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Donald Trump Archive

Archives for April 2025

The Logoff
The controversies surrounding Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, briefly explainedThe controversies surrounding Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, briefly explained
The Logoff

He texted attack plans to a journalist, but the defense secretary’s problems go well beyond that.

By Patrick Reis
Today, Explained podcast
Why Florida’s public universities are collaborating with ICEWhy Florida’s public universities are collaborating with ICE
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

As Trump wages war against Harvard, something unprecedented is happening on Florida’s college campuses.

By Devan Schwartz and Sean Rameswaram
How Donald Trump is remaking America
The domestic fallout from Trump’s tariffs, in 3 chartsThe domestic fallout from Trump’s tariffs, in 3 charts
How Donald Trump is remaking America

Businesses and consumers are already appearing to panic.

By Nicole Narea
Meet the Trump supporters who love wind energy
Escape Velocity

In this conservative state, the wind is too strong for politics to slow it down.

By Benji Jones
Escape Velocity
Will any climate progress survive the next four years?Will any climate progress survive the next four years?
Podcast
Escape Velocity

Trump wants to reverse years of climate progress. It won’t be easy.

By Jonquilyn Hill
10 charts prove that clean energy is winning — even in the Trump era
Escape Velocity

Climate progress is actually good business.

By Umair Irfan, Benji Jones and 2 more
Our climate progress is not doomed
Escape Velocity

The future for our planet looks bleak. Here’s why it’s not.

By Paige Vega
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court signals it might be losing patience with TrumpThe Supreme Court signals it might be losing patience with Trump
Supreme Court

In an unusual overnight order, most of the justices voted to halt several illegal deportations.

By Ian Millhiser
How Donald Trump is remaking America
The nightmarish problem with trying to make Trump obey court ordersThe nightmarish problem with trying to make Trump obey court orders
How Donald Trump is remaking America

How can you punish Trump officials for violating the law, when federal law enforcement is controlled by Trump?

By Ian Millhiser
The Logoff
Trump has two options after a wrongful deportationTrump has two options after a wrongful deportation
The Logoff

Only one is lawful.

By Patrick Reis
Politics
The daunting task facing Democrats trying to win back the working classThe daunting task facing Democrats trying to win back the working class
Politics

The Democratic Party faces an electoral math problem post-Trump. A new project is trying to solve it.

By Christian Paz
The Logoff
Trump vs. the Fed, briefly explainedTrump vs. the Fed, briefly explained
The Logoff

A post is not a crisis — yet.

By Patrick Reis
How Donald Trump is remaking America
Is Trump still winning with the working class?Is Trump still winning with the working class?
How Donald Trump is remaking America

A large share of the country still seems to view the Republican Party as the party of the people.

By Christian Paz
The Logoff
The showdown between Trump and the courts just escalatedThe showdown between Trump and the courts just escalated
The Logoff

Judges are threatening consequences if the administration keeps flouting their rulings.

By Patrick Reis
World Politics
China has a plan to win Trump’s trade warChina has a plan to win Trump’s trade war
Podcast
World Politics

China came to Trump’s trade war ready to fight.

By Sean Collins and Miles Bryan