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Trump Blames Rob Reiner for His Own Murder

David A. Graham

December 15, 2025

Trump speaking into mic

Trump Is Using a Sacred Power for Depraved Purposes

December 15, 2025

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The Populist Revolt Against Cognitive Elites

December 15, 2025

Two apples, one with a high price and the other with an incomprehensible one

Coming Soon: Season 3 of Autocracy in America

December 15, 2025

Three pillars of images are collaged over a red background. On the left is a military head and helmet, in the middle is an eagle with a cracked pillar and on the right a coiled snake.

I Watched 12 Hours of Nick Fuentes

December 13, 2025

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Trump’s Pressure on Ukraine

December 13, 2025

Panelists on Washington Week With The Atlantic

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Trump Knows What He Wants, Just Not How to Get There

Vivian Salama and Sarah Fitzpatrick

December 13, 2025

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The Fed’s Succession Drama

December 12, 2025

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The Last MAGA Prisoner

Yvonne Wingett Sanchez

December 12, 2025

The Indiana Vote Is an Inflection Point

December 12, 2025

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Sam Altman Got What He Wanted

December 12, 2025

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Trump Is Throwing Away America’s AI Dominance

December 12, 2025

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Trump’s Affordability Weave

December 12, 2025

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Obamacare Changed the Politics of Health Care

December 12, 2025

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Trump Confronts His Political Reality

David A. Graham

December 11, 2025

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A Very Trumpian Plan to Close the Wealth Gap

James Surowiecki

December 11, 2025

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The Return of MAGA’s Favorite Forbidden Book

December 11, 2025

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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)

Banning AI Regulation Would Be a Disaster

December 11, 2025

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National Security

So This Is What ‘America First’ Looks Like

Nancy A. Youssef

December 11, 2025

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The Media CEOs Jockeying for Trump’s Support

December 10, 2025

How to Stop Trump’s Plan to Steal the 2026 Elections

December 10, 2025

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What Explains Trump’s Aggression Toward Venezuela? Who Knows.

December 10, 2025

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Trump’s New Imperialism

December 10, 2025

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2025 in Photos: Wrapping Up the Year

December 10, 2025

A person carries an American flag as they walk through a cloud of tear gas at a protest outside of an ICE facility.

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The Enfeebling of the President

David A. Graham

December 9, 2025

Trump asleep at meeting

USAID Hired the Right-Wing Influencer Responsible for Its Decimation

Isaac Stanley-Becker

December 9, 2025

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The Trump Administration Actually Backed Down

December 9, 2025

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Tiny Cars: ‘AMAZING!!!’

December 9, 2025

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When Leaders Mistake Brutality for Strength

December 9, 2025

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‘I Was Paid’: Bongino’s Confession About His January 6 Claims

David A. Graham

December 8, 2025

Trump’s Very Weird Night at the Kennedy Center Honors

Alexandra Petri

December 8, 2025

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A Strategy That Ignores the Real Threats

December 8, 2025

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Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption

December 7, 2025

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Trump Is Making the Same Mistake as Biden

December 7, 2025

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Putin Lives by a Code Trump Doesn’t Understand

December 6, 2025

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