March 12, 2025 Issue

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FEATURE

Trump’s long purge: The president is trying to undo the four years he was gone

by Varad Mehta

✪ A model president for our moment: Trump has turned to the example of William McKinley

by Robert W. Merry

✪ Teamsters boss Sean O’Brien’s mission to chart a new political path

by Jeremiah Poff

✪ Tom Cotton warns the US could lose a war with China

by Mike Brest

✪ Oval Office confrontations are rare and unpredictable but not unprecedented

by Tevi Troy

Your Land

★★★

Land acknowledgements are the peak of Hollywood ignorance

by Zachary Faria

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Is secularism secular or cyclical?

by Timothy P. Carney

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Hunter Biden’s ‘art’ clients flee now that Joe has left White House

by Tiana Lowe Doescher

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One weird trick to end political polarization

by Conn Carroll

Business

BUSINESS

New Gilded Age, via plastic? Trump sees gold cards as the ticket to a balanced budget

BUSINESS

Trump takes a consequential gamble pulling the trigger on tariff threats

by Tiana Lowe Doescher

Letter From The Editor

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Hunter Biden’s artwork — you can’t give it away

Washington Briefing

House Republican 6-year ceilings for top committee posts turn 30

Trump’s desire for ceasefire is anchored by his belief the war is unwinnable. It didn’t have to end this way.

by Jamie McIntyre

Campaigns for new statewide jobs in 2026 likely mean forgoing 2028 presidential runs

by Joshua Spivak

On Big Tech issues, Trump FTC much like the Biden version

by Jessica Melugin

The Columnists

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Melissa Langsam Braunstein

USAID funds flow to terrorist-tied organizations

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Dominic Green

Trumpworld goes global

Life & Arts

TV

Zero stars for Zero Day

by Graham Hillard

On Culture

What we can learn about AI from Jewish myth

by Michael M. Rosen

Long Life

Lent in moderation

Books

The return of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

by Malcolm Forbes

Books

An antibiography biography of Leonardo da Vinci

by Joseph Bottum

Books

An oral history of crimefighting that works

by Robert VerBruggen

Film

How the Oscars lost its mojo

by Peter Tonguette

Sports

Why Canada won

by John Jamesen Gould

More from the Magazine

Business

New Gilded Age, via plastic? Trump sees gold cards as the ticket to a balanced budget

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Obituary

Gene Hackman, 1930-2025

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