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  1. government shutdown
    Trump Is Already Laying the Groundwork for Another Government Shutdown“It’s certainly an option,” he said Sunday.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  2. government shutdown
    Airport Workers Forced Trump to Cave (Like a Dog)Republicans are willing to condone a lot of awful things for the sake of political convenience – but personal inconvenience at the airport isn’t one.
    By Eric Levitz
  3. government shutdown
    Shutdown Pushes Trump’s Disapproval to All-Time High in Two PollsSeventy percent of voters say a border wall isn’t worth a shutdown. A supermajority backs Pelosi’s plan to reopen the government without wall funding.
    By Eric Levitz
  4. immigration
    ‘Build the Wall and Crime Will Fall’: Trump’s New Rhyming Slogan Is Not TrueMaybe it’ll help him sell some shirts though.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  5. government shutdown
    The Government Shutdown (Probably) Isn’t Ending Any Time SoonTrump’s peace offering is full of poison pills. Democrats show few signs of caving — and the Supreme Court just gave them a reason to stand firm.
    By Eric Levitz
  6. government shutdown
    The ‘Both Sides’ Brigade Is Encouraging Trump to Take More HostagesBlaming both sides for the government shutdown does not make reporters “objective”; it makes them complicit in the president’s misrule.
    By Eric Levitz
  7. government shutdown
    Coulter and Limbaugh Keep Pressure Up on Trump to Keep Government ClosedWho is Trump going to listen to? His conservative allies or everybody else?
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. the wall
    The People Who Tried to Crowdfund the Wall Are Now Trying to Build It ThemselvesBrian Kolfage says his group is going to try to raise the money to buy the land and build the wall themselves — without the federal government.
    By David Freedlander
  9. the wall
    Republicans Fear Trump’s Fake National Emergency Could Pave Way for a Real OneMarco Rubio thinks out loud: You wouldn’t want some Democrat to use special powers on climate change, would you?
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. the wall
    Trump Never Actually Believed in the WallIt seems unlikely that Trump actually thinks a wall is his best border security option. But now, he is stuck with it.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  11. border wall
    Prototype of Trump’s Wall Proves No Match for SawSometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.
    By Eric Levitz
  12. government shutdown
    Trump Poised to Declare National Emergency After Failing to Show There Is OneThe president seems to be going through the motions of negotiating, just like he went through the motions with his Oval Office speech.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. government shutdown
    Trump Wastes an Oval Office Address on the Same Old Border Crisis RapWith nothing new to say, Trump just recited the familiar lies and misrepresentations.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. donald trump
    Trump Reaches for Gravitas in His First Prime-Time Oval Office SpeechPerhaps the venue, which Americans associate with big, consequential issues, can help convince a skeptical public that Trump needs his border wall.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. politics
    A National Emergency Declaration Could Give Trump Authoritarian PowersTrump may only be looking for a way to get his wall built, but he could soon discover that the declaration comes with all sorts of new powers.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. politics
    Trump May Invoke Emergency Powers to Fund the WallAdd it to the list of constitutional crises.
    By Matt Stieb
  17. government shutdown
    Democrats Say They’ll Shut Down the Senate Until It Reopens the GovernmentTrump’s got his “national emergency” alternative, but Democrats could stop regular Senate business until the chamber deals with the shutdown.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. immigration
    Would Patrolling With the Border Patrol Change Your Mind About the Border?A ride-along with an agency at once empowered and besieged.
    By Mattathias Schwartz
  19. government shutdown
    Republican Senators Facing Tough Reelections Break With Trump on ShutdownYes, some of Trump’s Senate critics are no longer around. But Cory Gardner and Susan Collins are restive, and Lisa Murkowski hasn’t gone anywhere.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. government shutdown
    Trump’s Leverage in the Shutdown Fight: His Own NihilismTrump has manufactured a real crisis in the name of a fake one. Now, he’s betting Democrats have less tolerance for inflicting suffering than he does.
    By Eric Levitz
  21. government shutdown
    Latest White House Meeting on Government Shutdown Resolves NothingGoes to show that a lot of lower-level spadework and a ripening of political conditions must precede any deal to reopen the government.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. government shutdown
    Elusive Wall-for-DACA Deal Could Be Key to Ending Government ShutdownTrading relief for Dreamers for wall funding has long been on (or near) the table in Trump’s talks with Dems. But will he finally agree to a deal?
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. government shutdown
    The Government Shutdown Will Continue As Long As Trump Thinks It Benefits HimThe GOP-controlled Senate won’t act without Trump, and he thinks he’ll come out on top in a long shutdown battle — despite evidence to the contrary.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. the wall
    The Insurmountable Obstacle to Trump’s WallCongress can’t agree on what Trump’s wall is, because Trump can’t admit what it’s for.
