The Racket

From the vault: Who is El Salvador's Nayib Bukele and what does he want?

An interview slightly ahead of its time

We're in it now

Are we having fun yet?

The disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil is a trial run

They think they've found a wedge, and they're going to use it

Man, proud man

Dress'd in a little brief authority

A constant struggle

Some help keeping track of recent events

What everyone gets wrong about Weimar

Speech wasn't so free. But that's only half the story.

What JD Vance meant by 'free speech'

Seeds of mistrust

Musk and Trump are capitalizing on decades of confusion and broken promises to lay waste to a crucial agency

'The worst of the worst'

Trump's new Guantánamo order portends a chilling future based on an ugly past

Narrowing the borders

Why Trump's arguments about birthright citizenship are so absurd, and why they matter

Coup complete