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The disturbing thread that ties together Trump’s major moves so far

Perhaps the biggest common theme of Donald Trump’s second term is that his administration has aggressively used federal power to punish those deemed...

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Trump is threatening states to change their election rules

By withholding federal funds and threatening investigations, President Donald Trump has tried to bend universities to his will. Now, he’s doing...

27.03.2025 10

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A longtime target of the right is finally buckling under Trump pressure

The second Trump administration has shown remarkable aggression in abruptly canceling hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants at elite...

25.03.2025 6

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A judge told Trump to halt deportation flights. They went ahead anyway.

A legal showdown this past weekend shows that the Trump administration is continuing to test the limits of how far they can get away with ignoring or...

18.03.2025 30

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Trump’s attempt to take over Columbia University, briefly explained

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take...

15.03.2025 20

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Trump is torching his greatest political asset

It is a political truism that it’s bad to be the president in charge when the economy turns sour. It may be especially bad for President Donald...

13.03.2025 40

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Is Trump tanking the economy?

Is Donald Trump tanking the economy? The stock market has taken a beating, giving up six months of gains in the past three weeks. Several economic...

12.03.2025 10

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Conservatives’ decades-long quest to destroy the Department of Education

Conservative activists have been dreaming of dismantling the Department of Education for decades.  They’re halfway there. On Tuesday, the...

12.03.2025 6

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What’s mattered most amid Trump’s chaos so far

The beginning of Donald Trump’s second presidential term has most certainly been full of sound and fury. What has it signified? As in the first...

11.03.2025 40

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Did Trump just rein Elon in?

President Donald Trump made the surprising announcement Thursday that his Cabinet secretaries do in fact run the government agencies they head — and...

07.03.2025 40

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Trump’s big speech to Congress signaled more chaos ahead

In the first major speech to Congress of his second term, President Donald Trump made clear that he intends to barrel ahead with the MAGA agenda....

05.03.2025 10

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Two hugely important questions about Trump’s trade war

Donald Trump’s long-threatened trade war has finally begun. The Trump Administration slapped big new tariffs onto Canada, Mexico, and China Tuesday,...

04.03.2025 5

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The weirdness around Trump’s “US Crypto Reserve” announcement, briefly explained

President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he’d include select cryptocurrency tokens in a “U.S. Crypto Reserve” — but what that actually...

03.03.2025 2

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How the Epstein Files blew up in Trump’s face

The Trump administration utterly botched a hyped release of “Jeffrey Epstein files” Thursday, a saga that resulted in disappointment among the...

28.02.2025 8

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The man trying to turn prosecutors loose against Trump’s enemies

Will Donald Trump succeed in his long-held goal of weaponizing the Justice Department against his political enemies? Much of the answer will depend on...

26.02.2025 2

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Trump urged Musk to get more aggressive. 48 hours of chaos followed.

The latest stage in Elon Musk’s effort to purge the civil service came on Saturday afternoon with an email to federal workers asking: “What did...

25.02.2025 4

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Trump unified the right. Now that unity is fraying.

Is the right’s era of good feelings and unity coming to an end? For the past year, the many factions of the GOP have been united around the cause of...

22.02.2025 8

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The Trump administration told a judge Elon Musk does not head DOGE. Huh?

As Elon Musk has rampaged around the federal government for four weeks, canceling contracts and dismantling whole departments, he’s claimed all the...

18.02.2025 3

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Revenge of the online right

President Donald Trump wants larger nonprofits and academic institutions investigated for the “egregious” use of DEI. Elon Musk is trying to purge...

18.02.2025 10

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Will Trump really defy the courts?

Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to transform federal spending and the federal workforce is crashing up against judges who’ve temporarily...

11.02.2025 10

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All the ways Elon Musk is breaking the law, explained by a law professor

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is moving fast and breaking the law — lots of laws. The scope of Trump and Musk’s sweeping...

06.02.2025 10

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Did the Trump prosecutions backfire?

This story was originally published in The Highlight, Vox’s member-exclusive magazine. To get early access to member-exclusive stories every month,...

03.02.2025 7

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Trump and Musk’s plan for a massive purge of the federal workforce, explained

Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s sweeping effort to purge and reshape the federal government is underway. Federal employees have arrived at a “fork in...

29.01.2025 10

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Trump’s sweeping new order tries to dismantle DEI in government — and the private sector

New executive actions from the Trump administration on Tuesday make clear that not only is President Donald Trump using his power to purge the...

22.01.2025 4

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6 things we learned from Day 1 about how Trump will govern

The dizzying array of executive actions President Donald Trump issued on Monday, the first day of his second term, show that he is increasingly...

21.01.2025 10

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Biden just announced there’s a new constitutional amendment. Huh?

Three days before leaving office, President Joe Biden has made a surprising announcement: He declared that a decades-old proposed Constitutional...

17.01.2025 4

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What Democrats must learn from Biden’s disastrous immigration record

One of the main reasons Vice President Kamala Harris lost the election is the Biden administration’s record on immigration and the border — polls...

17.01.2025 4

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How much credit does Trump really deserve for the Gaza ceasefire?

Did Donald Trump deliver the Gaza ceasefire that Joe Biden couldn’t? After many long months of inconclusive talks, a ceasefire deal between the...

17.01.2025 20

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The madman theory of Trump and tariffs

Is Donald Trump going to risk throwing the global economy into crisis by enacting the gargantuan tariffs he’s proposed? Or is he just pretending...

09.01.2025 10

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Elon Musk is on a collision course with Stephen Miller

A bitter public feud split the MAGA movement over the holidays, as supporters of high-skilled legal immigration like Elon Musk argued vociferously...

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What the hell is going on in Congress, explained

President-elect Donald Trump didn’t even wait to start his second term before throwing Congress into chaos, sinking a bipartisan spending deal and...

20.12.2024 8

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Are progressive groups sinking Democrats’ electoral chances? 

02.12.2024 7

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Biden screwed up on inflation — badly

18.11.2024 3

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Trump may start his second term with a stunning power grab

16.11.2024 2

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The debate over why Harris lost is in full swing. Here’s a guide.

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One striking pattern hidden in the election results

06.11.2024 5

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Why Kamala Harris lost

06.11.2024 3

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Can Kamala Harris still win? It’s possible, but it’s looking less likely.

06.11.2024 3

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What the final polls show about the 2024 presidential election

04.11.2024 5

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Trump really could empower RFK Jr. to wreck public health

31.10.2024 4

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The crisis that could ensue if Harris wins narrowly

30.10.2024 4

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Has Trump gained ground? The latest 2024 polling, explained.

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What happened to the progressive revolution?

21.10.2024 10

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The rise — and fall? — of the New Progressive Economics

15.10.2024 3

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3 winners and 2 losers from the Walz-Vance debate

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The one issue where Trump can’t escape Project 2025

25.09.2024 2

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Has Harris pulled ahead of Trump? The state of the 2024 polls, explained

24.09.2024 3

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What happened to Nate Silver

17.09.2024 2

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3 winners and 2 losers from the Harris-Trump debate

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What the polls show about Harris’s chances against Trump

03.09.2024 3

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