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Donald Trump

Coverage of the 45th president of the United States, from his domestic and foreign policy to his tweets.

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Kash Patel’s weird weekKash Patel’s weird week
Podcast
Podcasts

Why Trump is happy with his FBI director despite his stumbles.

By Kelli Wessinger and Sean Rameswaram
Politics
This is how Trump ends democracyThis is how Trump ends democracy
Politics

The past week has revealed Trump’s road map to one-party rule. Will Americans let him follow it?

By Zack Beauchamp
Politics
The right’s big lie about Jimmy Kimmel’s suspensionThe right’s big lie about Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension
Politics

The conservative defense of Trump’s FCC rests on a myth.

By Eric Levitz
The Logoff
Trump’s brazen attack on free speechTrump’s brazen attack on free speech
The Logoff

How the Trump administration took Jimmy Kimmel off the air.

By Cameron Peters
Culture
A political violence scholar explains what the furor over Charlie Kirk’s killing is missingA political violence scholar explains what the furor over Charlie Kirk’s killing is missing
Culture

What studying hundreds of political assassinations has revealed.

By Constance Grady
The Logoff
Why is Trump suing the New York Times?Why is Trump suing the New York Times?
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Trump’s new attack on press freedom, briefly explained.

By Cameron Peters
Politics
Trump asks the Supreme Court to give him total control over the US economyTrump asks the Supreme Court to give him total control over the US economy
Politics

The next few months could be the most consequential period for US constitutional law since the Roosevelt administration.

By Ian Millhiser
Podcasts
A Democratic senator on the fights his party has to pickA Democratic senator on the fights his party has to pick
Podcast
Podcasts

Chris Van Hollen on a government shutdown, Charlie Kirk, and Zohran Mamdani.

By Noel King and Danielle Hewitt
Culture
The last time the US waged a propaganda war on the artsThe last time the US waged a propaganda war on the arts
Culture

Trump wants to be a cultural tastemaker. The CIA did it first.

By Constance Grady
The Logoff
The US and China have a new TikTok “deal”The US and China have a new TikTok “deal”
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Remember the TikTok ban? There’s a new deadline coming up.

By Cameron Peters
Politics
The Supreme Court is about to decide one of the biggest economic policy cases everThe Supreme Court is about to decide one of the biggest economic policy cases ever
Politics

Cook v. Trump is one of the highest-stakes cases of Trump’s presidency.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
Donald Trump is lying about political violenceDonald Trump is lying about political violence
Politics

His story about the left and the right doesn’t hold up to the facts.

By Abdallah Fayyad
Politics
The right’s vicious, ironic response to Charlie Kirk’s deathThe right’s vicious, ironic response to Charlie Kirk’s death
Politics

They’re calling him a martyr for free speech as they demand a violent crackdown on progressive dissent.

By Eric Levitz
Politics
Our country is not prepared for thisOur country is not prepared for this
Politics

On the horrible murder of Charlie Kirk — and the threat to democracy it created.

By Zack Beauchamp
Politics
Trump’s presidency is a cash grabTrump’s presidency is a cash grab
Politics

Why you should care about Trump’s crypto ventures.

By Abdallah Fayyad
The Logoff
SCOTUS tells ICE it can target people based on raceSCOTUS tells ICE it can target people based on race
The Logoff

ICE gets the go-ahead for indiscriminate immigration stops in LA.

By Cameron Peters
Supreme Court
Trump’s immigration raids are now before the Supreme CourtTrump’s immigration raids are now before the Supreme Court
Supreme Court

Don’t expect the courts to keep ICE under control.

By Ian Millhiser
Today, Explained newsletter
Trump’s sinister America rebrandTrump’s sinister America rebrand
Today, Explained newsletter

Why Trump’s gaudy White House remodel matters.

By Abdallah Fayyad and Cameron Peters
Culture
Rewatching Hamilton in 2025Rewatching Hamilton in 2025
Podcast
Culture

The hit Broadway musical turns 10 this year. Does anyone think it’s cool anymore?

By Avishay Artsy and Sean Rameswaram
The Logoff
What the new jobs report tells us, briefly explainedWhat the new jobs report tells us, briefly explained
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Is the economy headed for a downturn?

