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Isaac Chotiner

www.newyorker.com
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articles (90 days)

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Trump Is Still Deporting People Wherever He Wants
How the Administration is getting away with third-country removals and overwhelming federal courts.
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The Growing Rift Between Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E.
What this shocking split might mean for the future of the Middle East.
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Xi Jinping’s Purge and What Trump’s Foreign Policy Means for China
The machinations behind his recent military purge, and whether China sees an opportunity in Donald Trump’s aggression toward Europe.
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The Woman Behind Japan’s Rightward Shift
How Sanae Takaichi, the country’s first female Prime Minister, won big in last weekend’s election.
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Is ICE Leading Us Into a Constitutional Crisis?
A look at the agency’s astonishing record of defying court orders, and what the judiciary might do to respond.
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What a “Melania” Cinematographer Hoped to Accomplish
Dante Spinotti has had a legendary Hollywood career. Why is he making propaganda for the Trump family?
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Do Federal Officials Really Have “Absolute Immunity”?
After killings by ICE and Border Patrol in Minneapolis, a legal expert discusses how agents might be held to account by local authorities.
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How Europe Can Respond to Trump’s Greenland Imperalism
The President’s obsession with acquiring the Danish territory has put the transatlantic alliance at risk.
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Can Trump Really Use the Insurrection Act?
An expert on Presidential emergency powers discusses the history and legality of military deployments in American cities.
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How Donald Trump Has Transformed ICE
A former D.H.S. oversight official on what, legally, the agency can and can’t do—and the accountability mechanisms that have been “gutted beyond recognition.”
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What Makes the Iranian Protests Different This Time
Unrest has spread across the Islamic Republic as it faces economic disaster at home and a profound weakening of its network of regional allies.
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The Former Trump Skeptics Getting Behind His War in Venezuela
A onetime adviser to Marco Rubio and Mitt Romney argues that the U.S. has been “too cautious” in its use of force since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The Maduro Regime Without Maduro
A political scientist explains how the Venezuelan President ran the country, why he was so unpopular, and, after his seizure by the Trump Administration, who might take over.
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The Brazen Illegality of Trump’s Venezuela Operation
A scholar of international law on the implications of the U.S. arrest of President Nicolás Maduro.
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Gaza After the Ceasefire
A Palestinian businessman on the persistent humanitarian crisis in the territory, and what he hopes might change.
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In the Wake of Australia’s Hanukkah Beach Massacre
A conversation about the country’s unique Jewish community and rising levels of antisemitism.
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The Legal Consequences of Pete Hegseth’s “Kill Them All” Order
A former military judge on the Trump Administration’s contradictory—and likely unlawful—justifications for its Caribbean bombing campaign.
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