Trump’s Tariffs Are Designed to Backfire
Instead of leading to reduced trade barriers, the new global tariff plan is all but guaranteed to raise them.
The Good News About Trump’s Tariffs
Authoritarian leaders are most dangerous when they’re popular. Wrecking the economy is unlikely to broaden Trump’s support.
Trump’s Day of Reckoning
The president’s allies are privately acknowledging that he is in a rough stretch.
The Big Story: The Fallout From the Signal Controversy
Jeffrey Goldberg joins Ashley Parker to discuss breaking the Signal story, the fallout, and more. Don’t miss this subscriber-only event on Thursday, April 3, at 11:30 a.m. ET.
Quaker Parents Were Ahead of Their Time
The nearly 375-year-old religion’s principles line up surprisingly well with modern parenting research.
To Be Happier, Stop Resisting Change
The zen of archery is all about learning how to let go.
Elon Musk Lost His Big Bet
Grievance politics can only carry him so far.
The Story of the Gilded Age Wasn’t Wealth. It Was Corruption.
Richard White, the historian and author of The Republic for Which It Stands, explains what made the late 19th century gilded.
Why Trump Wants to Control Universities
They could be key to recapturing the culture.
How the Trump Administration Learned to Obscure the Truth in Court
This is a litigation strategy born of the first travel ban.
Miscarriage and Motherhood
What having a baby taught me about the illusion of control
The Top Goal of Project 2025 Is Still to Come
The now-famous white paper has proved to be a good road map for what the administration has done so far, and what may yet be on the way.
No Tariff Exemptions for American Farmers
They voted for the tariffs when they voted for Trump.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
What RFK Jr. Gets Wrong About the Past
America was never healthy to begin with.
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
Iran Wants to Talk
Don’t expect a bromance—but the supreme leader has written back to Donald Trump.
RFK Jr. Is Out for Revenge
The health secretary’s indiscriminate layoffs will undermine his own priorities.
The Evermaskers
The isolation of people who take precautions against COVID has only gotten more intense.
An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps
In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?