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Trump Is Already Undermining the Next Election

Paul Rosenzweig

April 11, 2025

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The Cost of Chaos

April 9, 2025

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The Only Way to Stop the Financial Crisis

April 9, 2025

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I Should Have Seen This Coming

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The Unending Trouble With TikTok

Kaitlyn Tiffany

April 4, 2025

Defying the Courts Will Backfire

April 4, 2025

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No Tariff Exemptions for American Farmers

April 2, 2025

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The Hollow Men

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Musk Comes for the ‘Third Rail of American Politics’

March 21, 2025

Even Tom Cole Is Defending DOGE

March 19, 2025

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Washington Week With The Atlantic

Trump’s Unpredictability With Allies and Adversaries

March 15, 2025

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic

Invading Canada Is Not Advisable

March 15, 2025

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The GOP’s Fears About Musk Are Growing

March 14, 2025

Musk’s Madisonian Insight—And Its Troubling Consequences

March 13, 2025

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The Atlantic Daily

The Whistleblower for the Whistleblowers

David A. Graham

March 10, 2025

Hampton Dellinger

Is DOGE Losing Steam?

Jonathan Lemire

March 7, 2025

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What Alito’s Dissent Fails to Understand

Nicholas Bagley

March 6, 2025

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The Advice Elissa Slotkin Didn’t Take

March 5, 2025

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The Supreme Court Foreign-Aid Ruling Is a Bad Sign for Trump

Stephen I. Vladeck

March 5, 2025

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The Atlantic Daily

The Democrats’ ‘No We Can’t’ Strategy

David A. Graham

March 5, 2025

A Representative holds up a sign that reads "SAVE MEDICAID" near a group of congresspeople wearing pink

What Happens If Trump Comes for the Mail?

March 5, 2025

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Trump, by Any Means Necessary

March 5, 2025

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The Atlantic Daily

Trump Tests the Courts

David A. Graham

February 27, 2025

Donald Trump grips the podium and speaks into a microphone at a CPAC event

Elon Musk Thinks Democrats Should Love DOGE

February 25, 2025

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The Atlantic Daily

What Would a Liberal Tea Party Look Like?

David A. Graham

February 24, 2025

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The Governor Who Stood Up to Trump

February 21, 2025

The Opposition Is Already Growing

February 14, 2025

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Why Isn’t Congress Doing Anything?

February 14, 2025

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How to Prevent Trump From Defying the Courts

Andrew O'Donohue

February 14, 2025

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Presidents May Not Unilaterally Dismantle Government Agencies

February 12, 2025

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At USAID, I Prioritized the Wrong Argument

February 12, 2025

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The Government Waste DOGE Should Be Cutting

Stephen Macekura

February 12, 2025

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DOGE Is Failing on Its Own Terms

February 11, 2025

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Trump’s Conquest of the Kennedy Center Is Accelerating

Michael Scherer and Ashley Parker

February 8, 2025

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Americans Are Trapped in an Algorithmic Cage

February 7, 2025

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Trump’s Assault on USAID Makes Project 2025 Look Like Child’s Play

February 6, 2025

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