Latest articles by Marc Ambinder
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Here's what would need to happen to verify North Korea's denuclearization
The Explainer The Trump-Kim denuclearization agreement is incredibly vague. That's a huge problem.
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The NSA knew about cellphone surveillance around the White House 6 years ago
The Explainer Here's what they did about it
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The transformation of Kim Jong Un
The Explainer Is the leader of the Hermit Kingdom serious about denuclearization?
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The DOJ seized a New York Times' reporter's phone and email records. Here's why it matters.
The Explainer The lessons of the DOJ's data seizure
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Trump's post-presidency will break all the rules
The Explainer Imagine Trump after office. Now think harder.
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The power of Mueller's facts
The Explainer The special counsel is busy marshalling his facts. They will speak for themselves.
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How Trump has already transformed America's relationship with North Korea
The Explainer President Trump's force of personality, and the transparency of his character and motives, has succeeded in transforming the nature of every future interaction the U.S. has with North Korea — and not in a bad way
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Why Trump dumped Tillerson
The Explainer What should we make of the president's big national security shakeup?
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6 looming questions surrounding Trump's stunning decision to meet with Kim Jong Un
The Explainer What to watch for as the details of the meeting emerge — or dissolve
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The underwhelming revelations of the Nunes memo
The Explainer It landed with a thud, but not an echo
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The GOP's national security cynicism
The Explainer It's not oversight. It's nihilism.
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How Trump spectacularly misread the politics of his transgender ban
opinion His decision wasn't just morally reprehensible. It was also politically stupid.
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How Donald Trump royally botched James Comey's firing
The Explainer This was an astonishingly bad move, and it will probably backfire on the president
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The misery of Donald Trump
The Explainer Are we having fun yet?
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President Trump just suffered a massive loss in court. Here's what it means.
The Explainer The Circuit Court had a clear message for President Trump: You are not king, and we will not be moved
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Donald Trump's collision course with Republicans
The Explainer The president-elect's policies could quickly meet with some surprising opposition
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Don't blame the pollsters
The Explainer There are many lessons to learn from 2016. Don't learn the wrong ones.
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How the media totally missed the white wave that made Donald Trump president
opinion The media thought this election would be about a Latino awakening. It was wrong.
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How Donald Trump pulled off the unthinkable
The Explainer 4 theories that explain Donald Trump's shocking upset
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Breaking news: The presidential race is stable
The Explainer Hillary Clinton isn't really in trouble. The pollsters are.
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The FBI wasn't 'irresponsible' for reigniting Clinton's email scandal. It was doing its job.
opinion The FBI director does not owe Clinton the courtesy of putting her political interests before his legal obligations
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How the media rediscovered its convictions to take on Donald Trump
opinion Trump has simply insulted reality too often
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Donald Trump is right that America's elections are rigged. He's just wrong about the details.
opinion In fact, he is self-iterating the rigging
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How the NSA got hacked
The Explainer I showed newly leaked malware to a government cyber leak plugger. Here's what I discovered and what might come next.
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