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Matthew Yglesias

Matthew Yglesias

Former Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Matthew Yglesias

    Politics
    A Trump hotel project seems to have involved a front for Iran’s Revolutionary GuardA Trump hotel project seems to have involved a front for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard
    Politics

    It wouldn’t be the first time Trump got into money-laundering trouble.

    By Matthew Yglesias
    Politics
    Report: Trump aides cheer up a moody president by talking about his travel banReport: Trump aides cheer up a moody president by talking about his travel ban
    Politics

    It’s about national security. Or something.

    By Matthew Yglesias
    Politics
    Trump is mad online at Obama, Schwarzenegger, and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance CourtTrump is mad online at Obama, Schwarzenegger, and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
    Politics

    It was a busy morning for the leader of the free world.

    By Matthew Yglesias
    Politics
    A timeline of Jeff Sessions and Michael Flynn’s talks with the Russian ambassadorA timeline of Jeff Sessions and Michael Flynn’s talks with the Russian ambassador
    Politics

    Trump’s changing tune on Russia casts old talks in a new light.

    By Matthew Yglesias
    Politics
    Mike Pence used private email as governor, and it got hackedMike Pence used private email as governor, and it got hacked
    Politics

    It was everything Clinton’s critics alleged.

    By Matthew Yglesias
    Politics
    White House reveals another Flynn meeting with the Russian ambassadorWhite House reveals another Flynn meeting with the Russian ambassador
    Politics

    This one featured Jared Kushner too.

    By Matthew Yglesias
    Politics
    The other 25 senators on Sessions’s committee say they had no meetings with Russian ambassador in 2016The other 25 senators on Sessions’s committee say they had no meetings with Russian ambassador in 2016
    Politics

    A strange coincidence if the meeting wasn’t about Trump.

    By Matthew Yglesias
    Politics
    Watch the hilarious ad that could doom the House Republican tax planWatch the hilarious ad that could doom the House Republican tax plan
    Politics

    Meet the “everything tax.”

    By Matthew Yglesias
    Politics
    Trump is performing the role of president, not doing the jobTrump is performing the role of president, not doing the job
    Politics

    He doesn’t want to be president, he just wants to play one on TV.

    By Matthew Yglesias
    Politics
    What Trump has done (and mostly not done) from his first 100 days agendaWhat Trump has done (and mostly not done) from his first 100 days agenda
    Politics

    A frenetic pace, but relatively little action.

    By Matthew Yglesias

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