The president is shutting the door to millions seeking refugee status—but reportedly seeking preferences for white South Africans, English speakers, and Europeans who oppose migration. He may be in for a surprise.
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Trump’s Poll Numbers Just Entered the Danger Zone
In November, for the first time in his second term, the president’s average job approval dropped below 45 percent. That spells trouble for the 2026 midterms.
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No, Native-Born Employment Has Not Soared
A viral chart showing an increase in employment among native-born Americans is a multiple-count data felony.
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Trump’s Third-Country Deportations Explained
First, it was that megaprison in El Salvador, now Africa is becoming a dumping ground for illegal migrants who committed crimes. How the president and the Supreme Court are normalizing the inhumane.
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Trump’s Deportation Frenzy Echoes the Fugitive Slave Hunts of the 1850s
A legal scholar explains why the federal government is now committed to treating immigrants almost precisely as the antebellum South treated slaves.
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New York City’s Long Winter of Discontent
New York City’s Long Winter of Discontent. Crime, corruption, and congestion are all part of a city where no one knows if the mayor may go to jail or Andrew Cuomo could return.
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Trump’s Campaign Pledges Are on a Collision Course With Reality
Why is the man from Mar-a-Lago already backing off extravagant promises about tariffs, prices, and immigration?
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Our Country and Democracy Demand Open Hearts and Minds
The election left some Americans elated, others bereft, and all of us divided. It’s time for collective healing and self-care.
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North Carolina’s Democrat in a Trump District
Freshman Don Davis held his U.S. House seat despite Trump’s win there. His thoughts on the election, what fights to pick, those trans ads, and what fellow Democrats need to do next
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Trump Will Break the Federal Government. The Washington Monthly Can Fix It.
To break the MAGA stranglehold on the White House, the Senate, and the House, America needs good ideas that can win elections and make government work. That’s where the Monthly comes in.
