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Guest: David A. Graham is a journalist who covers politics and national affairs for The Atlantic Magazine. He is the author of the forthcoming book The Project: How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America.

Until recently Seattle-based Perkins Coie's political law practice was a major force in state and national Democratic politics. But that success came at a cost.

March 17, 2025 • At issue was whether planeloads of alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang were deported despite the judge's order to turn the planes around.

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As of March 17, 2025, there are 25 Republican triplexes, 20 Democratic triplexes, and 5 divided governments where neither party holds triplex control. Professors of Political Science Gerald Gamm and ...