USAID in the DoGE house
Plus: Other countries tariff-ied
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Monday
Elon Musk is right about USAID
The organization may not be long for this world
Friday
Plane crash tragedy exposes other close calls
Plus: What the coming tariffs might mean for Americans
Media partisans weaponize plane crash tragedy
Desperate media partisans were forced to delete tweets suggesting President Trump’s actions could be to blame
Thursday
Menendez sentenced to eleven years in prison
The sentence followed a nine-week jury trial
DoGE hasn’t been the success supporters initially believed
At the core of DOGE’s problem is its mission
Tulsi Gabbard avoids the landmines
If Democrats or intel-friendly Republicans were hoping to trip her up, they failed today
Wednesday
DoGE issues return-to-office order
Plus: Why Kamala missed out on Rogan
Tuesday
The magical remaking of Melania Trump
In less than a week, the first lady has managed to reinvent herself with remarkable ease and efficiency
Tulsi Gabbard will bring sunlight to a rotten system
She’s my friend. And a patriot
Monday
Colombia yields to Trump’s tariff threats
Plus: Comer’s crime against publishing
Friday
Is it worth it for Trump to buy Greenland?
There’s no disputing the potential to find everything from gold to rare earth elements. But the operating difficulties are truly formidable
Trump makes good on deportation promise
Plus: Behind Trump’s first presidential phone calls
When government officials are threatened, they deserve protection
That includes former officials, even if they are the president’s political opponents
Trump’s attitude on Executive Orders is nothing new
By the late 1990s and onwards, White House advisers and presidents openly declared their love of executive orders
How will Trump take on the administrative state?
It behooves us to acknowledge the extent to which America is at a fork in the road of its political fortunes
The real housewives of the anti-Trump resistance
They reaped the benefits of opposing the president at a time when his fortunes seemed lowest
I don’t beg your pardon
What I learned inside
A shining light in San Francisco
In California, it’s incredibly difficult to run abstinence-only drug treatment centers. Some are trying to change that
Rein in the rainmakers: gambling apps aren’t going anywhere
Too many people simply can’t handle online sports betting