The United States of Fear
For anyone who’s in the president’s crosshairs—or who could be—it’s the dominant emotion of Trump’s second term.
Politics
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
America Is Watching the Rise of a Dual State
For most people, the courts will continue to operate as usual—until they don’t.
Musk Comes for the ‘Third Rail of American Politics’
Donald Trump promised to protect Social Security. Elon Musk didn’t.
The Kennedy Center Performers Who Didn’t Cancel
When does quitting count as resistance, and when is it surrender?
Stephen Miller Has a Plan
The White House point person on immigration is pursuing a strategy that is bedeviling his opponents and could provoke a constitutional crisis.
Even Tom Cole Is Defending DOGE
“A Republican House is not going to chain down a Republican president.”
Trump Gets a Taste of Putin’s Tactics
The Russian leader is offering few concessions in negotiations over Ukraine. How hard is Trump willing to push for the peace he promises?
The Ultimate Trump Story
The president’s dangerous tendencies are now magnifying one another in a uniquely risky way.
How Republicans Learned to Love High Prices
Donald Trump’s allies have pivoted from denying that his tariffs will hurt consumers to insisting that consumers should welcome the pain.