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Politics Archive

Archives for July 2025

Today, Explained podcast
Trump’s media war just got a $10 billion twistTrump’s media war just got a $10 billion twist
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

It’s his latest move in an ongoing effort to silence critical news outlets and control the narrative.

By Noel King and Avishay Artsy
The Logoff
Columbia pays Trump’s ransomColumbia pays Trump’s ransom
The Logoff

Why is Columbia paying the Trump administration $200 million?

By Cameron Peters
Supreme Court
3 Supreme Court justices just said they’re fine with race discrimination in elections3 Supreme Court justices just said they’re fine with race discrimination in elections
Supreme Court

Turns out only half of the Republican justices want to kill off the Voting Rights Act.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
Why tariffs haven’t caused runaway inflation — yetWhy tariffs haven’t caused runaway inflation — yet
Politics

If you’re worried about inflation from Trump’s tariffs already, just wait until fall.

By Nicole Narea
Future Perfect
We don’t know how many people will die because of Trump’s USAID cutsWe don’t know how many people will die because of Trump’s USAID cuts
Future Perfect

The chaos of Trump’s global health cuts make the human toll near-impossible to calculate. That’s by design.

By Kelsey Piper
Climate
Why your energy bill is suddenly so much more expensiveWhy your energy bill is suddenly so much more expensive
Climate

And why it’s not getting cheaper any time soon.

By Umair Irfan
Politics
How the Jeffrey Epstein scandal became the mother of all conspiracy theoriesHow the Jeffrey Epstein scandal became the mother of all conspiracy theories
Politics

It’s a Pizzagate/QAnon scandal. It’s a Trump scandal. It’s a Me Too scandal. It has something for every political subculture.

By Andrew Prokop
Criminal Justice
The absurd fight over Trump’s MAGA prosecutor in New Jersey, explainedThe absurd fight over Trump’s MAGA prosecutor in New Jersey, explained
Criminal Justice

Like much of what Trump touches, the fight over Alina Habba mingles authoritarianism with goonish incompetence.

By Ian Millhiser
Supreme Court
The lawsuit seeking to kill Trump’s tariffs is backThe lawsuit seeking to kill Trump’s tariffs is back
Supreme Court

If the president loses this case, he will go to the Supreme Court to bail him out again.

By Ian Millhiser
The Logoff
Epstein breaks CongressEpstein breaks Congress
The Logoff

The House is heading for the door early to avoid an Epstein vote.

By Cameron Peters
Climate
Your favorite national park is struggling to surviveYour favorite national park is struggling to survive
Climate

What budget cuts mean for wildlife, climate monitoring — and surviving peak tourism.

By Christine Peterson
Supreme Court
The conservative case against Trump’s worst judicial nomineeThe conservative case against Trump’s worst judicial nominee
Supreme Court

Senate Republicans are taking an enormous risk with the federal bench right now.

By Ian Millhiser
Culture
There’s a bigger story behind Colbert’s cancellationThere’s a bigger story behind Colbert’s cancellation
Culture

Did the stalwart host finally become too dangerous for late-night?

By Constance Grady
Today, Explained newsletter
Trump and Netanyahu weren’t on the same page for longTrump and Netanyahu weren’t on the same page for long
Today, Explained newsletter

Fighting in Syria exposes a US-Israel rift.

By Joshua Keating
Supreme Court
A new Supreme Court case is an existential threat to the Voting Rights ActA new Supreme Court case is an existential threat to the Voting Rights Act
Supreme Court

The Black civil rights movement’s greatest legal achievement is now on a Republican Supreme Court’s chopping block.

By Ian Millhiser