John Cassidy
The New Yorker
New York, NY, United States
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Lessons in Conquering Child Poverty
John Cassidy on the expansion, and then the shrinking, of the child tax credit, and what we’ve learned about how to reduce economic deprivation among the young. → Read More
The U.A.W. Strike Threat Poses a Tricky Political Challenge for Biden
As the negotiating deadline approaches, the issues at stake go beyond wages and benefits to whether the union’s members will benefit or suffer from the transition to electric vehicles. → Read More
Trump’s 2020 Trial Is Set to Dominate the 2024 Primary Season
John Cassidy writes about Donald Trump’s federal trial for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, and how it will affect the Republican Presidential primary. → Read More
Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Trump’s Other Partners in Alleged Crime
In Georgia, eighteen “crackpot lawyers,” former Trump campaign officials, and local Republicans have been indicted for conspiring with the former President to overturn the 2020 election. → Read More
Why Republicans Are Complaining About the Hunter Biden Special Counsel That They Asked For
Eager to shift attention from the crimes and malfeasances of their own likely Presidential candidate, Republicans are more than happy to move the goalposts on the Hunter Biden case. → Read More
China’s Economic Miracle Is Turning Into a Long Slog
As consumer prices fall and other signs of weakness emerge, fears are growing that the world’s second-largest economy could be heading toward an extended slump. → Read More
The Mind-Bending World of Trump, His Indictments, and the 2024 Election
After weathering the former President’s assaults in late 2020 and early 2021, the American justice system, and its commitment to the rule of law, is about to be tested again. → Read More
Many Senior Republicans Are Still Reluctant to Break with Trump
Since the filing of new charges against the ex-President, many G.O.P. politicians—including some of Trump’s rivals in the primary—have already adopted his framing of the Justice Department’s case. → Read More
Public Opinion About Trump’s Criminality Is Shifting—a Bit
As prosecutors release details of the charges and evidence against him, minds are slowly changing among less partisan voters—and maybe even among Republicans. → Read More
Why Did Economic Forecasters Get Their Recession Call Wrong?
John Cassidy writes about the Commerce Department’s announcement that gross domestic product continued to rise, in spite of predictions that a recession looms. → Read More
A Minor Reboot Won’t Save Ron DeSantis’s Toxic Campaign
John Cassidy writes about the struggles of the Ron DeSantis campaign, as DeSantis falls behind Donald Trump in polls of Republican Presidential-primary voters. → Read More
Why the Fall in Inflation Is a Big Deal for the 2024 Election
The positive economic news might give President Biden the political space to make the case for his legislative record without being constantly assailed with cries of “Did you see the price of X?” → Read More
Joe Biden Tries to Change the Narrative on the Economy
The President gave a speech touting his economic record, which is stronger than he has been given credit for. → Read More
Can Anybody Stop Donald Trump in the 2024 Republican Primary?
Even as the former President has a commanding poll lead in a splintered field, one veteran G.O.P. consultant argues that it’s too early to coronate him. → Read More
The Hunter Biden Plea Deal Leaves House Republicans in a Pickle
John Cassidy on Hunter Biden’s plea deal with the Department of Justice for failing to pay income taxes, and how the political impact of it will be a wash. → Read More
Why Isn’t Joe Biden Getting More Credit for a Big Drop in Inflation?
Throughout the past year, the rate at which prices are rising has fallen dramatically, but public perceptions are lagging, perhaps because many prices are still a lot higher than they were in 2020. → Read More
The Issues with the P.G.A. Tour-LIV Merger Go Well Beyond Golf
After the P.G.A. Tour commissioner’s craven one-eighty on a Saudi-backed rival, politicians on Capitol Hill, antitrust experts, and human-rights campaigners are justifiably rounding on him. → Read More
Trump Is Desperately Trying to Define the Narrative About His Federal Indictment
John Cassidy on reactions from Donald Trump, other Republicans, and Democrats after the announcement of a federal indictment against the former President. → Read More
What Does the Debt-Ceiling Agreement Say About the U.S. Political System?
The bipartisan deal showed that the government is still capable of avoiding a self-inflicted disaster, but a credit-ratings agency warns it is suffering from slow rot. → Read More
The Debt-Ceiling Deal Could Be a Lot Worse
If House Republicans were trying to create a draconian new fiscal framework that would dominate American politics for the next decade, they failed to achieve their goal. → Read More