The veep once excoriated Republicans over deep Medicaid cuts. Where he lands today will tell us much about his character—and the true goals of Trumpism.

R. Crumb’s cartoons plumb the grotesque corners of the American unconscious.

As Trump’s war with Walmart intensifies over its truth-telling about his tariffs, an economist explains how this exposes the fraudulence of his rationale for them—and exposes the political weakness of his position.