Trump and Paul Ryan head for a clash over the budget, and ideology. Will the Trump era finally kill Paul Ryan’s wonkish cred? As Republicans gingerly begin to dismantle Obamacare, his reputation as an earnest number-cruncher is showing serious cracks. How Trump split conservatives three ways: A guide to the new intellectual camps that could reshape American politics. The crisis of conservative convictions: Many of the Never Trump opinion writers who pushed Trumpian policies in the Obama years are quiet now. Our Forger in Chief: Trump’s attacks on the press and science aim to prevent us from knowing the world as it truly is. Trump shock factor fading in Washington: Republicans, once unnerved, are now shrugging off many of Trump’s more audacious statements.
