Category: Weekly Primers | Talking Points Memo

Voting Rights

Voting Rights: The Citizenship Fight To Come

By Tierney Sneed | July 15, 2019 5:30 pm

Trump Investigations

This Week: Mueller Testimony Might Be Delayed Another Week

By Nicole Lafond | July 12, 2019 3:47 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: Trump Doral Loses Strip Club Clientele

By Matt Shuham | July 12, 2019 11:01 am

Voting Rights

Voting Rights: Here’s What’s Next In The Census Mess

By Tierney Sneed | July 8, 2019 6:02 pm

Trump Swamp

Fireworks Industry Donated To Trump’s July 4 As It Fought His Tariff Threats

By Matt Shuham | July 3, 2019 11:35 am

Voting Rights

This Week: SCOTUS Ruling Leaves Fate Of Census Citizenship Question Unclear

By Tierney Sneed | July 1, 2019 11:49 am

Trump Investigations

This Week: Mueller Agrees To Testify, Trump Jokingly Warns Putin Not To Meddle

By Nicole Lafond | June 28, 2019 3:38 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: Polluters’ Lawyer-Turned-EPA Official Exits Amid Investigation

By Matt Shuham | June 27, 2019 5:19 pm

Voting Rights

Voting Rights: The Latest Effort To Restrict The Vote In Florida Involves Parking Permits

By Tierney Sneed | June 24, 2019 3:22 pm

Trump Investigations

This Week: Hope Hicks’ Remains Tight-Lipped, Manafort Appears To Get Special Treatment

By Nicole Lafond | June 21, 2019 4:15 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: Former Boeing Exec Is Out, Former Raytheon Lobbyist Is In At Trump’s Pentagon

By Matt Shuham | June 20, 2019 4:41 pm

Voting Rights

Voting Rights: A Narrow SCOTUS Decision Has Big Voting Rights Implications For Virginia

By Tierney Sneed | June 17, 2019 5:10 pm

Trump Investigations

This Week: Trump Remains Collusion Curious

By Nicole Lafond | June 14, 2019 4:30 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: Trump Makes New Position So Hardliner Can Take Over Agency

By Matt Shuham | June 13, 2019 4:45 pm

Voting Rights

Voting Rights: Did Texas’ Voter Purge Effort Come From The Governor Himself?

By Tierney Sneed | June 10, 2019 1:53 pm

Trump Investigations

This Week: Flynn Shakes Things Up, Pelosi Wants Prison Over Impeachment

By Nicole Lafond | June 7, 2019 3:50 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: The Former Raytheon Lobbyist At The State Department

By Matt Shuham | June 6, 2019 6:04 pm

Voting Rights

Voting Rights: A Challenge To MS’s Segregation-Era System Of Electing A Governor

By Tierney Sneed | June 3, 2019 1:15 pm

Trump Investigations

This Week: Mueller Speaks!

By Nicole Lafond | May 31, 2019 4:48 pm

Trump Swamp

Trump Swamp: The Transportation Secretary Holds Stock In An Asphalt Company

By Matt Shuham | May 30, 2019 12:42 pm

Voting Rights

Voting Rights: Nevada Lawmakers Vote To Reenfranchise Felons

By Tierney Sneed | May 27, 2019 12:25 pm

Trump Investigations

This Week: Trump Gives Barr More Power To Probe Investigators, GOPer Calls For Impeachment

By Nicole Lafond | May 24, 2019 4:01 pm

Trump Swamp

This Week: Kris Kobach Auditions, Unsuccessfully, For Swamp Monster

By Matt Shuham | May 23, 2019 6:18 pm

Voting Rights

Voting Rights: GOPers Struggle To Pass Anti-Voting Rights Bills In Texas And Missouri

By Tierney Sneed | May 20, 2019 12:24 pm

Trump Investigations

This Week: Putin Praises Mueller, Barr Goes Full Trump

By Nicole Lafond | May 17, 2019 4:06 pm

Trump Swamp

Trump Swamp: Interior Sec. Calls Corporations He Regulates ‘My Clients… My Former Clients’

By Matt Shuham | May 16, 2019 5:34 pm

Voting Rights

Voting Rights: Census Bureau Puts Out New Estimate Of Cost Of Citizenship Question

By Tierney Sneed | May 13, 2019 1:45 pm

Russia Probe

This Week: Cohen Reports To Prison, Don Jr’s Subpoenaed, Barr Inches Toward Contempt

By Nicole Lafond | May 10, 2019 3:45 pm

Trump Swamp

Trump Swamp: Trump Told Campaign Manager To Plug A Super PAC That Pays Them Both

By Matt Shuham | May 9, 2019 5:24 pm

Voting Rights

Voting Rights: After Blue Wave, GOP States Move To Restrict The Vote

By Tierney Sneed | May 6, 2019 10:55 am