Politics
What really matters in the world of politics, campaigns, ideology, and more.
![J.D. Vance has made it impossible for Trump to run away from Project 2025](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2163101562.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0044193035177642%2C0%2C99.991161392964%2C100&w=2400)
He wrote the foreword for a new book by Project 2025’s architect — and has backed some of its most extreme ideas.
![J.D. Vance has made it impossible for Trump to run away from Project 2025](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2163101562.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0044193035177642%2C0%2C99.991161392964%2C100&w=2400)
He wrote the foreword for a new book by Project 2025’s architect — and has backed some of its most extreme ideas.
![So what does Joe Biden do now?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162012636.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.216666666667%2C0%2C71.566666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![So what does Joe Biden do now?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162012636.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C3.4233814625058%2C100%2C93.153237074988&w=2400)
In an Oval Office speech, Biden said his farewells. But his job isn’t done yet.
![Has Netanyahu finally lost America?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162700786.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Has Netanyahu finally lost America?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162700786.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
After his latest address to Congress, the Israeli prime minister has never looked more isolated.
![Could a short campaign be exactly what Kamala Harris needs?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162426041.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Could a short campaign be exactly what Kamala Harris needs?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162426041.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Dozens of other democracies have short election cycles. Can the Democrats learn something from them?
The latest in Politics
![Who could be Kamala Harris’s VP? The potential list, briefly explained.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2160744008_a0c39e.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Who could be Kamala Harris’s VP? The potential list, briefly explained.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2160744008_a0c39e.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Popular Democratic governors from swing states are among those likely in contention.
![What Kamala Harris really thinks about Israel and Gaza](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-878131632.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=18.136769078295%2C0%2C63.726461843409%2C100&w=2400)
![What Kamala Harris really thinks about Israel and Gaza](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-878131632.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=2.205153617443%2C0%2C95.589692765114%2C100&w=2400)
Biden’s approach to the war in Gaza has been divisive. Would Harris chart a new path?
![Republicans ask the Supreme Court to gut student loan relief a second time](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24763321/1364051755.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Republicans ask the Supreme Court to gut student loan relief a second time](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24763321/1364051755.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The Court’s first decision blocking student loan forgiveness was a lawless mess.
![The billionaire tax proposal that’s driving Silicon Valley to support Trump](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-495485990.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=14.983333333333%2C0%2C70.033333333333%2C100&w=2400)
![The billionaire tax proposal that’s driving Silicon Valley to support Trump](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-495485990.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C2.4036173250833%2C100%2C95.192765349833&w=2400)
No, it isn’t a devious Democratic plan to destroy startups.
![Why does Kamala Harris want to be president?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162572505.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Why does Kamala Harris want to be president?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162572505.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
It’s difficult to predict what a Harris presidency would look like. But there are some clues.
![ISIS? Russian sabotage? The biggest security threats at these Olympics.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162493996.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.670086171522%2C0%2C66.659827656955%2C100&w=2400)
![ISIS? Russian sabotage? The biggest security threats at these Olympics.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162493996.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0051292572835493%2C0%2C99.989741485433%2C100&w=2400)
Officials say Paris will be the “safest place in the world” for the Olympics. Here’s what they’re up against.
![Nancy Pelosi is still in charge](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160770823.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.66951469583%2C0%2C66.660970608339%2C100&w=2400)
![Nancy Pelosi is still in charge](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2160770823.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0042720437457291%2C0%2C99.991455912509%2C100&w=2400)
The former speaker’s singular influence most recently played a role in President Biden’s decision to end his candidacy.
![The one thing Veep captures better than any other political show](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/veep-julia.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
![The one thing Veep captures better than any other political show](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/veep-julia.webp?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
With Kamala Harris’s ascendancy, the series is on everyone’s mind — and the reason it resonates goes deeper than you might think.
![Paris 2024: Olympics news and updates](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162948136.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.688888888889%2C0%2C66.622222222222%2C100&w=2400)
![Paris 2024: Olympics news and updates](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162948136.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.033333333333331%2C0%2C99.933333333333%2C100&w=2400)
![Joe Biden’s enormous, contradictory, and fragile climate legacy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1793259269.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.663429792193%2C0%2C66.673140415615%2C100&w=2400)
![Joe Biden’s enormous, contradictory, and fragile climate legacy](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1793259269.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0048548402757547%2C100%2C99.990290319448&w=2400)
If elected, Trump could slow down Biden’s progress, but the shift to clean energy is unstoppable.
