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My Sad, Sad Friend Talks Only About Herself

I want to be there for her. But it’s exhausting.

It’s Already Different

Trump’s first-day executive orders would have prompted mass outrage had he attempted them in 2017. Today, the response is more muted.

A Horrifying True Story, Told Through Mundane Details

I’m Still Here tempts viewers into a comforting lull before pulling the rug out from under them.

There’s a New Language Sheriff in Town

Whether renaming the “Gulf of America” or issuing edicts on gender, Trump is enforcing his own brand of political correctness.

The Trump Faithful Return to D.C.

This past weekend, a pro-Trump throng arrived in Washington not in protest, but in triumph.

On Donald Trump and the Inscrutability of God

How I’m praying for the new president

The U.S. Needs Soldiers, Not Warriors

Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring a warrior culture back to the Department of Defense. It’s a terrible idea.

Maybe We Do Need DOGE

Should Democrats work with Elon Musk?

Did He Actually Do That?

Elon Musk either had a slipped-mask moment or is supremely awkward.

Republican Leaders Once Thought January 6 Was ‘Tragic’

Republicans used to denounce the violent insurrectionists of January 6. Their rhetoric is no longer operative.

The Crypto World Is Already Mad at Trump

The president’s new cryptocurrency is even too brazen for some of his supporters.

How the Village People Explain Trump

Showing off his new big tent, the returning president played circus master to a strange kind of union.

The Tech Oligarchy Arrives

Donald 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

The inaugural festivities placed the president’s flair for stagecraft on full display.

Billions of People in the Palm of Trump’s Hand

Today leaders of the world’s largest technology platforms kissed the president’s ring.

The Gilded Age of Trump Begins Now

His second inaugural address promised a “golden age,” but the ideas in it evoked the late 1800s more than any recent presidency.

‘If There’s One Person Who Keeps Their Word, It’s Donald Trump’

At Trump’s last rally before returning to the White House, an ecstatic audience anticipated a historic presidency.

The First Known Photograph of a U.S. Presidential Inauguration

An image of the 1857 inauguration of President James Buchanan

Michelle Doesn’t Want to Go to Barack’s Work Thing

And that’s her right.

Please Don’t Make Me Say My Boyfriend’s Name

Why calling loved ones by their name is strangely awkward