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I Miss the “Adults in the Room” From Trump’s First Term
During the president’s first administration, I rolled my eyes at the idea that experienced hands were working behind the scenes to restrain him. It’s clear now that I was wrong to dismiss it.
October 13, 2020
Ankush Khardori
No One’s Hands Are Clean at the Justice Department
Why officials at every level are implicated in the department’s worst abuses of the Trump era, starting with its family separation policy
February 27, 2020
Ryu Spaeth
The Coronavirus Is Trump’s Worst Nightmare
How a serious epidemic could wreck his presidency
August 20, 2019
Melissa Gira Grant
Trump’s Title X Restrictions Are Nothing Short of Coercion
The administration's gag rule could force reproductive health clinics to function more like anti-abortion “pregnancy centers.”
September 20, 2018
Jeet Heer
The Trump administration is diverting funds from medical programs to jail more migrant children.
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