The Memo That Shocked the White House
Wed 9:57pm By Ashley ParkerThe directive from the Office of Management and Budget that froze most federal funds on Monday had not gone through the usual approval process.Why Meta Is Paying $25 Million to Settle a Trump Lawsuit
Wed 5:51pm By Michael SchererFacebook’s parent company has reached a deal with the president, and Elon Musk’s platform says it’s negotiating its own settlement.Gulag Humor Is Now Everywhere in D.C.
Wed 7:00am By Ashley ParkerYou’re so vain, you probably think this retribution is about you.‘It’s an Illegal Executive Order. And It’s Stealing.’
Tue 10:00am By Russell BermanTrump wants to go around Congress and freeze enormous amounts of federal spending. Can he?The Strategy Behind Trump’s Policy Blitz
Tue 6:30am By Jonathan LemireThe flood of executive orders and news was designed to disorient the Democratic resistance. It might be working.Trump Can’t Escape the Laws of Political Gravity
Mon 8:44am By Eliot A. CohenSooner or later, nature will catch up to the president.Europe’s Elon Musk Problem
Mon 6:00am By Anne ApplebaumHe and other tech oligarchs are making it impossible to conduct free and fair elections anywhere.Greenland’s Prime Minister Wants the Nightmare to End
Sun 7:00am By Mark Leibovich
Watching Trump from the future 51st stateThe January 6er Who Left Trumpism
Sat 8:00am By John HendricksonNot every Capitol rioter was a card-carrying seditionist; some have regrets, and a few are even refusing a pardon. Jason Riddle is one.America Is Now Counting on You, Pete Hegseth
Sat 1:46am By Tom NicholsMy advice for the incoming secretary of defenseEvangelicals Made a Bad Trade
Fri 11:57am By Peter WehnerHitching the evangelical wagon to Donald Trump has meant unhitching it from the life and teachings of Jesus.Who Will Stop the Militias Now?
Fri 9:30am By Franklin FoerBy granting blanket clemency to the January 6 insurrectionists, the president has unleashed violent, and loyal, paramilitaries.There Is No Resistance
Fri 9:20am By Jonathan ChaitThe response to the January 6 pardons shows that the president faces no effective constraints from within his party.January 6ers Got Out of Prison—And Came to My Neighborhood
Jan 23, 2025, 5:00 pm By Hanna RosinThe strange new reality after Trump’s pardonsTrump’s First Shot in His War on the ‘Deep State’
Jan 23, 2025, 4:11 pm By Shane HarrisThe president is punishing a group of former officials for expressing an opinion he didn’t like.The Animal Story That RFK Jr. Should Know
Jan 23, 2025, 10:50 am By David AxelrodA vaccine history lesson for the would-be health secretaryEmperor Trump’s New Map
Jan 23, 2025, 10:21 am By Franklin FoerThe president who built his fan base on isolationism is pivoting to a kind of imperialism that the U.S. hasn’t seen in decades.Trump’s Second Term Might Have Already Peaked
Jan 22, 2025, 1:15 pm By Jonathan ChaitAs far as policy accomplishments are concerned, it could very well turn out to be as underwhelming as the first.What Everyone Gets Wrong About Tulsi Gabbard
Jan 21, 2025, 5:48 pm By Elaine Godfrey
Other than raw ambition, only one through line is perceptible in a switchbacking political career.The Trump Faithful Return to D.C.
Jan 21, 2025, 10:00 am By Andres Kudacki and Russell Berman
This past weekend, a pro-Trump throng arrived in Washington not in protest, but in triumph.On Donald Trump and the Inscrutability of God
Jan 21, 2025, 7:00 am By Esau McCaulleyHow I’m praying for the new presidentRepublican Leaders Once Thought January 6 Was ‘Tragic’
Jan 20, 2025, 6:28 pm By Annie Joy WilliamsRepublicans used to denounce the violent insurrectionists of January 6. Their rhetoric is no longer operative.The Tech Oligarchy Arrives
Jan 20, 2025, 4:00 pm By Michael SchererDonald Trump’s inauguration signaled a new alliance—for now—with some of the world’s wealthiest men.How Donald Trump Got Ready for His Close-Up
Jan 20, 2025, 3:45 pm By Jonathan LemireThe inaugural festivities placed the president’s flair for stagecraft on full display.The Gilded Age of Trump Begins Now
Jan 20, 2025, 3:13 pm By David A. GrahamHis second inaugural address promised a “golden age,” but the ideas in it evoked the late 1800s more than any recent presidency.
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