Trump Gets a Taste of Putin’s Tactics
The Russian leader is offering few concessions in negotiations over Ukraine. How hard is Trump willing to push for the peace he promises?
The Ultimate Trump Story
The president’s dangerous tendencies are now magnifying one another in a uniquely risky way.
How Republicans Learned to Love High Prices
Donald Trump’s allies have pivoted from denying that his tariffs will hurt consumers to insisting that consumers should welcome the pain.
The Rise of the Brown v. Board of Education Skeptics
Why some mainstream Black intellectuals are giving up on the landmark decision
The GOP’s Fears About Musk Are Growing
Some Republicans are starting to worry about what DOGE could mean for them and their constituents.
Democrats Have a Man Problem
The quest to win back the men lost to MAGA opens a rift over class and gender that party leaders are struggling to close.
There Was a Second Name on Rubio’s Target List
The Trump administration has identified another green-card holder it wants deported in addition to Mahmoud Khalil.
Another Upside-Down Day of Trump Diplomacy
The president threatened allies with an invasion and hit them with tariffs. For Putin, he had only praise.
Water Is Not Political
Gaza is struggling to keep clean water flowing.
DOGE Is Courting Catastrophic Risk
Musk has turned a dangerously flawed view of “waste” into a philosophy of government.
ICE Isn’t Delivering the Mass Deportation Trump Wants
The president promised millions of removals, but reality has intervened.
Don’t Invite a Recession In
Chaos, tariffs, and nervous consumers
Anti-Semitism Is Just a Pretext
It’s the Trump administration, not Columbia, that has done nothing to confront anti-Semitism in its own ranks.
Trump Drops the Mask
The president’s latest positions on the Russia-Ukraine war reveal that he is indifferent to ongoing slaughter—indeed, he is willing to increase it.
J. D. Vance Finally Found a Use for the Vice Presidency
The VP has made social media into a vehicle for his ascent.
The FAA’s Troubles Are More Serious Than You Know
The agency responsible for air safety is facing deep cuts and interference by Elon Musk.
Is DOGE Losing Steam?
The Department of Government Efficiency lives. But Donald Trump is reining in Elon Musk.
Mitch McConnell and the President He Calls ‘Despicable’
An audience with the former Republican leader
Trump’s Own Declaration of Independence
The president, who has flirted with regal rhetoric, wants a historic copy of America’s founding document placed in the Oval Office.
What Does Dan Bongino Believe?
The new FBI deputy director has written that his own agency perpetrated “the greatest scandal in American political history.”