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The Trump Administration Is Ending Aid That It Says Saves Lives

February 22, 2026

Sudanese refugees wait for a health check at a clinic in Chad.

The Logical End Point of ‘America First’ Foreign Aid

February 3, 2026

Black-and-white photograph of a person leaning against a stack of boxes labeled "USAID"

USAID Hired the Right-Wing Influencer Responsible for Its Decimation

Isaac Stanley-Becker

December 9, 2025

A sign at the entrance of the USAID building, as seen through glass

So, DOGE, What Would You Say You Did Here?

Alexandra Petri

November 24, 2025

A box with DOGE written on it, with a chainsaw inside

Trump Needs the UN in Gaza

October 27, 2025

Color photograph of a crowd of Palestinians receiving aid from a convoy of trucks in Gaza

The U.S. Tactic That Russia Is Using to Hoard Power

Tetiana Kotelnykova

October 22, 2025

A photo-illustration that shows the Kremlin and a USAID stamp

Inside the USAID Fire Sale

August 26, 2025

Illustration of a pile of green boxes and blue sacks labeled "EVERYTHING MUST GO!" against a red, orange, and purple background with helicopters and clouds of smoke

The Most Nihilistic Conflict on Earth

September 2025 Issue

photo through car window of military vehicles and trucks driving on dirt road, one flying flag, with fighters, arms raised, sitting on tops and sides

The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food

July 14, 2025

Illustration of a sack labeled "USAID" on fire against a red background

In Retrospect, You Should Have Known That Was Not Marco Rubio

Alexandra Petri

July 9, 2025

A photo of Marco Rubio superimposed over an illustration of somebody speaking on the phone

Elon Musk Is Playing God

Charlie Warzel and Hana Kiros

June 24, 2025

Elon Musk in clouds with a rocket launching and a wireframe of a tent

The Actual Math Behind DOGE’s Cuts

May 8, 2025

Illustration of Elon Musk and the U.S. Capitol

‘In Three Months, Half of Them Will Be Dead’

April 16, 2025

A Yemeni mother sits beside her child, who is suffering from acute malnutrition, at a medical center in Sana'a, Yemen, on February 28, 2023.

Defying the Courts Will Backfire

April 4, 2025

The shadow of a hand hovers over a button that features the word "We"

How the Trump Administration Learned to Obscure the Truth in Court

April 3, 2025

People deported from the U.S., including some from Asian, Middle Eastern and African countries, stand by windows inside the Decapolis Hotel in Panama City, where they are being held, Feb. 15, 2025.

The World’s Deadliest Infectious Disease Is About to Get Worse

March 15, 2025

Microscopic image of tuberculosis bacteria

DOGE Is Courting Catastrophic Risk

March 12, 2025

A yellow snake wrapped around a megaphone alarm pole

The Diseases Are Coming

March 10, 2025

Germs spreading over a world map

What Alito’s Dissent Fails to Understand

Nicholas Bagley

March 6, 2025

Photos of the Supreme Court building and Donald Trump spliced together

DOGE Gets a Foreign Ally

Isaac Stanley-Becker

March 4, 2025

A sign for USAID with traffic reflected in a window

Let Them Eat Art?

Laura Barrón-López

February 28, 2025

Abstract image of painting frames and a U.S. embassy

The DOGE Project Will Backfire

Donald Moynihan

February 22, 2025

An image of office desks with a red hue

‘Terrified’ Federal Workers Are Clamming Up

February 21, 2025

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What Could DOGE Do With Federal Data?

February 21, 2025

Tornado-like swirl over the White House

The Trump World Order

April 2025 Issue

An illustration of a finger squishing a tiny globe

DOGE Has ‘God Mode’ Access to Government Data

Charlie Warzel, Ian Bogost, and Matteo Wong

February 19, 2025

Stairs lead to computer code in the clouds.

DOGE’s Reign of Ineptitude

February 19, 2025

Elon Musk driving a big yellow construction bulldozer

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DOGE’s Fuzzy Math

February 18, 2025

Elon Musk looks down while speaking from the Oval Office

Government Workers Cannot Be Fired for Their Political Views

John Langford and Erica Newland

February 15, 2025

Illustration of a man in a suit holding a cardboard box with binders, folders, and the Bill of Rights

Why Isn’t Congress Doing Anything?

February 14, 2025

A photo-illustration showing black-and-white cut-out photos of Elon Musk and an elephant on a bright-red background.

There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing

February 13, 2025

Illustration of people ripping the Statue of Liberty from the ground by pulling at her neck with a rope.

Presidents May Not Unilaterally Dismantle Government Agencies

February 12, 2025

An upside-down Capitol above Trump speaking into a mic

At USAID, I Prioritized the Wrong Argument

February 12, 2025

An illustration of an aid truck next to a man blowing a horn in front of an American flag

The Government Waste DOGE Should Be Cutting

Stephen Macekura

February 12, 2025

An illustration of a pile of contracts.

The Cruel Attack on USAID

February 11, 2025

Photo from a protest in support of USAID

Trump’s Federal Purge

February 8, 2025

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