MS NOW April 2018 Articles
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‘HEADLINERS: Elizabeth Warren’ airs Sunday, May 6 on MSNBC
The EPA does a lucrative favor for Carl Icahn, a key Trump ally
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.30.18
Trump’s favorite tabloid sends a clear signal to Michael Cohen
Bolton takes a big risk, talks up ‘Libya model’ for North Korea
White House staffer with ambiguous job heads for the exits
How many investigations is the EPA’s Pruitt currently facing?
Trump does himself no favors with new comments on Russia scandal
Trump makes misguided call for Democratic senator’s resignation
What Trump doesn’t want to understand about the black unemployment rate
Yet another member of Congress resigns under a cloud of scandal
Trump’s Pentagon chief defends key aspect of Iran nuclear deal
Project Gravitas founder reveals her business travel hacks
How to overcome fear and get better results
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.27.18
Republicans embrace Trump’s vision, see news organizations as the ‘enemy’
Economic growth slows in the first quarter of 2018
Trump falsely thinks it’d be easier to win the popular vote
Two Trump judicial nominees hedge on landmark desegregation ruling
Those who associate with Trump often live to regret it
Paul Ryan forces out House chaplain, sparks new controversy
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 4.26.18
Trump’s three magical words: ‘People don’t realize’
Senate panel advances bipartisan bill to shield Mueller from Trump
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.26.18
Trump threatens to exert political influence over the Justice Department
Trump’s story appears to change on details of Moscow trip
Daniels’ lawyer: Trump’s new comments are a ‘gift from the heavens’
Carson’s new HUD plan: rent hikes for low-income families
Ending fiasco, Ronny Jackson withdraws as VA nominee
Michael Cohen to take the Fifth, leaving Trump in an awkward spot
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 4.25.18
France’s Macron tells Congress what Republicans didn’t want to hear
GOP campaign to push the courts to the right continues unabated
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.25.18
New evidence shows critics of the Republican tax plan were right
GOP Senate candidate targets Mitch McConnell’s family
For his next trick, the EPA’s Scott Pruitt takes aim at science
Governor to speak at law enforcement event, despite felony charges
‘Republicans shouldn’t be hitting the alarm, they should be slamming it’
With unusual candor, Mulvaney talks about selling access to lobbyists
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 4.24.18
Trump praises North Korea’s ‘very honorable’ dictator
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.24.18
Trump faces new round of security questions over his cell phone
White House dysfunction creates another cabinet mess for Trump
Another GOP rep calls for Pruitt’s ouster amid multiple scandals
White House struggles to explain Trump’s ‘breeding concept’ reference
After latest reversal, Rand Paul earns the wrong kind of reputation
One of Trump’s key Russia claims starts to unravel
Navigating the online dating scene with a strong sense of value
Cotton is the wrong guy to give lectures on ‘shameful political behavior’
Senate poised to make history with Pompeo’s Secretary of State nomination
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.23.18
Playing a risky game, Trump predicts Cohen won’t ‘flip’ on him
Trump does himself no favors ahead of North Korea talks
In Trump’s White House, even the policy guys aren’t policy guys
Corker can’t bring himself to praise his would-be GOP successor
EPA’s Scott Pruitt haunted by corruption allegations, old and new
Trump’s bold new idea: suing the Democratic National Committee
Why the GOP’s failure over the Comey memos seems so familiar
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.20.18
Trump used alter ego to exaggerate his financial wealth
Republican tax plan delivers massive rewards for Wall Street
Rubio’s argument on presidential ‘deference’ starts to unravel
Cruz tries to sing the praises of the president who bullied him
Rachel Maddow interviews James Comey: Read the full transcript
House Republicans obtain, quickly leak Comey memos
Trump’s legal team adds Giuliani, moves in an odd direction
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 4.19.18
Ignoring slavery, Trump says human trafficking has reached all-time high
At international meeting on women, Team Trump pushes abstinence message
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.19.18
This week’s tumult has done Nikki Haley no favors
As Trump’s credibility crashes, the world starts to ignore him
Republicans rally behind Trump’s dubious choice to lead NASA
Trump makes some dubious assumptions about farmers’ partisan allegiance
New polling points to possible trouble for Ted Cruz in Texas
Judge holds Kansas’ Kobach in contempt in voting rights case
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 4.18.18
Janine Driver’s healthy road to 50
What to do after you file your taxes
Paul Ryan picks a poor time to praise Trump’s toughness on Russia
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.18.18
GOP rep accused of using his office to boost his investments
On trade, Trump brings an abrupt end to a plan he never understood
Arizona Republicans try to play partisan games with McCain’s Senate seat
Trump contradicts his own claims on James Comey’s firing
Ethics be damned, Trump touts his private club in Florida
McConnell rejects bipartisan effort to protect Mueller from Trump
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 4.17.18
Automatic voter registration expands its reach even further
Trying to put distance between Trump and Cohen won’t work
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.17.18
Why would an EPA chief need a car with ‘Kevlar-like seat covers’?
