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How Much Can Trump Change with the Stroke of His Pen?
Jed Rubenfeld separates hype from reality on Trump’s executive orders.
Oliver Wiseman
The January 6 Pardons and the Rule of Law
Trump’s sweeping proclamation sets free many who violently attacked police.
The Editors
Why the Deep State Loves Tariffs
They enable bureaucrats and lobbyists to manipulate the system to their own benefit. For the rest of us, all they do is bring higher costs.
Judge Glock
The Folly of Freeing Ross Ulbricht
Trump's pardon of the drug kingpin repudiates everything he ran on.
Charles Fain Lehman
Trump’s Back. What Now?
In his inaugural address, the president’s proposals were a mix of the serious and the strange.
Oliver Wiseman
‘We the People Are for TikTok’
TikTok is arguably illegal. But influencers at a D.C. inauguration bash raised a glass to Trump as he promised to bring the app back to life.
Olivia Reingold
Joe Biden’s Unpardonable Last Act
As Trump takes office, he has a chance to end the cycle of lawfare Democrats started.
Eli Lake
Trump Is Uncool. And That’s a Good Thing.
A second Trump term has killed off any notion that a president should be fashionable, writes Peter Savodnik.
Peter Savodnik
Mike Johnson Plans to Unite the GOP’s Warring Factions
The speaker of the House on Israel’s hostage deal, Silicon Valley’s red shift, and why he stands by his claim that Joe Biden was ‘the worst president in…
Bari Weiss
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Martin Gurri: Trump Has a Mandate to Lead. What Comes Next?
During his first term of office, Trump’s energies were concentrated on negation. This time around, all thoughts are turned to action.
Martin Gurri
The Rising Democratic Coalition Fell. Now What?
Representative Ritchie Torres: Why my party started losing voters of color—and how we can win them back.
Ritchie Torres
Yes, Trump Is a Demagogue. But So Were Many of His Forebears.
America has seen rabble-rousers before—and not all of them were bad.
Adam Rubenstein
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