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The Trump Transition
Is $TRUMP a Scam?
A guide for the crypto-curious.
Joe Nocera
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Max Raskin
Trump’s Populism Isn’t a Sideshow. It’s as American as Apple Pie.
The 47th is not the first president who has promised to drain the swamp—just look at the man on the $20 bill.
Eli Lake
The January 6 Pardons and the Rule of Law
Trump’s sweeping proclamation sets free many who violently attacked police.
The Editors
Why the Deep State Loves Tariffs
They enable bureaucrats and lobbyists to manipulate the system to their own benefit. For the rest of us, all they do is bring higher costs.
Judge Glock
‘We the People Are for TikTok’
TikTok is arguably illegal. But influencers at a D.C. inauguration bash raised a glass to Trump as he promised to bring the app back to life.
Olivia Reingold
Trump Is Uncool. And That’s a Good Thing.
A second Trump term has killed off any notion that a president should be fashionable, writes Peter Savodnik.
Peter Savodnik
Elissa Slotkin Just Wants to Be ‘Normal.’ Will Her Fellow Democrats Listen?
The Michigan senator calls herself a ‘radical pragmatist.’ She believes that’s the future of her party.
Peter Savodnik
My Decade with Donald Trump
He chased her with hair spray. She saw him get shot. Salena Zito is the journalist who knows Trump—and his voters—better than anyone.
Salena Zito
The Evolution of Marco Rubio
Once a hawk, the senator promises to be a ‘clear-eyed’ pragmatist as Trump’s secretary of state. Eli Lake reports on his confirmation hearing.
Eli Lake
Inside Biden’s Billion-Dollar Broadband Boondoggle
The president promised to connect rural Americans to the internet. But ‘woke leftist policies’ have helped prevent the $42 billion scheme from servicing…
Madeleine Rowley
What Happened to Joe Biden the Moderate?
Biden wanted his presidency to be ‘transformational.’ Instead, his progressive policies made him the least popular president in modern times.
Ruy Teixeira
A MAGA Attack on a Trump Nominee—and the Problem with the Woke Right
Critics of Sriram Krishnan are part of a worrying trend. It’s a force I know all too well.
Rupa Subramanya
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