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Politics Archive

Archives for September 2025

Politics
The big problem with “no tax on tips”The big problem with “no tax on tips”
Politics

The list of eligible jobs is here — and wildly broad.

By Eric Levitz
Exclusive: RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer. Here’s what it shows.
Health

Kennedy wants to “Make America Healthy Again” — but doesn’t want you to see a report that could do just that.

By Dylan Scott
The Logoff
The US strike on a Venezuelan drug boat, briefly explainedThe US strike on a Venezuelan drug boat, briefly explained
The Logoff

Why did the US blow up a boat in the Caribbean?

By Cameron Peters
World Politics
Why the Ukraine war is so hard to endWhy the Ukraine war is so hard to end
World Politics

The two sides are talking now, but in all likelihood, the fighting will continue.

By Joshua Keating
On the Right
The right debates just how weird their authoritarianism should beThe right debates just how weird their authoritarianism should be
On the Right

A roundtable discussion among leading MAGA intellectuals suggests they might be suffering from success.

By Zack Beauchamp
Politics
The 65-year-old theory that helps explain why the Democrats keep losingThe 65-year-old theory that helps explain why the Democrats keep losing
Politics

The Democrats don’t have a messaging problem. They have a much bigger problem.

By Lee Drutman
World Politics
Are America’s four main adversaries really in cahoots?Are America’s four main adversaries really in cahoots?
World Politics

There’s a new “axis” in town. This time, it might be real.

By Joshua Keating
Donald Trump is a globalist
World Politics

America isn’t retreating from the world under Trump. It’s doing something stranger.

By Joshua Keating

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