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by Julian E. Barnes and Michael S. Schmidt on January 18, 2021 at 12:33 am

The acting defense secretary ordered the spy agency to appoint Michael Ellis, who has been accused of having a hand in one of the Trump administration’s most contentious legal decisions.

by Kirk Semple and Nic Wirtz on January 17, 2021 at 10:57 pm

As many as 7,000 migrants from Central America are hoping to reach the United States to escape poverty intensified by hurricanes and the pandemic. President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has pledged to […]

on January 17, 2021 at 10:41 pm

The photographs show Pelosi walking through the Capitol in Washington on the day the article of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump ...

by Michael S. Schmidt and Kenneth P. Vogel on January 17, 2021 at 10:02 pm

The president’s allies have collected tens of thousands of dollars — and potentially much more — from people seeking pardons.

on January 17, 2021 at 9:22 pm

I answer only to the president, and as I understand it, Donald J. Trump is still president and commander-in-chief. I abide in the Constitution as it was ...

by Jessica Bennett on January 17, 2021 at 9:20 pm

A Zoom interview with Ella and Cole Emhoff.

on January 17, 2021 at 8:44 pm

Fact check: No, impeachment itself would not ban Trump from a 2024 run. Washington (CNN)--A viral tweet, that now has been deleted, claimed that ...

by Astead W. Herndon on January 17, 2021 at 8:26 pm

Loyalists to President Trump are increasingly relying on conspiracy theories and misinformation, drawing false equivalence with last summer’s racial protests and blaming outside agitators.

on January 17, 2021 at 5:28 pm

President Trump's social media ban has opened a can of worms for tech firms who face calls from ... The firm does not fact-check lies in political ads.

by Tia Sewell on January 17, 2021 at 5:28 pm

Jen Patja Howell shared this week’s edition of Rational Security, featuring commentary on President-elect Biden’s latest national security appointments and discussion of the historic […]

on January 17, 2021 at 3:56 pm

Some commentators drew comparisons between Trump's role in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and the Munich Putsch, a 1923 operation by Adolf Hitler and ...

by Chuck Todd, NBC News on January 17, 2021 at 3:51 pm

Mayor of the District of Columbia Muriel Bowser (D) talks to Meet the Press about the security preparations in Washington, DC ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration. Sen. Cory Booker […]

by Isabella Grullón Paz and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs on January 17, 2021 at 3:38 pm

by Shamiran Mako on January 17, 2021 at 3:01 pm

Editor’s Note: Iraq faces many knotty political problems, and one of the most difficult concerns the population in the area near the border with Turkey and Syria. There, the legacy of […]

on January 17, 2021 at 3:00 pm

The company says it has since hired staff in Sri Lanka and formed partnerships with two local news organizations to help fact-check posts.

by Michael Levenson on January 17, 2021 at 2:06 pm

The decision to call off the event was the latest indication that many companies are distancing themselves from Republicans who voted to overturn the election results.

by Michael Crowley on January 17, 2021 at 2:06 pm

by Michael Crowley on January 17, 2021 at 2:06 pm

Justice Sotomayor has sworn in a vice president before.

on January 17, 2021 at 1:03 pm

However, these journalists would fact check his remarks. He can still speak freely. He just can't lie with impunity. That's what was taken away by the ...

on January 17, 2021 at 9:56 am

Trump's campaign itself hasn't presented any such evidence in its numerous legal challenges contesting the result. Rather, its legal efforts have been ...

by Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Katie Benner on January 17, 2021 at 2:42 am

The man was arrested on Friday with more than 500 rounds of ammunition in his truck, the police said. He told a reporter he was heading to a security job in Washington and got lost.

by Isabella Grullón Paz on January 16, 2021 at 11:06 pm

by Aishvarya Kavi on January 16, 2021 at 10:25 pm

by Paul Kane on January 16, 2021 at 9:36 pm

One caucus lives in the real world. The other occupies Trump’s alternate universe.

by Annie Karni on January 16, 2021 at 8:56 pm

on January 16, 2021 at 8:03 pm

FBI did not issue statement clearing Trump for Capitol insurrection. Claim: The FBI has cleared President Donald Trump "of any guilt, any connection" to ...

by Michael D. Shear and Peter Baker on January 16, 2021 at 8:00 pm

In an effort to mark a clean break from the Trump era, the president-elect plans to roll out dozens of executive orders in his first 10 days on top of a big stimulus plan and an expansive immigration […]

by David D. Kirkpatrick, Mike McIntire and Christiaan Triebert on January 16, 2021 at 6:54 pm

A network of far-right agitators across the country spent weeks organizing and raising money for a mass action to overturn President Trump’s election loss.

by Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Katie Thomas on January 16, 2021 at 6:20 pm

by Annie Karni on January 16, 2021 at 6:14 pm

He also appears to be on track to finish his term with the lowest final approval rating of any modern-day president.