By Cameron Peters
The overwhelming evidence that the Supreme Court is on Donald Trump’s team
Supreme Court

Welcome to the Supreme Court’s Calvinball era.

By Ian Millhiser
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RFK Jr.’s alarming Senate hearing, briefly explainedRFK Jr.’s alarming Senate hearing, briefly explained
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Even some Republican senators seem to be getting fed up with Trump’s health secretary.

By Cameron Peters
Supreme Court
Trump’s lawyers just inadvertently admitted that his tariffs are illegalTrump’s lawyers just inadvertently admitted that his tariffs are illegal
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The US strike on a Venezuelan drug boat, briefly explainedThe US strike on a Venezuelan drug boat, briefly explained
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Why did the US blow up a boat in the Caribbean?

By Cameron Peters
World Politics
Why the Ukraine war is so hard to endWhy the Ukraine war is so hard to end
World Politics

The two sides are talking now, but in all likelihood, the fighting will continue.

By Joshua Keating
Donald Trump is a globalist
World Politics

America isn’t retreating from the world under Trump. It’s doing something stranger.

By Joshua Keating
Politics
Trump’s DC police takeover has unsettling implications for 2028Trump’s DC police takeover has unsettling implications for 2028
Politics

Trump officials might be experimenting with creating something like a national, MAGA-loyal police force. That would be dangerous.

By Andrew Prokop
Trump isn’t just remodeling the White House. He’s rebranding America.
Politics

The president’s tacky aesthetic is a window into his quest to become the single most enduring symbol of America.

By Abdallah Fayyad
Politics
Do liberals need to choose between defending democracy and the Fed?Do liberals need to choose between defending democracy and the Fed?
Politics

The central bank is undemocratic — but so is Trump’s attack on it.

By Eric Levitz
The Logoff
The bigger plan behind Trump’s attempted Fed firingThe bigger plan behind Trump’s attempted Fed firing
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Trump is seizing on a flimsy pretext to fire one of the Fed’s seven governors.

By Cameron Peters
Supreme Court
Trump just did the one thing the Supreme Court said he can’t doTrump just did the one thing the Supreme Court said he can’t do
Supreme Court

Trump’s decision to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook is a test of the Republican justices’ submissiveness.

By Ian Millhiser
The Logoff
The Trump administration won’t leave Kilmar Abrego Garcia aloneThe Trump administration won’t leave Kilmar Abrego Garcia alone
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Abrego Garcia could face deportation to Uganda after being detained by ICE.

By Cameron Peters
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court hands down some incomprehensible gobbledygook about canceled federal grantsThe Supreme Court hands down some incomprehensible gobbledygook about canceled federal grants
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Trump’s plan to win the House just took a big step forwardTrump’s plan to win the House just took a big step forward
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Texas plans to add five Republican seats. It could swing control of the House.

By Cameron Peters
Politics
Stephen Miller is undercutting Trump’s war on democracyStephen Miller is undercutting Trump’s war on democracy
Politics

On the rising tension between Trump’s deportation campaign and his power grab.

By Zack Beauchamp
The Logoff
Why Trump is calling on a Fed board member to resignWhy Trump is calling on a Fed board member to resign
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The president’s attack dog is accusing a Fed governor of mortgage fraud.

By Cameron Peters
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Why the DOJ is looking into DC crime statsWhy the DOJ is looking into DC crime stats
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Trump looks to justify his DC takeover.

By Cameron Peters
World Politics
Why Ukraine won’t just give up its territoryWhy Ukraine won’t just give up its territory
World Politics

The future of the country’s borders is more than just a real estate deal.

By Joshua Keating
Politics
The “weirdos” shaping Trump’s second termThe “weirdos” shaping Trump’s second term
Politics

A liberal writer explains her journey through intellectual MAGAland.

By Zack Beauchamp
Politics
Republicans are making a very simple, unforced mistake with Latino votersRepublicans are making a very simple, unforced mistake with Latino voters
Politics

Does Trump know he’s blowing up the GOP’s future?

By Christian Paz