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Phillips: Four reasons why a shutdown is more likely than not to happen
Overlay President Donald Trump's potential intransigence on a GOP that has long gone to the brink, and you have more factors leading to a shutdown since, well, the last one.

Analysis: Trump has no intention of denouncing the alt-right; he had every intention of escalating his war with the media
President Donald Trump stepped on stage in Phoenix on Tuesday night with something clearly eating at him. Minutes into his style rally, we learned what: It wasn't the white supremacists...

“Drug-infested den” and “true American patriots”: Donald Trump’s map of America
When President Donald Trump looks at America, he sees two very different worlds: He's visited inner cites he declared to be "worse than almost any of the places in the...

6 months of President Trump, in 7 issues
On Thursday, President Trump will have been in office for 181 days, a.k.a. 4,344 hours, a.k.a. 260,640 minutes, a.k.a. six months.

Analysis: Republicans’ health-care overhaul is even deader now
If you're reading this article, you're probably thinking: Wait. I thought Republicans' attempts to repeal Obamacare crashed and burned a few days ago.

Phillips: President Trump undermines travel ban argument, in 4 tweets
Tweets President Donald Trump sent early Monday could actually make one of his top priorities much more difficult to see to fruition: Getting his travel ban reinstated.