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Getty; The Atlantic ‘The Opposite of a Raid’
A former federal prosecutor explains what might have gone into the search warrant executed at Mar-a-Lago.
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Getty; Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic Lessons From a Lonely, Trump-Defiant Republican
Seeking reelection? It won’t be easy.
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Megan Varner / Getty What Comes After the Search Warrant?
Why August 8 may become a new hinge point in U.S. history
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Brandon Bell / Getty The President Who Wanted Nazi Generals
Don’t forget about Trump’s attempts to corrupt the military.
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Peter Zay / Anadolu Agency / Getty The Bad and Good News About Trump’s Violent Supporters
The FBI search at Mar-a-Lago prompts sincere talk of violence. But some threats remain mere threats.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty; Drew Angerer / Getty; … Conservatives Believe Trump Is Above the Law
Republicans’ reflexive insistence that the Mar-a-Lago raid is politically motivated is unmoored from the available evidence.
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Getty; The Atlantic Stuck With Trump
He’ll compel loyalty no matter what the FBI finds. If Republicans kowtow, they might as well hand him the 2024 nomination now.
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John Roca / NY Daily News Archive / … The Mar-a-Lago Raid Proves the U.S. Isn’t a Banana Republic
A bedrock principle is that no one—not even the president, much less the former president—is above the law, and if they commit crimes, they must answer for them.
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Mike Blake / Reuters / Alamy; Oliver Munday The Secret History of Family Separation
The Trump administration’s cruelest policy is, as Caitlin Dickerson’s new cover story shows, a cautionary tale about empowering zealots.
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Oliver Munday An American Catastrophe
The secret history of the U.S. government’s family-separation policy
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Alex Wong / Getty Well, the Cover-Up Sure Isn’t Making January 6 Look Any Better
Why have so many messages from top government officials disappeared?
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Drew Angerer / … Trump Supporters Think They’re in a Fight to the Death
Fear, hate, and grievances animate the new Republican Party.
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Kent Nishimura / Getty The January 6 Hearings Are Changing Republicans’ Minds
GOP voters want political power. And they’re no longer sure Donald Trump is the best way to get it.
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Drew Angerer / Getty Trump Meets His New Brain Trust
Allies of the former president are planning for his possible return to office.
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Bloomberg / Getty Trump Just Told Us His Master Plan
If he gets in next time, he won’t be dislodged by any means.
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Tom Gates / Getty What Donald Trump Got Out of His Divorce From Ivana
What Trump learned from his divorce is that there’s no such thing as bad press. Only that you can never have enough of it.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Trump’s 2024 Soft Launch
A grisly speech about “law and order” pivots to GOP culture-war issues.
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C-Span / The Atlantic An Ode to Trump’s Outtakes
His post-insurrection-speech rehearsals are even more revealing—and disturbing—than the final version.
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Matt York / AP Mike Pence Is Trying to Send a Message
The former vice president is doing political damage control for his party. It seems like too little, too late.
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Al Drago-Pool / Getty The Criminal Case Against Trump Is Getting Stronger
Trump might clear the bar for incitement on January 6, and that’s far from his only legal risk.