Interior Secretary claims to be a geologist, despite the evidence
On China, Trump tries and fails to keep his story straight
Republicans expected their tax plan to be popular by now (but it’s not)
Wisconsin Republican connects voter ID, GOP wins
Trump halts his own team’s plans for sanctions on Russia
Michael Cohen surprises with third client announcement: Sean Hannity
The list of lawyers who don’t want Trump as a client keeps growing
The soundproof phone booth for the EPA’s Pruitt wasn’t legal
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.16.18
Paul Ryan suggests trillion-dollar deficits were inevitable
Republican donors are financing a whole lot of Trump World lawyers
Judge finalizes $25 million settlement in Trump’s fraud case
Pence finds, hires, and loses his national security adviser
The words Trump didn’t learn not to say: ‘Mission Accomplished’
Following military strikes in Syria, Trump confronts awkward questions
Another RNC finance chair resigns in the wake of scandal
When the pardon power becomes an instrument of political messaging
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.13.18
After creating historic deficits, Republicans move to outlaw deficits
American mainstream rejects Trump’s condemnation of Mueller probe
Trump says Comey is a ‘slime ball,’ calls for his criminal prosecution
Coal lobbyist takes over key leadership post at Trump’s EPA
Trump says he’s ‘draining the swamp,’ even if ‘it may not look like it’
Despite Trump’s boasts, odds of his Mueller interview have ‘drastically dimmed’
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 4.12.18
RNC takes aim at former FBI Director James Comey
How to take a break from work or walk away from your career
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.12.18
Why a former Trump doorman was paid $30,000 by a supermarket tabloid
White House struggles to keep up with Trump’s incoherence on Syria
Three power moves that are better than a shrug
Senator: vote for GOP tax plan may be ‘one of the worst votes I’ve made’
Trump seeks legal advice ‘from virtually any attorney who calls him’
Sex scandal gets vastly more serious for Missouri’s GOP governor
Exclusive: DoJ letter shows scope of Mueller evidence collection
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 4.11.18
The NRA offers a new count of its Russian contributors
Congressional retirements start to pile up
Senators unveil bipartisan bill to shield Mueller from Trump
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.11.18
Will Trump tweet his way into an escalating military conflict in Syria?
Nunes threatens to impeach Trump-appointed FBI director
House Speaker Paul Ryan to exit stage right
Instead of defending Mueller, some in GOP target him
Apparent falsehoods compound problems for EPA’s Pruitt
Trump ‘believes’ he can fire Mueller (and he’s taken steps to do so)
Exclusive: Notes appear to back Comey claims about Trump
Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 4.10.18
On Equal Pay Day, how far have we come?
Despite Trump’s claims, attorney–client privilege is not ‘dead’
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.10.18
‘HEADLINERS: James Comey’ airs Sunday, April 15 on MSNBC
Trump’s homeland security adviser latest to resign
Every criticism of the Republican tax plan is proving true
White House: Trump ‘feels’ there was voter fraud in election he won
Trump World confronts a tidal wave of scandals, investigations
Scandals engulf multiple RNC finance chairs
In new tantrum, Trump calls raid on lawyer’s office an ‘attack on our country’
White House discovers that Trump listens more ‘when it’s on TV’
The myth of Scott Pruitt’s competence at the EPA
Monday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.9.18
As Trump seeks Guard troops for the border, some governors balk
Trump concedes his new economic plan may produce ‘a little pain’
Automatic voter registration takes another big step forward
Texas Republican resigns, increases historic resignation count
Following attack in Syria, Trump turns attention to Obama
As scandals pile up for EPA’s Pruitt, Trump signals indifference
Trump denies one of his favorite conspiracy theories is a conspiracy theory
Dissatisfied with Americans’ attitudes, Trump picks his own approval rating
Listen: Tim Cook’s complete interview with Hayes and Swisher
Read Tim Cook’s interview with Chris Hayes and Kara Swisher
Work looks for millennial women this spring
The Justice Dept disagrees with Trump about the legality of collusion
Friday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.6.18
With China and trade, Trump discovers ‘nothing is easy’
Trump apparently wasn’t kidding about targeting terrorist’s families
Trump literally throws away his ‘boring’ script on tax cuts
Trump breaks his silence on Stormy Daniels (to the delight of her lawyer)
Following February’s highs, job growth slowed down in March
EPA’s Scott Pruitt buried under avalanche of scandals
Thursday’s Mini-Report, 4.5.18
Bolton faces White House questions about ethics, possible conflicts
Trump supporters keep bearing the brunt of Trump’s agenda
Thursday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.5.18
In the 2018 midterms, the Senate map may be expanding in unexpected ways
It’s Trump vs the Trump administration on US troops in Syria
White House struggles to defend Trump’s latest border policies
GOP lawmaker: voting against Trump’s wishes comparable to adultery
McConnell points to ‘the most consequential decision’ of his career
White House hedges on key Trump economic policy
Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 4.4.18
Antagonizing China, Trump flunks test on how numbers work
Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.4.18
As some Republicans call for his ouster, Pruitt laments ‘toxic’ DC
Trump scrambles to respond to a border crisis that doesn’t exist
On his way out the door, McMaster takes a parting shot at Russia
As Trump’s infrastructure plans collapse, top aide exits White House
After key progressive win, Wisconsin’s Walker warns of ‘blue wave’
Mueller to Trump lawyers: President is a subject of investigation
‘HEADLINERS: Robert Mueller’ airs Sunday, April 8 on MSNBC
A presidential tale with an unreliable narrator
Tuesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 4.3.18
Amid scandal, the EPA’s Pruitt has a chat with the White House
The closer one looks, the weaker Trump’s actions against Russia appear
Trump finds another foreign autocrat to call and congratulate
Trump’s line on immigration descends deeper into incoherence
Despite months of boasts, the ‘Trump Slump’ hits the stock market
Instead of guiding his media allies, Trump is the one being guided
The national significance of Oklahoma’s teacher walk-out
GOP animus toward federal law enforcement intensifies
Trump’s economic boasts grow increasingly divorced from reality
A scandal EPA chief Scott Pruitt may not be able to survive
What the right fails to understand about the VA health care system
New report helps explain Trump World’s many vetting failures
The wrong president to honor Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
Why the White House is pretending a fired cabinet secretary ‘resigned’
With Easter declaration, Trump’s confusion upends immigration debate