![“What was not a race yesterday is a race today”: David Axelrod on Biden dropping out](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1728292220.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6625%2C0%2C66.675%2C100&w=2400)
![“What was not a race yesterday is a race today”: David Axelrod on Biden dropping out](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1728292220.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0062492188476426%2C100%2C99.987501562305&w=2400)
What a fresh face might mean for the November presidential election.
![Could Kamala Harris’s “Brat summer” win her the presidency?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Kamala_Brat_01.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.692708333333%2C0%2C66.614583333333%2C100&w=2400)
![Could Kamala Harris’s “Brat summer” win her the presidency?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/Kamala_Brat_01.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0390625%2C0%2C99.921875%2C100&w=2400)
Democrats have their first “Brat” candidate. What will it get them?
![Kamala Harris is the underdog](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161325694_1854d4.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.672025723473%2C0%2C66.655948553055%2C100&w=2400)
![Kamala Harris is the underdog](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161325694_1854d4.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0080385852090075%2C0%2C99.983922829582%2C100&w=2400)
Democrats have high hopes, but she’s starting off down in polls and faces challenges ahead.
![Will Harris automatically replace Biden? Plus six other questions about the next steps, answered.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161823256.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Will Harris automatically replace Biden? Plus six other questions about the next steps, answered.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161823256.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Does Harris automatically replace Biden now? Your questions about the process, answered.
![Why is everyone talking about Kamala Harris and coconut trees?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1429079905.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.669530847225%2C0%2C66.660938305551%2C100&w=2400)
![Why is everyone talking about Kamala Harris and coconut trees?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1429079905.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0042962708369174%2C0%2C99.991407458326%2C100&w=2400)
Ironic Kamala Harris meme-ing isn’t so ironic anymore.
![Could Republicans sue to keep Biden on the ballot?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159971779_d7b6f7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.675%2C0%2C66.65%2C100&w=2400)
![Could Republicans sue to keep Biden on the ballot?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159971779_d7b6f7.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.012500000000003%2C0%2C99.975%2C100&w=2400)
Speaker Mike Johnson’s threat to challenge Vice President Harris’s nomination in court should be frivolous. But who knows with this Supreme Court?
![What Kamala Harris’s track record on climate makes clear](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159966599.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![What Kamala Harris’s track record on climate makes clear](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159966599.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Biden was the best climate president ever. Will she build on that legacy?
![With Biden out of the election, can US foreign policy be Trump-proofed?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/ASF_D_Bayer.7.19.24.105.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![With Biden out of the election, can US foreign policy be Trump-proofed?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/ASF_D_Bayer.7.19.24.105.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The trickiest country for American foreign policy right now is ... America.
![Harris isn’t her party’s best candidate. Biden was still right to endorse her.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162039073.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Harris isn’t her party’s best candidate. Biden was still right to endorse her.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162039073.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The best option isn’t always a great one.
![It was not undemocratic for the Democrats to dump Joe Biden](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1241165594.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![It was not undemocratic for the Democrats to dump Joe Biden](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1241165594.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The party was (belatedly) trying to listen to voters.
![This is bigger than Joe Biden](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1473595193.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![This is bigger than Joe Biden](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1473595193.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The president’s decision to withdraw from the 2024 race is a jolt to our ailing democracy.
![Biden is out of the 2024 race. What happens to his campaign donations?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2158794750.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.154004954583%2C0%2C67.691990090834%2C100&w=2400)
![Biden is out of the 2024 race. What happens to his campaign donations?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2158794750.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.75734471891837%2C100%2C98.485310562163&w=2400)
Kamala Harris is the only Democrat who could seamlessly access Biden’s hundreds of millions in campaign cash.
![Biden just quit the race and endorsed Kamala Harris. What happens now?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161687527.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.710606367877%2C0%2C66.578787264247%2C100&w=2400)
![Biden just quit the race and endorsed Kamala Harris. What happens now?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161687527.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.065909551815047%2C0%2C99.86818089637%2C100&w=2400)
Democrats are taking a leap into the unknown.
![Kamala Harris’s strengths — and vulnerabilities — explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161823387.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.66225866173%2C0%2C66.675482676541%2C100&w=2400)
![Kamala Harris’s strengths — and vulnerabilities — explained](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161823387.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.006611133148219%2C100%2C99.986777733704&w=2400)
Harris would be a strong nominee. She also has to overcome some challenges.
![Does Kamala Harris give Democrats a better chance to win?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159971779.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.675%2C0%2C66.65%2C100&w=2400)
![Does Kamala Harris give Democrats a better chance to win?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2159971779.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.012500000000003%2C0%2C99.975%2C100&w=2400)
The debate over the vice president’s prospects against Trump, explained.
