
Eric Levitz
Senior Correspondent
Latest articles by Eric Levitz


The president’s reasons for imposing tariffs on Canada and Mexico keep changing (and none make sense).


The White House is promising to manipulate economic data.


Why some conservatives took pride in a national disgrace.


Trump and Musk are doing the Democrats’ job for them.


Joseph Haldeman wanted a dictatorship of engineers. DOGE would have made him proud.


Some DEI programs aren’t worth defending.


Why steel and aluminum tariffs are back — and might stick.


DOGE isn’t about fixing America’s debt problem.


How Donald Trump and Elon Musk could use a debt ceiling breach to usurp Congress’s power.


Why the tariffs might — and might not — still happen.