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More from President Trump’s first 100 days

Donald Trump
Trump’s foreign aid freeze has deadly consequencesTrump’s foreign aid freeze has deadly consequences
Donald Trump

The decision to freeze aid is hurting vulnerable people around the world.

By Patrick Reis
Education
Trump’s immigration policy is already terrifying America’s kidsTrump’s immigration policy is already terrifying America’s kids
Education

What it’s like to go to school in the shadow of ICE.

By Anna North
Politics
Why Big Tech turned rightWhy Big Tech turned right
Politics

Democrats have paid a political price for taking on Silicon Valley — but not a very expensive one.

By Eric Levitz
Donald Trump
The Logoff: Trump’s plan to send deportees to Guantánamo, explainedThe Logoff: Trump’s plan to send deportees to Guantánamo, explained
Donald Trump

The Logoff explains what you need to know about Trump’s latest immigration move.

By Patrick Reis
Health Care
The astonishing conflict of interest haunting RFK Jr.’s health secretary nominationThe astonishing conflict of interest haunting RFK Jr.’s health secretary nomination
Health Care

Sowing doubt about vaccines has earned him millions — and could keep paying out.

By Dylan Scott
Trump 2.0, explained
How Trump is laying the groundwork for another travel banHow Trump is laying the groundwork for another travel ban
Trump 2.0, explained

Trump’s first travel ban was overturned in court in 2017. His legal strategy may be savvier this time around.

By Nicole Narea
Future Perfect
Inside Trump’s purge at the agency that saves millions of livesInside Trump’s purge at the agency that saves millions of lives
Future Perfect

USAID has become a testing ground for dismantling government agencies, agency employees tell Vox.

By Dylan Matthews
Donald Trump
The Logoff: The government purge, explainedThe Logoff: The government purge, explained
Donald Trump

Why the exodus of government employees matters for everyone.

By Patrick Reis
Politics
Trump and Musk’s plan for a massive purge of the federal workforce, explainedTrump and Musk’s plan for a massive purge of the federal workforce, explained
Politics

An ambitious plan to move fast and break things in the government is underway. There’s an ideology behind it.

By Andrew Prokop
On the Right
Trump is already acting like a kingTrump is already acting like a king
On the Right

The order to shut off federal grants reveals a vision of the presidency at odds with basic democratic principles.

By Zack Beauchamp
Donald Trump
The Logoff: What is up with Trump’s plan to freeze federal spending?The Logoff: What is up with Trump’s plan to freeze federal spending?
Donald Trump

The Logoff explains Trump’s federal spending power grab.

By Patrick Reis
Trump 2.0, explained
The thin evidence behind Trump’s new ban on trans service membersThe thin evidence behind Trump’s new ban on trans service members
Trump 2.0, explained

An executive order barring trans people from openly serving in the military isn’t really about their fitness to do so.

By Nicole Narea
Today, Explained podcast
Why Trump pardoned the creator of “the Amazon of drugs”Why Trump pardoned the creator of “the Amazon of drugs”
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

Journalist and author Nick Bilton explains the rise and fall of Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road marketplace.

By Amanda Lewellyn and Peter Balonon-Rosen
Supreme Court
The one big question looming over Trump’s power grabsThe one big question looming over Trump’s power grabs
Supreme Court

No one knows if the Supreme Court will enforce the law against Trump.

By Ian Millhiser
Trump 2.0, explained
This obscure budget procedure could be Trump’s biggest weaponThis obscure budget procedure could be Trump’s biggest weapon
Trump 2.0, explained

How Trump could attempt to cut Medicaid, school funding, and more — without Congress.

By Dylan Matthews
Future Perfect
Researchers are terrified of Trump’s freeze on science. The rest of us should be, too.Researchers are terrified of Trump’s freeze on science. The rest of us should be, too.
Future Perfect

Government support is essential to science. The Trump administration kneecapped it.

By Celia Ford
Donald Trump
The Logoff: Trump fires the watchdogsThe Logoff: Trump fires the watchdogs
Donald Trump

Trump’s latest purge is bad news for government accountability.

By Patrick Reis
Future Perfect
Trump rescinded a half-century of environmental rules. Here’s what that could mean.Trump rescinded a half-century of environmental rules. Here’s what that could mean.
Future Perfect

Trump wants to “unleash American energy.” What does that mean?

By Dylan Matthews
Today, Explained podcast
How Greenland feels about Trump, explained by a GreenlanderHow Greenland feels about Trump, explained by a Greenlander
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

Greenland: not for sale, but open for business.

By Avishay Artsy and Noel King
Politics
Mass deportations aren’t here — yetMass deportations aren’t here — yet
Politics

Trump won’t be able to deliver “millions and millions” of deportations overnight.

By Nicole Narea
The Logoff
The Logoff: The truth about “mass deportations”The Logoff: The truth about “mass deportations”
The Logoff

Trump often promises instant results. Don’t fall for it.

By Patrick Reis
Climate
Trump’s attack on EVs is just theater — so farTrump’s attack on EVs is just theater — so far
Climate

Yes, you can still get $7,500 for buying an electric car.

By Adam Clark Estes
Immigration
A federal judge already blocked Trump’s single most unconstitutional actionA federal judge already blocked Trump’s single most unconstitutional action
Immigration

The president cannot unilaterally repeal parts of the 14th Amendment.

By Ian Millhiser
Technology
Trump’s crypto grift is a warningTrump’s crypto grift is a warning
Technology

The real losers in Trump’s latest crypto project? His biggest supporters.

By Adam Clark Estes
Politics
The Logoff: Trump’s anti-DEI blitzThe Logoff: Trump’s anti-DEI blitz
Politics

Trump is attacking DEI programs. What does that actually mean?

By Patrick Reis