McKay Coppins
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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.
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Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty How the Swamp Drained Trump
A year after arriving in Washington promising to hand power back to the people, the president has instead given the city’s insiders precisely what they wanted.
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Senate TV / Reuters 'It’s Our Responsibility to Put More Guardrails Around the President'
Senator Jeff Flake explains his speech on the Senate floor in defense of the press—and talks about what he’s planning next.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters It's Joe Arpaio's Party Now
The controversial ex-sheriff says the GOP has moved in his direction—and that he’s jumping into the Arizona Senate race to support Trump and his agenda.
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Jim Urquhart / Reuters The Death of a Prophet
Thomas Monson, the late Mormon church president, stressed the importance of community in an increasingly atomized nation.
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Jonathan Bachman / Reuters The Death of 'Trumpism Without Trump'
Steve Bannon was trying to build a movement larger than the president himself. The bitter split between the two men may spell the end of that effort.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Orrin Hatch’s Retirement Paves the Way for a Romney Senate Bid
The longtime Utah senator announced his exit after 40 years representing the state, paving the way for the former Republican presidential nominee to enter the race to succeed him.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Has Trump Persuaded Orrin Hatch to Block Mitt Romney's Senate Bid?
The longtime Utah senator had promised this term would be his last, and told friends he planned on retiring. But after the president’s intervention, he may be changing his mind.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters The Republican Nightmare Is Just Beginning
In 2018, party strategists fret, they’ll face a tough electoral landscape—and a bumper crop of fringe candidates.
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Brynn Anderson / AP The Alabama Election Is a Referendum on the GOP's Future
The candidacy of Roy Moore pits the Republican Party’s populist insurgents against its establishment—with national implications.
