January 21, 2026 Issue

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FEATURE

Ending Iran’s regime won’t be easy

by Michael Rubin

✪ Iranian protesters expose the leftist-Islamist alliance

by Hugo Gurdon

✪ The problem with populism: Anger feels good but isn’t an effective way to govern

by Jay Caruso

✪ The Trump takeover at 10: The president is a year into his second term but captured the GOP a decade ago

by Peter Tonguette

✪ The officer and the activist: A perfect storm in Minnesota

by Peter Laffin

Your Land

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Donald Trump disproves MAHA

by Tiana Lowe Doescher

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Years of law enforcement hatred is taking a toll on Minneapolis police

by Zachary Faria

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Against the vice economy

by Conn Carroll

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Illegal pickup

by Timothy P. Carney

Business

BUSINESS

Trump administration aims to prevent private equity from buying individual homes and driving up prices

BUSINESS

Price controls won’t work better on credit cards than groceries

by Tiana Lowe Doescher

Letter From The Editor

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Democrats — the party of lawbreaking

Washington Briefing

Make regime change great again?

by John Scott Lewinski

Legislative tool to circumvent House leadership gets biggest win yet on Obamacare subsidies vote

by Kevin R. Kosar

Trump’s ‘no limits’ view of presidential powers remakes the executive branch into international juggernaut

by Jamie McIntyre

The Columnists

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Guy Benson

Trump’s move against Maduro is wildly popular among Latin Americans, including Venezuelans

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Timothy P. Carney

Trump’s sordid pardon economy

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Dominic Green

Mullah lite?

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Dan Hannan

The Western alliance is broken beyond repair

Life & Arts

On Culture

Why government health guidance on alcohol is, and always will be, incoherent

by Derek Robertson

Film

The frenetic charm of ‘Marty Supreme’

by Peter Tonguette

Long Life

New York state of mind

Books

The beginning of the end of slavery

by Michael M. Rosen

Books

How we remember Gettysburg

by Francis Dearnley

TV

How did Industry get so good?

by Graham Hillard

Books

The king who would be man

Sports

Google Curt Cignetti. He wins

by Oliver Bateman

More from the Magazine

Business

Trump administration aims to prevent private equity from buying individual homes and driving up prices

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Obituary

Scott Adams, 1957–2026

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