‘It’s an Illegal Executive Order. And It’s Stealing.’
Trump wants to go around Congress and freeze enormous amounts of federal spending. Can he?
The Strategy Behind Trump’s Policy Blitz
The flood of executive orders and news was designed to disorient the Democratic resistance. It might be working.
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days
He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.
Trump Can’t Escape the Laws of Political Gravity
Sooner or later, nature will catch up to the president.
China’s DeepSeek Surprise
What to make of China’s suddenly popular new AI model
Europe’s Elon Musk Problem
He and other tech oligarchs are making it impossible to conduct free and fair elections anywhere.
A Less Brutal Alternative to IVF
Fertility treatment doesn’t have to be so painful.
Why States Took a Gamble on Sports Betting
States bet on sports gambling, but their residents could be paying the price.
Beware the Weepy Influencers
People crying their hearts out online are selling intimacy—but the emptiest kind.
America Wouldn’t Know the Worst of a Vaccine Decline Until It’s Too Late
Only vaccination guards America against some of the world’s most dangerous diseases.
Greenland’s Prime Minister Wants the Nightmare to End
Watching Trump from the future 51st state
The Anti-Social Century
Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.
The Army of God Comes Out of the Shadows
Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.
You’re Being Alienated From Your Own Attention
Every single aspect of human life is being reoriented around the pursuit of attention.
Trump: A Man, a Plan, a Canal, Panama
What the president is after with his pledge to take back the waterway