If we’re being honest, the month of January felt like an entire year of news in 31 days. So rather than bring you this morning’s dump of headlines about the GOP/FBI memo, here are three of our favorite thought-provoking articles about the bigger story: 1) â€
FEMA blindsides Puerto Rico by announcing that, as of today, its food and water shipments to the island will cease, citing the recovery of the commercial supply chain. 1/27 At current rates of depletion, Cape Town will turn off water taps in April—exacerbating socioeconomic divides. 2/27 The
Republicans vote to release a secret memo drafted by Republicans—though not a secret memo drafted by Democrats—no matter the Justice Department's opinion that such a release would be "extraordinarily reckless." 1/18 Here’s what we know so far about Trump’s first State
This year's flu is the worst since 2009—and hospitalizations just jumped, which likely means deaths will increase. 1/17 Scientists now posit Earth's first eon, the Hadean—thought to be "dark and hellish"—may still have supported life. 2/17 To aid
President Trump ordered special counsel Robert Mueller fired back in June, but he backpedaled after White House counsel Don McGahn threatened to resign. 1/15 Here are five takeaways from the Mueller-firing news and lots of Beltway Twitter chatter. 2/15 “There are good reasons to be critical
Trump sends mixed signals to the nearly 700,000 Dreamers, saying he would be open to citizenship after "10 to 12 years," just days after killing a bipartisan plan—in his "shithole" meeting—that offered a path to citizenship. 1/21 Dara Lind on Twitter: "
The government shutdown only broke because Senators had to wait their turn to hold Susan Collins's "talking stick." 1/17 Democrats fail at Republican tactics—like government shutdowns—because they don't hate the government sufficiently. 2/17 Illinois’s Sen. Duckworth says she’s
The government shutdown ends (for the next three weeks, anyway) and the big question is: Who won? Democrats or Republicans? This question represents everything wrong with our current politics, in which we've become preoccupied with rooting for one side and lambasting the other, to the point that actual
The Republicans have become the first party in American history to control the White House and both houses of Congress and manage to shutter the government. 1/13 Here is what’s open, what’s not. And here’s a handy list of Hill reporters to follow on Twitter for
To avoid a government shutdown, the House has passed a stopgap spending bill. Now the Senate must approve the measure by midnight tonight—which looks unlikely. 1/19 Even as the GOP tries to pin the shutdown on Democrats, three Republican senators say they won't approve the measure.
