Why Trump’s tariffs don’t seem to have China
The United States and China are locked in an economic war. They’ve levied tit-for-tat tariffs on each other, and there’s ...
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The demands Harvard refused
This story appeared in the Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting ...
Is Trump defying the Supreme Court?
Welcome to The Logoff: Today I’m focusing on a showdown between the administration and the courts over a wrongful deportation, ...
The Republican attempt to steal a state supreme court election, explained
On Friday, four Republican members of the North Carolina Supreme Court issued an order attempting to disenfranchise more than 5,000 ...
The far-reaching effects of Trump’s tariffs on low-income people, explained
President Donald Trump’s tariff plan has rattled Wall Street, alarmed the United States’ trading partners, and made Americans afraid of ...
How commerce became our most powerful tool against global poverty
A version of this story originally appeared in the Good News newsletter. Sign up here!Back in 2022, sunglasses-wearing U2 frontman ...
The playbook Trump is following to deport protesters
The Trump administration has been arresting and detaining protesters who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations. They have justified the action by ...
He was deported in error. Why won’t the government provide any information about him?
On Thursday, the Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man it had ...
In defense of cheap things
A version of this story originally appeared in the Future Perfect newsletter. Sign up here!We live in a consumerist society. ...
Trump defied a court order. The Supreme Court just handed him a partial loss.
The facts underlying Noem v. Abrego Garcia are shocking, even by the standards of the Trump administration’s treatment of immigrants. ...
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