The Double Standard at the Center of the Signal Debacle
As senior officials deny wrongdoing, rank-and-file national-security personnel worry about the dangers if no one is held accountable.
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Shawn Thew / Bloomberg / Getty Trump Goes After the Messenger
The president is privately upset with the sloppiness of his advisers. Publicly, he’s focused on attacking the press.
Win McNamee / Getty Stephen Miller Has a Plan
The White House point person on immigration is pursuing a strategy that is bedeviling his opponents and could provoke a constitutional crisis.
Mark Peterson / Redux Trump Gets a Taste of Putin’s Tactics
The Russian leader is offering few concessions in negotiations over Ukraine. How hard is Trump willing to push for the peace he promises?
Illustration by Paul Spella / The Atlantic. Sources: Aleksey Babushkin / AFP / Getty; Chip Somodevilla / Getty. Another Upside-Down Day of Trump Diplomacy
The president threatened allies with an invasion and hit them with tariffs. For Putin, he had only praise.
Mandel Ngan / Getty Is DOGE Losing Steam?
The Department of Government Efficiency lives. But Donald Trump is reining in Elon Musk.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Why It Matters Who Asks the Questions
When the White House handpicks reporters to cover the president, the American public suffers.
Roberto Schmidt / AFP / Getty ‘It’s a Psyop’: Inside Elon Musk’s Empty Ultimatum
Trump’s billionaire enforcer told federal workers they needed to justify themselves—or else. Then the administration changed its mind.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Kevin Lamarque / AFP / Getty; Alfred Gescheidt / Getty. Trump’s Military Purge Has Washington Asking ‘Who’s Next?’
The president fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as part of a stunning shake-up across the military’s senior ranks.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. The Party of Reagan Is Selling Out Ukraine
Even pro-Ukraine Republicans have been silent on Donald Trump’s deference to Vladimir Putin.
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