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McKay Coppins

Washington, D.C.

Staff Writer at The Atlantic

Staff writer, @TheAtlantic. NYT bestselling author of ROMNEY: A RECKONING (now in paperback!) @MSNBC contributor. https://t.co/u7p9MzaHjS

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  • What do Project 2025 and the White House budget have in common?

    6 days ago | kcrw.com | McKay Coppins

    The White House recently released its budget proposal for 2026, which calls for over $160 billion in cuts to the Centers for Disease Control, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Education, FBI, and federal housing programs like Section 8. Normally, the budget isn't more than a simple suggestion to Congress. But Russell Vought, Trump's close advisor who also oversees the federal budget, may have other plans. What is the administration's endgame? Will Congress simply play along?

  • Mckay Coppins on his deep dive into the Murdoch family.

    2 weeks ago | slate.com | Felix Salmon |McKay Coppins

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  • Part 1: James and Rupert Murdoch’s ‘bitter meltdown’

    2 months ago | themonthly.com.au | Ruby Jones |McKay Coppins

    Current Issue Newsletters Podcasts Login Subscribe 7am is a daily news podcast brought to you by Schwartz Media and The Saturday Paper. How to listen? Website McKay Coppins tells us why James spoke out to reveal the bitter details of the battle over the Murdoch empire. Last year, one of the world’s most powerful families converged in a Nevada court room to fight over the future of their empire.

  • Growing Up Murdoch

    2 months ago | theatlantic.com | McKay Coppins

    Listen1.0x0:001:13:44Listen to more stories on harkUpdated at 10:43 a.m. ET on February 19, 2025. James Murdoch was seated at a conference table in a Manhattan law office in March 2024 when he realized he was witnessing the final dissolution of his family.

  • A Horror Movie About an Atheist Who Won’t Shut Up

    Nov 26, 2024 | theatlantic.com | McKay Coppins

    This article contains spoilers for the movie Heretic. When I was a Mormon missionary in Texas in the early 2000s, my companions and I used to get strange phone calls from a man with a British accent named Andrew. We didn’t know who he was, or how he’d gotten the numbers for a bunch of Church-owned cellphones, but the calls always went the same. He would begin in a friendly mode, feigning interest in our lives and work.

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McKay Coppins
McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins
6 May 25

Mormon Women For Ethical Government making dozens of quilts in D.C. today with messages about the importance of checks and balances, to be delivered to legislators tomorrow. https://t.co/cokc0iRVVE

McKay Coppins
McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins
28 Apr 25

Incredible moment.

Michael Scherer
Michael Scherer @michaelscherer

Trump called my cell at 1:28 am. I slept through it. I asked what had happened in the Oval Office. https://t.co/RwBwg3pg2m https://t.co/eptGmjwdQw

McKay Coppins
McKay Coppins @mckaycoppins
23 Apr 25

RT @TheAtlantic: .@GrahamDavidA’s new book, “The Project,” is a topic-by-topic guide to Project 2025—and how the Trump administration is us…