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Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

The story of the man most likely to be the next mayor of New York City — and the promise and peril his ascent poses for the Democratic Party.

Five Takeaways From the Magazine’s Profile of Zohran Mamdani

How the Democratic nominee for mayor who has stunned the New York establishment is working to shore up support and sustain his momentum.

Do Trump Voters Like His Tariffs? We Went to Michigan to Find Out.

How have the levies, which have become President Trump’s signature economic policy, gone down in a battleground state?

Trump Loves Tariffs. Do Americans?

Astead Herndon, a New York Times politics reporter and host of the podcast “The Run-Up,” unpacks what the voters and the polling say about President Trump’s signature economic policy: tariffs.

Understanding Tariffs and Their Consequences

This week, President Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs on dozens of countries, dismantling decades of global trade agreements and sending shock waves around the world.

Trump’s New Tariffs: Best- and Worst-Case Scenarios

This week, President Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs on dozens of countries, dismantling decades of global trade agreements and sending shock waves around the world. Our roundtable discuss what possible outcomes might look like for American consumers.

What’s at Stake in Trump’s Trade War?

This week, President Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs on dozens of countries, dismantling decades of global trade agreements and sending shock waves around the world.

The One Idea That Connects Trump’s Recent Actions

President Trump’s team has embraced the unitary executive theory, a legal ideology that argues that the Constitution prohibiting Congress from placing any limits on the president’s control of the executive branch, including by creating independent agencies or by restricting the president’s ability to fire any government official. Astead W. Herndon, a national politics reporter and Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court, explain Trump’s apparent strategy.

Trump’s Plan to Remake the Federal Work Force

One of President Trump’s first executive orders claims the power to fire, and hire, tens of thousands of career civil servants across the government. Astead W. Herndon, a national politics reporter and the host of the politics podcast “The Run-Up,” explains the order, which has drawn lawsuits from federal unions.

2024 Election Autopsy, According to Voters

A political autopsy. A focus group. A return to Herndon family hospitality.

Tom Homan, Trump’s ‘Border Czar,’ on Border Security

An interview with Tom Homan.