![Biden drops out, backs Harris in 2024 race](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161483504.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Biden drops out, backs Harris in 2024 race](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161483504.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
![The damsel-ification of Usha Vance](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162165336.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The damsel-ification of Usha Vance](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162165336.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
What people project onto the would-be second lady fits a pattern of benevolent sexism about GOP wives.
![The RNC clarified Trump’s 2024 persona: Moderate authoritarian weirdo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161859247.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6625%2C0%2C66.675%2C100&w=2400)
![The RNC clarified Trump’s 2024 persona: Moderate authoritarian weirdo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161859247.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0062492188476426%2C100%2C99.987501562305&w=2400)
The Trump campaign is at once a savvy, disciplined operation and an illiberal narcissist’s personality cult.
![It’s Trump’s party now. Mostly.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161990560.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6625%2C0%2C66.675%2C100&w=2400)
![It’s Trump’s party now. Mostly.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161990560.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0062492188476426%2C100%2C99.987501562305&w=2400)
How the Trumpified GOP resembles Frankenstein’s monster.
![Kamala Harris and the border: The myth and the facts](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1233324068.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Kamala Harris and the border: The myth and the facts](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1233324068.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
No, Kamala Harris is not a “border czar.” But that doesn’t matter to Republicans.
![Democrats are finally taking on Biden — and giving the party a chance to win](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1475605191.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.66994879874%2C0%2C66.660102402521%2C100&w=2400)
![Democrats are finally taking on Biden — and giving the party a chance to win](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1475605191.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0049231981094877%2C0%2C99.990153603781%2C100&w=2400)
Pelosi, Schumer, and Obama have all signaled to Joe that it’s time to go.
![Why the Secret Service keeps failing](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2155423249.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Why the Secret Service keeps failing](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2155423249.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
If events like the assassination attempt of Donald Trump are to be avoided in the future, the agency needs to change.
![It’s time to stop arguing over the population slowdown and start adapting to it](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1244569589.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![It’s time to stop arguing over the population slowdown and start adapting to it](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-1244569589.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The world population could peak in your lifetime.
![Biden is betting on impossible promises to progressives](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161175828.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Biden is betting on impossible promises to progressives](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2161175828.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Biden is trying to reinvigorate his candidacy by pushing progressive priorities.
![J.D. Vance’s radical plan to build a government of Trump loyalists](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161883285.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.675%2C0%2C66.65%2C100&w=2400)
![J.D. Vance’s radical plan to build a government of Trump loyalists](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161883285.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.012500000000003%2C0%2C99.975%2C100&w=2400)
“Fire every single midlevel bureaucrat, every civil servant in the administrative state, replace them with our people.”
![How real is J.D. Vance’s “economic populism”?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162164490.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.494750414441%2C0%2C67.010499171118%2C100&w=2400)
![How real is J.D. Vance’s “economic populism”?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162164490.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.25655121861829%2C100%2C99.486897562763&w=2400)
Trump’s “populist” running mate won’t change his party’s class allegiances.
![Revisiting Hillbilly Elegy, the book that made J.D. Vance](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162189013.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.670579948345%2C0%2C66.658840103311%2C100&w=2400)
![Revisiting Hillbilly Elegy, the book that made J.D. Vance](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2162189013.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0058699225170287%2C0%2C99.988260154966%2C100&w=2400)
The bestseller proves Trump’s VP pick has abiding disdain for absolutely everyone.
![What so many high-profile shootings have in common](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161607020.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![What so many high-profile shootings have in common](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/GettyImages-2161607020.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The Trump assassination attempt and many other public crimes in America are committed by isolated young men.
![Why tech titans are turning toward Trump](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2158243831.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.65%2C0%2C66.7%2C100&w=2400)
![Why tech titans are turning toward Trump](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-2158243831.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.02498750624688%2C100%2C99.950024987506&w=2400)
Silicon Valley isn’t right-wing, but its Trump supporters are getting louder.
![Why the far right is surging all over the world](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1958487562.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.650390625%2C0%2C66.69921875%2C100&w=2400)
![Why the far right is surging all over the world](https://cdn.statically.io/img/platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/07/gettyimages-1958487562.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.024402147388969%2C100%2C99.951195705222&w=2400)
The “reactionary spirit” and the roots of the US authoritarian moment.
Most Popular
Traveling this summer? Maybe don’t let the airport scan your face.
J.D. Vance has made it impossible for Trump to run away from Project 2025
What Kamala Harris really thinks about Israel and Gaza
Has Netanyahu finally lost America?
Republicans ask the Supreme Court to gut student loan relief a second time