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Trump Is Launching an Assault on Social Security

Branko Marcetic Jacobin
Despite his previous rhetoric to the contrary, it’s clear that Donald Trump is trying to finally be the one to successfully carry out the long-standing GOP goal: destroying Social Security.

The Great Resegregation

Adam Serwer The Atlantic
The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.

Trump Sends Conflicting Medicaid Cut Messages

Ben Leonard, Adam Cancryn and Robert King Politico
Republicans are getting worried about how much they’ll have to cut from the popular health safety-net program, and whether the president will protect them from political blowback.

Trump and Musk Hunt for Corruption, Very Selectively

Peter Baker The New York Times
Spending that the White House does not like is being labeled fraudulent. At the same time, President Trump is rolling back anticorruption efforts and ethical standards for himself and allies like Elon Musk.

Judges Curb Trump’s Sweeping Executive Actions

Ella Lee and Zach Schonfeld The Hill
Trump has signed dozens of executive actions since returning to the Oval Office last month, flooding the zone with orders and statements zigzagging through different policy areas.
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