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Zack Beauchamp

Zack Beauchamp

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Zack Beauchamp

    Politics
    Their democracy died. They have lessons for America about Trump’s power grab.Their democracy died. They have lessons for America about Trump’s power grab.
    Politics

    Hungarians who lived through Viktor Orbán’s 2010 power grab warn Americans: Act now, before it’s too late.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    On the Right
    Trump is already acting like a kingTrump is already acting like a king
    On the Right

    The order to shut off federal grants reveals a vision of the presidency at odds with basic democratic principles.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    Elon Musk doesn’t deserve the benefit of the doubtElon Musk doesn’t deserve the benefit of the doubt
    Politics

    Elon Musk’s Nazi trolling exposes the collapse of America’s guardrails against some of history’s foulest ideas.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    On the Right
    How Trump will hide his anti-democratic politics in plain sightHow Trump will hide his anti-democratic politics in plain sight
    On the Right

    The executive orders expose the strategy: claim to be defending democracy as you dismantle it.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Policy
    The Trump executive orders that threaten democracyThe Trump executive orders that threaten democracy
    Policy

    Amid the flurry of executive orders on Day 1, these could prove the most damaging to the republic’s health.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    Trump’s real inaugural address started when the teleprompter stoppedTrump’s real inaugural address started when the teleprompter stopped
    Politics

    During an impromptu speech after his formal inaugural address, the new president revealed what really animated him: revenge.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    Politics
    What’s in the Gaza ceasefire deal? And can it last?What’s in the Gaza ceasefire deal? And can it last?
    Politics

    The agreement that hopes to end the Israel-Hamas war, explained.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    On the Right
    The deeply American roots of Trump’s imperial ambitionsThe deeply American roots of Trump’s imperial ambitions
    On the Right

    The new president’s designs on Canada and Greenland fit into a very old American tradition.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    On the Right
    9 predictions for Trump’s second term9 predictions for Trump’s second term
    On the Right

    What the author of Vox’s newsletter on conservatism thinks will happen — and why.

    By Zack Beauchamp
    On the Right
    Why conservatives condemn Luigi Mangione and celebrate Daniel PennyWhy conservatives condemn Luigi Mangione and celebrate Daniel Penny
    On the Right

    A tale of two killings.

    By Zack Beauchamp