On tax reform, Donald Trump gets it done—and takes a moment to gloatAllen Abel in Washington on the tax bill and the pinnacle of Trump’s presidency—a day without scandal, tweetstorm or tantrum
Donald Trump is here to stayA scream once derailed a presidential campaign. Now, Trump is cruising past his senior aide’s guilty plea. No help is coming, writes Andray Domise
Julian Assange’s ghostwriter dishes on the Wikileaks founderIn his collection of stories essayist Andrew O’Hagan calls Assange ’conspiratorial, untruthful, narcissistic . . . probably a little mad, sad and bad’ and excoriates the Republicans
Q&A: Novelist Richard Ford on Donald Trump, Paul Ryan and gunsIn his new book, Ford reflects on his parents’ delight in New Orleans and his ’blissful’ Mississippi childhood
Will Republican infighting stall Trump’s agenda?For the first time in six election cycles, the GOP controls all major levers of federal power. Why aren’t things going well?
Q&A: Reza Aslan on religion and U.S. politicsReligious scholar Reza Aslan on why evangelicals voted for Donald Trump, the Democrats’ faith problem, Iran, and much more
Top 10 great things about the proposed new U.S. health care actAs Congress debates a new law, let’s look on the bright side of Obamacare’s demise
Let’s talk about American exceptionalismThe Republican convention has been a festival of Trump-fuelled American exceptionalism. Problem is, he doesn’t believe in it—nor should he.
Paul Ryan to Republicans: ’It is all on the line.’For the record from the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland
Editorial: America must address its prison problemMomentum can’t be lost in the struggle to find a way past violence and racial tension