Jenna Johnson
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Washington Post immigration editor // Midwesterner at heart. Mom of the world's greatest preschooler. Once described as "stubbornly cheerful" by Vogue.
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The U.S. military’s openness to the press was never a favor to journalists, but an obligation to a country that asks its sons and daughters to volunteer for service. The Defense Department's new media policy puts that in jeopardy, Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف writes. theatlantic.com/national-secur…
“As New Jersey goes, so goes the nation." Okay, while that's still a bit of a stretch, Russell Berman explains how the state's rightward shift in recent years has made the November governor's race a must-win for Democrats. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
If you want to understand what Pete Hegseth announced this morning, it helps to have read this from Missy Ryan in June: theatlantic.com/national-secur…
Pete Hegseth gathered generals from around the globe to unveil new physical-fitness standards in a speech that felt like a TED Talk. Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف and Missy Ryan talked to military officers about what it all means: theatlantic.com/national-secur…
Hegseth wants to return the military to 1990, which had the afterglow of “Top Gun” and a swift victory in the first Gulf War -- and the Navy was rocked by the Tailhook sexual assault scandal, exposing a dark underside of military culture, Karen Tumulty writes. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…
What if the Trump-Hegseth address to the military had just been an email? Alexandra Petri drafts one up: theatln.tc/eqNqHdg7
Since Donald Trump ordered National Guard troops to Portland, Isaac Stanley-Becker has spent a lot of time at the demonstration that the president wants to crush. What he's found is an atmosphere that is more like a carnival than combat. theatlantic.com/national-secur…
Even with billions in new funding, ICE has not increased its immigration detention capacity and overcrowding has worsened in short-term holding cells, Nick Miroff reports. The number of arrests it’s made peaked in June and has declined in the months since. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
Nearly a quarter of the FBI’s roughly 13,000 agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing to upward of 40 percent in the nation’s largest field offices, Perry Stein reports. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
"Trump’s threats are no longer bluster. The guardrails of his first term are gone. He is instead surrounded by enablers... The federal government is taking legal action against those whom Trump wants punished. Retribution is here," Jonathan Lemire writes. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
NEW: The Trump administration is portraying its boat-bombing campaign in the Caribbean as an anti-drug mission. The evidence suggests it's about a lot more, report Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف, Gisela Salim-Peyer and Jonathan Lemire theatlantic.com/national-secur…
A Sally Jenkins lead: “Some people steal valor. President Donald Trump steals machismo.” theatlantic.com/culture/2025/1…