News in Brief Trump’s Approval Rating Continues to Fall, Even Among His Base His ratings were again lowest among women, those aged 18 to 34, and minorities. Kate Wheeling
Environment The Mass Panic Over Russian Political Interference Threatens Progressives Too Armed with potent propaganda, House Republicans are targeting the environmental movement over alleged Kremlin ties. Jimmy Tobias
News in Brief Picking a Primary by Mail—How’s That Going to Work? Next spring, expect political reformers to have all eyes on Colorado's unusual new open primary system to see if it causes more harm than good. Seth Masket
News in Brief Is the White House Being Reshaped by the Military? There haven't been this many generals in the executive branch since World War II. Jared Keller
News in Brief What Would Happen If Trump Declared the Opioid Epidemic a National Emergency? National-emergency laws were designed to help America deal with hurricanes. Will they work against addiction? Francie Diep
News in Brief What Do We Know About Trump’s New Chief of Staff? John Kelly now has the president's ear. So who is he? Kate Wheeling
News in Brief Is Mitch McConnell Any Good at His Job? Conservative coalitions tend to define themselves in terms of negative power, but stopping legislation is far easier than passing it. Seth Masket
News in Brief Another Obamacare Repeal Bill Falls Short This time it's the aptly named the Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act. Dwyer Gunn
News in Brief What’s Going on With the Senate’s Health-Care Bill? The Senate is expected to take its first steps toward ACA repeal and replace. Dwyer Gunn
News in Brief Rudy Giuliani Denies Reports That He Is Being Considered to Replace Jeff Sessions Giuliani also agreed with Sessions' decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation. Kate Wheeling