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Alex Wong / Getty Trump Needs Conspiracy Theories
The president uses them for political and personal ends. The damage he’s wrought along the way won’t be easily repaired.
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Mandel Ngan / Getty Ronna McDaniel Won’t Woo Her Uncle Mitt on Impeachment
The RNC chair happens to be the niece of the only Republican senator who’s recently spoken out about the president.
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Lyubov Timofeyeva / Shutterstock / Katie Martin / ... The Real Story Behind the Steele Dossier
A new book from the operatives at Fusion GPS is a master class in how Washington works.
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Pete Marovich / Getty Trump Is Surrounded
The president thrives on having an opponent to villainize. With impeachment, there are too many to choose from.
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John Raoux / AP Trump Is MAGA-fying the National Medal of Arts
Among the president’s new picks: the actor Jon Voight—who’s a fan of his—and the U.S. military bands
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Brendan Smialowwski / Getty Donald Trump Is All Alone
Presidents have long relied on attentive aides to help them cope with the stresses of office. Not Trump.
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Evan Vucci / AP Trump’s Dark Assumption About America
The president is erasing the distinction between his political needs and the nation’s enduring interests, setting the stage for a potential crisis.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Get Used to Trump Talking About Baghdadi
The president’s detailed account of the raid that killed the leader of ISIS will almost certainly be a fixture on the campaign trail.
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Leah Millis / Reuters How Trump Lost the Impeachment Narrative
As the Ukraine scandal became a national conversation, the president known for his powerful sound bites was suddenly tongue-tied.
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Leah Millis / Reuters Why Firing Mick Mulvaney Is Riskier Than Keeping Him
President Trump’s third chief of staff seemed destined for the door until impeachment came along.
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Brendan Smialowski / Getty The Unraveling of Donald Trump
As the impeachment inquiry intensifies, some associates of the president predict that his already erratic behavior is going to get worse.
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Evan Vucci / AP Impeachment? What Impeachment? It’s Trump-Rally Time.
No Republican presidential candidate has won Minnesota since 1972. Donald Trump believes he can change that.
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Leah Millis / Reuters Mick Mulvaney’s Uncertain Fate
President Trump has not ruled out replacing his third chief of staff in less than three years.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP The Only Time Trump Wants International Cooperation
“America first” was the slogan that helped Trump win the presidency. But he doesn’t seem to believe it’s the tactic that will help him keep it.
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Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty ... Trump Finally Has His Lawyer
Pat Cipollone is making the president happy. But his job is bigger than the president.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters How Impeachment Is Testing Trump’s Focus
The president’s first address to the UN was full of fire and fury. Now, as he faces an impeachment inquiry, that tone is gone.
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Brendan McDermid / Reuters Trump Is Discovering New Powers
He’s finding ever more risky ways to advance his personal agenda.
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Susan Walsh / AP We’re Now in the Hot Zone for Impeachment
New reports about President Trump’s calls with the Ukrainian president could push Nancy Pelosi to recalculate the politics of an attempt to remove him from office.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The Quickest Path to Irrelevance in the Trump White House
John Bolton’s days were numbered from the start.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty Fox News Has the Power Over Trump
The president’s recent attacks on the network barely registered inside its headquarters.
