Russell Berman
Staff Writer at The Atlantic
Staff writer at The Atlantic, covering all things politics. Send tips/spin/spam to [email protected]. Emeritus of @thehill, @aolnews, @nysun
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6 days ago |
theatlantic.com | Russell Berman
Republicans are considering a tax hike on the wealthy, and Grover Norquist is beside himself. “It’s an incredibly destructive idea economically, and very foolish politically,” the longtime anti-tax activist told me this week. The concept was once unthinkable in the GOP, yet many Republicans are signaling that the party might just break the first commandment of conservative politics. Norquist’s opinion used to matter in the Republican Party. Maybe it still does.
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1 week ago |
theatlantic.com | Russell Berman
Speaker Mike Johnson flashed a grin as he chided reporters in the Capitol this morning: “I told you not to doubt us.” Moments earlier, the House had approved a budget proposal that could allow Republicans to pass the president’s “one big beautiful bill”—a boost for not only Donald Trump’s legislative agenda but also Johnson’s job security. In fairness to the speaker’s doubters, they had good reason to question whether the budget would pass.
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2 weeks ago |
theatlantic.com | Jonathan Lemire |Russell Berman
Ask President Donald Trump’s aides and allies, and they’ll tell you that the proclamation that jolted the stock market this afternoon was all part of the president’s grand plan to reset America’s trade imbalance. An aggressive push on tariffs had prompted dozens of countries to come begging Trump for mercy. Once they did, he offered them a 90-day reprieve while escalating the pressure on China. The decision sent the markets into a celebratory frenzy.
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2 weeks ago |
theatlantic.com | Russell Berman
The low point of Elise Stefanik’s career arrived late last month in the form of a phone call from the White House. Just days before the Senate planned to confirm her as the next ambassador to the United Nations, President Donald Trump was on the other line asking her to withdraw. By way of consolation, the president assured Stefanik that he’d make it up to her: “You’re going to get a much bigger job,” Trump said, according to three people familiar with the conversation.
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2 weeks ago |
welt.de | Russell Berman
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RT @TheAtlantic: The budget plan that Republicans passed today was supposed to be the easy part, @russellberman writes. Yet Speaker Mike Jo…
During my reporting on Stefanik, people close to her and Trump described her almost as a presidential emissary sent to stabilize a rickety GOP leadership team (evidenced by the budget struggle tonight). Now she a title to go with it: https://t.co/3xos9r7gyi
Statement on Appointment as Chairwoman of House Republican Leadership Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Elise Stefanik was appointed by Speaker Mike Johnson as Chairwoman of House Republican Leadership for the 119th Congress. In addition, she was reappointed to the House
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