Kate Aronoff

D​OGE’s ​a​ttacks on the administrative state​ threaten to undermine ​essential ​data gathering across a vast​ array of fields, from economics to the environment.

The wildly popular president of Mexico is advancing industrial policies that resemble Joe Biden’s, but they’re premised on a totally different theory of politics.

The administration is denying recovery funding and slashing money for preparedness. With hurricane season approaching, the results could be catastrophic.

Low oil prices, tariffs, and other pro-drilling policies could wreck the oil industry far faster than the Democratic policies Trump loves to complain about.

Large numbers of people currently get their information from nontraditional media sources. The information they’re getting about climate change isn’t very good.

For better and often for worse, the U.S.-led IMF and World Bank have dominated the post–World War II international economy. Project 2025 and the Trump administration could change that.

A judge has now ordered the Trump administration to unfreeze billions in Inflation Reduction Act funding. But the White House’s lawless targeting of enemies may prove tough to stop.

Just say “China,” and everyone except AOC suddenly supports massive data center build-outs that will torch the planet.

It’s not just the Trump administration. Bankers, centrist Democrats, and others are embracing the idea that climate targets were never realistic—and that we should now prepare, ruthlessly, for a new future.

The president claims the measures will help autoworkers. But experts say that’s far from certain—and that they could tank the industry instead.

Supposedly, this is all going to revive domestic manufacturing. But the evidence for that is slim, and it wouldn’t happen overnight—especially not without other policies.

ICE’s detention of a Washington state union organizer, alongside other threats to activists, raises the question of how far the Trump team will go to stifle dissent.

Oil and gas CEOs rip into the president over the “chaos” and “uncertainty” produced by his policies.

In pursuit of gold, lithium, and other materials, the White House wants to intervene in the private sector and expand government rather than shrink it.

Protesters are the least of this company’s problems.

Trump is cutting power to the EV industry. It’s unclear if it can recover.

The new energy secretary says climate disasters are just the price you pay for “building the modern world.” A startling number of business and world leaders seem to agree with him.

With each passing day, this White House seems to have more in common with its crypto-scammer allies.

The ax has come down on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and that could have unexpectedly deadly consequences for your pets—not to mention your own health.

Programs projected to prevent thousands of deaths and even more illnesses are on the chopping block, while Republicans propose handing $4.5 trillion to millionaires and billionaires.