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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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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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Al Drago-Pool / Getty The Deepening Mystery of Kyrsten Sinema
The Arizona senator effectively leverages her power, but her ends are unclear.
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Brandon Bell / Getty The Right’s Rising Authoritarian Ally
In Dallas, Viktor Orbán endorses “the culture war.”
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Nathan Posner / Anadolu Agency / Getty What Kansas Means for the Midterms
The surprise defeat of a ballot measure may hold lessons for November and abortion access in other states.
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Hector Vivas / Getty This COVID Summer Is Nothing Like the Last One
Boosters are on the horizon, but cases are way up—and have been for months.
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Drew Angerer / Getty What Did Facebook Do Now?
Last week, Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram head Adam Mosseri both yielded to a new reality: TikTok is the social center of the internet.
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Michael M. Santiago / Getty John Fetterman Is Very Online. That’s Not Why He’s Ahead.
If he debates Dr. Mehmet Oz in the fall, it will be worth watching.
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Anna Moneymaker / Getty Democrats in … Array?
Joe Manchin’s support for a new climate bill has turned the conventional wisdom about his party on its head.
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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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Mason Poole / A.M.P.A.S. / Getty The Pop Star We Need Right Now
Music and culture have changed dramatically since Beyoncé’s last album, but she’s poised to push them forward—again.
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Sergio Flores / Getty The U.S. Has No Plan to Prevent the Next Pandemic
We treat pandemics as inevitable when we could commit to averting them.
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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.
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Brandon Bell / Getty The Opening for Democrats on Abortion
Senate Democrats should take their cues from the House.
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Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty The Next Generation of NIMBYs
Younger buyers who sunk their savings into new homes have too much to lose.
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Kena Betancur / AFP via Getty U.S. Messaging on Monkeypox Is Deeply Flawed
Officials seem unwilling to be direct about who is most at risk of the disease.
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Brandon Bell / Getty The Fate of States’ Rights After Roe
It’s become clear that the anti-abortion movement won’t sit idly by while states enact the abortion policies their residents want.
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Tasos Katopodis / Getty The Shame of the Secret Service
Allegations that the agency deleted texts from January 6, 2021, add to serious existing concerns about its independence and competence.
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Samuel Corum / AFP / Getty Local Prosecutors Can’t Protect Abortion Rights
Some district attorneys in conservative states have promised not to bring charges post-Dobbs.
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Tasos Katopodis / Getty Trump Terrified Even His Truest Believers
The January 6 committee has shown that the people closest and most loyal to Donald Trump were as aghast as anyone else at his coup attempt.
