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Donald Trump Archive

Archives for September 2025

Politics
Trump’s H-1B plan is a bad solution to a real problemTrump’s H-1B plan is a bad solution to a real problem
Politics

Trump’s crackdown on high-skill immigration will make Americans poorer.

By Eric Levitz
Today, Explained newsletter
The very specific way America could become authoritarianThe very specific way America could become authoritarian
Today, Explained newsletter

Charlie Kirk, Jimmy Kimmel, and the end of American democracy.

By Cameron Peters and Zack Beauchamp
The Logoff
Did Trump’s deportation czar accept $50K in cash?Did Trump’s deportation czar accept $50K in cash?
The Logoff

The Tom Homan scandal, briefly explained.

By Cameron Peters
Health
The flimsy evidence behind Trump’s big autism announcement, explainedThe flimsy evidence behind Trump’s big autism announcement, explained
Health

Trump is blaming Tylenol for autism. Here’s the context he’s missing.

By Dylan Scott
Podcasts
Kash Patel’s weird weekKash Patel’s weird week
Podcast
Podcasts

Why Trump is happy with his FBI director despite his stumbles.

By Kelli Wessinger and Sean Rameswaram
Politics
This is how Trump ends democracyThis is how Trump ends democracy
Politics

The past week has revealed Trump’s road map to one-party rule. Will Americans let him follow it?

By Zack Beauchamp
Politics
The right’s big lie about Jimmy Kimmel’s suspensionThe right’s big lie about Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension
Politics

The conservative defense of Trump’s FCC rests on a myth.

By Eric Levitz
The Logoff
Trump’s brazen attack on free speechTrump’s brazen attack on free speech
The Logoff

How the Trump administration took Jimmy Kimmel off the air.

By Cameron Peters
Culture
A political violence scholar explains what the furor over Charlie Kirk’s killing is missingA political violence scholar explains what the furor over Charlie Kirk’s killing is missing
Culture

What studying hundreds of political assassinations has revealed.

By Constance Grady
The Logoff
Why is Trump suing the New York Times?Why is Trump suing the New York Times?
The Logoff

Trump’s new attack on press freedom, briefly explained.

By Cameron Peters
Politics
Trump asks the Supreme Court to give him total control over the US economyTrump asks the Supreme Court to give him total control over the US economy
Politics

The next few months could be the most consequential period for US constitutional law since the Roosevelt administration.

By Ian Millhiser
Podcasts
A Democratic senator on the fights his party has to pickA Democratic senator on the fights his party has to pick
Podcast
Podcasts

Chris Van Hollen on a government shutdown, Charlie Kirk, and Zohran Mamdani.

By Noel King and Danielle Hewitt
Culture
The last time the US waged a propaganda war on the artsThe last time the US waged a propaganda war on the arts
Culture

Trump wants to be a cultural tastemaker. The CIA did it first.

By Constance Grady
The Logoff
The US and China have a new TikTok “deal”The US and China have a new TikTok “deal”
The Logoff

Remember the TikTok ban? There’s a new deadline coming up.

By Cameron Peters
Politics
The Supreme Court is about to decide one of the biggest economic policy cases everThe Supreme Court is about to decide one of the biggest economic policy cases ever
Politics

Cook v. Trump is one of the highest-stakes cases of Trump’s presidency.

By Ian Millhiser