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The State That Handed Trump His Biggest Defeat Yet

December 11, 2025

Todd Huston (left) ; Mike Braun (middle); and Rodric Bray (right)

John Roberts’s Dream Is Finally Coming True

December 10, 2025

John Roberts from 2005 and 2025, and Ronald Reagan signing the voting rights act

When Leaders Mistake Brutality for Strength

December 9, 2025

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‘We Are Looking at a Massive Crisis’

Toluse Olorunnipa

December 5, 2025

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The Trump Lawyer Scandal Is About Something Much Deeper Than Legal Technicalities

December 5, 2025

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The Atlantic Daily

Why One Political Office Is So Mired in Scandals

David A. Graham

November 24, 2025

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The Moral Cost of the Democrats’ Shutdown Strategy

November 11, 2025

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The Atlantic Daily

The Real Test for Democrats

David A. Graham

November 10, 2025

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Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake

November 9, 2025

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Democratic Momentum Could Be a Mirage

November 7, 2025

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How Trump Wants to Help Democrats

November 5, 2025

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The Atlantic Daily

No Politics Is Local

David A. Graham

November 3, 2025

Democrats Don’t Seem Willing to Follow Their Own Advice

September 22, 2025

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U.S. Adversaries Strengthen Their Bond

September 6, 2025

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic

Trump Loses a Lawyer—And Much More

August 26, 2025

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The Democrats’ Biggest Senate Recruits Have One Thing in Common

August 16, 2025

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Will Trump Get His Potemkin Statistics?

August 13, 2025

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How Not to Fix American Democracy

August 11, 2025

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How Many Times Can Science Funding Be Canceled?

Katherine J. Wu

August 6, 2025

An NIH medallion caught in red tape

Washington Week With The Atlantic

A Test Case for Future Funding Cuts

July 19, 2025

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic

The Atlantic Daily

A Congress That Votes Yes and Hopes No

David A. Graham

July 18, 2025

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Trump Is Trying to Steamroll the Tennessee Valley Authority

Alexander C. Kaufman

July 15, 2025

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The Most Perverse Part of the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

July 3, 2025

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A Big, Bad, Very Ugly Bill

July 1, 2025

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What Chris Murphy Learned From the New Right

June 24, 2025

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Bill Cassidy’s Failure on Vaccines

Nicholas Florko

June 14, 2025

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The Atlantic Daily

Handcuffing a U.S. Senator Is a Warning

David A. Graham

June 13, 2025

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Retirement Is the New Resistance

May 12, 2025

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The Atlantic Daily

Congressional Republicans Have Two Bad Options

David A. Graham

May 6, 2025

Mike Johnson stands next to a podium

Pete Hegseth’s Patriotic Duty Is to Resign

April 22, 2025

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The Atlantic Daily

Ed Martin Has Completely Disqualified Himself

April 17, 2025

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The Roman Way to Trash a Republic

Michelle Berenfeld

April 16, 2025

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Can You Really Fight Populism With Populism?

John Hendrickson

April 14, 2025

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A Win—And a Warning—For Trump’s Agenda

April 10, 2025

The Hollow Men

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Dr. Oz Is Now the Grown-Up in the Room

March 20, 2025

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