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Trump’s Purge May Be Just Beginning

Ashley Parker and Sarah Fitzpatrick

April 2, 2026

Donald Trump standing behind Pam Bondi, in black and white

The Next Attorney General Has an Impossible Job

April 2, 2026

Photograph of Todd Blanche speaking to Pam Bondi as she holds her bottom lip with her hand

Pam Bondi Couldn’t Possibly Succeed

April 2, 2026

Photograph of Pam Bondi's face against a blurred black background.

Trump Can Prosecute Anyone Now

January 21, 2026

Illustration showing a giant Trump hovering over a tiny Supreme Court building

What Happened to Pam Bondi?

Stephanie McCrummen

March 2026 Issue

an illustration of Pam Bondi set against a red-and-blue background

‘They’re Delusional if They Think This Is Going to Go Away’

Sarah Fitzpatrick

December 19, 2025

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell

The Attorney General’s Attack on Free Speech

Conor Friedersdorf

September 16, 2025

A color photo of Pam Bondi speaking in front of a large, vertical American flag.

The Atlantic Daily

Ed Martin Has Completely Disqualified Himself

April 17, 2025

A black-and-white photo of Ed Martin in front of a red square background

The Atlantic Daily

The Danger of a Flood of Anti-Trump State Lawsuits

David A. Graham

March 21, 2025

A single black chair in a courtroom

The Atlantic Daily

Law and Order for Some

David A. Graham

February 25, 2025

Rep. Cory Mills sits in front of a large American flag

A Blatant Violation of Legal Ethics

Barbara McQuade

February 14, 2025

Collage of Danielle Sassoon and Eric Adams

Trump Is Poised to Turn the DOJ Into His Personal Law Firm

January 9, 2025

Photo-illustration showing the seal of Department of Justice tied by ropes

A Constitutional Crisis Greater Than Watergate

December 1, 2024

A black-and-white photo of Kash Patel, now Trump's nominee for FBI director

Pam Bondi’s Comeback

David A. Graham

November 22, 2024

Photo of Pam Bondi smiling at a microphone, with a large American flag behind her

Trump’s First Defeat

David A. Graham

November 21, 2024

A black-and-white photo of Matt Gaetz

Judge Cannon Has Gotten It Completely Wrong

Paul Rosenzweig

July 15, 2024

A photo-illustration showing Judge Aileen Cannon and the Supreme Court

How Texas’s Attorney General Won by Losing Big

December 15, 2020

An illustration of Ken Paxton

How to Corrupt the Justice Department

Quinta Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes

July 13, 2020

An illustration of the scales of justice transformed into a marionette

How Far Bill Barr Has Fallen

Charles Fried and Edward J. Larson

June 27, 2020