The Art of the Shell Game: Trump's policies

PASTICHE:

a compelling compendium

CONGRESS & ITS MEMBERS

Speaker Ryan faces crucial stretch

Why Paul Ryan is just Donald Trump in better wrapping

House Speaker Paul Ryan on Trump camp's alleged Russia ties: 'We need to get answers'

HEALTHCARE

Conservative Lawmakers Threaten to Torpedo Obamacare Repeal

Republican governors divided on Obamacare replacement

Trump urges insurers to work together to ‘save Americans from Obamacare’

Ryan, McConnell decide to go full steam ahead on Obamacare repeal, and damn their own members

Trump’s words on Obamacare stir up intraparty feud

Why the GOP's alternatives to Obamacare are political time bombs

GOP charges ahead with ObamaCare repeal

House panel to markup ObamaCare repeal bill next week, lawmaker says

Study finds GOP plans give low-income people less help than ObamaCare

TRUMP

President Trump offers a more hopeful tone but few specifics on policy

More Trump may not be the answer to Republican disagreement in Congress

Trump brings his special brand of chaos to Republican Obamacare repeal efforts

Last night, conservatives gave up on conservatism OPINION

EXECUTIVE ORDERS

How 3 of Donald Trump's Executive Orders Target Communities of Color

TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION & STAFFERS

Trump’s unconventional new guru for messaging

ENVIRONMENT

Polar Bears and Climate Change: The Photographs That Moved Them Most

‘Shell knew’: oil giant's 1991 film warned of climate change danger

BUDGET

Trump touts spending plan, but promise to leave entitlements alone puts GOP in a quandary

Trump’s Budget Is Aspirational. Reality in Congress Will Change It.

Trump wants 'peace through strength' – but this budget is a recipe for war OPINION

RUSSIAN CONNECTION?

Ryan: No evidence of Americans 'colluding' with Russia

TRUMPATERIA

Nothing like a huuuge military buildup to calm fears of authoritarianism

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

The Mysteries of the First-Ever Map of the North Pole

Fox News Tucker Carlson implodes as Bill Nye The Science Guy schooled him on climate change

We thought Gen X was a bunch of slackers. Now they’re the suits.

Jesse Jackson Convenes Jews, Muslims and Christians to Stand Together

QUOTES & OPINIONS

“We need to get answers. We need to make sure that nothing happened that shouldn’t have happened as we go forward."  — Speaker of the House Paul Ryan in an interview with NBC on Russia's involvement in the 2016 campaign

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