Sucker
My year as a degenerate gambler (The Atlantic, 2026)
Growing Up Murdoch
James Murdoch on mind games, sibling rivalry, and the war for the family media empire (The Atlantic, 2025)
The Most Revealing Moment of a Trump Rally
A close reading of the prayers delivered before the former president speaks (The Atlantic, 2024)
What Europe Fears
A tour of a continent bracing for a new world order. “The anxiety is massive.” (The Atlantic, 2024)
What Mitt Romney Saw in the Senate
In an exclusive excerpt from my biography of the senator, Romney: A Reckoning, he reveals what drove him to retire. (The Atlantic, 2023)
A Secretive Hedge Fund is Gutting Newsrooms
Inside Alden Global Capital (The Atlantic, 2021)
The Most American Religion
Perpetual outsiders, Mormons spent 200 years assimilating to a certain national ideal—only to find their country in an identity crisis. What will the third century of the faith look like? (The Atlantic, 2021)
The 2020 Disinformation Wars
How new technologies and techniques pioneered by dictators are shaping the 2020 election (The Atlantic, 2019)
The Heir
Ivanka was always Trump’s favorite. But Don Jr. is emerging as his natural successor. (The Atlantic, 2019)
The Man Who Broke Politics
Newt Gingrich turned partisan battles into bloodsport, wrecked Congress, and paved the way for Trump’s rise. Now he’s reveling in his achievements. (The Atlantic, 2018)
Trump’s Right-Hand Troll
Stephen Miller once tormented liberals at Duke. Now the president’s speechwriter and immigration enforcer is deploying the art of provocation from the White House. (The Atlantic, 2018)
The Incredible Story of the Cartel Olympics
A Mexican athlete said he was kidnapped and forced to compete for his life in a tournament of gangs. But was he actually playing a different game? (The Atlantic, 2026)
God’s Plan for Mike Pence
Will the vice president—and the religious right—be rewarded for their embrace of Donald Trump? (The Atlantic, 2017)
36 Hours on the Fake Campaign Trail with Donald Trump
Marooned at Mar-a-Lago (BuzzFeed News, 2014)