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  1. the national interest
    It Takes More Than ‘Adults in the Room’ to Control a Petulant Leader Like TrumpThere are parallels to Weimar failures in a too-forgiving GOP enamored by tax cuts.
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. Why This Key Trump Adviser Strikes Fear Into GOP HeartsThe possibility that Gary Cohn will be replaced by Trump’s nationalist trade guru Peter Navarro has many mainstream conservatives nervous.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein Is Reportedly Preparing to Step DownMore time to let the beard grow.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  4. Trump: Gary Cohn Is a ‘Globalist’ But I Like Him AnywayThe departing White House chief economic adviser will be back, Trump said.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  5. Trump Brings Back Ancient GOP Tradition of ProtectionismHe appears to be a true believer in reversing globalization, not just using tariffs as a weapon. That’s both new — and very old — for Republicans.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. Trump Bids Good-bye to Gary Cohn — and Empirical RealityThe president’s worst impulses had been constrained by deference to the stock market and corporate America. Now, he’s thumbing his nose at both.
    By Eric Levitz
  7. Gary Cohn to Resign, Clearing the Way For Trump’s Trade WarThe White House just lost its influential opponent of dumb trade policies.
    By Eric Levitz
  8. the national interest
    ‘Trade Wars Are Good.’ Business Is Scared of Trump for the First Time.Trump has wandered off the reservation before, but this time he might not come back.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. Commerce Department Offers Trump Ammunition for His Trade WarTrump has until April 11 to decide whether to impose high tariffs on aluminum and steel. It’s a subject that divides his party and administration.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. Report: Mnuchin Not Lying Well Enough About Taxes for Paul Ryan’s LikingThe Treasury secretary has fallen out of favor in congressional circles.
    By Benjamin Hart
  11. Senator: Gary Cohn Faked Bad Reception and Hung Up on Trump“… Sorry Mr. President … We’re losing you … Talk soon …” Click.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  12. Trump’s Corporate Tax Cuts Won’t Spur CEOs to Invest, Say Group of CEOsThe public doesn’t like big corporate tax cuts. And at least one group of CEOs didn’t validate the White House’s arguments for them.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. the national interest
    Gary Cohn: ‘The Most Excited Group Out There Are Big CEOs, About Our Tax Plan’When Trump economic advisers fail at spin.
    By Jonathan Chait
  14. the national interest
    Trump Administration ‘Can’t Guarantee’ Middle Class Won’t Pay Higher TaxesThe Republican tax-cut nightmare begins.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. Gary Cohn Was Set to Be the Next Fed Chairman, Then He Criticized TrumpThe president was reportedly angry that Cohn publicly criticized him over his “many sides” response to Charlottesville.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  16. Gary Cohn: Only ‘Morons’ Pay the Estate TaxYour populist government at work.
    By Benjamin Hart
  17. Breitbart News Will Try to Force Trump to Be Trump, Whether He Likes It or NotYou can expect Breitbart News to intensify its efforts to get Trump to stay “populist”, even if it mean repudiating key family members and advisers.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. Fed Chair Warns Trump Not to Roll Back Wall Street RegulationsJanet Yellen offered a vigorous defense of financial reform on Friday — and may have jeopardized her future at the central bank in the process.
    By Eric Levitz
  19. the national interest
    Gary Cohn Defies Nazis by Supporting Their Favorite President“I will not allow neo-Nazis ranting ‘Jews will not replace us’ to cause this Jew to leave his job.” That’ll show ‘em.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. We’re Grading Trump Like He’s a Montessori Kindergartener: Tax-Policy EditionThe Trump administration reportedly has “its act together on tax reform.” Also, its only idea for how to finance tax cuts is “blow out the deficit.”
    By Eric Levitz
  21. Gary Cohn Is the Front-runner to Replace Yellen As Fed Chair: ReportThe former Goldman Sachs president could soon lead one of the most powerful regulators of Wall Street.
    By Eric Levitz
  22. Populist President: I’d Rather Get Advice From Wall Street Than ‘a Poor Person’At a rally in Iowa, Trump explains why his cabinet is filled with multimillionaires.
    By Eric Levitz
  23. gary cohn
    Gary Cohn Has Profited From Big Mistakes. So Why Not Go Work for Trump?Watching a risky career move unfold in real time.
    By Jessica Pressler
  24. Republicans Are Struggling to Find Enough Votes to Pass Zombie TrumpcareHere we go again.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. Trump’s Syria Strike Is Latest Sign of Steve Bannon’s Waning InfluenceTwo sources close to Bannon say he argued against the strike, on the grounds it didn’t serve America’s interests.
    By Gabriel Sherman
  26. Trump’s Top Economic Adviser Backs Breaking Up the Big BanksThe Trump administration has assembled a long list of popular, left-wing policies that it has shown no intention of actually trying to pass.
    By Eric Levitz
  27. the national interest
    Republicans Tearing Each Other to Pieces Over Trumpcare DebacleIt’s the Night of the Long Knives for the fine-tuned machine.
    By Jonathan Chait
  28. trump white house
    Reports: Newest White House Feud Is Goldman Executives vs. the PopulistsGary Cohn is apparently playing the game of background thrones.
    By Chas Danner
  29. the national interest
    Trump Announces Plan to Let Wall Street Scam America AgainForcing financial advisers to do what’s best for their clients is “like putting only healthy food on the menu,” says Gary Cohn.
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. wall street
    For Wall Streeters Who Bet Long on Trump, It’s Bonus TimeAfter getting behind their very unlikely candidate, a few financiers are salivating over the dividends.
    By Jessica Pressler
  31. Goldman Sachs President Gary Cohn Is a Rising Power in TrumpworldOne insider sees him as a potential chief of staff if Priebus stumbles.
    By Gabriel Sherman
  32. Trump Taps President of Goldman Sachs for National Economic CouncilKeep draining that swamp.
    By Eric Levitz
  33. business
    Goldman No. 2 Angles for PromotionBut only when the time is right.
    By Kevin Roose
  34. what happens in davos stays in davos
    Report Can’t Confirm What Words Bankers Used to Describe Reform, But Can Assure Us They Were Not NiceCockiness and disdain at Davos.
    By Jessica Pressler
  35. photo op
    It’s Business As Usual at This Year’s World Economic ForumDrinking openly is back at Davos.
    By Jessica Pressler
  36. intelleaks
    Lloyd Blankfein’s Secret Facebook FeedContrary to what they’d like us to believe, Goldman Sachs employees have been on Facebook a long time.
    By Daily Intelligencer
  37. goldmanfellas
    Gary Cohn Can’t Spell, But He Is Not StupidGoldman’s COO can immediately suss out who is a “retread” and who is not.
    By Jessica Pressler
  38. fi-cri fallout
    What Were Gary Cohn and Lloyd Blankfein Whispering About During Obama’s Speech?Apparently, Obama’s use of the phrase “financial weapons of mass destruction” set off some whispers in the Goldman seats.
    By Jessica Pressler
  39. secret weapons
    Top Goldman Executive Gary Cohn to Attend Obama SpeechCOO to pierce president with laser eyes.
    By Jessica Pressler
  40. the greatest depression
    Rules for Working at Goldman SachsExecutives at the bank have asked employees to tone down their behavior in order to avoid further public relations disasters.
    By Jessica Pressler