    By Eric Levitz
  25. government shutdown
    Trump’s Border-Wall Shutdown Battle Drags On, With No End in SightNeither side has any incentive for a quick deal to return things to normal.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. border wall
    It Will Be Called a ‘Wall,’ No Matter What It Actually IsTrump’s promises to his supporters have run smack into reality.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  27. border wall
    Are Steel Slats a Wall, and If Not, Is Trump Betraying His Base?Even as he wavers on what he’s willing to do to get a border wall, the president now looks shaky on how to define “wall.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. politics
    Congress On Track to Put Off Spending Fight Until FebruaryThere’s a chance a spending deal can still be reached, but more likely, talks will drag on into 2019 — but with no government shutdown.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. government shutdown
    Trump Backs Down on Border Wall Demand, Probably Ending Shutdown ThreatThe White House is back to where it was last week before Trump lost his cool in an Oval Office meeting and started issuing empty threats.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. government shutdown
    Government Drifts Toward Xmas Shutdown After Trump Blows Up TalksTrump’s Oval Office temper tantrum took everyone by surprise and left little time for negotiations on border wall funding.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. government shutdown
    Oops, Trump Now Needs the Votes of Those GOP House ‘Losers’ He MockedAre the lame-duck Republicans Trump scorned going to race back to Washington to help him save face in the shutdown battle? Probably not.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. 2020 elections
    Does Donald Trump Have a Reelection Strategy?Trump seems incapable of “pivoting to the center” or becoming more popular. So either he’ll wing it, or focus on demonizing his opponent.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. politics
    Which Circle of Hell Do You Think This Is?Trump spent 17 minutes screaming while a catatonic Mike Pence looked on.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  34. government shutdown
    Trump Vows to Shut Down Government If He Doesn’t Get His WallThe president lost his temper and finally took total responsibility for a bad thing that may soon happen.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. criminal justice reform
    It Looks Like Trump Will Let McConnell Kill the Criminal-Justice Reform BillWith time running out, Trump’s not doing much to pressure the Senate leader to bring a bipartisan prison and sentencing-reform bill to the floor.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. 2018 midterms
    Total GOP Control in Washington Is About to End. What Did They Get Out of It?For two years Republicans have theoretically had the power to remake the federal government. How did that work out for them? It was a mixed bag.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. border wall
    Trump: The Dreamers Are My Hostages – But the Wall Is Not My RansomTrump says he won’t negotiate over DACA because he thinks he’ll get a higher ransom once the Supreme Court makes Dreamers vulnerable to deportation.
    By Eric Levitz
  38. immigration
    As Trump Screamed About the Border in ‘16, Unauthorized Immigration Was DroppingFor all of the president’s demagoguery about Mexico, entries from that country declined steadily from 2007 to 2016, as did all border violations.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. government shutdown
    Yet Again, Trump Threatens Government Shutdown Over His Precious WallDemocrats aren’t in the mood to give Trump his border wall money, and are demanding concessions on Mueller and the 2020 Census.
    By Ed Kilgore
  40. government shutdown
    Congressional Republicans Ignoring Trump Government Shutdown ThreatsTrump is again threatening to shut down the federal government over border wall funding. His congressional allies are strangely sure he’s bluffing.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. europe
    Spanish Official: Trump Suggested Building a Wall Across the SaharaIf Trump can’t have his border wall, maybe Spain can.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  42. 2018 midterms
    Congress Moves to Make Sure There’s No Government Shutdown Before MidtermsMembers of Congress are hoping that Trump won’t flip-flop yet again and reject an agreement that fails to meet his demands for border wall funding.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. immigration
    Trump Wants U.S. to Pay Mexico for Deportations, Spend More on Border WallDespite talk of making Mexico pay, the administration told Congress it’s diverting $20 million in U.S. foreign aid to help Mexico fund deportations.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  44. 2018 midterms
    If Democrats Win Midterms, Trump Could Be Planning a November SurpriseTrump could use a lame-duck session to conduct a Saturday Night Massacre, or take other extreme steps to abuse his power.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. Poll: Support for Trump and His Immigration Policy Are Nearly IdenticalTo a remarkable extent, support for Trump tracks support for his handling of immigration across all sorts of demographic lines.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. President Trump Is Threatening to Shut Down the Government Over ImmigrationPOTUS again rattling his saber over the border wall and legal immigration restrictions just after his allies assured us he’d be “patient.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. Don’t Look Now, But Another Government Shutdown Threat Looms This FallTrump’s demand for border wall funding he can’t get may combine with the desire to pump up the GOP base and produce a shutdown.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. Why the GOP Might Face More Humiliation on ImmigrationRepublican attempts to pass a bill were huge failures. But there’s always room to fail again.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. the national interest
    Why Trump Is Using Hostage Tactics on Family SeparationIt’s a way for him to avoid taking responsibility for his own policy.
    By Jonathan Chait
  50. Trump Blows Up ‘Compromise’ House Immigration BillThe president has now positioned himself to the right of his hard-core immigration adviser, Stephen Miller, which is difficult to do.
    By Ed Kilgore
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