powerful lawyer in the country.

Jan 10, 2017 / Ari Berman

Trump Could Be the Most Hostile American President the UN Has Ever Faced

Trump Could Be the Most Hostile American President the UN Has Ever Faced Trump Could Be the Most Hostile American President the UN Has Ever Faced

Plus, there’s a Republican-led Congress itching to diminish the role of the organization and bankrupt many of its programs.

Jan 9, 2017 / Barbara Crossette

The New Intelligence Report On Russia Shows We Need An Independent Bipartisan Commission Now More Than Ever

The New Intelligence Report On Russia Shows We Need An Independent Bipartisan Commission Now More Than Ever The New Intelligence Report On Russia Shows We Need An Independent Bipartisan Commission Now More Than Ever

The report contains not a shred of forensic evidence that the Russian government directed the hacks of the DNC or of John Podesta.

Jan 9, 2017 / James Carden

Jeff Sessions Is Just Not in the Same League as Former Attorneys General

Jeff Sessions Is Just Not in the Same League as Former Attorneys General Jeff Sessions Is Just Not in the Same League as Former Attorneys General

From Herbert Brownell to Robert F. Kennedy to Loretta Lynch, attorneys general have upheld the law and fought for justice. Would Sessions?

Jan 9, 2017 / Nan Aron

Jeff Sessions

Jeff Sessions Could Return Criminal Justice to the Jim Crow Era Jeff Sessions Could Return Criminal Justice to the Jim Crow Era

Sessions’s extreme views on crime and punishment are a throwback to the darkest chapters in American history.

Jan 9, 2017 / Ari Berman

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