Griff Witte
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Managing Editor at The Atlantic. Previously Washington Post. Recovering foreign correspondent: Berlin, London, Jerusalem, Islamabad, Kabul.
Washington, DC
Joined July 2010
Dread is creeping into the White House as the Epstein story returns during the weakest moment of Trump’s second term, @JonLemire reports. https://t.co/McAJAu20oL
theatlantic.com
The president is desperate to make the questions go away, but there is no sign they will.
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NEW: A juror in The Sandwich Guy's trial in D.C. told @AshleyRParker: “We’re supposed to be looking at the evidence, but a clear majority felt it was nonsensical, like 'Don’t waste our time or money.'"
theatlantic.com
Can a flung sandwich cause bodily harm?
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Trump’s Secretary of ‘Loyalty and Money.' Howard Lutnick frustrates the president and top officials, but he remains because Trump doesn't want shake-ups and values his longtime friend's embrace of tariffs, @vmsalama @AshleyRParker @michaelscherer write.
theatlantic.com
Why Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick remains in his position, despite missteps
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SCOOP: The Trump administration is moving ahead on a new plan to house thousands of Gazans displaced by the war. @hanamkiros spoke with officials with direct knowledge of the initiative—and the literal dividing line it’s built on. https://t.co/sQ4pdNv7ku
theatlantic.com
The U.S. wants to build housing for those displaced by the war, but not everyone is on board.
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This story is SO, SO, SO good. Just a perfect (gripping) yarn...
Police spent more than 50 days searching a lake for Ryan Borgwardt, a kayaker they assumed had drowned. Then they told his wife that they’d come to believe something different. @ThompsonJamieL spoke with the people involved in the case that rattled a Wisconsin town:
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Democrats say there’s new room for compromise inside the party’s big tent, @elainejgodfrey reports. But on which issues will they accept disagreement—and where will they stand firm?
theatlantic.com
A convention showed that it’s more medium size.
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Most of Trump’s deportation campaign is inaccessible because after arrests are made, it is moving quickly, far from public view. For every person arrested whose name and story we’ve learned, there are thousands we haven’t heard about, @itscaitlinhd writes.
theatlantic.com
Amid the president’s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.
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It looked like the government shutdown might end this week, @toluseo and @jonlemire report. Then Election Day happened.
theatlantic.com
Election Day happened.
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A must-read from @AshleyRParker
Rahm Emanuel is almost certainly running for president in 2028, and I spent the past few months with him. My profile on the impish, maddening, relentless Kiehl's lotion devotee, hoping to equal parts charm and bulldoze his way to the Oval Office:
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A growing list of senior Trump political appointees—at least six by our count—are now living in military housing, where they are shielded not just from potential violence but also from protest, @michaelscherer @Missy Ryan @AshleyRParker report.
theatlantic.com
Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.
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“When it comes to the government shutdown, Trump barely seems to be paying attention,” @ToluseO, @JonLemire, and @russellberman write. “Some of Trump’s closest advisers told us that the president has been distracted and busy dealing with other matters.”
theatlantic.com
Trump has been busy with everything but the government shutdown.
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In an effort to gerrymander California’s House seats in their favor, Democrats are embracing a ruthless political tactic. Now they need their voters to go along, @russellberman reports.
theatlantic.com
Democrats are ready to match the GOP’s gerrymandering ruthlessness. Will voters go along?
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More U.S. military firepower is headed to the Caribbean as Donald Trump escalates his anti-Maduro rhetoric. @nancyayoussef + @giselasalimp + @JonLemire report on what could happen next in Venezuela. https://t.co/thEQ0d6VRz
theatlantic.com
More U.S.-military firepower is headed to the Caribbean as Trump escalates his anti-Maduro rhetoric.
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NEW: The Trump administration has tried to hurt only “Democrat things” with the government shutdown. It’s not that easy, @toluseo reports.
theatlantic.com
The administration has tried to hurt only “Democrat things.” It’s not that easy.
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NEW: In an administration that frequently invokes Christian ideas in government work, Pete Hegseth has gone further than anyone else. @missy_ryan reports on Hegseth’s swerve from Pentagon precedent when it comes to faith and duty. https://t.co/PvK5k8SSnu
theatlantic.com
Pete Hegseth is bringing his fundamentalist interpretation of Christianity into the Pentagon.
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Must-read scoop from @NickMiroff: Push-ups, sit-ups, and a brisk jog pose a threat to Trump’s deportation campaign, as a third of recruits at ICE’s training academy in Georgia have failed the personal-fitness tests.
theatlantic.com
Push-ups, sit-ups, and a brisk jog pose a threat to Trump’s deportation campaign.
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NEW: John Bolton has plenty of evidence to argue he is being singled out for prosecution because he is a major Trump critic. But that doesn’t make the charges against him baseless, @shaneharris writes. https://t.co/t42vL3rHpu
theatlantic.com
Trump wanted these charges, but that doesn’t make them baseless.
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NEW: European members of the NATO alliance are showing real grit—and, for now, the U.S. is with them, writes @shaneharris. https://t.co/H6SOIAHn1A
theatlantic.com
Members of the NATO alliance are showing real grit—and, for now, the U.S. is with them.
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From the beginning, President Donald Trump has framed his Chicago operation as a military conquest, @NickMiroff writes. As the crackdown intensifies, activists and ICE officials told him they are all worried about where this is headed.
theatlantic.com
Can a deep-blue city fend off Trump’s ICE crackdown?
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NEW: "I’ve been evicted from the Pentagon, a building I’ve covered for 18 years," writes @nancyayoussef. "I’ll keep doing my job anyway." https://t.co/sgvrln5xta
theatlantic.com
I’ve been evicted from a building I’ve covered for 18 years. I’ll keep doing my job anyway.
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