by Matt Flegenheimer and Maggie Haberman on January 16, 2021 at 4:43 pm

by Glenn Kessler on January 16, 2021 at 3:21 pm

The president-elect said "mom-and-pop" small businesses employ more than big corporations. That might be a stretch depending on the metric you use.

by Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Eileen Sullivan and Eric Schmitt on January 16, 2021 at 1:58 pm

by Evan Hill, Arielle Ray and Dahlia Kozlowsky on January 16, 2021 at 1:58 pm

by Barton Gellman on January 16, 2021 at 1:00 pm

So far, cumulative acts of civic virtue have saved the republic. But the constitutional order is still in danger.

by Steve Stransky on January 15, 2021 at 9:47 pm

In early January, Congress overcame a presidential veto and enacted the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2021 (NDAA). The NDAA includes important requirements for how federal agencies […]

by Elaine Godfrey on January 15, 2021 at 8:38 pm

The congresswoman tested positive for COVID-19 after sheltering with Republicans who refused to wear masks.

by Ciaran Martin on January 15, 2021 at 8:37 pm

“Brexit means Brexit” started out its life in the U.K. as a spectacularly successful political slogan four and a half years ago. It sounded authoritative and purposeful, yet at the same […]

by Andrew J. Grotto on January 15, 2021 at 7:40 pm

Over the new year, Congress overrode President Trump’s veto to enact into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal 2021—an annual piece of legislation that lays out […]

by Tia Sewell on January 15, 2021 at 7:24 pm

Politico outlined how President Trump’s impeachment trial will proceed, now that the House has voted affirmatively to impeach him for the historic second time in his term. The trial is expected […]

by Keith E. Whittington on January 15, 2021 at 5:22 pm

I have a great deal of respect for former Judge Michael Luttig, and so one should think twice when one finds oneself in disagreement with him. I have previously argued that former presidents can be […]

by Sean Joyce, David Kris on January 15, 2021 at 5:08 pm

The day after what he called “the siege at the Capitol,” FBI Director Chris Wray vowed that the bureau “will hold accountable those who participated in” the attack. Arrests […]

by Peter Nicholas on January 15, 2021 at 5:05 pm

The vice president has no obvious place in GOP electoral politics.

by Ronald Brownstein on January 15, 2021 at 4:55 pm

The insurrection could spur a federal-government crackdown on white-nationalist groups, as well as strengthen the case for systemic police reform.

by Jacob Schulz on January 15, 2021 at 4:44 pm

The Office of the Inspector General for the Justice Department released a report detailing a number of failures surrounding the Justice Department's 2018 "Zero Tolerance" immigration policy. That […]

by Herb Lin, Amy Zegart on January 15, 2021 at 4:01 pm

On Jan. 6, the U.S. Capitol was assaulted and occupied for the first time since 1814. Five people were killed, including Brian Sicknick, a Capitol Police officer who was beaten to death while […]

by Jacob Schulz on January 15, 2021 at 3:59 pm

The National Security Agency (NSA) released on Jan. 13 a document pertaining to the rules governing signals intelligence (SIGINT) collection. The document, referred to as the SIGINT Annex, is an […]

by David Kris on January 15, 2021 at 3:33 pm

There is an old joke, still funny to some of us, that the NSA is the only part of the federal government that really listens. The NSA is the nation’s main collector of signals intelligence, or […]

by Kristen Eichensehr on January 15, 2021 at 3:15 pm

Pdf version When a state seeks to defend itself against a cyberattack, must it first identify the perpetrator responsible? The US policy of “defend forward” and “persistent […]

by Stephen Rademaker on January 15, 2021 at 1:01 pm

President Trump has moved aggressively over the course of his administration to withdraw the United States from a variety of treaties and other international agreements. Most recently, the […]

by Michael J. Mooney on January 15, 2021 at 12:18 pm

As the FBI warns of violence, anti-government extremists are ready to get in on the chaos.

by Jen Patja Howell on January 15, 2021 at 10:01 am

The NSA this week released a long-awaited update to its signals intelligence policy, which had not been updated since 1988. David Kris, former assistant attorney general for the National Security […]

on January 15, 2021 at 5:38 am

Fact check: Trump loses several perks only if there's an impeachment conviction by Jan. 20. Devon Link, USA TODAY. Sun., January 17, 2021, 4:20 p.m. ...

