Todd S. Purdum
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Erin Schaff / The New York Times / ... America’s Love-Hate Relationship With Adam Schiff
The California congressman is a villain to the right and a rock star to the left. And he’s more powerful than ever.
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Tom Brenner / Reuters This Is Not Where Nancy Pelosi Wanted to Be
But she’s probably okay with that.
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Clodagh Kilcoyne / Reuters The Return of Jerry Nadler
The Judiciary Committee, which he chairs, is fractious and unruly. And it’s about to take over impeachment.
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Olivier Douliery / Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / ... The Made-for-TV Impeachment
On rare occasions, congressional hearings beat gritty HBO dramas in entertainment value.
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Atsushi Nishijima The Government Report That Got Turned Into a Hollywood Movie
How Scott Z. Burns tackled his feature directorial debut, a gripping film about the inquiry into the CIA’s “enhanced interrogation” program
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Leah Millis / Reuters Where Did Rudy Go?
He once consoled a shaken nation. Now he’s screaming about conspiracies on cable news.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Trump’s Game of Chicken
The president has finally settled on his impeachment strategy.
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Leah Millis / Reuters Impeachment for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Thanks to a coming media storm, our 45th president is now inextricably linked to impeachment, whether he survives it or not.
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Mark Wilson / Win McNamee / Rick Wilking ... How to Survive Impeachment
Former staffers reflect on keeping a besieged administration from falling apart during a scandal.
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Mike Blake / Reuters Trump’s Attacks on California Are Shortsighted
The rest of the country has historically followed the Golden State’s lead—whether the president likes it or not.
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Win McNamee / Getty Adam Schiff’s Last Laugh (For Now)
The House Intelligence Committee chairman has spent months illuminating Trump’s alleged misdeeds with little result. Perhaps that’s about to change.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters The Crime-Bill Debate Shows How Short Americans’ Memories Are
In hindsight, complicated policy conversations get flattened into stark shades of right and wrong.
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Erik Kabik / MediaPunch / IPX / AP Did Bill Clinton See This Coming?
On his 73rd birthday, the former MVP of the Democratic Party has been sidelined—perhaps for good.
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Christy Bowe / Corbis / Getty Democrats of All Ages Agree on Nothing
How did Democratic Party icons like Barack Obama come to symbolize all the problems of yore?
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Walter McBride / Contributor The Man Who Transformed Broadway
The legendary producer Hal Prince prevailed through changing tastes and times, and helped pioneer the creation of the “concept musical.”
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Maveric Pictures / Mike Blake / Kamil Krzaczynski ... Democrats Search for Their Own ‘Make America Great Again’
Top candidates such as Elizabeth Warren tried to avoid wonky policy proposals and focus on big, sweeping messages last night.
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Chip Somodevilla / Getty Robert Mueller and the Tyranny of ‘Optics’
The commentariat’s focus on performance over substance is the kryptonite of the modern media age.
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Patrick Semansky / AP / Katie Martin / ... Adam Schiff Is Back From the Wilderness
The House Intelligence Committee chairman opens up about the Mueller investigation.
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Patrick Semansky / AP Trump’s Greatest Contribution to American Politics
The fight on the House floor about Trump’s racist tweets illustrates, yet again, how singularly unprepared Washington is for a president like him.
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Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP Living in California Is Living on the Edge
For residents, the recent earthquakes are a reminder that the state is always poised on the brink of disaster.
