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Can the Democrats Take Back the Senate?

Their electoral prospects are finally improving, but opportunities can quickly give way to divisions. Does the Party have a plan?
By Amy Davidson Sorkin

Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Complicated Commemorations

Donald Trump’s aversion to admitting fault suggests that we will not likely see events that grapple with the nuanced nature of the nation’s history this July 4th.
By Jelani Cobb

Donald Trump’s Spring Cleaning

The exact reasons are often left vague and the successors to be determined, but people are leaving the Administration—including three Cabinet secretaries.
By Benjamin Wallace-Wells

J. D. Vance’s Bumpy Ride

It wasn’t the first time that Trump had debased someone who serves him. It wasn’t even the first time that Vance had had to downplay a blasphemy-themed A.I. image.
By Amy Davidson Sorkin

Trump’s Strategic and Moral Failure in Iran

From the first day of his Presidency, Trump has posed an emergency to both his country and the world.
By David Remnick

Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth’s Warped Vision of the Iran War

The two men might wish that they lived in a world where whoever dropped the most bombs got whatever he wanted. But the war has shown that this isn’t true.
By Benjamin Wallace-Wells

What Was Behind the T.S.A. Meltdown?

The present mess has roots in two entangled, defining White House projects: DOGE and the mind-bending expansion of ICE.
By Benjamin Wallace-Wells

The First Casualty of Trump’s War in Iran Was the Truth

The cruellest irony is that of a President who addresses the Iranian people in the language of liberation and then threatens freedom of the press back home.
By David Remnick

Trump’s Mass-Detention Campaign

Even with Kristi Noem gone, the Administration’s immigration agenda shows no signs of flagging—in fact, it is leading toward a new humanitarian and legal crisis.
By Jonathan Blitzer

Where Is the Iran War Headed?

President Trump has both called for Iranians to rise up and oust the ruthless theocracy and then said that he’s fully prepared to deal with a new religious leader.
By Robin Wright