by Lester Munson on January 14, 2021 at 10:10 pm

This week, Congress contemplates how to respond to the attack on January 6th. Les, Loren, Jamil, and Jodi discuss how the legislative branch should move forward and news out of China that you may […]

by Tia Sewell on January 14, 2021 at 8:15 pm

The House impeached President Trump yesterday in a 232-197 vote, making him the first U.S. president to ever be impeached twice, reports the New York Times. Ten members of the Republican party broke […]

by Bruce Riedel on January 14, 2021 at 7:01 pm

PDF Version A review of “His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life” by Jonathan Alter (Simon & Schuster, September 2020) *** The first ever book-length biography of our 39th president, […]

by Robert N. Stavins on January 14, 2021 at 4:59 pm

On Jan. 20, Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States. He will face an unprecedented set of challenges, including global climate change—one of four stated policy […]

by Gary Corn on January 14, 2021 at 4:01 pm

The SolarWinds breach has kicked up a lot of dust. It’s thick, obscuring and deeply concerning. It’s also a long way from settling. But that hasn’t slowed the quick and steady […]

by Carissa Byrne Hessick on January 14, 2021 at 2:19 pm

When the news broke that people had been killed during the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, commentators began speculating that at least some of the pro-Trump rioters could be charged with murder—in […]

by Daniel Byman, Aditi Joshi on January 14, 2021 at 2:01 pm

Editor's note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos. Online vitriol, especially in the hands of widely-followed, influential, and well-resourced politicians and governments, can have […]

by Jen Patja Howell on January 14, 2021 at 10:01 am

Yesterday, January 13, the House of Representatives impeached President Trump a second time for encouraging the violent riot in the Capitol Building on January 6. And yet, the impeachment is probably […]

by Jen Patja Howell on January 13, 2021 at 11:40 pm

The House impeaches President Trump—again—for his role in stoking an attack on the Capitol. President-elect Biden announces more national security appointments, including his nominee to […]

by Benjamin Wittes on January 13, 2021 at 9:56 pm

And so they impeached him. What else could they do? They could not ignore his behavior over the months since his election defeat—the pattern of behavior that culminated in the president’s […]

on January 13, 2021 at 9:41 pm

Atlantic writers will discuss the future of democracy after last week’s insurrection, live at 11 a.m. ET on Thursday.

by Lisa Blunt Rochester on January 13, 2021 at 7:06 pm

Delaware’s congresswoman thought she might die in the riot at the Capitol. Then her Republican colleagues mocked her for handing out masks while they sheltered together.

by Russell Berman on January 13, 2021 at 6:32 pm

In impeaching President Trump a second time, Democrats believe they’re acting to remove “a clear and present danger” not only to American citizens and democracy at large, but to […]

by Simon van Zuylen-Wood on January 13, 2021 at 12:00 pm

How The Epoch Times became a pro-Trump propaganda machine in an age of plague and insurrection ​​​​​

by Olga Khazan on January 12, 2021 at 12:00 pm

The state’s hyperefficient health-care system runs pretty well—unless a pandemic strikes.

by Peter Nicholas on January 10, 2021 at 12:00 pm

Those following the president’s events around the country for the past four years were not surprised by the mob violence that unfolded in Washington.

by Elaine Godfrey on January 9, 2021 at 2:12 pm

And the threat to the U.S. government hasn’t passed.

by Ronald Brownstein on January 9, 2021 at 11:00 am

The Capitol riot showed how the ominous tenor of contemporary GOP messaging could be fueling white conservatives’ extremism.

by Kevin Townsend on January 9, 2021 at 12:43 am

The veteran congressional reporter shares his firsthand experience of the pro-Trump mob storming the Capitol.

by John Hendrickson on January 8, 2021 at 7:24 pm

The day before the Capitol riot, a congressman buried his 25-year-old son, who had left a note for his family on New Year’s Eve.

by Robinson Meyer on January 8, 2021 at 6:23 pm

More roadblocks and police officers won’t stop the next attempted coup.

by Nick Baumann on January 8, 2021 at 2:14 pm

What frightened the president into releasing a video calling for calm?

by Emma Green on January 8, 2021 at 12:00 pm

Many of those who mobbed the Capitol on Wednesday claimed to be enacting God’s will.

by Edward-Isaac Dovere on January 7, 2021 at 2:45 am

It was a day of chaos in Washington, D.C. But in Wilmington, Delaware, President-elect Joe Biden pulsed with quiet anger.

by Jeffrey Goldberg on January 7, 2021 at 1:36 am

What I heard from insurrectionists on their march to the Capitol

by Elaine Godfrey on January 7, 2021 at 1:09 am

The politicians who have enabled Trump did not expect the president’s followers to ever break through the glass windows of the Capitol and ascend the Senate dais.

by The Atlantic Editors on January 7, 2021 at 12:56 am

Photos depicting the chaos at the Capitol, unlike anything else witnessed in recent U.S. history

by Ronald Brownstein on January 6, 2021 at 6:02 pm

President Trump is the reason the GOP will likely lose its Senate majority.

by McKay Coppins on January 6, 2021 at 5:32 pm

President Trump’s departure from office may be imminent, but the future of the party he’s leaving behind is less certain than ever.

by Russell Berman on January 6, 2021 at 2:24 pm

The Democratic success in the South is poised to change the balance of power in Washington.

by Chuck Todd, NBC News on October 11, 2020 at 1:34 pm

Meet the Press introduces: Florida Florida Florida. In this new five-part series, Chuck Todd looks back at the enduring political lessons of the 2000 presidential recount. Featuring interviews with […]

by Glenn Kessler on January 1, 2017 at 10:11 pm

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