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Trump Administration

Vox's coverage of what's happening in the Donald Trump administration, from big new policy initiatives to the meaning of the latest tweet.

Trump reshaped the US immigration system — but it’s been ignored at the debates

By Nicole Narea

The Trump administration knew exactly what it was doing with family separations

By Nicole Narea

Stephen Miller, explained

By Sean Illing

“Give me a fucking break”: What Melania Trump said about the blowback against family separations

By Nicole Narea

The Trump administration already made huge refugee cuts. It’s making more.

By Nicole Narea

Amy Coney Barrett has a years-long record of ruling against immigrants

By Nicole Narea

The Trump administration is challenging a court ruling that prevents it from ending the census early

By Nicole Narea

Trump is proposing to limit student visas to two years for citizens of 59 countries

By Nicole Narea

Critical race theory, and Trump’s war on it, explained

By Fabiola Cineas

Trump wants the Supreme Court to let him weaponize the census against immigrants

By Nicole Narea

Trump’s shortlist of potential Supreme Court nominees, explained

By Ian Millhiser

The outcry over ICE and hysterectomies, explained

By Nicole Narea

The bogus Steve Bannon-backed study claiming China created the coronavirus, explained

By Alex Ward

Trump moves to shut down WeChat in the US. But TikTok will live until after the election.

By Peter Kafka

The stunning hypocrisy of Bill Barr

By Andrew Prokop

What the heck is going on with TikTok and Oracle, explained

By Shirin Ghaffary

A federal court ruling could allow Trump to deport 400,000 immigrants next year

By Nicole Narea

American voters support the post office. Their views on mail-in voting are more complicated.

By Jen Kirby

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Can anything change Americans’ minds about Donald Trump?

By Ezra Klein

Trump’s intelligence chief suspends in-person election security briefings

By Jen Kirby

House Democrats launched contempt of Congress proceedings against Mike Pompeo

By Katelyn Burns

Why Trump’s Mar-a-Lago is a magnet for grifters

By Sean Illing

Why Republicans didn’t write a platform for their convention this year

By Andrew Prokop

Why this former Republican says the party must be burned to the ground

By Sean Illing

DHS is holding migrant children in secret hotel locations and rapidly expelling them

By Nicole Narea

QAnon, the scarily popular pro-Trump conspiracy theory, explained

By Jane Coaston

The post office arrested Steve Bannon. Yes, the post office can arrest people.

By Nicole Narea

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What the heck is happening with the Postal Service?

As November nears, the Postal Service is facing a crisis that could interfere with the election.

By Adam Clark Estes

Do you really need to worry about your security on TikTok? Here’s what we know.

By Shirin Ghaffary

Trump’s latest plan to use the census for political gain, explained

By Nicole Narea

Masha Gessen on American politics after the death of “truth”

By Sean Illing

“It’s ideologue meets grifter”: How Bill Barr made Trumpism possible

By Sean Illing

The choice for immigrant families in detention: Separate or risk Covid-19

By Nicole Narea

The Trump administration is refusing to fully reinstate DACA

By Nicole Narea

House Democrats passed a bill to repeal Trump’s travel bans

By Nicole Narea

Trump once flirted with white nationalism. Now it’s a centerpiece of his White House.

By Sean Collins

The Trump administration’s proposed homeless shelter rule spells out how to spot a trans woman

By Katelyn Burns

What a post-Trump Republican Party might look like

By Ezra Klein

The White House’s campaign against Anthony Fauci is a symptom of a bigger problem

By Dylan Scott

The White House claimed Trump is pro-LGBTQ. His policies show he isn’t.

By Katelyn Burns