Weekly Primers – Talking Points Memo

Russia Probe

This Week: Trump Allegedly Directed Cohen To Lie To Congress About Moscow Project

By Allegra Kirkland | January 18, 2019 5:31 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: Trump Administration Picks And Chooses Which Employees Are Essential

By Matt Shuham | January 17, 2019 5:25 pm

Voting Rights

Voting Rights: Reformers Get Some Good News Out Of The Supreme Court On Campaign Finance

By Tierney Sneed | January 14, 2019 3:28 pm

Russia Probe

This Week: Manafort Gave Trump Poll Data To Russian, Mueller Report Coming

By Allegra Kirkland | January 11, 2019 1:39 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: Acting Defense Sec — A Former Boeing Exec — Trashed Lockheed In Meetings

By Matt Shuham | January 10, 2019 4:52 pm

Voting Rights

Voting Rights: Kavanaugh’s Thoughts On Partisan Gerrymandering Become Very Important

By Tierney Sneed | January 7, 2019 1:20 pm

Russia Probe

This Week: New Developments In Mysterious Mueller-Linked Cases

By Allegra Kirkland | January 4, 2019 4:22 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: Industry Insiders, Former Lobbyists Make Cabinet Room Debut

By Matt Shuham | January 3, 2019 4:56 pm

Russia Probe

This Week: Flynn Sentencing Delayed After Bizarre Hearing

By Allegra Kirkland | December 21, 2018 12:21 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: Take A Closer Look At Zinke’s Deputy, Waiting In The Wings

By Matt Shuham | December 20, 2018 6:54 pm

Voting Rights

Voting Rights Primer: NJ Dems Back Away From Plan To Boost Their Gerrymandering Advantage

By Tierney Sneed | December 17, 2018 3:53 pm

Russia Probe

This Week: Everybody Gets A Sentence!

By Allegra Kirkland | December 14, 2018 5:23 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: Nick Ayers Is Leaving The White House To Spend More Time With His Money

By Matt Shuham | December 13, 2018 6:24 pm

Voting Rights

Primer: Dems Prepare An Ambitious Package Of Voting Rights Legislation

By Tierney Sneed | December 10, 2018 12:32 pm

Russia Probe

This Week: Mueller Recommends No Jail Time For Cohen, Flynn Thanks To Their Cooperation

By Allegra Kirkland | December 7, 2018 6:14 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: Mulvaney’s Protégé Leads CFPB, Fossil Fuel Advocate Becomes Energy Regulator

By Matt Shuham | December 6, 2018 4:37 pm

Voting Rights

Weekly Primer: Allegations of GOP Voter Fraud Heat Up In NC

By Tierney Sneed | December 3, 2018 11:10 am

Russia Probe

This Week: Cohen’s New Deal With Mueller Spells Trouble For Trump

By Allegra Kirkland | November 30, 2018 12:51 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: Energy Regulator Nominee Worried About ‘Tyranny’ Of ‘Green Movement’

By Matt Shuham | November 29, 2018 6:33 pm

Voting Rights

Voting Rights Primer: North Carolina GOP Aims To Push Through Voter ID During Lame-Duck Session

By Tierney Sneed | November 26, 2018 11:03 am

Russia Probe

This Week: Trump Submits Answers To Mueller, Corsi Claims A Plea Deal Is In The Works

By Allegra Kirkland | November 23, 2018 1:29 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: Trump Wanted DOJ To Prosecute His Enemies

By Matt Shuham | November 22, 2018 2:09 pm

Voting Rights

Weekly Primer: The Supreme Court Gets Involved With The Census Fight

By Tierney Sneed | November 19, 2018 12:11 pm

Russia Probe

This Week: Threat Of A New Indictment Hangs Over White House

By Allegra Kirkland | November 16, 2018 1:56 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: As Dems Wade Into Trump’s Swamp, They Expect ‘Full Cooperation’ With Requests

By Matt Shuham | November 15, 2018 4:31 pm

Russia Probe

This Week: Sessions Out, Acting AG Refuses To Recuse From Mueller Probe

By Allegra Kirkland | November 9, 2018 2:54 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: How Will Dem House Chairs Check The Trump Administration?

By Matt Shuham | November 8, 2018 4:18 pm

Voting Rights

Primer: Voting Rights Advocates See Some Success In Georgia, Defeats Elsewhere

By Tierney Sneed | November 5, 2018 1:47 pm

Russia Probe

This Week: Far-Right Attempt To Smear Mueller Backfires In Spectacular Fashion

By Allegra Kirkland | November 2, 2018 1:53 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: Is DOJ Scrutinizing Zinke Deal With Halliburton Chair?

By Matt Shuham | November 1, 2018 3:46 pm