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On Politics With Lisa Lerer: The Split-Screen Primary
Hi. Welcome to On Politics, your guide to the day in national politics. I'm Lisa Lerer, your host. In Washington, impeachment fever was spreading — fast.
Updated: 05/30/2019 06:07P
The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: The I Word
Trump calls impeachment a “dirty, filthy, disgusting word.” Plus: A new proposal from Senator Kamala Harris could escalate tensions between states and the ...
Updated: 05/30/2019 05:18P
How Brexit Broke British Politics
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try and try again.” Every British schoolchild has been brought up on this idiom. Theresa May is clearly no exception. She tried to get her deal through the House of Commons three times, and three times she was defeated. There’s another adage, allegedly American: “If you’re in a hole, stop digging.” All that May achieved was to dig her own political grave. The tombstone will read “Brexit means Brexit” — except it didn’t. What now? The test of any political system is how it copes with an issue that divides the nation. Brexit split not only the nation but a...
Updated: 05/30/2019 01:52A
The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: Area Man Wants to Be Excluded From This Narrative
Robert Mueller broke two years of silence, resigning from the Justice Department to “return to private life.” Plus: Are presidential tell-alls over?
Updated: 05/29/2019 05:48P
On Politics With Lisa Lerer: Summer Predictions
In the On Politics newsletter, bold predictions for what's going to happen with the 2020 candidates this summer.
Updated: 05/28/2019 06:09P
The Atlantic Politics & Policy Daily: The Swamp Won’t Drain
It's clogged with former members of Congress-turned lobbyists, and presidential candidates such as Elizabeth Warren won't have an easy time cleaning it out ...
Updated: 05/28/2019 05:25P
Finley: A case for free-market politics
"It's not the politicians, it's the process that has brought Washington to its knees"
Updated: 05/27/2019 10:23P
Meghan McCain to Klobuchar: Leave my father out of 2020 politics
During a recent Iowa campaign stop, Klobuchar said John McCain listed the names of dictators to her and Sen. Sanders during Trump's inauguration.
Updated: 05/27/2019 05:27P
4th Annual Bourgogne, France, Tribal Art Show Next Week
4th Annual Bourgogne, France, Tribal Art Show Next Week.
Updated: 05/26/2019 07:53P
How Nancy Pelosi’s Tactics Affirm the Trumpian Style of Politics
Masha Gessen writes on the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's tactics in opposing Donald Trump, and the House Democrats' impeachment strategy amid concerns ...
Updated: 05/26/2019 04:16P