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October 30, 2024
Paige Oamek
Trump Doubles Down After Elon’s Shocking “Tank the Economy” Confession
Donald Trump seems to have no concerns about Elon’s Musk’s recent admission.
September 5, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Says He’ll Give Elon Musk, Who Has Never Ruined Anything, a Job
Donald Trump has tapped Elon Musk, who wrecked Twitter in the name of cost-cutting, to run a task force aimed at cutting federal overspending.
June 14, 2017
MagazineMary Pilon
Life at Trump Pavilion
How will the president’s budget affect the elderly? A visit to the nursing home that bears his name.
July 30, 2014
Kathryn Edin, Luke Shaefer
The Truth About Food Stamps (Hint: They Work and Help Millions)
SNAP has halved the number of children living in extreme poverty.
August 21, 2013
John B. Judis
The GOP Plan to Crush Silicon Valley
What will become of Steve Jobs’s angel?
April 23, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
The Sequester Comes to an Airport Near You
What happens when Republicans are stuck on the tarmac?
March 1, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Just Because the World Didn't End Doesn't Mean That Sequestration Isn't Scary
February 19, 2013
Timothy Noah
Simpson-Bowles Is Back—With More Bad Ideas
February 8, 2013
Timothy Noah
Sequester Scare Tactics
The White House finally surveys the devastation to come

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