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Paul Manafort
June 5, 2018
Jeet Heer
Robert Mueller turns the screw on Paul Manafort.
May 16, 2018
Matt Ford
Robert Mueller’s Most Important Accomplishment
The special counsel's Russia investigation has a lot to show for its 12 months of work, but one feat stands out.
April 13, 2018
Matt Ford
Trump’s politicized pardons are the rule, not the exception.
April 9, 2018
Matt Ford
If Everything Is a Russia Bombshell, Nothing Is
On the media's overreaction to news about Robert Mueller's investigation
February 22, 2018
Matt Ford
Mueller just put more pressure on two former Trump campaign officials.
December 8, 2017
Alex Shephard
Sucking Up to the Boss Baby
Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie’s new memoir of the 2016 campaign is an extended love letter to the president.
October 31, 2017
Alex Shephard
Trump’s attempts to discredit the Mueller probe are getting increasingly desperate.
October 31, 2017
Alex Shephard
Trump’s “No Collusion” Defense Is Falling Apart
The latest developments in Robert Mueller's Russia probe suggest that the president is running out of excuses.
October 30, 2017
Jeet Heer
The Manafort indictment is bad for Trump. The Papadopoulos plea might be worse.
October 30, 2017
Alex Shephard
Paul Manafort is the first domino to fall in Robert Mueller’s Russia probe.
September 21, 2017
Alex Shephard
People close to Donald Trump do not seem to have seen The Wire.
September 19, 2017
Alex Shephard
The Mueller investigation is getting serious.
July 14, 2017
Brian Beutler
Trump’s “high quality” son and son-in-law let him fight with U.S. intelligence over Russia when they knew the truth.
July 13, 2017
Brian Beutler
What Did Republicans Know About the Russia Scandal? America Deserves an Answer.
Either Trump deceived GOP leaders, or they ignored the collusion.
July 12, 2017
Jeet Heer
The Republicans Are Tainted by Trump’s Russia Scandal
Trump Jr.'s collusion emails have handed Democrats the leverage they've long sought. But will they use it to highlight the GOP's complicity?
July 11, 2017
Brian Beutler
The Truth About the Russia-Trump Collusion Conspiracy
The revelations about Donald Jr.'s meeting with a Russian operative have brought the scandal to the White House's doorstep.
July 10, 2017
Clio Chang
Donald Trump Jr.’s defense is that there’s nothing wrong with colluding with the Russians.
May 25, 2017
Alex Shephard
The Russia scandal will be waiting for Trump when he returns to the U.S.
May 17, 2017
Alex Shephard
Roger Stone, the Cockroach of American Politics
The new Netflix documentary "Get Me Roger Stone" tracks the life and times of an operator who has a habit of sticking around.
May 15, 2017
Jeet Heer
The Russia Scandal Is Driving Trump Mad. It Might Undo Him—and the Republicans.

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