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Big Money and Trump’s New Cabinet
“Donald Trump is a master of picking appointees for very senior positions who never would have gotten those jobs under anyone else,” the staff writer Susan B. Glasser says. “I think it’s part of creating not just a government of laws and rules but a government built around the principle of personal loyalty to one man.”
How the Blazes in L.A. Got Swept Into the Culture War
“Nobody’s defending Gavin Newsom,” the staff writer Jay Caspian Kang says. “I think he’s probably in a lot of trouble. And I do think that this might have tanked his Presidential ambitions.”
What the End of Meta’s Fact-Checking Program Means for the Future of Free Speech
Meta’s decision to stop fact-checking or moderating content on its platforms signals fealty to Donald Trump.
Will Justin Trudeau’s Resignation Lead to the MAGA-fication of Canada?
Pierre Poilievre might now attain the country’s highest office. “I was sickened and appalled when I first came upon his rhetoric,” the staff writer Adam Gopnik says, of the Conservative Party leader.
We Have Some Questions for Isaac Chotiner About 2024
“Joe Biden set out not just to defeat Donald Trump but to defeat Trumpism,” Chotiner says. “And he failed at that.”
Why Luigi Mangione Is Being Treated as a Folk Hero
“No matter where you might find yourself on the ideological spectrum,” Jia Tolentino says, “there is a high chance that you feel that health-insurance companies are merchants of death.”
Donald Trump Returns. What Now?
“What we’re seeing about the foundations of Trump 2.0 suggests that this is going to be a kind of maximalist, confrontational version of Trump that comes back into office in January, 2025,” Susan B. Glasser says.
How the Trump Indictments Backfired
“It was ill-fated from the beginning,” Jeannie Suk Gersen says, of the effort to prosecute Donald Trump.
How to Prepare for Trump 2.0
The Washington Roundtable speaks with David Cole, a former legal director of the A.C.L.U., about the civil and legal guardrails that could contain a second Trump Administration.
What Is Donald Trump’s Cabinet Planning for America?
Matt Gaetz has “gone to Washington to burn it down,” says the staff writer Dexter Filkins. “And he’s been remarkably successful.”
Chris Hayes on the New Trump Coalition, and What Democrats Do Next
“There’s a tension between planning and future-tripping, and I’m trying not to future-trip too much” the MSNBC host says. “The first big thing that we all got to get our heads around is: What is this mass-deportation thing going to look like?”
Donald Trump Returns. What Now?
“This is the pivotal four years,” Susan B. Glasser says. “We’re going to understand whether something like an American strongman can arise within our system right now or not.”
How Trump Took Back America
“I don’t understand why the Democratic Party makes the decisions that it does,” The New Yorker’s Jay Caspian Kang says. “I find that the more reporting I do, it’s actually more confounding to me.”
Why American Democracy Is in Danger, with Michael Beschloss
“This is an election of a kind we have never seen before in American history,” the historian said, at The New Yorker Festival on October 26th.
Is the Backlash to a Racist Joke Trump’s October Surprise?
“It’s not just that the comments can change the minds of some Puerto Rican voters. It’s that it might also shape the ultimate decision of Latinos broadly,” the New Yorker contributing writer Geraldo Cadava says.
The Lies Are Winning
“We’ve moved from a moment of alternative facts with Kellyanne Conway to now embracing the idea of lies,” Jane Mayer says.
How Poll Watchers Could Help Trump Challenge the Election Results
“It’s impossible to overstate how much more organized Trump’s 2024 operation is than the 2020 operation,” the New Yorker contributing writer Antonia Hitchens says.
What Billionaires See in Donald Trump
What the “MAGA mega-donors” to Donald Trump might want in return for their “intensely gigantic” and “shocking” contributions.
How Hurricane Helene Has Fuelled Far-Right Conspiracies
The devastation of Hurricane Helene is throwing North Carolina’s already hypercompetitive election into disarray.
What Motivates Kamala Harris?
Navigating San Francisco politics made the Vice-President a “very pragmatic politician,” Evan Osnos argues.