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Vance and the Failed Effort to Memory-Hole January 6th](https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/j-d-vance-and-the-failed-effort-to-memory-hole-january-6th)  Trump’s attack on the last election is still the big issue in this one. By Susan B. Glasser October 3, 2024  The Weekend Essay [Democracy Needs the Loser](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-weekend-essay/democracy-needs-the-loser)  The observance of defeat, especially in an election, is often all that keeps a state from tipping into violence. By Barbara F. Walter August 24, 2024  American Chronicles [The Vigil Keepers of January 6th](https://www.newyorker.com/news/american-chronicles/the-vigil-keepers-of-january-6th)  In the aftermath of the assault on the Capitol, a trio of women with family members who participated in the riot moved to D.C. to seek their own kind of justice. By Antonia Hitchens August 12, 2024  Letter from Biden’s Washington [Is 2024 Doomed to Repeat 1968 or 2020—or Both?](https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/is-2024-doomed-to-repeat-1968-or-2020-or-both)  Donald Trump has now made clear that he won’t concede if he loses the election. Believe him. By Susan B. Glasser May 2, 2024  Letter from Biden’s Washington [King Donald’s Day at the Supreme Court](https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/king-donalds-day-at-the-supreme-court)  A political hit job? A military coup? Trump’s lawyer tests the boundaries of a truly imperial Presidency. By Susan B. Glasser April 25, 2024  Daily Comment [The Supreme Court Asks What Enron Has to Do with January 6th—and Trump](https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-supreme-court-asks-what-enron-has-to-do-with-january-6th-and-trump)  The former President notwithstanding, the government’s position in Fischer v. United States is unsettling. By Amy Davidson Sorkin April 17, 2024  Daily Comment [Trump’s Wild Pursuit of Presidential Immunity](https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/trumps-wild-pursuit-of-presidential-immunity)  The former President has already lost the immunity case twice, but he has also won something. By Amy Davidson Sorkin February 17, 2024  Daily Comment [The Supreme Court and the Risks of January 6, 2025](https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-supreme-court-and-the-risks-of-january-6-2025)  The Justices seem to want to avoid a major decision about whether Trump can serve as President—but if they do so they may set off a national crisis. By Jeannie Suk Gersen February 8, 2024  Daily Comment [Trump’s Bizarre Immunity Claims Should Serve as a Warning](https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/trumps-bizarre-immunity-claims-should-serve-as-a-warning)  What might be the most disturbing aspect of the oral arguments is how unsettled the law actually is in the area of Presidential powers and accountability. By Amy Davidson Sorkin January 10, 2024  The Political Scene Podcast [How the Journalist John Nichols Became Another January 6th Conspiracy-Theory Target](https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/how-the-journalist-john-nichols-became-another-january-6th-conspiracy-theory-target)  The Wisconsin-based *Nation* reporter wasn’t at the Capitol when it was attacked. That hasn’t stopped Donald Trump’s attorneys from holding him responsible. January 8, 2024  The Political Scene Podcast [How January 6th Will Shape the 2024 Election](https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/how-will-january-6th-shape-the-2024-election)  The attack on the U.S. Capitol, in 2021, is set to be a central issue for both the Trump and Biden campaigns in different ways. January 6, 2024  The Political Scene [Watching Rudy Giuliani Self-Destruct at a Defamation Trial in Washington](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/watching-rudy-giuliani-self-destruct-at-a-defamation-trial-in-washington)  A jury decided that Giuliani owes two election workers whom he defamed nearly a hundred and fifty million dollars. Even his lawyer suggested he “hasn’t been so great lately.” By Charles Bethea December 15, 2023  The Political Scene Podcast [How Did Our Democracy Get So Fragile?](https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/how-did-our-democracy-get-so-fragile)  Jelani Cobb, Jill Lepore, and Evan Osnos on the precarious state of American democracy and why—yet again—we risk losing it in the upcoming Presidential election. December 5, 2023  Our Columnists [Trump’s 2020 Trial Is Set to Dominate the 2024 Primary Season](https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/trumps-2020-trial-is-set-to-dominate-the-2024-primary-season)  Jury selection could begin a day before Super Tuesday. By John Cassidy August 28, 2023  Letter from Biden’s Washington [The Harsh Glare of Justice](https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/the-harsh-glare-of-justice-for-donald-trump)  On the ex-President’s snarly mug shot from the Fulton County Jail and a 2024 reality of Trump, Trump, and more Trump. By Susan B. Glasser August 24, 2023  Q. & A. [The Constitutional Case for Barring Trump from the Presidency](https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-constitutional-case-for-barring-trump-from-the-presidency)  Does the Fourteenth Amendment empower state election officials to remove him from the ballot? By Isaac Chotiner August 23, 2023  Our Columnists [The Mind-Bending World of Trump, His Indictments, and the 2024 Election](https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-mind-bending-world-of-trump-his-indictments-and-the-2024-election)  After weathering the former President’s assaults in late 2020 and early 2021, the American justice system, and its commitment to the rule of law, is about to be tested again. 