The Political Scene | The New Yorker

Join The New Yorker’s writers and editors for reporting, insight, and analysis of the most pressing political issues of our time. On Mondays, David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, presents conversations and feature stories about current events. On Wednesdays, the senior editor Tyler Foggatt goes deep on a consequential political story via far-reaching interviews with staff writers and outside experts. And, on Fridays, the staff writers Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos discuss the latest developments in Washington and beyond, offering an encompassing understanding of this moment in American politics.

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The Long Shadow of the Mueller Report


The Mueller investigation has been a two-year obsession for nearly everyone who cares about politics in America. For one side, the special counsel was a bête noire, a leader of a witch hunt; for the other, Mueller was a deus ex machina who would end the


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 April 1, 2019  16m
 
 

Did the Press Do Its Job in Covering the Mueller Investigation?


Last week, the special counsel Robert Mueller submitted his long-awaited report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. Though the report has not been released to the public, a summary by Attorney General William Barr cleared the President of charg


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 March 28, 2019  19m
 
 

The U.K. Edges Closer to the Cliff of a No-Deal Brexit


Since the minute that British citizens voted, in a 2016 referendum, to leave the European Union, confusion and disorganization has consumed the U.K. Three years later, little has changed: confusion and disorganization may carry the U.K. over the cliff of


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 March 25, 2019  12m
 
 

Can Benjamin Netanyahu be Defeated?


On April 9th, Israel will hold a general election. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces several accusations of corruption, and seems sure to be indicted. The increasingly right-wing Likud Party, which has held power for a decade, faces strong oppositi


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 March 21, 2019  18m
 
 

“The Infiltrators” Versus ICE


In 2012, two young activists from the National Immigrant Youth Alliance went on an undercover mission to infiltrate the Broward Transitional Center, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Florida. NIYA had been contacted by the son of a man n


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 March 18, 2019  25m
 
 

Theresa May’s Brexit Saga Continues, with No End in Sight


This week, a series of votes in the British House of Commons introduced a new chapter in the Brexit story and pushed parliamentary procedures to a breaking point. After Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plan was voted down for a second time, the House


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 March 15, 2019  15m
 
 

Jane Mayer on the Revolving Door Between Fox News and the White House


Donald Trump has made no secret of his great admiration for Fox News—he tweets praise of it constantly—and his disdain for other, “fake news” outlets, which he regards as “enemies of the people.” But the closeness between Fox News and the White House is


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 March 8, 2019  23m
 
 

In an Age of Science Denialism, a Breakthrough in the Fight Against H.I.V.


This week, it was announced that a patient in the United Kingdom had been cured of H.I.V. The “London Patient” is only the second person with H.I.V. to be cured of the disease since its discovery, in 1981. The breakthrough comes weeks after President Tru


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 March 7, 2019  18m
 
 

A Moderate Republican Wants to Give Donald Trump a Primary Challenge in 2020


Donald Trump boasts an approval rating among Republican voters of close to ninety per cent. But the former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld recently announced an exploratory committee to challenge Trump in the primary. It looks like a political suicide m


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 March 4, 2019  13m
 
 

How Michael Cohen’s Testimony Signalled the True Beginning of the Many Cases Against Trump


This week, in an open hearing before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s longtime consigliere, implicated the President in multiple felonies, and gave the world a hint of what to expect in investigations into the Trump


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 March 1, 2019  16m