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Removing security clearances is petty and personal. But it is the president’s decision to make, and in a week of wacky and unexpected executive orders, it is one of the easier to defend.

Some of those who have fought for their family members to be released have mixed feelings about the sweeping nature of the president’s action.

Jubilee Media mines the nation’s deepest disagreements for rowdy viral videos. But is all the arguing changing anyone’s mind?

The president who built his fan base on isolationism is pivoting to a kind of imperialism that the U.S. hasn’t seen in decades.

Donald Trump says his big new AI initiative is a victory for America. Guess who the real winner is.

Changing the membership of an obscure advisory committee could have an outsize effect on Americans’ protection against disease.  

As far as policy accomplishments are concerned, it could very well turn out to be as underwhelming as the first.

The Washington PostJanuary 22, 2025, 9:23 AM ET The Atlantic has hired Griff Witte as a managing editor to lead its growing politics and accountability team. Editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg writes in an announcement, shared below, that Witte’s “experience on the democracy beat, in particular, will help us in our co...

In an age of ideological conformity and technological brain-suck, the world needs more disobedient artists and thinkers.

As fires have raged, so have citations of the prescient author Mike Davis. But in a changed world, we need new thinkers too.

His first-day executive orders would have prompted mass outrage had he attempted them in 2017. Today, the response is more muted.

I’m Still Here tempts viewers into a comforting lull before pulling the rug out from under them.

Whether renaming the “Gulf of America” or issuing edicts on gender, Trump is enforcing his own brand of political correctness.

Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring a warrior culture back to the Department of Defense. It’s a terrible idea.