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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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Nothing Changed on Impeachment, and Everything Changed
Trump’s base isn’t going anywhere, but that might not matter to his fate.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Trump’s Journey From Double Down to Flip-Flop
A president who has long ignored criticism is suddenly giving in, reversing course on the G7 summit and withdrawal from Syria.
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Leah Millis / Reuters ‘Get Over It’
The administration has a single answer for every question about its policies and behavior.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Trump’s Most Shameless Act of Profiteering
The president is bringing the G7 to the struggling Trump Doral resort.
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Presidential Press Service / AP Why Turkey Treated Trump’s Letter as Trash
There may be no more vivid illustration of how American leadership has declined in the world.
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Susan Walsh / AP The Experts Strike Back
Donald Trump has spent his presidency belittling and attacking career foreign-policy professionals. Now that he’s asking for their loyalty, they don’t seem to feel any.
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John Minchillo / AP The Democratic Primary Is Now a Sideshow
Twelve candidates crowded onto the stage, but impeachment remains the biggest story in politics.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Conspiracy of Silence Is Cracking
Trump’s stonewalling relies on the willingness of others to stay quiet, and Marie Yovanovitch and Gordon Sondland are opting out.
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Aram Roston / Reuters The Story Keeps Getting Worse for the White House
A pair of men helping the president’s supposed anti-corruption campaign were apprehended as they tried to leave the United States.
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Alex Brandon / AP Trump’s Obstruction Letter
A letter from the president’s lawyer argues that the House probe is illegitimate, but its claims are more political than legal.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump’s Defeat on Tax Returns Signals a Big Problem for the President
A federal judge dismisses Trump’s “limitless assertion of presidential immunity.”
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP The Scandal Has Spiraled Out of Trump’s Control
When the week began, the president faced questions about Ukraine. Now the inquiry has gone global.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Mystery of the Ukraine-Call Transcript
There are enough questions and inconsistencies to raise the prospect that the public version may not tell the whole story.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Trump Just Did It Out in the Open
Facing impeachment over his secret request that Ukraine investigate the Bidens, the president appealed to China to do the same.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Why Trump Is Firing Off a Barrage of Threats
The president’s new strategy for fighting impeachment? Raise the cost of the proceedings higher than Democrats are willing to pay.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump Never Learns
The president can’t accept that his theories about Ukraine have been debunked.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Cover-Up Betrays Trump’s Guilt
The president’s aides were trying to protect him, but in the process made clear they thought his behavior was problematic.
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Mark Wilson / Getty The Whistle-Blower’s Explosive Allegations
The newly released report details a sustained, months-long effort to pressure Ukraine—and the White House’s attempt to conceal it.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Trump Is Panicking
The president has lost control of the news cycle, and doesn’t know what to do next.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters Trump’s Incriminating Conversation With the Ukrainian President
The White House said a transcript of the call would be exculpatory—but the summary it released only adds to the problems facing Trump.
