Elaine Godfrey
She covers national politics.
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Brendan Hoffman / Getty What Winning Did to the Anti-abortion Movement
As protesters prepare for this year’s March for Life, a current of uncertainty ripples beneath the surface.
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Getty; The Atlantic Sudden Russian Death Syndrome
It’s not a great time to be an oligarch who’s unenthusiastic about Putin’s war in Ukraine.
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Stefani Reynolds / AFP / Getty 11 Times This Year When Politics Was Funny
At the end of a politically fraught 2022, it feels good to laugh together.
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Joel Rogers / Getty Against Skiing
This beloved winter pastime is not for everyone. And especially not for me.
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Jordan Gale / The New York Times / … Iowans Knew This Day Would Come
The long farewell to the Iowa Caucus
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Getty; The Atlantic The Bottom-Up Election-Denial Strategy
It’s wrong, it seems illegal, and it’s probably not going to work. For now.
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Getty; The Atlantic ‘Stop the Steal’ Isn’t Conceding
Election deniers lost in the midterms, but they’re not done yet.
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Joshua Lott; The Washington Post; Getty In Arizona, Shouts of ‘Fraud’ Again
Before the polls even closed, the election deniers were calling foul.
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Saul Loeb / Getty The Obama Nostalgia Show
On the stump for Democrats, the former president invoked hope. But even the party faithful know that things have changed.
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Hunter Martin / Getty The Phillie Phanatic’s Biggest Phan
To me, this fluffy green mascot is the real star of baseball’s World Series.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty A World Without Chuck Grassley in the Senate?
Democrats in Iowa hope for the unimaginable: defeating the seven-term Republican.
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Alex Wong / Getty What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Republican House
The investigations, impeachments, and 2024-election uncertainty that may lie ahead
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Mark Makela / Getty The Survivor Vote
How John Fetterman’s stroke helped deepen his everyman appeal among some supporters
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Getty Do Voters Care About John Fetterman’s Stroke?
The Democrat’s health status is a legitimate election issue for Pennsylvanians. The question is what they should make of it.
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Rebecca Noble / Getty Trumpism Has Found Its Leading Lady
The Republican candidate for Arizona governor not only won Trump’s endorsement but has emerged as his most talented emulator. Is Kari Lake the new face of the MAGA movement?
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Bridgena Barnard / Getty The Honey Badger Don’t Care—But I Do
The scrappy little mammal is so much more than an internet meme or a political mascot.
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Ed Jones / AFP / Getty Trump Returns to Rally Team MAGA
At the former president’s first rally since the FBI search at Mar-a-Lago, the mood among his supporters veered from desperation to defiance.
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Jabin Botsford / Getty The Mar-a-Lago ‘Raid’ Put Ron DeSantis in a Box
He has little option but to show loyalty to Trump even if it thwarts his own ambitions.
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Bill Clark / Getty; NBC NewsWire / Getty; … ‘Stop the Steal’ Is a Metaphor
The scholar Theda Skocpol—renowned for her research on the Tea Party movement a decade ago—explains how American politics has evolved since then.
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Al Drago-Pool / Getty The Deepening Mystery of Kyrsten Sinema
The Arizona senator effectively leverages her power, but her ends are unclear.