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 The Lede [Kash Patel’s Political-Persecution Fantasies](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/kash-patels-political-persecution-fantasies) How Donald Trump’s presumptive F.B.I. head whitewashed the J6ers’ political violence. By Tess Owen January 30, 2025  The Lede [Donald Trump Throws the Doors to the Patriot Wing Open](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-doors-to-the-patriot-wing-are-thrown-open) More than fifteen hundred of the January 6th rioters were pardoned by the President. What will they do next? By Antonia Hitchens January 25, 2025  The New Yorker Documentary [A Public Defender’s Radical Approach to Representing the January 6th Rioters](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/a-public-defenders-radical-approach-to-representing-the-january-6th-rioters) Andrea Kalin’s documentary follows the work of a criminal-defense lawyer who strives to confront America’s political divisions with empathy. October 9, 2024  Letter from Biden’s Washington [J. D. Vance and the Failed Effort to Memory-Hole January 6th](https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/j-d-vance-and-the-failed-effort-to-memory-hole-january-6th) Trump’s attack on the last election is still the big issue in this one. By Susan B. Glasser October 3, 2024  The Weekend Essay [Democracy Needs the Loser](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-weekend-essay/democracy-needs-the-loser) The observance of defeat, especially in an election, is often all that keeps a state from tipping into violence. By Barbara F. Walter August 24, 2024  American Chronicles [The Vigil Keepers of January 6th](https://www.newyorker.com/news/american-chronicles/the-vigil-keepers-of-january-6th) In the aftermath of the assault on the Capitol, a trio of women with family members who participated in the riot moved to D.C. to seek their own kind of justice. By Antonia Hitchens August 12, 2024  Letter from Biden’s Washington [Is 2024 Doomed to Repeat 1968 or 2020—or Both?](https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/is-2024-doomed-to-repeat-1968-or-2020-or-both) Donald Trump has now made clear that he won’t concede if he loses the election. Believe him. By Susan B. Glasser May 2, 2024  Letter from Biden’s Washington [King Donald’s Day at the Supreme Court](https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/king-donalds-day-at-the-supreme-court) A political hit job? A military coup? Trump’s lawyer tests the boundaries of a truly imperial Presidency. By Susan B. Glasser April 25, 2024  Daily Comment [The Supreme Court Asks What Enron Has to Do with January 6th—and Trump](https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-supreme-court-asks-what-enron-has-to-do-with-january-6th-and-trump) The former President notwithstanding, the government’s position in Fischer v. United States is unsettling. By Amy Davidson Sorkin April 17, 2024  Daily Comment [Trump’s Wild Pursuit of Presidential Immunity](https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/trumps-wild-pursuit-of-presidential-immunity) The former President has already lost the immunity case twice, but he has also won something. By Amy Davidson Sorkin February 17, 2024  Daily Comment [The Supreme Court and the Risks of January 6, 2025](https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-supreme-court-and-the-risks-of-january-6-2025) The Justices seem to want to avoid a major decision about whether Trump can serve as President—but if they do so they may set off a national crisis. By Jeannie Suk Gersen February 8, 2024  Daily Comment [Trump’s Bizarre Immunity Claims Should Serve as a Warning](https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/trumps-bizarre-immunity-claims-should-serve-as-a-warning) What might be the most disturbing aspect of the oral arguments is how unsettled the law actually is in the area of Presidential powers and accountability. By Amy Davidson Sorkin January 10, 2024  The Political Scene Podcast [How the Journalist John Nichols Became Another January 6th Conspiracy-Theory Target](https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/how-the-journalist-john-nichols-became-another-january-6th-conspiracy-theory-target) The Wisconsin-based *Nation* reporter wasn’t at the Capitol when it was attacked. That hasn’t stopped Donald Trump’s attorneys from holding him responsible. January 8, 2024  The Political Scene Podcast [How January 6th Will Shape the 2024 Election](https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/how-will-january-6th-shape-the-2024-election) The attack on the U.S. Capitol, in 2021, is set to be a central issue for both the Trump and Biden campaigns in different ways. January 6, 2024  The Political Scene [Watching Rudy Giuliani Self-Destruct at a Defamation Trial in Washington](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/watching-rudy-giuliani-self-destruct-at-a-defamation-trial-in-washington) A jury decided that Giuliani owes two election workers whom he defamed nearly a hundred and fifty million dollars. Even his lawyer suggested he “hasn’t been so great lately.” By Charles Bethea December 15, 2023  The Political Scene Podcast [How Did Our Democracy Get So Fragile?](https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/how-did-our-democracy-get-so-fragile) Jelani Cobb, Jill Lepore, and Evan Osnos on the precarious state of American democracy and why—yet again—we risk losing it in the upcoming Presidential election. December 5, 2023  Our Columnists [Trump’s 2020 Trial Is Set to Dominate the 2024 Primary Season](https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/trumps-2020-trial-is-set-to-dominate-the-2024-primary-season) Jury selection could begin a day before Super Tuesday. By John Cassidy August 28, 2023  Letter from Biden’s Washington [The Harsh Glare of Justice](https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/the-harsh-glare-of-justice-for-donald-trump) On the ex-President’s snarly mug shot from the Fulton County Jail and a 2024 reality of Trump, Trump, and more Trump. By Susan B. Glasser August 24, 2023  Q. & A. [The Constitutional Case for Barring Trump from the Presidency](https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-constitutional-case-for-barring-trump-from-the-presidency) Does the Fourteenth Amendment empower state election officials to remove him from the ballot? By Isaac Chotiner August 23, 2023  Our Columnists [The Mind-Bending World of Trump, His Indictments, and the 2024 Election](https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-mind-bending-world-of-trump-his-indictments-and-the-2024-election) After weathering the former President’s assaults in late 2020 and early 2021, the American justice system, and its commitment to the rule of law, is about to be tested again. By John Cassidy August 7, 2023