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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
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