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Michael Scherer

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
6
Latest publication
Sep 10, 2026
Outlet visibility, for The Atlantic
Top 10K sites
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Jul 14, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Michael Scherer, Ashley Parker

    Trump’s Dream World in Dallas (opens the original)

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    President Trump began his midterm-convention address last night by casting his spell on the crowd in Dallas. “This place is packed,” he announced from the stage, pointing to the back of the American Airlines Center, where everyone could see hundreds of empty seats. Those who looked up saw thousands more, whole sections without any people at all. But the crowd cheered anyway. A deal had been struck. Reality would be ignored. After more than a decade in politics, Trump is facing his last great ele

  2. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Michael Scherer

    A War of Assassinations (opens the original)

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    Sign up for our newsletter about national security here. The latest Iranian assassination threat arrived last month as a video called “Where to Kill Barron Trump,” promising $10 million for the murder of the U.S. president’s youngest child. Less than 24 hours later, on social media, the State Department re-upped its own $10 million bounty for “information” about five leaders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including Majid Khademi, the intelligence-office commander. The State Department

  3. Article · Aug 22, 2026 · Michael Scherer

    Yet Another Purge in Washington (opens the original)

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    Before becoming a regular travel companion of President Trump’s, the nation’s top housing-finance official and the nation’s top intelligence official for one summer, Bill Pulte was a meme-stock celebrity who was once honored in a livestream with a gag dinosaur trophy inscribed with the words Bill Pulte Fucks on the front and only the young on the back. “That looks pretty badass,” he said upon accepting the bizarro honor. The 38-year-old heir to a developer dynasty has brought the same raw attitu

  4. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Michael Scherer

    President Trump Has a Pet-Project Docket at the National Parks (opens the original)

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    President Trump gets what he wants, when he wants it, from the National Park Service. One and a half million dollars to replace brick pavers in Lafayette Park, across from the White House? Contracting officials at the NPS Washington headquarters found the money within five days last month. A $170,000 request to remove a fence around the Hains Point golf course, preparing the ground for a new “championship-quality” layout? Six days this summer. And the more–than–$5 million project to gild equine

  5. Article · Jul 24, 2026 · Michael Scherer, Tom Bartlett

    The White House’s MAHA Gatekeeper (opens the original)

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    Sign up for Inside the Trump Presidency, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump term. The world’s most popular podcaster, Joe Rogan, reached out privately in April to the world’s most powerful man, Donald Trump, to discuss the healing power of ibogaine, a psychedelic made from the root bark of a Central African shrub that researchers are studying as a treatment for addiction and trauma. Trump responded by text, “‘Sounds great. Do you want FDA approval? Let’s do it,’” Rogan announced

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