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  1. the wall
    Trump May Fund the Wall With Cash Meant for Actual EmergenciesAs Trump prepares to reroute $13.9 billion in natural disaster funding, Democrats get ready to slow him down in court and in the House.
    By Matt Stieb
  2. 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
  3. government shutdown
    Federal Workers Are Mad As HellWith little progress to end the partial government shutdown, federal workers are taking to the streets, and the courtroom.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  4. 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
  5. government shutdown
    GOP Leaders Search for a Budget Deal as Trump Fumes, Stonewalls DemocratsRepublican senators are reportedly interested in trading wall funding for immigration reform, including protection of DACA and TPS.
    By Matt Stieb
  6. 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
  7. government shutdown
    The FDA Can’t Do Its Job During the ShutdownAlmost all domestic food inspections have been suspended.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  8. california wildfires
    Trump Threatens Literal Scorched-Earth Policy to Punish CaliforniaIn apparent anger at California’s – and Nancy Pelosi’s – resistance to his policies, Trump again talks of cutting off disaster relief for wildfires.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. the national circus
    Frank Rich: With Trump’s Speech, the Networks Surrendered to Bill ShineThe Oval Office address about the southern border was straight out of a master propagandist’s playbook.
    By Frank Rich
  10. 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
  11. the national interest
    The U.S. Doesn’t Have a Border Crisis. Trump’s Campaign Does.A president trapped by his own laziness and ignorance flails hopelessly.
    By Jonathan Chait
  12. prisons
    The Problem With Prison Isn’t Steak and Pie on HolidaysOutrage over federal prisoners being fed well on New Year’s Day while prison workers go unpaid due to the shutdown is ridiculous.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  13. 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
  14. the national interest
    Pence Says Trump Thought Presidents on TV Were Talking Privately to HimAlternatively, when Trump said former presidents urged him to build the wall, he was just lying.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. politics
    Trump May Invoke Emergency Powers to Fund the WallAdd it to the list of constitutional crises.
    By Matt Stieb
  16. 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
  17. the national interest
    Trump Literally Did Not Understand What a Shutdown Would DoThe Trump administration’s shutdown was planned about as well as everything else Trump has done.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. government shutdown
    Two Weeks Into Shutdown, Hundreds of TSA Agents Have Stopped Showing Up for WorkWith the shutdown freezing their pay, many TSA workers are calling in sick to work second jobs or save money on child-care costs.
    By Eric Levitz
  19. the national interest
    Rich People’s Houses Have Walls. Also Roofs. The U.S. Should Have a Roof.Trump is totally right that what’s good for a house is good for the country.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. power
    Poop Is Piling Up in National Parks Thanks to Government Shutdown“Once those port-a-potties fill up, there’s no amount of cleaning that will save them.”
    By Kimberly Truong
  25. 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
  26. the wall
    Trump: Give Me a Wall or I’ll Engineer a RecessionThe president promises to close the southern border to all commerce if Congress refuses to fund his monument to American xenophobia.
    By Eric Levitz
  27. government shutdown
    Feds to Furloughed Workers: Try Bartering for RentThe government suggests workers trade manual labor for a deal on rent.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  28. government shutdown
    Trump Is Losing the Shutdown Fight in a RoutTurns out, holding the government hostage to an unpopular policy goal is not a good way to expand one’s narrow base of support.
    By Eric Levitz
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. government shutdown
    Partial Government Shutdown Will Go On Past ChristmasThe shutdown will now last until at least December 27 after negotiators failed to reach a compromise on Saturday.
    By Chas Danner and Matt Stieb
  32. the grinch
    White House Delivers Chaos, Poverty, Misery for the HolidaysFrom the Mattis resignation to a looming shutdown, the White House is making sure everyone has a terrible holiday.
    By Sarah Jones
  33. government shutdown
    Shutdown, Market Crash, and Mattis Out: A Chat About Trump’s Week of ChaosThree Intelligencer writers try to make sense of the madness.
    By Josh Barro, Jonathan Chait, and Benjamin Hart
  34. government shutdown
    Shutting Down the Government Isn’t a Harmless GameContrary to what at least one Republican congressman thinks, plenty of federal workers live paycheck to paycheck.
    By Sarah Jones
  35. the national interest
    Trump Wants to End the Filibuster. He’s Right.The Senate rules make no sense.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. the national circus
    GOP Leaders Won’t Tolerate Trump’s Chaos for Much LongerWith Trump’s erratic behavior at home and abroad inflicting damage on the financial markets, Republican lawmakers may finally turn on him.
    By Frank Rich
  37. the national interest
    Trump Is Building a Team of Lackeys to Go to War With MuellerAs General Mattis raises questions about Trump’s fitness for office, the president is shutting down the government and locking in his base.
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. 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
  39. the national interest
    Why Fox News Made Trump Shut Down the GovernmentDonald Trump had a plan to pretend Mexico paid for the wall. Conservative media decided not to buy it.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 2018 midterms
    Unlike Obama, Trump’s Response to Midterm Defeat Was to Double DownObama took responsibility for his party’s defeat and at least offered negotiations with the opposing party. Trump: not so much.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. the national interest
    Don’t Blame Trump for Losing the Shutdown Battle to These Legislative GeniusesA close analysis of how Democrats somehow outmaneuvered the great negotiator.
    By Jonathan Chait
  48. 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
  49. the wall
    Trump to Congress: Fund the Wall — Or Not, Either Way Works for MeThe great negotiator says Congress must fund his border wall — unless they don’t want to, in which case the military can just build it anyway.
    By Eric Levitz
  50. 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
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