Today, Explained will now be publishing video episodes every Saturday in audio and video, featuring compelling interviews with key figures in politics and culture — subscribe to Vox’s YouTube channel to get them or listen wherever you get your podcasts. Every good political journalist needs a good MAGA guy in their back pocket — someone…
Carmel, Indiana — Marla Ailor attended President Donald Trump’s inauguration last year with her family, and remembered thinking it was a long day. So she breathed a sigh of relief on Friday as she watched Melania Trump’s documentary and saw that — after a day that included three balls and returning to the White House…
Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel has denounced what he called an attempt by his United States counterpart, Donald Trump, to “suffocate” the sanctions-hit country’s economy. Trump signed an executive order on Thursday threatening additional tariffs on countries that sell oil to Cuba, the latest move in Washington’s campaign of pressure on Havana. The order alleged that…
Donald and Melania Trump were walking a charcoal-coloured carpet beneath a stark black-and-white “MELANIA” backdrop. “Do you believe you’d be the man you are today if you hadn’t met your wife?” a reporter asked the US president. Trump smiled and said: “He’s asking me a very dangerous question!” He went on to praise his wife…
Members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet, including Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, listen to Trump address the World Economic Forum (WEF) in the Davos Congress Center on Jan. 21, 2026 in Davos, Switzerland. Chip Somodevilla | Getty…
The fresh cache of Epstein files has reignited controversy around President Donald Trump and his past links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. These contain explosive claims of rape and even a murder the POTUS was allegedly an accessory to. Among the files is an explosive allegation of rape involving a 13-year-old girl, recorded in…
It might pay to be a fly on the wall when Sir Keir Starmer finally sits down from inspecting military lineups in China and making speeches designed not to say very much at all, and certainly not upset his hosts, and gets to study the press readout from home. In the mix will be the…
It is bubble-gum foreign policy: one where the quick hit of flavor is the goal, rather than chewing a sticky mess for hours. US President Donald Trump’s approach to global adventurism appears to adore a quick result and abhor a protracted crisis. Little is predictable with this White House, and that is perhaps the point….
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world The speed, scale, flagrance and persistence of the Trump administration’s deviations from established legal and constitutional norms during his second term have been so dramatic that it bears stepping back and taking stock….
President Donald Trump’s monthslong and contentious search for a new commissioner to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics may be ending. On a Truth Social post on Friday, Trump announced that he intends to nominate Brett Matsumoto, a longtime agency economist, to lead the BLS. The BLS commissioner role has been vacant since August, when…