Daily Intelligencer

Striking teachers won more than Republicans ever wanted to give — but much less than they had demanded.

The bill exempts residents of high-unemployment rural areas, but hangs those in high-unemployment cities out to dry.

Public higher education was hit hard by the Great Recession and a GOP wave in the states. Now, a more diverse student population may leave pols cold.

It’s another thing Trump believes people didn’t say under Obama that they say now.

How Republicans can both fear the law as an instrument of terror while coveting it for the same purpose.

Executive time well spent.

To say that Latinos will “become white” is to say that they will help fortify a racial caste system that subordinates African-Americans.

The new head of Trump’s legal team managed to contradict his positions on the Mueller probe, the Stormy Daniels affair, and the Michael Cohen case.

Greitens was already facing calls to resign over a sex scandal. Now he’s been accused of illegally using his charity’s donor list and lying about it.

Hillary Clinton’s value as a devil figure in the GOP is so powerful that two WV Senate candidates are just making up stuff about each other and HRC.

“You’ll have subpoenas” if Democrats win. Compelling the White House to provide information? Can’t have that!

Jerry Brown intensifies his war of words — and lawsuits — with the Trump administration.

Jacob Scott Goodwin, convicted of beating DeAndre Harris, is seen delivering a blow to Harris in this newly published photo.

Brian Kemp is in a competition with his Republican rivals to show how much he loves guns. But they could go too far.

On Wednesday, the former campaign staffer will answer questions from the special counsel. But that won’t distract from his passion project.

That could be a problem if Trump ever sits down for an interview with Robert Mueller.

The No. 1 rule in understanding Trump is that the lies are usually covering even worse lies.

It appears they’re building a case that Mueller is overreaching with his questions and subpoena threat, and prepping for a long legal battle.

Dr. Harold Bornstein reveals that the then-candidate dictated the infamous letter claiming he would be the “healthiest individual” ever elected.

With serious reelection opposition coming from left-bent Kevin de Léon, Feinstein is abandoning her longtime opposition to recreational pot.

The largest state has adopted a rule that places the burden of proof on employers in justifying “independent contractor” classifications.

Don Blankenship is now adding Mitch McConnell to the list of conspirators — including Barack Obama — he says are trying to keep him out of the Senate.

Robert Mueller’s boss finally states plainly what Trump and his allies are trying to do: subvert the rule of law.

Now, when somebody mentions “that crazy story with the Trump doctor,” people have to ask “Which one?” Advantage: Bornstein.

The silver lining of Trump’s presidential win for Democrats is that their party is facing a good, not a potentially disastrous, midterm election.

You could maybe argue there’s no proof of collusion. Maybe. But there’s absolutely a ton of evidence.

Will he spark a full-blown trade war with American allies? Check back in a month!

Reihan Salam wants Republicans to develop a positive agenda of universal programs the white working class will embrace. It’s not going to happen.

Chief of Staff John Kelly had memos claiming Jackson may have violated Second Lady Karen Pence’s privacy last fall.

The Israeli prime minister’s alleged bombshell offered no evidence of Iranian noncompliance and ample reason to keep the nuclear agreement in place.

Either Trump has a pathological inability to admit mistakes, or cherishes religious discrimination — or maybe both.

Oh, and he convinced the president not to pull all troops out of South Korea.

The president’s sleaziest media hatchet man attacks his sleaziest fixer. It’s hard to think of another explanation except that Cohen turned.

Appealing to Trump’s ego is a time-honored strategy that South Korea seems to have mastered.

GOP congressional leaders have mostly packed it in for 2018. But conservatives, with White House support, may try one last time to repeal Obamacare.

Ideologues on the right will say their ideas have never been tried, but the truth is, they’re out of workable ideas.