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By The New Yorker

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Polling
What Are the Chances of Trump Being Reëlected?
The New Yorker - John Cassidy
On Tuesday night, in Orlando, Donald Trump formally launched his 2020 reëlection effort with another big rally. After what happened in 2016, it behooves political analysts and commentators to approach
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Melania Trump
In Orlando, Trump Kicks Off His Reëlection Campaign with an Old, Divisive Message
The New Yorker - Amy Davidson Sorkin
In a political speech, an emphasis placed on a single word can turn a promise into a threat. “Republicans believe welfare, schools, hospitals, and public resources should be protected for all Americans,”
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Mexico City
How Trump’s Tariff Threat Could Outsource the Asylum Crisis to Mexico
The New Yorker - Jonathan Blitzer
On June 8th, after days of tense immigration negotiations between the United States and Mexico, the Mexican President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, organized a rally in Tijuana to celebrate an agreement
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Palestinian Authority
Why Jared Kushner’s Bahrain Conference Won’t Do Much for the Palestinian Economy
The New Yorker - Bernard Avishai
The Trump Administration’s team for Israel and the Palestinian territories—Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, David Friedman, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel, and Jason Greenblatt,
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Iran-Iraq War
The Dangers of Trump’s Approach to Iran
The New Yorker - Isaac Chotiner
Last May, President Trump withdrew from the nuclear agreement that President Obama struck with Iran. Now, many fear that the Trump Administration may be on the verge of a military strike on the country.
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George Stephanopoulos
Donald Trump and the Telltale Cough
The New Yorker - Amy Davidson Sorkin
“These people are so incredible,” Donald Trump said to George Stephanopoulos, of ABC News, as they drove away from an event in Iowa, past a crowd that stretched out along the road. “Look—crying. So cute!”
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Illustration
The Don and Joe Show
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In “The Don and Joe Show,” Amy Davidson Sorkin delves into what a Biden-Trump Presidential race might look like.
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Trump International Hotels
What a Biden-Trump Presidential Race Might Look Like
The New Yorker - Amy Davidson Sorkin
In the inquiry into who would be the strongest Democratic Presidential nominee in 2020, Donald Trump is what might be called a hostile witness. “Joe Biden is a dummy,” the President said last week, on
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George Stephanopoulos
The Stephanopoulos Interview Is Another Fine Mess for Trump
The New Yorker - John Cassidy
Some weeks the Trump Presidency is a horror show; some weeks it is slapstick. This week it was both. In the Middle East, tensions with Iran rose alarmingly, while, on the domestic front, Donald Trump himself
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Trump Administration
The Right to a Stable Climate Is the Constitutional Question of the Twenty-first Century
The New Yorker - Carolyn Kormann
On June 4th, in a packed courtroom in Portland, Oregon, Judge Andrew Hurwitz, of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, posed an unusual hypothetical question. “Assume that we have raiders
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Iran-Iraq War
A Tanker War in the Middle East—Again?
