The Banality of MAGA-fication
A new book by an unremarkable Republican accidentally illuminates the devolution of the party.
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Illustration by Alisa Gao / The Atlantic Pam Bondi Couldn’t Possibly Succeed
She did what Donald Trump wanted her to do. That turned out to be part of the problem.
Andrew Harnik / Getty Trump Is Flailing on Iran
He can’t scare Iran and reassure the markets at the same time. But he’s trying.
Mark Schiefelbein / AP The Deep Risk That Republican Hawks Overlooked
If the Iran war goes badly, the isolationist, anti-Israel wing of the party is likely to steer the GOP’s future.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Tom Williams / Getty; Noam Galai / Getty. Joe Kent’s Secret
If Trump can never be wrong, then he can only be wronged.
Illustration by Akshita Chandra / The Atlantic. Sources: Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc / Getty; Andrew Harnik / Getty. Pete Hegseth’s Worrisome Press Briefing
If you want to believe the Iran war is going as planned, don’t listen to the defense secretary.
Illustration by Lucy Naland. Sources: Octavio Jones / AFP / Getty; Alex Wong / Getty. How Kristi Noem Lost Her Job
She probably should have seen Trump’s decision to find a new homeland-security secretary coming.
Andrew Harnik / Getty A Very Stable War
J. D. Vance says this Middle East entanglement can’t be dumb—because Trump is smart.
Illustration by Lucy Naland. Sources: Fatemeh Bahrami / Anadolu / Getty; Win McNamee / Getty. Trump Has a Bridge He Wants to Sell You
The president’s closure of a trade route from Detroit to Windsor will help a billionaire and hurt basically everyone else.
Jim West / UCG / Getty Please, Not Another Kennedy
Nancy Pelosi reportedly plans to endorse JFK’s grandson for Congress. Why?
Sabrina Santiago / The New York Times / Redux
