How Russia Helped Swing the Election for Trump
An analysis of online activity during the 2016 campaign makes the case that targeted cyberattacks by hackers and trolls were decisive.
Hillary Clinton
Barbara's Backlash
A profile of then-First Lady Barbara Bush, published just before the 1992 presidential election. The lede: “Even Barbara Bush’s stepmother is afraid of her.”
Obama’s Secret Struggle to Punish Russia for Putin’s Election Assault
“I feel like we sort of choked.”
What’s Wrong With the Democrats?
On what happened in 2016 and what should happen next.
Hillary Clinton Is Furious. And Resigned. And Funny. And Worried.
The post-election life of the woman who would have been president.
Comey Tried to Shield the F.B.I. From Politics. Then He Shaped an Election.
“There wasn’t anything normal about this.”
What Was James Comey Thinking?
A report from inside the FBI.
Hillary Clinton and the Populist Revolt
Can the Democratic presidential candidate win back the white working class?
Inside the Strange, Paranoid World of Julian Assange
A former WikiLeaks employee on the motivations driving his old boss.
‘I’m the Last Thing Standing Between You and the Apocalypse’
Inside the final weeks of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
The Future of America Is Being Written in This Tiny Office
On Hillary Clinton’s policy team.
The State of the Presidential Debate
“Political argument has been having a terrible century. Instead of arguing, everyone from next-door neighbors to members of Congress has got used to doing the I.R.L. equivalent of posting to the comments section: serially fulminating.”
The Longform Guide to Hillary Clinton
From her early political career to the challenges she's faced in 2016 — a reading list on the Democratic nominee for president.
Hillary Clinton vs. Herself
There’s nothing simple about this candidacy—or candidate.
Bill Clinton's Big Moment
He is 69. He is no longer a virtuoso politician. He has been marginalized within his wife’s campaign. Nobody knows what what his role will be if she wins, but everyone agrees that he’s desperate to find out.
Hillary Clinton Wants to Talk to You About Love and Kindness
It’s been 46 years since she gave her famous commencement address at Wellesley. What she was trying to say then—that politics is personal, that she believes in human connection above all else—she is trying to say again in 2016. Maybe she’s been trying to say it all along.
Hack
Confessions of a presidential campaign reporter.
Re-Re-Re-Reintroducing Hillary Clinton
How do you rollout a candidate whom everyone thinks they already know?
The Virtual Candidate
On Elizabeth Warren’s shadow candidacy.
Robby Mook Just Took the Hardest Job in Politics
Meet a man who could be called the “Hillaryland Whisperer.”
Scandal at Clinton Inc.
Doug Band gets close to, then falls out with, Bill and Hillary.
Hillary the Pol
“Hillary Clinton was never a shy person.”
Bill & Hillary Forever
On the Clintons’ political future.
Barack and Hamid's Excellent Adventure
On the occasion of Hamid Karzai’s visit to the White House, a fever dream tour of the Afghanistan war through the eyes of the leaders who gave birth to its narrative.
Woman of the World
On Hillary Clinton’s Arab Spring.
