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Trump’s Back. What Now?
Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th president in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C. (Saul Loeb via Getty Images)
Pardons, parties, the Panama Canal—and much, much more from Inauguration Day.
By Oliver Wiseman
01.21.25 — The Front Page
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It’s Tuesday, January 21. I’m Olly Wiseman and this is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free Press—and our take on the world at large. It’s good to be back.

Today we answer the big questions about the transfer of power in Washington. Among them: Will Trump fight lawfare with lawfare? Will TikTok survive? Is neoliberalism dead? Is T…

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Oliver Wiseman
Oliver Wiseman is the deputy editor of The Free Press. Previously, he was the executive editor of The Spectator World and a regular contributor to UnHerd, City Journal, the Evening Standard, and a range of other publications.
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