Just to Clarify, Barack Obama Is Not an Old White Southern Man

2/4/2025

early and often

Why Trump’s Plan to Kill the Education Department May Fail

By Ed Kilgore

Cuts to special education and schools that serve disadvantaged kids won’t go over well outside the MAGA base.

2/4/2025

the trump administration

Trump Is DEI for ‘Competent White Men’

By Sarah Jones

As he and Elon Musk consolidate power, they elevate a race and gender hierarchy with themselves at the top.

2/4/2025

early and often

RFK Jr.’s Extremely Improbable Rise to HHS Secretary

By Ed Kilgore

Last year, Trump called Kennedy the most “radical left” presidential candidate. Now he’s set to be a powerful figure in his administration.

2/4/2025

politics

Republicans Fall Behind Nominating Tulsi Gabbard

By Nia Prater

After squeaking by in a key vote, Gabbard is seemingly on a glide path to confirmation.

2/4/2025

conspiracy

When Will the Declassified JFK Files Be Released Publicly?

By Matt Stieb

The president has ordered their disclosure with a timeline that suggests it might actually happen this time.

2/4/2025

tremendous content

Trump to Attend Super Bowl Because We Can’t Have a Moment’s Peace

By Margaret Hartmann

Thinking you’ll try to avoid talking politics at your Super Bowl watch party next Sunday? Think again!

2/4/2025

politics

Key Republican Falls in Line Behind RFK Jr.

By Nia Prater

Kennedy’s HHS nomination advanced to the full Senate after Republican senator Bill Cassidy, a potential swing vote, voted in his favor.

2/4/2025

early and often

Trump Cabinet Confirmation Hearings: Schedule & How to Watch

By Margaret Hartmann and Chas Danner

Will the Senate GOP confirm controversial picks like Tulsi Gabbard and RFK Jr.? Here’s the hearings schedule and list of who’s been confirmed.

2/4/2025

raids

ICE Has Restaurant Workers Terrified

By Chris Crowley

Nobody is sure exactly what’s going on, but any threat of deportation is too grave to ignore.

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2/4/2025

screen time

The Trade War Comes For Temu

By John Herrman

Americans flocked to Temu and Shein. Trump’s tariffs could destroy them.

2/3/2025

politics

Canada Tariffs Delayed Too: Trade War Updates

By Chas Danner

Only the new China tariff is still set to start Tuesday, at least for now.

2/3/2025

early and often

Elon Musk May Have Your Social Security Number

By Chas Danner

The billionaire and his DOGE agents were granted full access to the Treasury’s federal payments system, and nobody knows to what end.

2/3/2025

foreign interests

Inside Elon Musk’s Killing of USAID

By Jonathan Guyer

Saboteurs, tears, and a last-minute push to save lives.

2/3/2025

democrats

Relitigating 2024 Won’t Help Democrats Fight Trump Today

By Ed Kilgore

Democrats need to avoid making last year’s mistakes in 2028. But none of it may matter if they don’t unite to fight Trump right now.

2/3/2025

tremendous content

Why Does Trump Want Greenland? His Imperialistic Threats, Explained.

By Margaret Hartmann

Some of Trumps threats to take over Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal are based on actual U.S. strategic goals. Others are just idiotic.

2/3/2025

early and often

Democrats May Shut Down Government to Keep Trump From Gutting It

By Ed Kilgore

Republicans need Democratic votes to keep the government open. This is leverage Democrats could use to rein in Trump and Musk’s power grab.

2/3/2025

confirmation bias

How Democrats Lost the Dissident Vote

By Ross Barkan

Even if RFK Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard are not confirmed, they represent a problem for their old party.

2/3/2025

just asking questions

‘We’ve Got an Enormous Crisis on Our Hands’

By Benjamin Hart

Public-policy expert Don Kettl discusses Trump and Musk’s blitzkrieg attack on the federal workforce and where it goes next.

2/2/2025

super bowl

The Kansas City Chiefs Are Something Worse Than Cheaters

By Jake Nevins

America has had enough of this boring and swagless dynasty.

2/1/2025

unnatural disasters

How Can a Plane Suddenly Nose-Dive?

By Jeff Wise

Here are some of the reasons why aircraft can catastrophically veer toward the ground like a medevac jet did in Philadelphia on Friday night.

2/1/2025

poll position

Trump Approval Rating Looks Fragile at Start of Second Term

By Ed Kilgore

The 47th president is more popular than he’s been for most of his political career. But it won’t take much to bring back bad vibes.

1/31/2025

early and often

Democrats See Opportunity in Unpopular Trump Spending Cuts

By Ed Kilgore

Focusing on the concrete consequences of Donald Trump’s funding freezes, rather than abstract arguments about democracy, could be the way forward.

1/31/2025

unnatural disasters

The D.C. Plane Crash Is No Mystery

By Jeff Wise

A lot is unknown, but one basic fact is not: The helicopter pilot was clearly at fault.

1/31/2025

early and often

Trump’s ‘Shock and Awe’ Looks More Like Chaos and Confusion

By Ed Kilgore

From the funding freeze to the federal-employee buyout, the White House doesn’t seem to know what its own teams are doing.

1/31/2025

the law

How Trump Has Already Changed the Justice Department

By Elie Honig

He immediately went into demolition mode.

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