Politics

The personal politics of Twitter’s owner wouldn’t matter so much if he hadn’t also demonstrated an extraordinary capacity for pettiness.

With the former President facing federal charges, our political roundtable considers how much baggage is too much to win the Republican nomination.

How the independent-state-legislature theory—originally a cynical gambit by George W. Bush’s campaign team—became a threat to democracy.

A small nonprofit launched by the journalist Bari Weiss devolves into tribalism.

As lawmakers at the Capitol avoid financial catastrophe, our political roundtable looks at the debt-ceiling compromise and asks whether the center can hold in today’s rage-filled politics.

Naomi Fry on the HBO series as a post-hopefulness piece of entertainment, and on the political implications of the finale.

Jelani Cobb and Steve Coll, the current and past deans of the Columbia Journalism School, discuss the challenges that reporters face in covering the former President’s 2024 campaign. 

With President Biden shuttling from the G-7 summit in Japan to debt-limit negotiations in Washington, our political roundtable looks at the state of U.S.-China relations.

The staff writers return to The Political Scene to discuss the state of abortion rights and what has changed since the Dobbs decision.

Our political roundtable looks at a week of legal setbacks and ethics debates involving Representative George Santos, former President Donald Trump, and the Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

Michael Schulman discusses how screenwriting has changed since the boom of prestige TV, and why writers see the current work stoppage as a necessary attempt to save their profession.

Edel Rodriguez’s new exhibition, “Apocalypso,” reflects on democracy under threat in the nation that welcomed him in his childhood.

Heidi Blake discusses her bombshell reporting on the Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates’ abuse of his daughters, and the world leaders who looked the other way. 

As Biden launches his fourth run for the Presidency, our political roundtable considers his running mate and her potential influence on the 2024 Democratic ticket. 

Debbie Stabenow, a Democratic colleague in the Senate, sees a double standard at work.

Perhaps more than those of any other network on television, the stars of Fox News are more or less interchangeable.

After agreeing to a $787.5-million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems for promoting Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election, Fox faces more challenges in-house and in court. Our political roundtable looks at the network’s future.

Thomas claims that Harlan Crow’s extravagant gifts were tokens of friendship. Why do the Justices so often emphasize personal relationships?

Jay Caspian Kang discusses how the killing of Bob Lee exacerbated tensions in San Francisco over crime and prosecution.

Why the President’s industrial policy could be key to his reëlection bid.