Are we past peak social media?
Social media might never be the same. Is this the new normal, or will things get worse?
Trump’s first day: What to make of it?
Donald Trump has opened his second presidency with a flurry of executive actions and orders — more than any president past — ...
RFK Jr., Trump and the triumph of coronavirus surreality
There was a period of a few months after coronavirus vaccines became broadly available during which many Democrats engaged in ...
Trump’s DEI push doesn’t level the playing field. It digs trenches.
This isn’t an accident, obviously. The government is deliberate about ensuring that physical constraints aren’t barriers for ...
The gutting of American institutions has led to Trump gutting America itself
The Trump administration’s upending of governmental systems and processes is part of a familiar pattern. Sen. Lindsey Graham ...
Trump’s executive orders are not exactly crowd-pleasers
Polling suggests skepticism about the president’s plans, including about actions he’s already taken.
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Is it time to delete our social media accounts?
Assistant editor Drew Goins talks with columnists Molly Roberts and Philip Bump about the good, the bad and the ugly of today’s social media scene. Social media is in flux. X has become Elon ...
‘America, you knew this was what you were getting’: 10 columnists on Trump’s inauguration
Columnists and writers Philip Bump, Ruth Marcus, Perry Bacon Jr., Catherine Rampell, Ramesh Ponnuru, Jim Geraghty, Megan ...
The 59 inaugural addresses better than Trump’s
It is Tuesday. Donald Trump is president now. And of the now 60 inaugural addresses delivered in this country’s history, ...