Trump’s Travel Ban Prompts Fear and Frustration for U.S. Immigrants
Immigrants from the targeted countries said the ban would upend their lives. “I don’t understand why the president has to target us nonstop,” one Haitian asylum seeker said.
Deficit Politics Returns in Debate Over Trump Tax Cuts
The legislation that Republicans are trying to push through Congress could swell the very fiscal imbalance that party leaders have promised to tame for years.
Fired by DOGE, More Federal Workers Are Flooding the Job Market
The drastic, sudden pullback in federal dollars is collapsing opportunities for many who’ve spent years in public service.
Fired by DOGE, More Federal Workers Are Flooding the Job Market
The drastic, sudden pullback in federal dollars is collapsing opportunities for many who’ve spent years in public service.
Our New Podcast
In “The Protocol,” we explore the controversial debate over health care for trans youth.
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Order Curtailing Foreign Students at Harvard
The same federal judge also extended her block on another attempt by the administration to stop the university from issuing student visas.
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Order Curtailing Foreign Students at Harvard
The same federal judge also extended her block on another attempt by the administration to stop the university from issuing student visas.
8 Ways Elon Musk and Trump Could Inflict Pain on Each Other
The falling-out between Elon Musk and President Trump went into overdrive on Thursday. Both men have powerful ways to keep it going.
8 Ways Elon Musk and Trump Could Inflict Pain on Each Other
The falling-out between Elon Musk and President Trump went into overdrive on Thursday. Both men have powerful ways to keep it going.
Can We Trust a Jobs Report From the Trump Administration? Yes, With Caveats.
Current and former employees at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Census Bureau and other agencies say they have confidence in the numbers.
‘The Protocol’: The Story Behind Medical Care for Transgender Kids
A new six-part podcast explores the story of medical treatment for transgender young people — how the care began, the lives it changed, and the legal and political fights that could end it in the U.S.
America’s Gas Pipeline Buildout Is Mainly for Exports—Not Energy Independence
More than three-quarters of new gas pipeline capacity under development in the US would feed additional liquefied natural gas exports rather than supporting domestic energy needs, a new report concludes. Greenhouse gas emissions tied to that new capacity would be far larger than the current climate pollution from all coal-fired power plants nationwide, according to the […]
Elon Musk goes on a warpath against Trump and the GOP
The fallout from the very public breakup could engulf Republican hopes of holding onto the House.
Desperate and Hungry Palestinians Recall Deadly Shooting Near Gaza Aid Site
Nearly 50 people have been reported killed and 300 others wounded in incidents near the Israeli-backed distribution center, which was designed to keep food out of the hands of Hamas.
Late Night Revels in Trump and Musk’s Public Feud
Stephen Colbert indulged in schadenfreude as he described the back-and-forth as a “full-scale flame war” between “the world’s most famous besties.”
Trump Removed Crypto Warnings from Retirement Plans. Will It Affect 401(k)s?
Regulators under President Trump are taking a neutral position on crypto, retreating from the Biden administration’s more cautionary stance.
It’s a Really Bad Time to Be an Expert in Washington
The Trump administration has eviscerated the expert class that generated alternative views in its best moments, and engaged in groupthink at its worst.
It’s a Really Bad Time to Be an Expert in Washington
The Trump administration has eviscerated the expert class that generated alternative views in its best moments, and engaged in groupthink at its worst.
Why Trump and the New Right Declared War on Bureaucrats
Why anti-managerialism is back.
Doctors Were Preparing to Remove Their Organs. Then They Woke Up.
A federal investigation found a Kentucky nonprofit pushed hospital workers toward surgery despite signs of revival in patients.
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.
7 Republicans stuck in the middle of the Trump-Musk divorce
They may need to pick a side.
Trump’s Travel Ban Prompts Fear and Frustration for U.S. Immigrants
Immigrants from the targeted countries said the ban would upend their lives. “I don’t understand why the president has to target us nonstop,” one Haitian asylum seeker said.
Journalism the Horse Shows How Some Winners Come From Behind
In an era wound tight with urgency, Journalism, who moves with patience and lets the chaos pass, is the horse we didn’t know we needed.
Trump and Musk’s Relationship Melts Down in Spectacular Fashion
The speed of the fallout was breathtaking, with President Trump celebrating Elon Musk during an Oval Office farewell just last Friday.
Trump and Musk’s Relationship Melts Down in Spectacular Fashion
The speed of the fallout was breathtaking, with President Trump celebrating Elon Musk during an Oval Office farewell just last Friday.
Trump’s New Travel Ban Is Rife With Contradictions
The Trump administration appears to have relied on a variety of considerations as it put together its latest restrictions.
Trump’s New Travel Ban Is Rife With Contradictions
The Trump administration appears to have relied on a variety of considerations as it put together its latest restrictions.
U.K. Faces ‘Extraordinary’ Threat from Russian and Iranian Plots, Official Warns
Jonathan Hall, a British government adviser, said in an interview that hostile states were paying local criminals to carry out acts of violence, espionage and intimidation.