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Why the Trump Coalition Is Cracking Up
Trump is dominating the world stage. But at home, inside the MAGA movement he created, his authority is quietly eroding.
Michael Doran
I Joined ICE Watch
Everyday citizens are tasked with 5 a.m. patrol shifts, license plate–tracking, and rapid response teams.
Olivia Reingold
Boys in Girls’ Sports Is a Loser in Court
The Supreme Court will likely let states bar trans athletes from public-school teams, though a few questions still loom.
Jed Rubenfeld
I Escaped Sex Trafficking. Now Politicians Are Targeting the Resource That Saved Me.
I had nowhere to run until a pregnancy center took me in. A coming Supreme Court ruling could end a campaign to shut them down.
Jean Marie Davis
New Life for San Francisco’s Worst Idea
The city wants to give $5M to every black resident affected by discrimination. Seriously?
Sanjana Friedman
Trump’s War on Liberal Nonprofits Collides with Reality
Legal constraints and donor backlash have snarled the push to investigate left-leaning groups blamed for political violence.
Gabe Kaminsky
The Killing of Renee Good—and a City on Edge
Minneapolis is the site of the largest ICE operation in history. Residents have responded by forming neighborhood watch groups. Now one of them is dead.
Olivia Reingold
The ICE Shooter’s Trauma Is No Defense
Law enforcement officers must bring reasonable judgment to every encounter, no matter their past experiences.
Elliot Ackerman
How Minnesota Became the Center of Everything
Minnesota is ‘perfectly purple,’ so we are in the bull’s-eye of America’s deeply frayed and fractured politics.
Dave Kansas
Donald Trump’s Red Line
Time to make good on your promise to the Iranian people, Mr. President.
Eli Lake
The Legal Stakes for the Minneapolis ICE Shooter
Is he immune from prosecution? Can he justify the second and third shots in court? Here’s a legal analysis.
Jed Rubenfeld
The Right Response to the Minneapolis ICE Shooting
Kristi Noem and Jacob Frey react to a shooting with the speed and logic of the internet. Americans deserve better.
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