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Marc Ambinder

Editor-at-large

Marc Ambinder is TheWeek.com's editor-at-large. He is the author, with D.B. Grady, of The Command and Deep State: Inside the Government Secrecy Industry. Marc is also a contributing editor for The Atlantic and GQ. Formerly, he served as White House correspondent for National Journal, chief political consultant for CBS News, and politics editor at The Atlantic. Marc is a 2001 graduate of Harvard. He is married to Michael Park, a corporate strategy consultant, and lives in Los Angeles.

The cyber debate goes public
Marc Ambinder
Marc Ambinder

The cyber debate goes public

Here's what would need to happen to verify North Korea's denuclearization
Trump shows the document he signed with Kim
Analysis

Here's what would need to happen to verify North Korea's denuclearization

The NSA knew about cellphone surveillance around the White House 6 years ago
The White House.
Analysis

The NSA knew about cellphone surveillance around the White House 6 years ago

The transformation of Kim Jong Un
President Trump and Kim Jong Un.
Analysis

The transformation of Kim Jong Un

The DOJ seized a New York Times' reporter's phone and email records. Here's why it matters.
James Wolfe.
Analysis

The DOJ seized a New York Times' reporter's phone and email records. Here's why it matters.

Trump's post-presidency will break all the rules
President Trump.
Analysis

Trump's post-presidency will break all the rules

The power of Mueller's facts
President Trump and Robert Mueller.
Analysis

The power of Mueller's facts

How Trump has already transformed America's relationship with North Korea
President Trump and Kim Jong Un.
Analysis

How Trump has already transformed America's relationship with North Korea

Why Trump dumped Tillerson
Rex Tillerson.
Analysis

Why Trump dumped Tillerson

6 looming questions surrounding Trump's stunning decision to meet with Kim Jong Un
Side by side photos of President Trump and Kim Jong Un on a television
Analysis

6 looming questions surrounding Trump's stunning decision to meet with Kim Jong Un

The underwhelming revelations of the Nunes memo
A picture of a the Nunes memo
Analysis

The underwhelming revelations of the Nunes memo

The GOP's national security cynicism
Rep. Devin Nunes.
Analysis

The GOP's national security cynicism

How Trump spectacularly misread the politics of his transgender ban
President Trump.
Opinion

How Trump spectacularly misread the politics of his transgender ban

How Donald Trump royally botched James Comey's firing
Donald Trump on his inauguration day
Analysis

How Donald Trump royally botched James Comey's firing

The misery of Donald Trump
What's going on behind closed doors?
Analysis

The misery of Donald Trump

President Trump just suffered a massive loss in court. Here's what it means.
President Trump
Analysis

President Trump just suffered a massive loss in court. Here's what it means.

Donald Trump's collision course with Republicans
Donald Trump has the ability to make unprecedented compromises.
Analysis

Donald Trump's collision course with Republicans

Don't blame the pollsters
It's not entirely the pollsters fault.
Analysis

Don't blame the pollsters

How the media totally missed the white wave that made Donald Trump president
Trump's flock.
Opinion

How the media totally missed the white wave that made Donald Trump president

How Donald Trump pulled off the unthinkable
The next president.
Analysis

How Donald Trump pulled off the unthinkable

Breaking news: The presidential race is stable
Calm down.
Analysis

Breaking news: The presidential race is stable

The FBI wasn't 'irresponsible' for reigniting Clinton's email scandal. It was doing its job.
Hillary Clinton.
Opinion

The FBI wasn't 'irresponsible' for reigniting Clinton's email scandal. It was doing its job.

How the media rediscovered its convictions to take on Donald Trump
Trump's bizarro world.
Opinion

How the media rediscovered its convictions to take on Donald Trump

Donald Trump is right that America's elections are rigged. He's just wrong about the details.
The victims here are the voters.
Opinion

Donald Trump is right that America's elections are rigged. He's just wrong about the details.

How the NSA got hacked
The NSA was indeed hacked.
Analysis

How the NSA got hacked

Where does Hillary Clinton go from here?
Clinton moves on.
Analysis

Where does Hillary Clinton go from here?

Donald Trump is right. Bernie Sanders sold out. But here's what he got.
Bernie got something.
Opinion

Donald Trump is right. Bernie Sanders sold out. But here's what he got.

Making sense of Trump, Putin, and the DNC email hack
Conspiracy theorists.
Opinion

Making sense of Trump, Putin, and the DNC email hack

The political genius of Donald Trump's big speech
Donald Trump meant that for you.
Analysis

The political genius of Donald Trump's big speech

An unconventional disaster for Donald Trump
Trump reacts to Cruz.
Opinion

An unconventional disaster for Donald Trump

Melania Trump's unforgivable sin
Melania Trump waves at the RNC
Opinion

Melania Trump's unforgivable sin

Donald Trump is the Fight Club candidate
Donald Trump is reminiscent of a certain Fight Club character.
Opinion

Donald Trump is the Fight Club candidate

How the Dallas shooting was despicably spun into a race war
A police officer covers his face while standing outside the emergency room after the Dallas attacks.
Opinion

How the Dallas shooting was despicably spun into a race war

How Bernie Sanders should try to flip Hillary Clinton's superdelegates
It's now or never
Opinion

How Bernie Sanders should try to flip Hillary Clinton's superdelegates

The Libertarian Party has a cognitive dissonance problem
Gary Johnson leads the Libertarians this election.
Opinion

The Libertarian Party has a cognitive dissonance problem

Donald Trump's rise and the echoes of 1968
This election is brings back memories from 1968.
Opinion

Donald Trump's rise and the echoes of 1968