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Kash Patel

Tales From Kash Patel’s FBI

Alexandra Petri

February 24, 2026

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The Atlantic Daily

ICE Wasn’t Always Like This

January 9, 2026

ICE in Minneapolis

The NBA Indictments Are Not What They Seem

October 26, 2025

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Sports Can’t Survive Prop Bets

Keith O’Brien

October 24, 2025

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Kash Patel’s Challenge Coin Is Perfect for Him

October 3, 2025

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Trump Is Sending a Terrifyingly Clear Message

August 25, 2025

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National Security

The Bolton Raid Feels Like a Warning

August 22, 2025

FBI agents remove boxes from John Bolton's house in Maryland.

The FBI’s Leaders ‘Have No Idea What They’re Doing’

July 29, 2025

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Tinker Tailor Soldier MAGA

July 11, 2025

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Conspiracy Theorists Are Turning on the President

Kaitlyn Tiffany

July 10, 2025

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Trump’s Cosplay Cabinet

April 26, 2025

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Trump Needs Someone to Blame

April 17, 2025

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The Judiciary’s Last Stand

March 24, 2025

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What Does Dan Bongino Believe?

March 6, 2025

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The Atlantic Daily

The Great Surrender

David A. Graham

February 13, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., smiles and shakes hands with Donald Trump after a swearing-in ceremony

The Atlantic Daily

What Trump’s Nominees Revealed

Isabel Fattal and Bhumika Tharoor

January 30, 2025

Tulsi Gabbard sits in front of a microphone during her Senate hearing

Gulag Humor Is Now Everywhere in D.C.

January 29, 2025

Kash Patel holding a set of keys

The New Rasputins

February 2025 Issue

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A Scandalous Resignation

December 11, 2024

Christopher Wray

A Constitutional Crisis Greater Than Watergate

December 1, 2024

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The Kash Patel Principle

November 30, 2024

The Atlantic Daily

The RFK Jr. Effect

November 15, 2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. walks past Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during a campaign event

The Man Who Will Do Anything for Trump

Elaina Plott Calabro

October 2024 Issue

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