The New Yorker - Robin Wright
U.S. Navy ships in the Middle East heard the first distress signal at 6:12 A.M. Thursday. The Kokuka Courageous, a tanker owned by Japan bound from Saudi Arabia to Singapore, had been damaged by an explosive
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Conservative View
Forget “No Collusion.” Trump Is Now Pro-Collusion
The New Yorker - Susan B. Glasser
There is no such thing as an outrage-free week anymore. On Wednesday, President Trump offered us a particularly stunning example of this new political reality, telling the ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos
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Joe Biden
Joe Biden Bets on Being the Anti-Trump Candidate
The New Yorker - Eric Lach
There’s been some reporting that Donald Trump has privately expressed worries about facing Joe Biden in a general election. But publicly, the two men seem to enjoy jawing at each other like a pair of “Look,
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House Judiciary Committee
House Democrats Inch Along on Impeachment
The New Yorker - Osita Nwanevu
As divided as House Democrats might be about impeachment—around sixty members, a small but growing minority, are thought to support beginning proceedings now—the caucus is united in support of facilitating
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Trump Administration
Mexico, Cuba, and Trump’s Increasing Preference for Punishment Over Diplomacy
The New Yorker - Jon Lee Anderson
In his approach to the carrot-versus-stick equation that is central to statecraft, Donald Trump always opts for the stick. Apparently unaware of, or unconcerned with, the advantages offered by the canny
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Elizabeth Warren
New Momentum for Elizabeth Warren
The New Yorker - John Cassidy
Suddenly, Elizabeth Warren’s Presidential campaign is getting a lot of attention. When nineteen Democratic candidates converged on Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Sunday for a dinner and a speakers’ forum, the
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Jerome Powell
A Weakening Economy May Be the Biggest Threat to Donald Trump
The New Yorker - John Cassidy
On Friday morning, the Labor Department released its jobs report for May, which showed a sharp slowdown in hiring. Donald Trump was still in Ireland, preparing to fly back to Washington. He didn’t immediately
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Politics
Ross Douthat Describes the Crisis of the Conservative Coalition
The New Yorker - Isaac Chotiner
Three years ago, it felt like something of a shock that religious conservatives overwhelmingly embraced the campaign of Donald Trump. Now, with the Republican-controlled Senate confirming judges at a pace,
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Donald Trump
Republicans Have Become the Except-When-Trump-Does-It Party
The New Yorker - Susan B. Glasser
Before heading off for a break at his Trump-branded golf course in Ireland, President Trump this week attacked the mayor of London as a “stone cold loser,” called an American-born British princess “nasty”
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Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic Debate About the Best Way to Get Donald Trump Out of Office
The New Yorker - Amy Davidson Sorkin
As Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi roamed Normandy on Thursday (she had brought along a contingent of dozens of members of Congress for the official commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of
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Politics (Rep. of Ireland)
A Gobshite American President in Ireland
The New Yorker - John Cassidy
Did you hear the one about the Irish Prime Minister who travelled from Dublin to County Clare to meet an American President stricken with logorrhea? Fortunately, the Prime Minister was Leo Varadkar, a
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D Day
Europe and America Seventy-Five Years After D Day
The New Yorker - Adam Gopnik
The armies of America continue to pour into Europe, June after June—armies of tourists, that is. Europe is the most visited region in the world, and the American presence there remains overwhelming, at
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Ayn Rand
The Persistent Ghost of Ayn Rand, the Forebear of Zombie Neoliberalism
The New Yorker - Masha Gessen
In a dark corner of my house, where a built-in bookshelf curves out of sight and out of reach, near the ceiling, I keep a couple dozen books that I haven’t brought myself to get rid of but don’t want to
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Brexit Party
Trump Triggers a Health-Care Panic in the U.K., but Brexit Is the Real Threat
The New Yorker - Amy Davidson Sorkin
It is easy to say the wrong thing on a foreign visit, especially if you are President Donald Trump. It is even easier if you deal with your own lack of knowledge, as he does, by resorting to absolutes.
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Trump Tower
Donald Trump’s Royal Treatment
The New Yorker - Anthony Lane
Veni, vidi, tweeti. Thus would Donald Trump, in all modesty and likelihood, sum up the tremendous events of the past two days. His presence in Britain, on a state visit, has been the usual low-key affair;
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Donald Trump
Trump’s Top Economist Makes a Timely Exit
The New Yorker - John Cassidy
Last Thursday, Donald Trump ignored the advice of some of his senior advisers—including the Treasury Secretary, Steven Mnuchin, and the U.S. Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer—and threatened to impose
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When They See Us
Ava DuVernay on “When They See Us” and the Boys Who Became the Central Park Five
The New Yorker - Dorothy Wickenden
Ava DuVernay doesn’t like using the term “Central Park Five”—a moniker created by the press in the aftermath of the notorious and brutal assault of a twenty-eight-year-old woman, Trisha Meili. “They’re
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Podcasting
Continental Shift
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In “Continental Shift,” Amy Davidson Sorkin writes about the European elections.
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Mitch McConnell
Why Mitch McConnell Outmaneuvers Democrats at Filling the Supreme Court
The New Yorker - Jeffrey Toobin
The boundless cynicism of Mitch McConnell is again on display. The Kentucky Republican, who is the Senate Majority Leader, told a home-state audience that, if there is a vacancy on the Supreme Court in