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Elon Musk
Niall Ferguson: Milei’s Man-made Miracle
Can a broken economy be fixed? Argentina’s president proves it can. Politics is another story.
July 22, 2025
Niall Ferguson
The Billionaire Astronaut Caught in the Trump-Musk Crossfire
Washington drama cost Jared Isaacman his dream job running NASA. He tells Gabe Kaminsky why he isn’t done with politics.
July 10, 2025
Gabe Kaminsky
Is Elon Musk the New Ross Perot?
Washington plays by different rules than Silicon Valley. Musk hasn’t mastered them.
July 8, 2025
Matthew Continetti
The MAGA-Tech Partnership Was Never Meant to Last
Trump’s movement looks to the past for inspiration. Silicon Valley looks to the future. Is it any wonder their alliance is showing cracks?
June 16, 2025
Tyler Cowen
Trump and Musk Are Getting Divorced. What Happens to the Kids?
The tech right, an influential group of MAGA-friendly Silicon Valley types, will now have to pick a side.
June 6, 2025
Frannie Block
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Gabe Kaminsky
The Elon-Trump Bromance Crashes and Burns
A series of conflicts of interest cut to the core of the delicate tech bro-MAGA alliance.
June 5, 2025
Batya Ungar-Sargon
Is DOGE Dead?
The world’s richest man is back to ‘spending 24/7’ at his old jobs, but left behind devotees who are accumulating power and influence.
May 28, 2025
Gabe Kaminsky
Why DOGE Failed
You can’t fix the government unless you know how it really works. Musk never did.
May 28, 2025
Joe Nocera
How Elon Musk Unleashed Chaos Inside the NIH
A frenzy of changes by DOGE underlings is colliding with resistance from the agency’s scientists and top officials.
May 20, 2025
Gabe Kaminsky
Welcome to Elon’s Muskville
Tesla and Starlink are crammed into one small patch of central Texas, where locals have mixed feelings about their sort-of overlord.
May 20, 2025
Daniel Kalder
Musk Pledged to Cut $1 Trillion at DOGE. Republicans Say It Was Always a Pipe Dream.
The target was far-fetched, say Musk defenders, though they vow to keep cutting.
April 29, 2025
Gabe Kaminsky
Exclusive: Democrats Push to Make Elon Musk’s Financial Disclosure Public
The legislation would force greater ethics scrutiny on the world’s richest man.
March 27, 2025
Gabe Kaminsky
Yuval Levin: You Can’t Run Government Through Retribution
Donald Trump’s key early actions are responses to frustrations from his first term. But did he learn the wrong lesson?
March 25, 2025
Yuval Levin
Timothée Chalamet and the Rise of the Try-Hards
Out with ironic distance, and in with excellence—or at least the pursuit of it.
March 3, 2025
Suzy Weiss
Emperor Elon, Don’t Give Us Ebola
Turns out, in slashing federal funding, the head of DOGE is getting rid of some good stuff. Like disease prevention.
February 28, 2025
Nellie Bowles
I Can Explain Why the Nazi Salute Is Back
When Steve Bannon gives a stiff-armed salute after a speech about American greatness, we are watching an oppositional culture so addicted to opposition…
February 24, 2025
Richard Hanania
The Rule of Law After the Vibe Shift
Can Trump make America great again by executive order? Or is he trashing the Constitution?
February 19, 2025
Charles Lane
The ‘Everything Is Broken’ Administration
‘The choice was between a slow canoe ride through more of the same, or a roller coaster. Americans chose the roller coaster.’
February 17, 2025
Oliver Wiseman
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