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Trump Is Sending a Terrifyingly Clear Message

August 25, 2025

A small, sepia image of John Bolton on a background of a very zoomed in black and white image of Trump's face

National Security

The Bolton Raid Feels Like a Warning

August 22, 2025

FBI agents remove boxes from John Bolton's house in Maryland.

Nobody Likes John Bolton

August 22, 2025

Black-and-white image of John Bolton's bust in front of a black background

Trump’s Revenge Campaign Has a Weakness

August 14, 2025

Etchings on the wall on the outside of the Department of Justice that read, "The place of justice is a hallowed place"

The Texas GOP’s Disturbing Request for the FBI

Paul Rosenzweig

August 9, 2025

Collage of Senator John Cornyn, the Department of Justice seal, a partial outline of Texas, and a lone star

How the Texas Standoff Will (Probably) End

August 8, 2025

Photo of the Texas state capitol.

The Epstein ‘Client List’ Will Never Go Away

Kaitlyn Tiffany

August 7, 2025

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The FBI’s Leaders ‘Have No Idea What They’re Doing’

July 29, 2025

Animination of a spotlight briefly illuminating parts of an FBI seal in the shadows

Naturalized Citizens Are Scared

Chris Feliciano Arnold

July 20, 2025

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I Must Leave The FBI At Once To Solve The Epstein Conspiracy!

Alexandra Petri

July 12, 2025

An illustration of the head of Dan Bongino with a thought bubble, around Jeffrey Epstein, on a yellow background

Tinker Tailor Soldier MAGA

July 11, 2025

Noir illustration of Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel

Conspiracy Theorists Are Turning on the President

Kaitlyn Tiffany

July 10, 2025

Image of Epstein in a cut up file folder

National Security

The ‘Russia Hoax,’ Revisited

July 9, 2025

Donald Trump and John Ratcliffe

The Atlantic Daily

Five Feel-Good TV Shows

July 4, 2025

David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel sit a diner together

Is the AfD Too Extreme for Democracy?

May 13, 2025

A photo of AfD supporters waving German flags at a rally ahead of the 2024 election.

My Near-Future Dystopia

April 25, 2025

A hotel sign says “The Dream Hotel,” with surveillance cameras around it

Trump Needs Someone to Blame

April 17, 2025

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The Judiciary’s Last Stand

March 24, 2025

Black-and-white photo of Donald Trump in front of the words "We the People"

What Does Dan Bongino Believe?

March 6, 2025

Black and white photo of Dan Bongino speaking placed in front of a red background

Trump, by Any Means Necessary

March 5, 2025

In a black-and-white photo, Donald Trump speaks to Congress.

A Movie That Has Fun With the Inevitability of Death

February 21, 2025

Government Workers Cannot Be Fired for Their Political Views

John Langford and Erica Newland

February 15, 2025

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The Opposition Is Already Growing

February 14, 2025

Raised fists, signs, and megaphones in between pillars of a courthouse

The Atlantic Daily

The Great Surrender

David A. Graham

February 13, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., smiles and shakes hands with Donald Trump after a swearing-in ceremony

Elon Musk Is Breaking the National-Security System

February 12, 2025

A chain and opened lock wrapped around a folder of paper

The New Authoritarianism

Steven Levitsky

February 10, 2025

giant star tilting the scales

The Atlantic Daily

What Trump’s Nominees Revealed

Isabel Fattal and Bhumika Tharoor

January 30, 2025

Tulsi Gabbard sits in front of a microphone during her Senate hearing

The Atlantic Daily

A True-Crime Reading List

January 19, 2025

Fingerprint card for law enforcement identification

The Atlantic Daily

Time for Senate Republicans to Decide

January 13, 2025

An empty chair in the Senate chambers

Welcome to the Burning ’20s

January 6, 2025

Burning piece of paper in the shape of America

The Rise of John Ratcliffe

January 3, 2025

John Ratcliffe sits at a table in a low-lit, wood-paneled room.

Don’t Let Terror Shut America Down

Juliette Kayyem

January 1, 2025

Police vehicles in New Orleans

A Scandalous Resignation

December 11, 2024

Christopher Wray

A Constitutional Crisis Greater Than Watergate

December 1, 2024

A black-and-white photo of Kash Patel, now Trump's nominee for FBI director

The Kash Patel Principle

November 30, 2024

Trump’s ‘Deep State’ Revenge

November 12, 2024

The badge of the National Security Agency with a silhouette of Donald Trump’s head in front of it