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How Russell Vought Broke the U.S. Government
An architect of Project 2025 is now at the center of the government shutdown.
Will the Supreme Court Hand Trump Another Slate of Victories?
The docket for the Court’s upcoming term includes major disputes that could reshape election law and redefine the limits of Presidential power.
Ezra Klein Argues for Big-Tent Politics
The writer and podcast host on the Charlie Kirk discourse, Barack Obama’s distance from politics, Bari Weiss’s Gaza coverage, and the Democratic Party’s future.
Jimmy Kimmel and the Power of Public Pressure
The comedian has returned to late-night TV. What can the response to his suspension teach us about countering Trump?
How MAHA Is Sowing Vaccine Confusion
Trump’s second-term overhaul of the C.D.C. and the H.H.S. has turned vaccine policy into a partisan battleground and has left states to fill the void.
Hillary Clinton on the Psychology of Autocrats
The former Secretary of State discusses the Trump Administration’s efforts to reshape American politics and culture.
How Bad Is It?: Political Violence in the U.S., and What We Can Learn from Brazil
Brazil’s reckoning with authoritarianism may hold lessons for a U.S. system under strain.
How the “Dangerous Gimmick” of the Two-State Solution Ended in Disaster
The veteran negotiators Hussein Agha and Robert Malley spent decades trying to broker peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and they know why it failed.
Charlie Kirk and the Long Shadow of Political Violence
“We’ve lived through moments of more violence,” the staff writer Jane Mayer notes. “So we know it’s possible to quiet this.”
The New Yorker’s Head of Fact Checking on Our Post-Truth Era
Donald Trump’s second term has turned the fight over facts into a war over the authority to define reality itself.
Trump Has Grabbed Emergency Powers. How Will He Use Them?
The President is acclimating Americans to a state of emergency.
Why Pam Bondi Is the Attorney General of Trump’s Dreams
The upheaval under Bondi has left the Justice Department hollowed out, with consequences likely to outlast her tenure and reshape the institution itself.
Donald Trump’s War on Culture Is Not a Sideshow
Adam Gopnik discusses the Administration’s moves to dictate what is acceptable and unacceptable in American culture, and why pluralism remains essential to democracy.
The Democratic Party’s Identity Crisis
Donald Trump’s unpopularity hasn’t translated into strength among the Democratic Party. Why are key blocs of voters drifting away?
Dexter Filkins on Drones and the Future of Warfare
Rapid changes in technology are rendering American supremacy in highly advanced, expensive weapons a thing of the past. Can the military adapt in time for the next conflict?
How Bad Is It?: Trump’s Self-Dealing and the Question of Kleptocracy
Trump’s eagerness to profit from office may be putting the U.S. on a path resembling that of an oligarchy.
A Palestinian Journalist Escapes Death in Gaza
The reporter Mohammed R. Mhawish was targeted in an Israeli air strike. He lived, and escaped Gaza. He continues to report on the deprivation and challenges of people trapped in the war.
What Happens After Someone Is Arrested by ICE?
Whether or not Trump can fulfill his promise of deporting one million people in a year, the nation should be concerned about the harm done—and rights violated—en route to that goal.
Your Questions Answered: Trump vs. the Rule of Law
Jeannie Suk Gersen and Ruth Marcus, who write about the law for The New Yorker, address listeners’ pressing questions about the Trump Administration’s legal controversies.
How Bad Is It?: Trump’s War on Comedians
The former Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood, Jr., says the Administration’s attacks on late-night comedy are a game of “stupid whack-a-mole.”