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Election 2024
The Shot That Changed America
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump was the great symbolic moment of the 2024 election. It transformed the race—and much else.
Christopher Caldwell
After Trump Was Shot, He Called Me
Salena Zito was four feet away from the stage when President Trump took a bullet—and has written a new book about the experience. She joins Peter…
Salena Zito
Peggy Noonan on How to Save America
‘Any jackass can knock down a barn, but it takes a man to build one.’ The columnist sounds off on populism, Trump, and the fragility of American…
Bari Weiss
How a French Whale Made $85 Million off Trump’s Win
A trader on Polymarket outsmarted the entire polling industry. He talks to Joe Nocera.
Joe Nocera
Why Asian Americans Are Moving Right
Crime, economic strain, and affirmative action are sparking an Asian American exodus from the Democratic Party.
Neetu Arnold
Martin Gurri: Our Countercultural Revolution
Trump has become the definitive avatar of the revolt of the public. Will he be enough to satisfy Americans’ hunger for change?
Martin Gurri
The Case of Justine Bateman—And Why Gen X Broke for Trump
The ‘Family Ties’ star, who came out swinging against wokeness after the election, speaks for a generation tired of being told what to think.
Peter Savodnik
The History Lesson Democrats Can’t Afford to Forget
Forty years ago the party was in the political wilderness. Then a band of centrist insurgents took on the left wing—and got Clinton in the White House.
Eli Lake
Peter Thiel and the Triumph of the Counter-Elites
The Silicon Valley billionaire made big—and early—bets on Trump and J.D. Vance. What did he see that so many didn’t?
Bari Weiss
The One Video that Explains Why Harris Lost
A TikTok Tocqueville inadvertently captured the fall of the Democratic elite at New York Fashion Week.
River Page
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Accept Donald Trump
For eight years, Joe Nocera suffered from Trump Derangement Syndrome. Now, in an open letter to his fellow Americans, he writes: Resistance is futile.
Joe Nocera
Ladies, Stop Sex Striking for Kamala
For every female TikToker who’s vowed chastity until 2028, there’s another more than willing to shack up with a Trump supporter.
Kat Rosenfield
The Latino Democrats Who Flipped for Trump: A Report from the Border
Starr County, Texas, hasn’t voted for a Republican president since 1892. Now, ‘the GOP is what the Democrats used to be.’
Leighton Woodhouse
Meet the People of Trump World 2.0
Who to expect when you’re expecting a second MAGA administration.
River Page and Eli Lake
Could a Trump Presidency Cost Columbia University $3.5 Billion?
A new report by professors and alumni warns that elite universities face ‘an existential crisis.’
Frannie Block
The Five Things President Trump Should Do on Day One
Hire the right bureaucrats, set clear, ambitious goals, and experiment, experiment, experiment.
Santi Ruiz
Americans Just Said No to Drugs
Why legalization lost at the ballot box.
Charles Fain Lehman
Inside the Battle over Trump’s Foreign Policy
“There were at least 25 people who called the president and said: ‘It’s got to be Mike Pompeo.’ And none of it mattered.”
Jay Solomon
Who Is the New MAGA Coalition?
I’m not shocked Trump won. I’ve seen a group of young, diverse, politically homeless Americans back him online for months.
Lucy Biggers
I Raised $50 Million for the Democrats. This Week, I Voted for Trump.
The Democratic Party turned its back on me and my family long before I turned my back on it.
Evan Barker
Michael Shellenberger: Californians Finally Get Serious on Crime
On Tuesday, voters decided to trust their own eyes. What took so long?
Michael Shellenberger
The Democratic Coalition Has Shattered. Here’s How to Rebuild It.
Women, working-class voters, young voters, and non-white voters all shifted right in this election. Who is the Democratic Party for, exactly?
Ruy Teixeira
The Biggest Winners and Losers of Election 2024
Prediction markets, Beyoncé, Peter Thiel, fiat currency, bros with podcasts, Jen Aniston, weed, and Tims. Who came out on top and who is licking their…
Suzy Weiss
Democrats Picked the Wrong Women’s Rights Issue. Plus. . .
Trump won young men by meeting them where they are.
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