Trump Administration
Vox’s coverage of what’s happening in the Donald Trump administration, from big new policy initiatives to the meaning of the latest tweet.


Say goodbye to your $30 toaster.


Trump says he’s pro-America. Will his administration protect its most iconic butterfly?


Putting Americans back to work in factories isn’t just hard. It’s impossible.


China came to Trump’s trade war ready to fight.


Consumer confidence is plunging, bond markets are panicking, and gas prices are coming down alarmingly quickly.


An Oval Office meeting on Monday revealed how Trump would like to rule — and why he might not be able to.


The Court is likely to give Trump broad, unchecked authority over the federal workforce.


Some of his advisers have a theory about what they want. It isn’t working out.


Trump’s tariffs might actually be good for Ukraine.


Why rich schools aren’t tapping their fortunes to push back against the administration.


Trump’s podcasting and new media allies in the “manosphere” don’t know what to make of his tariff policy.


The inconvenient truth about trade.


We don’t know what happened to Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s whereabouts — and it should worry every American.


Everyone likes cheap consumer goods that will get more expensive under Trump’s tariffs.


The odds of both scenarios have never been higher.


Nobody knows what Trump will do next — and that’s a problem.


It’s not just the wealthy.


Trump’s crackdown on foreign students and scientists will do irreparable harm to the country.


Plus 6 other questions about Trump’s tariffs, answered.


Tariffs aren’t helping globalization’s losers — they’re victimizing them again.


Trump threw a blue shell at Nintendo — and the global economy.


Laura Loomer, a 9/11 truther, apparently gets input into the president’s national security decisions.


And also more questions.


Despite negative marks on the economy, Trump’s immigration policies are keeping him afloat.


Trump’s team is inadvertently making the case for due process.


The online personality has millions of young fans. Now prominent Democrats are seeking out his advice.


How America’s opioid crisis became a foreign policy issue.


A shocking ICE arrest shows how Trump’s immigration policy is also an assault on civil liberties.


Imagine how much worse things would be if the federal government had even more power than it does now.


The retribution presidency, explained.


The actual bombing campaign behind the Signal scandal.


The courts are acting as a check on executive power. Will it last?


The brutal debate over how to rescue foreign aid.


Here’s what immigration lawyers say.


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


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


What a violent week in Ukraine and Gaza tells us about Trump-style diplomacy.


His business empire needs the Chinese government — and that could warp American policy.


The Trump administration appears to be giving Starlink, a division of SpaceX, preferential treatment.


The administration says it has deported hundreds of members of the Venezuelan gang.