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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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January 25, 2022
Inside the Biden-Putin Chess Match
Notes on a crazy 36 hours, brinkmanship, Ted Cruz, and a bewildered Ukrainian premier.
Julia Ioffe
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January 21, 2022
Trump’s Former Russia Guru Explains His Putin Complex
A conversation with Fiona Hill about the Russia-Ukraine crisis, Putin's next move, and where the White House goes from here.
Julia Ioffe
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January 19, 2022
Washington’s M.L.K. Day Conundrum
King’s legacy has become a political choose-your-own-adventure for Republicans who want to capitalize on the civil rights movement while ensuring that it doesn’t progress any further. Meanwhile for Democrats, soaring rhetoric confronts a hard reality.
Julia Ioffe
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December 31, 2021
Putin’s Talk Therapy
U.S. to Status-Craving Russian Villain: Please Don’t Invade Ukraine, Let’s Talk It Out!
Julia Ioffe
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December 28, 2021
Media’s Trump Hangover & The Kamala Conundrum
Year-end reflections on the political-media industrial complex, Biden’s health secret, Harris’s 2024 odds, and Putin’s next move.
Julia Ioffe
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December 21, 2021
Inside the Manchin Gossip Swirl
Washington is awash with rumors that Manchin and the Democrats—the swamp’s version of Bennifer—are on the verge of a break-up. Here’s what’s really happening.
Julia Ioffe
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December 17, 2021
Putin’s Post-Trump Tantrum
Without a friend in Washington, Russia’s president returns to his usual methods—and threats of violence—to put NATO off balance.
Julia Ioffe
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December 9, 2021
Putin’s D.C. Masterplan
Now that Biden is president, Putin seems to want to make sure that his point of view and priorities are considered, too; that he is seen as an equal and as someone to be reckoned with. To do that, he has imposed himself on the news cycle—and into the White House’s priorities, with plenty of tricks up his sleeve.
Julia Ioffe
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December 6, 2021
Putin’s “Nightmare” Threat to Europe
Ironically, the greatest risk to Russia stems from Putin’s own paranoid fantasies. But the danger of military escalation over Ukraine is all too real.
Julia Ioffe
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November 30, 2021
Does Washington Have Senioritis?
Washington has become a gerontocracy—a town run by an aging class of lawmakers unwilling to relinquish their power to a younger generation. But, actually, is that as bad as it sounds?