J. D. Vance

Was the Vice-President’s exclusion from the operation in Venezuela an expression of his anti-interventionist ideology—or a political calculation?

A damage assessment of the President’s first year back in the White House.

Broadcasting from the White House, the Vice-President seemed to complete the merger of politics and red-meat live streams—and to threaten more ominous crackdowns ahead.

The Vice-President built his political brand on bashing élites. Why does he vacation like one?

The President loves posting A.I. images of himself. The staff writer Katy Waldman sees these often bizarre representations as the “statements of intent” of a budding authoritarian.

After a hundred days of Trump 2.0, has America tipped into authoritarianism?

“The traditionalist side of the Catholic Church in the United States has tolerated Francis, resented him, denigrated him, ignored him,” the writer Paul Elie says. “But also attached themself to his popularity when it suited their purposes.”

The dispute involves Catholic precepts on immigration and charity—which the Church has administered for decades through U.S.A.I.D.

“Hillbilly Elegy” made him famous, and his denunciations of Donald Trump brought him liberal fans. Now, as a Vice-Presidential candidate, he’s remaking his image as the heir to the MAGA movement.

Many of Donald Trump’s economic promises have come to pass, including in the home town of his running mate—they’ve just been enacted by Democrats.

Trump’s attack on the last election is still the big issue in this one.

Clare Malone and Vinson Cunningham give a play-by-play of the “surprisingly policy-oriented” Vice-Presidential showdown.

But the matchup came down to Tim Walz’s record in Minnesota versus his opponent’s unfailing defense of Donald Trump.

Duelling visions of fatherhood will define the Vice-Presidential debate.

Both candidates speak about what it is like to lead nationally, but also what it is like to live a life locally.

The former President’s appeal has always been his sui-generis persona and politics—take him as he is—but, this year, the campaign seems more devoted to fan service than anything else.

How the past few weeks have “kind of shifted” Viles Dorsainvil’s idea about the country.

What can be learned from the collisions between pets and politics this election season?

Vinson Cunningham and Clare Malone break down the first, and perhaps only, Trump-Harris debate.

The artist celebrates the subjects of J. D. Vance’s disparaging comments.