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Politics Archive

Archives for August 2025

Today, Explained podcast
The Covid revenge policyThe Covid revenge policy
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

Trump brought us the Covid vaccine. Now he’s trying to take it away.

By Sean Rameswaram and Avishay Artsy
Politics
Trump’s DC police takeover has unsettling implications for 2028Trump’s DC police takeover has unsettling implications for 2028
Politics

Trump officials might be experimenting with creating something like a national, MAGA-loyal police force. That would be dangerous.

By Andrew Prokop
Health
The bigger story behind the mass exodus of CDC leadershipThe bigger story behind the mass exodus of CDC leadership
Health

The CDC is collapsing. Will America’s health follow suit?

By Dylan Scott
Culture
A MAGA influencer says there’s no space for her in women’s media. Is she right?A MAGA influencer says there’s no space for her in women’s media. Is she right?
Culture

The weird lie animating the right-wing womanosphere.

By Constance Grady
Trump isn’t just remodeling the White House. He’s rebranding America.
Politics

The president’s tacky aesthetic is a window into his quest to become the single most enduring symbol of America.

By Abdallah Fayyad
Politics
Do liberals need to choose between defending democracy and the Fed?Do liberals need to choose between defending democracy and the Fed?
Politics

The central bank is undemocratic — but so is Trump’s attack on it.

By Eric Levitz
The Logoff
The bigger plan behind Trump’s attempted Fed firingThe bigger plan behind Trump’s attempted Fed firing
The Logoff

Trump is seizing on a flimsy pretext to fire one of the Fed’s seven governors.

By Cameron Peters
Supreme Court
Trump just did the one thing the Supreme Court said he can’t doTrump just did the one thing the Supreme Court said he can’t do
Supreme Court

Trump’s decision to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook is a test of the Republican justices’ submissiveness.

By Ian Millhiser
Politics
The obscure Trump official behind Lisa Cook’s firingThe obscure Trump official behind Lisa Cook’s firing
Politics

If Trump doesn’t like you, Bill Pulte may be looking into your mortgage soon.

By Andrew Prokop
Politics
The risky bet behind redistrictingThe risky bet behind redistricting
Politics

Latino voters will be crucial to either party’s gerrymandering plans.

By Christian Paz
Health
America’s leading physician groups are now openly defying RFK Jr.America’s leading physician groups are now openly defying RFK Jr.
Health

US vaccine consensus has officially shattered.

By Dylan Scott
The Highlight
The testosterone theory of politicsThe testosterone theory of politics
The Highlight

The hormone might be the key to understanding this moment in America.

By Leo Kim
Politics
What far-left cranks get right about the housing crisis What far-left cranks get right about the housing crisis 
Politics

America never recovered from the 2008 crash.

By Eric Levitz
The Logoff
The Trump administration won’t leave Kilmar Abrego Garcia aloneThe Trump administration won’t leave Kilmar Abrego Garcia alone
The Logoff

Abrego Garcia could face deportation to Uganda after being detained by ICE.

By Cameron Peters
Health
A public health expert keeps going viral on Instagram for delivering this very simple messageA public health expert keeps going viral on Instagram for delivering this very simple message
Health

Jessica Knurick explains how to counter MAHA when no one trusts experts.

By Dylan Scott