The MAGA-World Rift Over Trump’s Qatari Jet
Wed 9:31pm By Jonathan LemireSome of the president’s biggest allies are panning his plan to accept the luxury aircraft.Trump’s Real Secretary of State
Wed 4:10pm By Isaac Stanley-Becker
How the president’s friend and golfing partner Steve Witkoff got one of the hardest jobs on the planetThe Cynical Republican Plan to Cut Medicaid
Wed 2:26pm By Jonathan ChaitWork requirements set up a thicket of paperwork that leads eligible Medicaid recipients to lose their insurance. That’s the point.America Is the Land of Opportunity—For White South Africans
Tue 2:31pm By Nick Miroff
Trump has frozen refugee admissions and cut off resettlement funding, but he has made an exception for white South Africans, who he says are victims of racial discrimination.The Terrible Optics of ICE Enforcement Are Fueling a Trump Immigration Backlash
Mon 3:35pm By Nick Miroff
The president was elected, in part, on a pledge to crack down on immigration. But he may be overinterpreting his mandate.China Called Trump’s Bluff
Mon 11:21am By Jonathan ChaitThere is a lesson here for anyone Trump threatens.Retirement Is the New Resistance
Mon 7:00am By Russell BermanThe Democrats waging war on their gerontocracyJust Don’t Call Her Unqualified
Fri 4:23pm By Gilad EdelmanJeanine Pirro, Trump’s nominee for U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., is a real prosecutor. She’s also a real MAGA partisan.Trump Heads Back to Where He Started
Fri 11:35am By Jonathan LemireThe president’s visit to Saudi Arabia comes almost exactly eight years after his surreal first foray abroad.The Partisan Mind Virus
Fri 9:10am By Jonathan ChaitDismissing evidence that a politician might be unfit for office is as much a mistake for the right as it was for the left.We’re All Living in a Carl Hiaasen Novel
May 8, 2025, 9:00 am By Amy Weiss-Meyer
In the mangroves with Florida’s poet of excess and griftThe Actual Math Behind DOGE’s Cuts
May 8, 2025, 7:00 am By Jessica RiedlIf you thought Elon Musk was really trying to cut costs, you weren’t in on the joke.Trump’s Inevitable Betrayal of His Supporters
May 8, 2025, 7:00 am By Yair RosenbergTrump never meant to keep his promises. His voters are starting to notice.America Needs More Judges Like Judge Myers
May 7, 2025, 4:20 pm By Richard L. HasenHe did the right thing in North Carolina’s Supreme Court fight, and he deserves praise.The Godfather of the Woke Right
May 7, 2025, 2:15 pm By Jonathan ChaitA 2011 book by Pat Buchanan shows the deep roots of today’s right-wing illiberalism.How the Most Remote Community in America Gets Its Mail
May 7, 2025, 7:30 am By Sarah Yager
Transporting letters and packages to the village of Supai requires a feat of logistics, horsemanship, and carefully placed hooves.Trump Finally Drops the Anti-Semitism Pretext
May 6, 2025, 6:40 pm By Rose HorowitchThe latest letter to Harvard makes clear that the administration’s goal is to punish liberal institutions for the crime of being liberal.Trump’s Kennedy Center Debut: Les Mis and Six-Figure Checks
May 6, 2025, 3:00 pm By Ashley ParkerThe president will attend a fundraiser and a performance of Les Misérables at an institution he hopes to remake in his image.The Missing Branch
May 6, 2025, 6:00 am By Yuval LevinIn an era of intense constitutional combat, Congress is nowhere to be found.Airport Detentions Have Travelers ‘Freaked Out’
May 5, 2025, 6:12 pm By Nick MiroffFears of being detained are in overdrive, even if the Trump administration insists that they’re overblown.The ‘Significant Risk’ That Republicans Tank the Economy
May 5, 2025, 12:01 pm By Russell BermanHow the GOP’s indecision in Congress could crash the marketsThe Pro-Family Policy This Nation Actually Needs
May 5, 2025, 8:00 am By Faith HillIf the Trump administration wants more babies, it needs to embrace a different kind of parent.Is Anthony Weiner Ready to Go Another Round?
May 2, 2025, 6:30 am By Josh Tyrangiel
The ex-congressman whose name became a punch line is running for New York’s city council. In some ways, he hasn’t changed a bit.Inside Mike Waltz’s White House Exit
May 1, 2025, 3:13 pm By Isaac Stanley-BeckerSignalgate was the national security adviser’s most glaring mistake. But his problems ran deeper.Trump Weighs His Options Against Putin
Apr 30, 2025, 3:43 pm By Jonathan LemireThe president has shown signs of exasperation. But he has never been willing to stand up to his Russian counterpart.
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