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The Most Profoundly Not-Normal Facts About Trump’s 2024 Campaign
In Donald Trump’s run for the White House, the former President is, again, breaking political norms.
Stormy Daniels’s Biggest Role Yet
Naomi Fry on the “epic battle of wills” she witnessed between Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump during Trump’s criminal trial.
The TikTok Ban Is “a Vast Overreach, Rooted in Hypocrisy,” Wired’s Katie Drummond says
A prominent tech journalist sees Silicon Valley corporations making policy in Washington—and lawmakers refusing to regulate social media properly.
Will Young Americans Tip November’s Election?
Analyzing the issues that are most important to young Americans and whether their votes will affect the Presidential election in November.
The Pure Chaos Inside Donald Trump’s Criminal Trial
Stifled by a court-imposed gag order, the former President must sit and listen to hours of “at times tedious, at times embarrassing, at times damning evidence against him,” the staff writer Eric Lach says.
Randall Kennedy on Harvard Protests, Antisemitism, and the Meaning of Free Speech
“The word ‘safety,’ ” the legal scholar tells David Remnick, has “been very much inflated,” and defining antisemitism too broadly will have a chilling effect on academic freedom.
Who Should Be More Worried about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.—Biden or Trump?
“He’s not a serious threat in terms of being able to win,” Jane Mayer says, “but he is potentially a serious threat in being able to spoil this election for one side or the other.”
Why Is Marjorie Taylor Greene Trying to Oust House Speaker Mike Johnson?
Even her opponents within the Republican Party stand to profit from the Georgia congresswoman’s latest outburst.
A Georgia Official Pressured by Trump Prepares for Another Election
Brad Raffensperger, Georgia’s secretary of state, refused to “find” votes for Donald Trump in 2020. Amid threats, he says he’s ready for voters to cast their ballots in 2024.
Trump’s “Bonkers” Immunity Claim, with Neal Katyal
Analyzing the former President’s quest for protection from prosecution before the U.S. Supreme Court.
A Student Journalist Explains the Protests at Yale
The editor-in-chief and president of the Yale Daily News reports on the arrest of fellow-students on campus this week.
Jonathan Haidt on “The Anxious Generation”
The evidence implicating social-media apps, the social psychologist says, is not another moral panic over technology. “Actually, this time is different,” he insists. “Here’s why.”
The Morality Play Inside Trump’s Courtroom
“This idea of the old ‘Teflon Don’ is just finished,” Evan Osnos says. “The guy is now a creature of the court.”
Ronan Farrow on the Scheme at the Heart of Trump’s New York Trial
A back-room deal between the former President, his then lawyer, and the C.E.O. of American Media plays a central role in the criminal felony charges he faces in Manhattan.
A Bipartisan Effort to Carve out Exemptions to Texas’s Abortion Ban
Rare across-the-aisle coöperation in Austin aims to protect the lives of some women who need abortions—and protect their doctors from prosecution.
Will an 1864 Abortion Law Doom Trump in Arizona?
Understanding the current politics around abortion, Arizona’s Civil War-era ban, and how the issue of reproductive health care will affect both parties’ chances in November.
What to Expect from Trump’s First Criminal Trial
A cast of characters from Donald Trump’s past is due to appear in the first-ever criminal trial of a former President of the United States.
The Attack on Black History In Schools
Why are so many states restricting what schools can teach about racism? Two leading journalist-historians discuss the efforts to ban or rewrite the teaching of Black history.
After the World Central Kitchen Attack, How Far Will Biden Shift on Israel?
“There is a degree to which Biden has looked around and realized,” Evan Osnos says, “that he had to catch up to where the country was.”
How Should Reporters Cover Donald Trump?
As Trump faces his first criminal trial in New York, reporters continue to encounter challenges in covering the presumptive Republican Presidential nominee and his supporters.