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Politics Archive

Archives for March 2025

How Donald Trump is remaking America
What would a world without foreign aid look like?What would a world without foreign aid look like?
How Donald Trump is remaking America

The brutal debate over how to rescue foreign aid.

By Dylan Matthews
The Logoff
ICE’s viral arrest of a Tufts University student, briefly explainedICE’s viral arrest of a Tufts University student, briefly explained
The Logoff

A foreign student who coauthored an op-ed was arrested and put in deportation proceedings.

By Patrick Reis
Policy
The assault on pro-Palestinian speech has a long and shameful historyThe assault on pro-Palestinian speech has a long and shameful history
Policy

Detentions of pro-Palestinian students are part of a broader assault on the First Amendment.

By Abdallah Fayyad
Today, Explained podcast
Trump is on a losing streak in the courts. How will he respond?Trump is on a losing streak in the courts. How will he respond?
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

The administration’s war on the judiciary, explained by a law professor.

By Sean Rameswaram and Devan Schwartz
How Donald Trump is remaking America
How worried should legal immigrants be about Trump’s deportations?How worried should legal immigrants be about Trump’s deportations?
How Donald Trump is remaking America

Here’s what immigration lawyers say.

By Nicole Narea
Politics
The implicit threat in Trump’s push to change election rulesThe implicit threat in Trump’s push to change election rules
Politics

The president just set the stage to challenge election results he doesn’t like.

By Andrew Prokop
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court hands a rare loss to gun companiesThe Supreme Court hands a rare loss to gun companies
Supreme Court

Justice Neil Gorsuch’s “ghost guns” opinion is extremely narrow, but it is correct.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
Kavanaugh and Barrett appear likely to break with the Supreme Court’s MAGA wingKavanaugh and Barrett appear likely to break with the Supreme Court’s MAGA wing
Supreme Court

At least for now…

By Ian Millhiser
On the Right
The deep divide lurking in Trump officials’ leaked group chatThe deep divide lurking in Trump officials’ leaked group chat
On the Right

The chat logs revealed an administration that wants to both dominate the world and withdraw from it.

By Zack Beauchamp
Politics
The Social Security crisis, briefly explainedThe Social Security crisis, briefly explained
Politics

The Trump administration is putting millions of people’s retirement benefits at risk.

By Abdallah Fayyad
Supreme Court
A Supreme Court case about abortion could destroy MedicaidA Supreme Court case about abortion could destroy Medicaid
Supreme Court

Kerr v. Planned Parenthood asks the justices to render much of federal law unenforceable, in order to spite abortion providers.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
A longtime target of the right is finally buckling under Trump pressureA longtime target of the right is finally buckling under Trump pressure
Politics

The right has long resented universities. Trump figured out how to hurt them.

By Andrew Prokop
The Logoff
The viral story of Trump’s team texting war plans to a journalist, briefly explainedThe viral story of Trump’s team texting war plans to a journalist, briefly explained
The Logoff

Trump’s team just committed an incredible error.

By Joshua Keating and Patrick Reis
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court appears determined to blow up its one good Voting Rights Act decisionThe Supreme Court appears determined to blow up its one good Voting Rights Act decision
Supreme Court

Apparently, we can’t even trust these justices to follow their own very recent precedents.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s new religion case could devastate American workersThe Supreme Court’s new religion case could devastate American workers
Supreme Court

Catholic Charities v. Wisconsin risks giving employers a sweeping new power to ignore laws protecting their workers.

By Ian Millhiser