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
Trump administration
Friday
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
Sunday
What is DoGE’s hardest task?
Can it roll back the regulatory state and accelerate growth?
Friday
Will the media carry its snobbery problem into the next Trump era?
Pundits still have a stunning unwillingness to think beyond their Beltway bubble
Tuesday
Trump’s historic opportunity to make Americans healthy again
Time to put an end to several Biden administration ‘patient-last’ policies
Thursday
The heterodox cabinet
In almost every role that matters, Trump has opted for a nominee who has been an extreme critic of the very body he or she is set to oversee
Tuesday
Democrats are about to get a do-over for their 2017 mistakes
Working with Trump instead of engaging in knee-jerk opposition might get them more
Wednesday
Is Trump exiling his problem women?
Guilfoyle to Greece… what about Kari Lake?
Friday
Trump is already driving the left crazy
It’s the dull business of bureaucracy that will almost certainly determine whether this second Trump administration is more successful than his first
Trump is already the diplomat-in-chief
He is using the two-and-a-half months between Election Day and Inauguration Day to re-plunge himself into the world of international diplomacy
Tuesday
Where Trump’s Washington will actually be hanging out
The Washingtonian offered some guesses. Cockburn fills in the gaps
Friday
What Trump’s appointments tell us
The immediate challenges are the economy and the border. The looming, long-term challenge is to pare back the administrative state
Wednesday
Trump 47 is transforming what a cabinet means
He is appointing communicators, not administrators
Tuesday
DC officials brace for Trump’s reign
In many of his rallies, he has promised to clean up the crime-ridden city
