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Politico

Politics

The Bonnie and Clyde of MAGA World

For a decade, Dustin Stockton and Jennifer Lawrence had surfed the wave of populist-right politics like few other people in America. Then came Jan. 6.

David Freedlander Politico Nov 2021 40min Permalink

Religion

'A Private Matter'

Joe Biden’s very public clash with his own church.

Ruby Cramer Politico Sep 2021 30min Permalink

Science

The ‘Green Energy’ That Might Be Ruining the Planet

The biomass industry is warming up the South’s economy, but many experts worry it’s doing the same to the climate. Will the Biden Administration embrace it, or cut it loose?

Michael Grunwald Politico Mar 2021 30min Permalink

Politics

The Inside Story of Michigan’s Fake Voter Fraud Scandal

How a state that was never in doubt became a “national embarrassment.”

Tim Alberta Politico Nov 2020 30min Permalink

Politics Health

How One of the Reddest States Became the Nation’s Hottest Weed Market

Welcome to Toke-la-homa.

Paul Demko Politico Nov 2020 Permalink

History

'What Do You Mean We Can't Join the Klan?'

Inside the bizarre, secret meeting between Malcolm X and the Ku Klux Klan.

Les Payne, Tamara Payne Politico Oct 2020 25min Permalink

Business

Lavish Parties, Greedy Pols, and Panic Rooms

How the “Apple of Pot” collapsed.

Ben Schreckinger, Mona Zhang Politico May 2020 25min Permalink

Politics

Waiting for Obama

Can his cerebral politics still galvanize voters in an age of extremes?

Ryan Lizza Politico Nov 2019 15min Permalink

Politics Movies & TV Religion

Church of The Donald

How Christian TV became Trump’s most reliable media mouthpiece.

Ruth Graham Politico Apr 2018 20min Permalink

Business

The Real Future of Work

It’s less about robots and the gig economy and more about companies stripping away the security full-time work has long afforded.

Danny Vinik Politico Jan 2018 20min Permalink

Politics

Generals Love Him. Top Democrats Despise Him. Can He Be President Anyway?

A profile of Seth Moulton, the junior congressman from Massachusetts.

Michael Kruse Politico Jul 2017 30min Permalink

Politics Media

The Not-So-Bitter Rivalry of Dean Baquet and Marty Baron

They’re friends who once vied for the same jobs. Now, as editors of The New York Times and The Washington Post, they’re locked in a daily battle for Trump scoops.

Joe Pompeo Politico Jun 2017 35min Permalink

History Politics

"We're the Only Plane in the Sky"

An oral history of Air Force One on September 11th.

Garrett Graff Politico Sep 2016 1h10min Permalink

Politics

Gary Johnson Has a Plan

A week with the Libertarian presidential candidate, who hasn’t ruled out a win in November.

Ben Birnbaum Politico Aug 2016 35min Permalink

Politics

Winning Isn’t Everything

On Republican consultant John Weaver and the art of political seduction.

Jason Zengerle Politico Nov 2015 35min Permalink

Crime

The Life of an Auschwitz Guard

Oskar Groening, an SS officer whose duties included counting confiscated money, describes his time posted to Auschwitz.

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Editor’s note: At age 94, Groening was convicted yesterday of 300,000 counts of accessory to murder and sentenced to four years in prison.

Laurence Rees Politico Jul 2015 25min Permalink

Politics

‘They’re Trying to Be King of the Mormons’

Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman were friends. Until they weren’t.

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Excerpted from Mormon Rivals: The Romneys, the Huntsmans and the Pursuit of Power</i>.

Matt Canham, Thomas Burr Politico Jun 2015 20min Permalink

Crime

The Green Monster

How the Border Patrol became America’s most out-of-control law enforcement agency.

Garrett M. Graff Politico Oct 2014 45min Permalink

Politics

Joe Biden in Winter

A profile of the vice president.

Glenn Thrush Politico Feb 2014 30min Permalink

Crime Politics

The Plot to Kill Ed Koch

The congressman (and future Mayor of New York) vs. the South American assassin.

Christopher Ingalls Haugh Politico Feb 2014 15min Permalink

Politics

The Fiscal Cliff Deal That Almost Wasn't

The inside story.

John Bresnahan, Carrie Budoff Brown, Manu Raju, Jake Sherman Politico Jan 2013 10min Permalink