David A. Graham
Graham previously edited The Atlantic's politics section and has reported for Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, and The National. He lives in Durham, North Carolina.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Trump's Increasingly Desperate Attacks on Mueller
The president and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani are back on the offensive against the special counsel, but their newest talking points don’t stand up to scrutiny.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Michael Cohen's Astonishing Claim About the Trump Tower Meeting
If Donald Trump’s former fixer is right—that the president knew his staff planned to meet with Russians—it’d be a dramatic development on at least two fronts of Robert Mueller’s investigation.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Doomed Republican Attempt to Impeach Rod Rosenstein
A push by House conservatives to remove the deputy attorney general is thin on substance and futile in practice.
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Aaron P. Bernstein / Reuters Trump Can Never Go Too Far for Republicans
Even the most serious GOP senators were willing to take the president at his word on Russia—no matter how transparent his excuses.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Trump Has Learned Nothing
The president's waffling on Russian interference was part of a weeklong meltdown—a summer tradition that started during his campaign.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Trump's Remarkable Attempt to Walk Back His Russia Comments
A day after dismissing Russian interference in the 2016 election, the president said on Tuesday that he accepts the American intelligence community’s conclusion.
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Larry Downing / Reuters How Kavanaugh’s Last Confirmation Hearing Could Haunt Him
Two Democrats feel that the Supreme Court nominee misled them about his awareness of terror-detainee policy during the Bush administration.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters The Coincidence at the Heart of the Russia Hacking Scandal
A new indictment charges that Russians tried to hack Hillary Clinton’s emails on July 27, 2016—the same day that Donald Trump publicly asked them to do so.
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Reuters Mueller Just Uncovered a Core Russian Conspiracy
The special counsel's latest indictment reaches back to his investigation's origin story: the hacking of the 2016 election.
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Alex Brandon / AP The Mystery of Brett Kavanaugh’s Baseball-Ticket Debt
How did the nominee for the Supreme Court spend $60,000 to $200,000 on Washington Nationals seats—and how did he pay it off so quickly?
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The High-Water Mark of the Trump Presidency
The last eight months have been the most productive of this administration. Unfortunately for the president, there may be nowhere to go but down.
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Leah Millis / Reuters The Anticlimax of Trump’s Supreme Court Announcement
The president sought to dramatize the selection process, but he ultimately delivered a workaday statement nominating the most conventional candidate on his shortlist.
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Hannah McKay / Reuters The Brexiteers Are Defeating Brexit
Some of the foremost proponents of the U.K. leaving the European Union have opted out of government rather than finish what they started.
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Alex Wong / Getty / Katie Martin / ... Susan Collins's Quixotic Defense of Roe
The Maine senator wants a Supreme Court nominee who will support precedent, but Trump's candidates aren't likely to say how they might rule on a challenge.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP What Is the Point of a Trump Rally in 2018?
Beginning about three years ago, the president’s tour stops became the most riveting spectacle on earth, but the formula feels increasingly stale.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters What Finally Did In Scott Pruitt?
The EPA administrator’s departure Thursday caps a remarkable run of scandals.
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Chris Carlson / AP Does Trump Know What ICE Does?
In his comments about combatting MS-13, the president fudges reality about both the agency and the gang.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters Will Michael Cohen Join the Ranks of Trump Turncoats?
The wave of former lieutenants working against the president is not unprecedented, but its timing is.
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Jim Mone / AP The Paradox of Trump's Populism
The president’s remarks at a recent rally inflating his wealth illuminate how his particular brand of populism works.
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Charles Platiau / Reuters The Fragile Future of Reform in Saudi Arabia
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is working to change many faces of his kingdom’s society, but some experts wonder whether he can keep a grip on power.
