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Flash Floods and Climate Policy
As the death toll climbs in Texas, the Trump Administration is actively undermining the nation’s ability to predict—and to deal with—climate-related disasters.
Trump, Congress, and the War Powers Resolution
How we got to a situation where a President can reasonably claim that it is lawful, without congressional approval, to bomb a country that has not attacked the U.S.
Donald Trump and the Iran Crisis
It’s not easy to trust the President to make an optimal decision. For one thing, he is suspicious of nearly every source of information save his own instincts.
President Trump’s Military Games
Trump, always attracted to playing the role of the strongman, is even more inclined than he was in his first term to misuse the military for his own political gratification.
The Victims of the Trump Administration’s China-Bashing
A Cold War-era report is a reminder of how long suspicion has trailed people of Chinese descent in the U.S.
Trump Makes America’s Refugee Program a Tool of White Racial Grievance
The President’s interest in the plight of Afrikaners seems to have begun with—what else?—segments on Fox News.
A Tumultuous Spring Semester Finally Comes to a Close
The biggest mistake that some universities have made is to presume that the White House is operating in good faith. It is not.
The Stakes of the Birthright-Citizenship Case
The Trump Administration is trying to use the case to stop lower-court judges from issuing “nationwide injunctions” against its unconstitutional executive orders.
The Promise of New York
Other cities have better infrastructure, fewer rats, cleaner streets, plentiful public toilets, more elbow room. Yet people continue to flock here.
One Hundred Days of Ineptitude
Now we know that Donald Trump’s first term, his initial attempt at authoritarian primacy, was amateur hour, a fitful rehearsal.