Russell Berman

Nancy A. Youssef, Russell Berman and Vivian Salama The Atlantic The new pact between the U.S. and Iran seeks to rewind the clock to the day before the war. ​​​​​​

They aren't the dominant force in their hometown. I n the weeks after he was elected mayor of New York City last fall, Zohran Mamdani worked

Once unpredictable, Trump is now flailing. A desultory, grievance-filled speech on what should have been a joyous occasion.

Jonathan Lemire and Russell Berman The Atlantic One day that captures how Trump has gone from unpredictable to chaotic

They're over moderates and incumbents. S omething is happening in the Democratic base. For a year and a half Democrats have been disgusted with President Trump.

The party is getting a redo, but will they blow it? T he Nazi tattoo wasn't bad enough to force Graham Platner to abandon his Senate bid, his defenders argued earlier this year.

B rian Poindexter had just finished wolfing down a Reuben sandwich in a deli outside Cleveland when he delivered a message that, coming from a

Y ou won't find a much harsher critic of the Democratic Party than the progressive trying to secure its nomination for Senate in Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed.

Wisconsin has never been a bastion of moderation. W isconsin has been the nation's most closely divided state for a quarter century.

In April 1997, President Roman Herzog told Germany it needed a Ruck — a jolt — to break out of national lethargy and undertake deep reform. Twenty-nine years later, many of the issues he identified remain unresolved. The jolt that may arrive on 6 September would test the resilience of the political system rather than reform it.