McKay Coppins
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Gene Sweeney Jr. / AP What Utah Voters Really Want From Mitt Romney
New polling data show a large majority of Utahns want the senator-elect to stand up to President Trump. But experts and activists in the state say that he’ll need to walk a fine line.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump Isn’t Crazy to Question Mike Pence’s Loyalty
During a moment of crisis in the 2016 campaign, the future vice president appeared ready to turn on Trump. Some of the president’s allies worry it could happen again.
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Mike Segar / Reuters The Republican Party Goes All-in on Trumpism
Strategists say the midterms won't prompt much introspection within the GOP—let alone a course correction.
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y_seki / Shutterstock / The Atlantic Trump Already Won the Midterms
Even if Republicans lose the House on Tuesday, it’s unlikely that the president’s grip on his party will loosen anytime soon.
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Jeff Roberson / AP Brace for the Midterms
Two Atlantic reporters on the races they’re watching.
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Mike Blake / Reuters Duncan Hunter Is Running the Most Anti-Muslim Campaign in the Country
The Republican congressman’s reelection bid is a microcosm of the politics of fear in Trump’s America.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Stephen Miller’s Biggest Gamble Yet
Donald Trump’s racist ad is a shocking provocation. It’s also rooted in a strategy elevated by one of his most controversial senior advisers.
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Amy Lombard The Man Who Broke Politics
Newt Gingrich turned partisan battles into bloodsport, wrecked Congress, and paved the way for Trump’s rise. Now he’s reveling in his achievements.
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Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty Jeff Flake Explains Himself
The Arizona Republican’s dramatic call for further FBI review came because he felt the Senate was “coming apart at the seams.”
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Carlos Barria / Reuters The American Obsession With Donald Trump’s Mood
As the president endures a brutal news cycle, gauging his state of mind has become a fixation of Washington.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters The Art of Failing Upward
At a party celebrating his new book, former White House press secretary Sean Spicer reveled in his predictable return to Washington’s polite society.
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Alex Brandon / AP A New Talking Point From the Pro-Trump Fringe
A new line of punditry is bubbling up among the president’s followers online: It was a positive thing that the Russians hacked the 2016 election.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Outrage Over Family Separation Is Exactly What Stephen Miller Wants
For President Trump’s senior adviser, the public outrage and anger elicited by policies like forced family separation are a feature, not a bug.
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Photo illustration by WG600* Trump’s Right-Hand Troll
Stephen Miller once tormented liberals at Duke. Now the president’s speechwriter and immigration enforcer is deploying the art of provocation from the White House.
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Jim Urquhart / Reuters Mitt Romney Is Not Joining the Resistance
With remarks stressing his hawkish views on immigration, the Senate candidate provided a reminder that his opposition to Trump is rooted in his conservatism.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters We're All Watching the Donald Trump Show
And that’s just how he likes it.
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Peter Foley / EPA-EFE / REX / Shutterstock ... Sam Nunberg's Spectacular Stunt
The former Trump aide says he received a subpoena from Special Counsel Robert Mueller—and then responded with a blustering, baffling series of live appearances on cable television.
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Jim Urquhart / Reuters The Foiled Plot to Kick Mitt Romney Out of the Republican Party
The Senate candidate's allies believed party activists were trying to change bylaws to exclude him—but a last-minute amendment preserved his eligibility.
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Jim Urquhart / Reuters Why Romney Is Running for Senate
The former Republican presidential nominee extolled his adoptive state’s values as a better option for his party, and his country, as he announced his bid for Senate.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters Romney Is Already Being Considered for a Republican Leadership Position
Senate GOP leaders have expressed an early interest in elevating the sometime Trump critic—even though he hasn’t yet announced a run for office.
