You Can’t Look Away Anymore. Starting Today, These Are the People Poised to Reshape America—and Beyond.

Slate Staff

Jan 20, 2025 5:49 AM

Donald Trump Is Deliriously Happy. The Resistance Is Embarrassed. Welcome to Trump 2.0.

Dan Kois

Jan 20, 2025 5:48 AM

Donald Trump Fundamentally Misunderstands Putin and Other Tyrants. They Know It All Too Well.

Fred Kaplan

Jan 20, 2025 5:47 AM

A Small Cadre of Evangelical Leaders Is Close to Trump. But Only One Is His Guiding Light.

Molly Olmstead

Jan 20, 2025 5:46 AM

Meet the Rich and Awful Men Who Now Own America

Nitish Pahwa

Jan 20, 2025 5:45 AM

What Happens When a Troll Becomes Head of the FCC? We’re About to Find Out.

Nitish Pahwa

Jan 20, 2025 5:44 AM

She Was Behind the Most Annoying News Cycle of 2024. Now We’re Unleashing Her on the Whole World.

Alexander Sammon

Jan 20, 2025 5:43 AM

Kash Patel Has an Enemies List. He Will Soon Have the Resources to Act on It.

Dahlia Lithwick

Jan 20, 2025 5:42 AM

Trump’s Education Secretary May Soon Hate the Place She Finds Herself In

Luke Winkie

Jan 20, 2025 5:41 AM

He Was the First Man Donald Trump Picked After the Election. He Might Be the Biggest Disaster of All.

Henry Grabar

Jan 20, 2025 5:40 AM

This Is the Last Person on Earth We Should Have Working With North Korea

Fred Kaplan

Jan 20, 2025 5:39 AM

Trump Ridiculed Him With Particular Glee. I Suspect He May Do So Again.

Jim Newell

Jan 20, 2025 5:38 AM

Even In a Sea of Unqualified and Disturbing Trump Nominees, One Stands Out

Jill Filipovic

Jan 20, 2025 5:37 AM

Dr. Oz Helped America Believe a Very Specific Myth About Health

Shannon Palus

Jan 20, 2025 5:36 AM

The Terrifying Power Now in the Hands of One of Trump’s Most Dangerous Picks

Fred Kaplan

Jan 20, 2025 5:34 AM

Will Clarence Thomas Stay on the Supreme Court Long Enough to Keep His Wife Relevant?

Mark Joseph Stern

Jan 20, 2025 5:33 AM

Stephen Miller Was Horrifying in Trump’s First Term. It’s Worse This Time.

Jeremy Stahl

Jan 20, 2025 5:32 AM

He May Be the Only Trumpworld Figure Whose Aims Go Beyond Serving the Big Guy. Watch Out.

Molly Olmstead

Jan 20, 2025 5:31 AM

He Was Poised to Be a Breakout Star of the New Trump Administration. Instead, He Just Got Himself Exiled.

Aymann Ismail

Jan 20, 2025 5:30 AM

How Long Can the Trump–Musk Alliance Last? Remember What We Know About These Guys.

Tony Ho Tran

Jan 20, 2025 5:29 AM