Managing Editor at The Atlantic. Previously Washington Post. Recovering foreign correspondent: Berlin, London, Jerusalem, Islamabad, Kabul.
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Joined July 2010
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Bernie Sanders is in huge demand on the campaign trail, @russellberman reports. He spoke with the 85-year-old senator about how the Democratic Party shifted toward his policies. theatlantic.com/politics/202…
Donald Trump won big in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley in 2024—but now the votes of many Latinos are in flux, @NickMiroff reports. He spoke with men in the electorally crucial area about their frustrations and the region’s likely political realignment
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What do Obama, Trump, and Saddam Hussein have to do with an American treasure? @elainejgodfrey found out at the Cheesecake Factory. theatlantic.com/politics/202…
The government is giving $1,000 to U.S. babies through Trump Accounts, but its association with the president is enough for some parents to say no to free money, @ToluseO writes: theatlantic.com/politics/202…
Republicans are losing ground in Ohio for the first time in years, @gsdeutch reports. The key to the Democratic strategy? Don’t mention their party at all. theatlantic.com/politics/202…
Under John Ratcliffe, the CIA continues to play a crucial role in Ukraine’s defense against Russia—even as Ratcliffe advises a president cozying up to Putin, @shaneharris reports.
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Donald Trump is growing more impatient with the war in Iran—and he is now considering new strikes in the hopes that they will push the country’s regime over the edge, @nancyayoussef and @JonLemire report.
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EXCLUSIVE: As drones fill the skies over the war zone, the fighting in Ukraine has moved into a network of gas pipelines deep belowground, @shustry reports.
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"In multiple rallies, Trump has gone on and on about the relative hotness of male politicians, soldiers, and even protesters. As a result, people on the internet have diagnosed him with a novel medical condition: gay dementia." From @helenlewis:
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Full story, with a ton of fresh reporting, from
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A decades-long military partnership between the U.S. and Canada is being severely strained by the Trump administration, @isaacstanbecker writes. The situation is so bad that Canadian officers are rejecting what were once considered plum assignments.
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A trio of events over the next two months could alter the trajectory of the war in Ukraine and the country’s future, @JonLemire and @shustry report. theatlantic.com/national-sec…
NEW: In private conversations, Donald Trump Jr. has repeatedly voiced his opposition to his father’s war with Iran, sources tell @vmsalama and @AshleyRParker: theatlantic.com/politics/202…
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One FBI agent told me he contemplates Election Day and thinks: “I’m either gonna be sick that day or they are going to have to fire me.”
The Atlantic staff writer @S_Fitzpatrick tells @HannaRosin that dozens of sources from within the FBI and across Washington described a bureau “that has fundamentally changed its core mission, into essentially acting in many cases on behalf of the president and pursuing things that are in the White House’s interests, not in their traditional role around elections.”
Watch more on Radio Atlantic: youtu.be/ZtgfUiNXQrs
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Here's the scene at Moscow airports yesterday as Ukraine steps up effort to close Russian air space. Almost 200 flights cancelled or delayed in one day.
As we reported yesterday @TheAtlantic, Ukraine spent months preparing this campaign. Now it's started
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Обстановка в аэропортах Москвы и Петербурга. Задержаны или отменены почти 200 рейсов
С вечера 15 октября ограничения на прием и отправку рейсов вводились в московских аэропортах Шереметьево, Внуково, Домодедово и Жуковский, следует из сообщений Росавиации. Их сняли только рано утром 16 октября. Задержано или отменено почти 160 рейсов.
Закрывался также петербургский аэропорт Пулково. Ограничения в нем сняли только в 9 утра. Отменены или задержаны на вылет 37 рейсов, на посадку — девять, передает «Фонтанка».
Журналист The Atlantic Саймон Шустер со ссылкой на источники писал накануне, что кампания Украины, цель которой — парализовать работу аэропортов в РФ, «только начинается».
The predicted blue wave seems to grow by the day, @RussellBerman reports. Can a Navy veteran sail it to victory in South Carolina? theatlantic.com/politics/202…
EXCLUSIVE reporting from @NickMiroff and @nancyayoussef:
A Texas father of four enlisted in the Army in hopes of getting his wife legal immigration status. When she arrived at a military base to pick up her ID card, ICE started her deportation process. theatlantic.com/politics/202…
Recent attacks on Russian data centers and airports prove that Ukraine still has plenty of ways to make life miserable in Russia—but it will likely take more than that to force Putin to accept a truce, @shustry writes.
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Seventeen current and former FBI and Department of Justice officials, intelligence officials, and others familiar with the situation told The Atlantic they were deeply worried by a variety of decisions that suggest ever-closer ties between the Trump administration and the Putin regime. The FBI did not respond to our request for comment. theatlantic.com/national-sec…
