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Nothing Will Persuade White Evangelicals to Support Impeachment

October 21, 2019

Pastors lay hands on President Donald Trump in prayer in the Oval Office.

The Question Trump Republicans Must Ask Themselves

Conor Friedersdorf

October 10, 2019

Senator Lindsey Graham

Trump’s Fantasy World Got Him Into This

October 3, 2019

Trump sits in front of a window with his face obscured by shadows.

Limit? What Limit?

Elaina Plott Calabro

September 25, 2019

When Adding New States Helped the Republicans

Heather Cox Richardson

September 19, 2019

An image of an American flag, but with an extra white star taped on one of the red stripes.

Never Trumpers Want a GOP Alternative. Most Republicans Don’t.

August 27, 2019

Republicans Changed Their Mind About Higher Education Really Quickly

August 21, 2019

They Just Wanted to Entertain

Brian Rosenwald

August 21, 2019

Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich at a "Meet the Press" taping.

Why No One Wants to Talk About the Booming Economy

August 5, 2019

President Donald Trump speaks at campaign rally.

The Republican Party Is Losing Its Future

David A. Graham

August 2, 2019

Will Hurd Could Be the Canary in the Coal Mine

August 2, 2019

Representative Will Hurd of Texas stands at a podium outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Behind him are 10 men and women watching him speak. The Capitol dome is visible in the background.

Warren and Buttigieg Beg Democrats Not to Fear Republicans

July 30, 2019

The GOP Finally Rejects Trump

July 26, 2019

The Republican Party Needs Millennials to Survive

July 17, 2019

Child covers his ears during a Trump campaign rally

The Alt-Right’s Tactical Cruelty

Conor Friedersdorf

July 2, 2019

"Alt-right" demonstrators clash with counterdemonstrators in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12, 2017.

“There Is Only Trump”

Conor Friedersdorf

June 28, 2019

Radio Atlantic: The Other Republican

June 27, 2019

The Electoral Time Machine That Could Reelect Trump

Robert P. Jones

June 25, 2019

A man at a voting station

Republicans Don’t Understand Democrats—And Democrats Don’t Understand Republicans

June 23, 2019

Two figurines of a donkey and an elephant

Some Real News About Fake News

David A. Graham

June 7, 2019

The Day GOP Resistance to Trump Died

David A. Graham

June 3, 2019

Republicans and Democrats Are Describing Two Different Constitutions

David Pozen, Eric Talley, and Julian Nyarko

June 2, 2019

An illustration of the Constitution ripped in half

For Nancy Pelosi, This Is All Just Déjà Vu

May 24, 2019

I’m a Republican and I Oppose Trump. Now What?

May 23, 2019

The Conversation

Atlantic Readers Assess the Impact of the Political Generation Gap

May 14, 2019

I’m the Longest-Serving Republican in the Iowa Legislature, and I’m Switching Parties

May 12, 2019

Andy McKean, right, the longest-serving Republican in the Iowa legislature, announced that he's becoming a Democrat during a news conference on April 23, 2019.