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The United States of Donald Trump

David A. Graham

December 19, 2025

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Rescheduling Marijuana Is an Enormous Mistake

Charles Fain Lehman

December 18, 2025

Trump holds up a signed bill in the Oval Office surrounded by smiling onlookers

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Trump Confronts His Political Reality

David A. Graham

December 11, 2025

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Banning AI Regulation Would Be a Disaster

December 11, 2025

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John Roberts’s Dream Is Finally Coming True

December 10, 2025

John Roberts from 2005 and 2025, and Ronald Reagan signing the voting rights act

‘We Are Looking at a Massive Crisis’

Toluse Olorunnipa

December 5, 2025

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Is MAGA Becoming Pro-War?

Conor Friedersdorf

December 5, 2025

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Republicans Are in Trouble, but Democrats Could Blow It

December 3, 2025

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The Court Has an Easy Answer on the Fed

Caitlin B. Tully

November 26, 2025

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Trump and Hegseth’s Hysterical Reaction to an Ad

November 25, 2025

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Welcome to the Gerrymandering Apocalypse

November 25, 2025

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Why One Political Office Is So Mired in Scandals

David A. Graham

November 24, 2025

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What the Deported Venezuelans Went Through in El Salvador

Conor Friedersdorf

November 23, 2025

CECOT prisoners

What Happens When Attention Seeking Eclipses Policy Making

Russell Berman and Toluse Olorunnipa

November 22, 2025

Marjorie Taylor Greene

Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke

November 22, 2025

Marjorie Taylor Greene

The Shutdown Is Over, but Its Damage Is Not

Toluse Olorunnipa

November 22, 2025

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The President Is Losing Control of Himself

November 21, 2025

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Pour One Out for Weed Seltzer

Nicholas Florko

November 21, 2025

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How to Fix the Mess of College Sports

November 20, 2025

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Trump’s Toddler Response to the Epstein Saga

November 19, 2025

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Pennies Are Trash Now

November 16, 2025

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Why Trump Gets Away With It

November 15, 2025

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Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake

November 9, 2025

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Why This Shutdown Is So Dangerous

David A. Graham

November 7, 2025

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America Is Great When America Is Good

November 6, 2025

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America on the Brink of War With Venezuela

November 5, 2025

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How Trump Wants to Help Democrats

November 5, 2025

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This Could Be How the Shutdown Ends

Toluse Olorunnipa

November 4, 2025

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Mike Johnson: I Am Tuning Out the News Cycle to Focus on Self-Care

Alexandra Petri

November 4, 2025

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The Solution to the Third-Term Threat

November 3, 2025

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The Slow Death of Special Education

November 1, 2025

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What If the Government Doesn’t Need to Be Shut Down?

October 31, 2025

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The Deadline for a Major Shutdown Casualty

October 29, 2025

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Trump Is Sleepwalking Into Political Disaster

October 29, 2025

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President for Life

J. Michael Luttig

December 2025 Issue

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A Donor-Funded Army Wouldn’t Just Be Illegal—It Would be Dangerous

David A. Graham

October 27, 2025

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