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Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic A Strange Week in Politics
“It’s extraordinary how much politics have been warped in the Trump era.”
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic What Will Biden’s Stance on Israel Mean for His Campaign?
“The actual war is in Gaza, but you wouldn't know it from news coverage this week of American campuses.”
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic The Potential Political Fallout Over Foreign Funding
Has Speaker Mike Johnson once again risked his tenuous leadership position?
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic The Battle in Congress for Foreign Funding
House Speaker Mike Johnson faces mounting frustration among his right-wing Republican colleagues.
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic Will Republicans Find Consensus on Abortion Politics?
Republicans continue to clash this week as party leadership remains unclear.
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic The Future of the U.S.-Israel Relationship
“Very simply, the Israeli military has a sort of lower threshold for what it’s willing to tolerate and the risk that it’s willing to put civilians in.”
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic The Atlantic’s 2024 National Magazine Award Winners and Finalists
Read the stories that were recognized at this year’s ASMEs.
Ben Kothe The State of the Biden-Trump Rematch
“The Biden people seem to be more scared of [RFK Jr.] than the Trump people are … It’s a real wild card partly because the anti-vaxxer vote is a pretty hard-core part of the Republican base.”
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic Is the Biden-Netanyahu Relationship Rupturing?
“If you flash back to the rupture during the Obama administration, Joe Biden was always the person who stepped in and tried to find a way to make it better.”
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic The Wars That Divide Washington
“You don’t see the president condemning Schumer’s statements, criticizing it at all … That does say a lot.”
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic The End of Political Centrism
The State of the Union “was the kickoff of a general election campaign and it was a clear contrast from Republicans on everything from abortion to immigration, to the economy.”
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic The Leader of Today’s Republican Party
“McConnell was the final backstop against the complete Trumpification of the Senate.”
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic Can Ukraine Win This War?
Anne Applebaum, David Ignatius, and Lara Seligman discuss with Jeffrey Goldberg what winning would look like for Ukraine.
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic Trump’s Legal and Political Strategies
Digging into the GOP front-runner’s claims on the stump and in legal filings
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic Trump’s Republican Party
“The Senate is no longer this cooling saucer for the hot tea that’s boiling in the House.”
Washington Week With The Atlantic What Does Iran Want?
And will Iran-supported militias back down after U.S. strikes?
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic Trump Gets One Step Closer
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, January 26, 2024
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic The Candidates Running for Vice President
“Donald Trump made it pretty clear that he didn’t care if his previous vice president lived or died on January 6. It’s kind of a dangerous job to take. Why would anybody want that job?”
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic Trump on Trial—And on the Trail
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, January 12, 2024.
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic After January 6
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, January 5, 2024.
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic What a Collapse Could Look Like
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, December 29, 2023.
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic A Tumultuous Year in Politics
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, December 22, 2023.
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic Biden’s Domestic, Foreign, and Familial Issues
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, December 15, 2023
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic Will Foreign-Policy Debates Decide Biden’s Fate?
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, December 8, 2023
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic The GOP’s Internal Dysfunction
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, December 1, 2023
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic Anger and Frustration Grow in the House
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, November 24, 2023
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic Trump’s Apocalyptic Rhetoric
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, November 17, 2023
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic A Paradoxical Week for Democrats
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, November 10, 2023
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic America’s Aging Presidential Front-Runners
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, November 3, 2023
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic What Mike Johnson’s Rise Tells Us About the GOP
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, October 27, 2023
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic A Paralyzed House Complicates Biden’s Plans for Israel
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, October 20, 2023
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic Biden’s Test in the Middle East
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, October 13, 2023
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic The Anarchic Spirit Among House Republicans
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, October 6, 2023
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic How the U.S. Ended Up on the Brink of Government Shutdown
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, September 29, 2023
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic Watch: Nancy Pelosi, Kerry Washington, and Antony Blinken at The Atlantic Festival
Editor in Chief Jeffrey Goldberg and The Atlantic’s Clint Smith speak with leaders in culture and politics.
The Atlantic The House Chaos Continues
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, September 22, 2023
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic The Republicans Threatening to Shut Down the Government
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, September 15, 2023
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic Biden’s Complicated Path to Reelection
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, September 8, 2023
Courtesy of Washington Week With The Atlantic Why 2024 Could Be the Most Unusual Presidential Race in History
Watch the full episode of Washington Week With The Atlantic, September 1, 2023
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