RFK Jr. squeaks by to become health and human services secretary
Get ready to Make America Healthy Again…
Trump administration
Thursday
Wednesday
Tulsi caps off a big day for ‘realism and restraint’ in foreign affairs
The former Democratic congresswoman suffered an acute case of what’s known in Washington as ‘confirmation conversion’
Tulsi confirmed: Gabbard survives Todd Young’s attack on the Constitution
The Republican’s conditions were viewed as astounding by more than one of his Senate colleagues
Tuesday
Pope attacks Trump administration over deportations — yet stays quiet on China
‘Worrying about personal, community or national identity… easily introduces an ideological criterion that distorts social life’
Monday
Will Peter Mandelson thrive in Trump’s Washington?
His appointment is a disruptive move at a time when Trump 2.0 is turning democratic politics in the English-speaking world on its head
Sunday
The deeper meaning behind Trump’s blizzard of actions
He has two overriding goals: to build a lasting MAGA movement and to roll back the bureaucratic state
Friday
TikTok, J.D. Vance’s new sherpa assignment
The VP will be taking on the challenge of living up to one of Trump’s more audacious promises
Wednesday
The American Brezhnev era is over
Washington’s Soviet-style subterfuge is coming to an end
Tuesday
Gabbard and RFK Jr. head closer to confirmation
It’s another indication that this time around, the Trump 2.0 machine is working much better than the first time
Big Wind is in big trouble
The offshore and onshore wind sectors are in full-blown panic mode
Monday
Yes, there is a Mexican state-cartel alliance
The shock for the informed is not that Trump declared the Mexican state a narco-regime, but that it didn’t happen years ago
Friday
When government officials are threatened, they deserve protection
That includes former officials, even if they are the president’s political opponents
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
I don’t beg your pardon
What I learned inside
Wednesday
Trump is not fooling this time
The country is in the grip of the Trump common-sense vortex
Tuesday
Trump’s speech was one of the most rousing and substantive in American history
Also — what exactly constitutes a pardon?
Wednesday
The royals coming after American free speech
Harry, Meghan and others are at the forefront of pushing for the US to adopt more UK-style approaches to internet regulation
Tuesday
Hegseth in the hornet’s nest
The Democrats were shockingly disorganized and spastic
Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing is just the first episode
The confirmation hearings of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel have still not been scheduled
Trump show starts in earnest with cabinet picks
Plus: a ceasefire is in sight