Plus: The president’s plan to subvert the midterms is already under way
 

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An aide carries the nuclear football onto Marine One (Andrew Harnik / Getty)

 

The president says he wants to resume nuclear testing but doesn’t seem to know why.

Our election system is reaching a breaking point.

(Illustration by Paul Spella. Source: Douglas Sacha / Getty.)

 

Donald Trump is trying to amass the powers of a king.

Trump has been busy with everything but the government shutdown.

(Illustration by Akshita Chandra / The Atlantic)

 

Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.

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