Politics Daily

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Crossing the Line

President Donald Trump became the first sitting president to cross the border into North Korea. Plus: A new magazine is laying out a future for conservatives, post-Trump.

• Elaine Godfrey
• July 1, 2019

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: About Last Night

The Harris-Biden confrontation that laid bare the country’s evolution. Plus: How Trump’s orbit reacted to E. Jean Carroll’s account of being sexually assaulted by him.

• Olivia Paschal and Madeleine Carlisle
• June 28, 2019

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: 5-4

The Supreme Court speaks on gerrymandering and the citizenship question. Plus: We hand out awards for last night’s Democratic debates and look at tonight’s contenders.

• Madeleine Carlisle, Olivia Paschal, and Shan Wang
• June 27, 2019

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: And Then There Were 10

Tomorrow there will be ... 10 more Democratic 2020 candidates sharing a debate stage. Plus: How a home-goods company got tangled up in the migrant-detention crisis.

• Elaine Godfrey
• June 26, 2019

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Cancel Culture

Bernie Sanders’s new $1.6 trillion debt-cancellation plan is the most expansive yet among 2020 contenders. Plus: There’s trouble in South Bend.

• Elaine Godfrey
• June 24, 2019

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: No More Mr. Tough Guy

The week ahead in national security. Plus: Trump now finds himself in the surprising and peculiar position of trying to stop further escalation in Iran. Plus: G20 is coming.

• Gabby Deutch
• June 23, 2019

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: ‘And That Was My Last Hideous Man.’

President Donald Trump faces a new sexual-assault allegation. Plus: Newspaper archives are filled with Joe Biden’s struggles to explain himself on race and civil rights.

• Elaine Godfrey
• June 21, 2019

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: More Roy

Republican Roy Moore, who has been accused of sexual misconduct, announced he would run for Senate again. Plus: Who’s steering policy on Iran?

• Olivia Paschal and Madeleine Carlisle
• June 20, 2019

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: On This Day in June

It’s Juneteenth. Cory Booker, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and others testified about reparations at a House hearing. Plus: Joe Biden faces heat for remarks about two segregationist senators.

• Elaine Godfrey
• June 19, 2019

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Pentagone

Patrick Shanahan withdrew from consideration for secretary of defense. Plus: President Trump is formally announcing his reelection campaign today in—wait, what?

• Elaine Godfrey
• June 18, 2019

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Kirsten’s Best-Laid Plans

The New York Senator and 2020 candidate isn’t where she thought she’d be at this point in the campaign. Plus: The Supreme Court weighs in on racial gerrymandering.

• Olivia Paschal and Madeleine Carlisle
• June 17, 2019

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: There’s No Such Thing as a Bilateral Spat

The week ahead in national security. Plus: The U.S. says Iran is “lashing out,” but even if the two nations aren’t headed for war, the conflict is now ensnaring other countries.

• Gabby Deutch
• June 16, 2019

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Help Wanted; Inquire Within

How the job of White House press secretary became nearly obsolete. Plus: The Democratic National Committee announces the breakdown of the first primary debates.

• Madeleine Carlisle
• June 14, 2019

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Run-DNC

The ghosts of 2016 haunt the Democratic National Committee as it gears up for two nights of debates. Plus: Sarah Huckabee Sanders is out as White House press secretary.

• Madeleine Carlisle and Olivia Paschal
• June 13, 2019

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: DSA What You Want to Say

2020 Democratic candidates sniff at Bernie Sanders’s democratic-socialist ideas. Plus: How will the Green New Deal work? We may have to wait until next year to see.

• Elaine Godfrey, Madeleine Carlisle, and Olivia Paschal
• June 12, 2019

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Justin and the Giant Impeach

Justin Amash leaves the Freedom Caucus. Plus: Trump weighs in on reports about Kim Jong Nam's 2017 assassination.

• Madeleine Carlisle and Olivia Paschal
• June 11, 2019

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: The Clown Car Pulls Up

And 19 Democratic candidates piled out in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, over the weekend. Plus: Trump’s man in Moscow wants out.

• Olivia Paschal and Madeleine Carlisle
• June 10, 2019

The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Tariffs + Negotiations + Building a Wall = Border Security?

The week ahead in national security. Plus: When Donald Trump sees immigration on the country’s southern border as one of the biggest threats to U.S. national security.

• Gabby Deutch
• June 9, 2019