Olivia Paschal
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Travis Long / The News & Observer via ... The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Snow News Day
Government offices in D.C. shut down—for a snowstorm. Plus, in North Carolina, hearings continue for the still-undecided U.S. House seat.
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Dennis Van Tine / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Bern Again
A few hours after his announcement, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont had already out-fundraised his 2020 competitors.
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Evan Vucci / AP Read President Trump’s Speech Declaring a National Emergency
In long, rambling remarks, the president announced that he’s reprogramming billions of dollars to fund a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Emergency Contact
As a compromise spending bill passes Congress, the White House says the president will commit to signing it, while taking an “executive action” to get funding for his wall
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Mary F. Calvert / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: ‘Not Happy’ as a Clam
Trump said he’s “not happy” with lawmakers’ proposed border wall deal—but didn't decline to sign it, either
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Tick Tock
Congress has until Friday to avoid another government shutdown.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: At His Whitaker’s End
Tensions ran high during Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.
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Steve Helber / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Next in Line
As Virginia Governor Ralph Northam grapples with scandal, his potential successors, the lieutenant governor and attorney general, now each face their own.
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Leah Millis / Reuters Read Stacey Abrams’s Rebuttal to the State of the Union Address
The former candidate for Georgia governor is considered a rising star in the Democratic Party.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Read President Trump’s Second State of the Union Address
The speech comes as Congress is trying to prevent a second government shutdown.
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Kiichiro Sato / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Polar Vortex Express
The Midwest is freezing. Plus, negotiations to prevent another shutdown are heating up.
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Chris Aluka Berry / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Stacey’s Moment
Democrats tapped the former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams to deliver their rebuttal to the State of the Union on February 5.
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Elaine Thompson / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Grande Intentions
The former Starbucks CEO, Howard Schultz, is thinking about running for president in 2020 as an independent.
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Daniel Hulshizer / AP A Brief History of Roger Stone
The Republican operative and self-described “dirty trickster” has been a presence in the president’s life for more than 30 years.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Shutdown Funk
Federal workers have begun applying for unemployment benefits and food stamps in the face of a full month without pay
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: The Fate of the Union
Nancy Pelosi published a letter declining to allow the State of the Union in the House Chamber until the government reopens.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: No-Fly Zone
The president canceled House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s planned congressional delegation trip overseas, after she disinvited him from delivering the State of the Union.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: No Holds Barred
William Barr, Trump’s nominee for attorney general, was grilled by the Senate Judiciary Committee during the first day of his confirmation hearings
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: The NeverEnding Shutdown
Trump faces questions over meetings with Putin, as the government shutdown stretches into its 24th day.
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Evan Vucci / AP The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Bye-Bye (Bye)
President Trump walked out of a meeting with Democratic leaders because they wouldn’t agree to funding a border wall.
