Politics Archive
Archives for October 2025


In his second term, Trump’s rhetoric and policies regarding the trans community have become far more menacing.


Leading right-wing figures are debating: Has blatant antisemitism become worryingly normalized among the young right?


Broadly, there are 5 ways to constrain rogue federal law enforcement agents. The Supreme Court nuked 3 of them.


Airstrikes, bounties, a military build-up: This could be about drugs — or it could be the start of regime change.


The diehard MAGA lawmaker’s new fight with the GOP, explained.


Four questions about the ongoing deadlock, answered by an expert.


What to know about charges against Trump’s former national security adviser.

This technology could feed a world of 10 billion. We’re squandering it, and the trade war with China could make it worse.


Israel’s election, scheduled for next October, could decide whether Gaza sees a real and durable peace.


They unite — and divide — a deeply polarized audience.


The Trump administration is going to extraordinary — and likely illegal — measures to pay members of the US military.


Trump played a part — but there are also broader reasons why it happened now.


The Republican justices hunt for a reason to gut America’s most successful civil rights law.


The retro, cryptofascist aesthetic of all those ICE recruitment ads, explained.


Enforcing the border doesn’t require nullifying the Constitution.