Category: Magazine / The Political Scene

Even before Musk fell out with Donald Trump, the agency’s projected savings had plummeted. But he nevertheless managed to inflict lasting damage to the federal government.

The greed of the new Administration has galvanized America’s aspiring oligarchs—and their opponents.

Other countries have watched their democracies slip away gradually, without tanks in the streets. That may be where we’re headed—or where we already are.

The President is at the center of a brazenly transactional ecosystem that rewards flattery and lockstep loyalty.

Elon Musk’s DOGE and Trump’s executive orders are pushing Congress’s upper chamber from ineffectiveness to obsolescence. Will John Thune, the new Majority Leader, let them?

Young men have gone MAGA. Can the left win them back?