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Trump’s ‘own’ goal in the Middle East
President Donald Trump does so many big things fast that each one crowds out what was shocking only a day or hour before. It has been less…
February 12, 2025
Explore racial politics, Trump TV, U.S.-India ties, China, Gaza, Musk, DOGE, and The Brutalist—a must-read on power, policy, and culture in this week's magazine
Business
Maui fire recovery lights LA’s path
With the largest of the multiple Los Angeles-area wildfires finally contained and residents of the devastated Pacific Palisades and Altadena communities able to return and sift through…
Healthcare
Mangione’s rage: A murderous misunderstanding of problems in healthcare
In the early morning hours of Dec. 4, 2024, 26-year-old Luigi Mangione walked along the sidewalk in front of the New York Hilton in Midtown Manhattan, raised…
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An India opening: Trump could counter China
Signaling the importance of diplomatic engagement to counter China, Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with his counterparts in the Quad on his first day in office.…
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Losing the race: Crass identity politics isn’t what it used to be for Democrats
Judging people by their skin color is one of the most pernicious notions in American life. Years ago, this kind of noxious racialism was the province of…
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Democrats are conspicuously silent about changing filibuster rules now that they’re in the minority
Sometimes, politics is the art of the impossible. Every time the Senate has changed hands in recent history, nine times starting with the 1980 elections, the party…
Defense
Would Trump really invade Panama to reclaim the canal by force?
“A man, a plan, a canal — Panama,” so the famous palindrome goes. President Donald Trump is a man with a plan for the canal, namely to…
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Up from neoliberalism? A word much used but less often defined
President Donald Trump’s return to the White House set off a slew of “hand-wringing” about the future of the global order. While commentators theorized that Trump, along…
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Lights, camera, action: Trump and his TV-savvy team blanket the airwaves
When President Donald Trump strode out of the White House to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a camera tracked his movements. The moment when Trump greeted…
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Fay Vincent, 1938-2025
Have you ever had one of those weeks where so much happened that it felt like a month had passed? Or a year that was so eventful…