McKay Coppins
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New York State Sex Offender Registry / AP Why Conspiracy Theorists Will Never Believe the ‘Official’ Epstein Story
Trust in gatekeepers—from media to government—has eroded to the point of making an “official account” almost obsolete.
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Shannon Stapleton / Reuters How the Epstein Case Explains the Rise of Conspiracy Theorists
Nightmarish allegations against the well-connected financier show why so many Americans let their imagination run wild when it comes to elite corruption.
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Mike Segar / Randall Hill / Kamil Krzaczynski ... Actually, Conversations Are Bad
Listen closely and you’ll hear many 2020 candidates offer the same dodge to different issues.
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Pavel Golovkin / Reuters / Thanh Do / ... Trump’s Russia Ambassador Wants to Come Home
Jon Huntsman is expected to return to the U.S. by the end of the year, and is seriously considering a run for governor of Utah.
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Brendan Smialowski / Getty Two Universes, One Report
The release of Robert Mueller’s findings was a choose-your-own-adventure moment for political punditry.
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Ira L. Black / Corbis via Getty The Resistance Media Weren’t Ready for This
After years of accruing retweets and Patreon donations with fevered speculation about Mueller, anti-Trump internet personalities are scrambling to figure out what’s next.
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Roc Canals / Getty / The Atlantic Naming and Shaming the Pro-Trump Elite
The Bulwark’s writers are the new outlaws of conservative media.
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Kris Connor/Getty Images Stories to Make Them Choke on Their Steak
Two of The Atlantic’s political profilers chat about their process—and when to doodle during an interview.
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Jim Young / Reuters Trump’s Speech Did Create Unity—Within the MAGA Media
Conservative outlets were upset when the president caved on his demands for a wall. But they can’t afford to stay mad when he’s on national TV owning the libs.
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Dominick Reuter / Reuters Chris Christie Says His New Book Isn’t an Act of Revenge
The former New Jersey governor discusses his hyper-confrontational style, why Trump surrounds himself with “grifters” and “felons,” and whether he’d be a better vice president than Mike Pence.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Waiting for a Shutdown to End in Disaster
Aides on Capitol Hill fear that a dramatic government failure may be the only thing to force President Trump and the Democrats back to the table.
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Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty Trump Cares About Only One Audience
He’s a master of reading a room—and he knows exactly how to use cultural context as a provocation.
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Leah Millis / Reuters Trump’s Oval Office Address Was Classic Stephen Miller
The young speechwriter has a signature style: blood, gore, and a penchant for provoking rather than persuading the president’s adversaries.
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Jim Urquhart / Reuters Mitt Romney’s Noisy Arrival in Trump’s Washington
The incoming senator from Utah never wanted to define himself by his relationship with Trump. But with his new op-ed, Romney has signaled that a confrontation with the president is inevitable.
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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.
