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Puck’s daily political newsletter from Washington—featuring Leigh Ann Caldwell, Peter Hamby, Marianna Sotomayor, Julia Ioffe, John Heilemann, and Abby Livingston—on what’s really happening in this town, from the White House to the Pentagon to Capitol Hill, K Street, the campaign trail, and beyond.
THE LATEST ARTICLES
Julia Ioffe
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May 8, 2024
A Czar Is Born
Vladimir Putin’s fifth inauguration speech confirms that the soft authoritarian is now a hard fascist, more isolated but also more assured than ever in his superiority above his subjects, the inevitability of victory in Ukraine, and his almost divine right to rule Russia as he sees fit.
Julia Ioffe
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April 30, 2024
Ukraine’s $61 Billion Question
For a while, it was easy to blame a dysfunctional Washington for Ukraine’s problems on the battlefield. Now that the supplemental is done and the aid is once again going out the door, the ball is in Ukraine’s court.
Julia Ioffe
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April 23, 2024
From Barnard to Jerusalem
As Israel’s war with Hamas grinds on and Ivy League campuses convulse with protests, an urgent conversation with Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, Biden’s special envoy to combat antisemitism, about the modern right- and left-wing varieties of an ancient hatred.
Julia Ioffe
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April 15, 2024
Bibi Stings
Biden, Blinken, and Sullivan aren’t the only ones losing patience with the Israeli prime minister. The Israeli national security establishment has its own profound gripes and concerns, too.
Julia Ioffe
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April 2, 2024
McCaul to Action
A bracing conversation with Michael McCaul, the G.O.P. head of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on the complex task of convincing House Republicans to help save Ukraine.
Julia Ioffe
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March 26, 2024
Putin’s Theater of the Absurd
As ordinary Russians mourn Friday’s deadly terror attack in the city, the country’s leadership has activated its propaganda apparatus to direct suspicion toward the usual suspects: Washington, Ukraine, and its “Western masters.”
Julia Ioffe
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March 20, 2024
The Navalny Prisoner Swap Deal That Wasn’t
Notes on the frustrations and fixations of the Georgetown set: a Russian hostage exchange mystery, the irony of Netanyahu’s foreign meddling, and the tragedy of Putin’s comical election.
Julia Ioffe
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March 13, 2024
Ukraine on the Brink
Running low on ammunition and soldiers, and with U.S. aid held hostage by politics, Ukraine is struggling to withstand the Russian siege. But the outcome of the war isn’t written in stone—yet. If it can hold on until 2025, when more military capacity will finally come online, Ukraine might not win back all its territory, but it might very well not lose.
Julia Ioffe
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March 6, 2024
Moscow After Navalny
The fate of the Russian opposition, which was allowed to mourn Alexey Navalny and now faces violence and imprisonment for that small act of protest, feels more unsettled than ever.
Julia Ioffe
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February 22, 2024
Blue Munich
An insider’s dispatch from the annual Munich Security Conference: Yulia Navalnaya’s heart-stopping address, the ghosts of American delegations past, the feverish chatter surrounding Mike Johnson, Russia-Ukraine anxieties, and much more.