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Trump’s pick for attorney general will get to burnish his MAGA-loyalist credentials whether or not the Senate confirms him.

Even as he fulminates against Democrats and bureaucrats, Trump’s most radical proposals are aimed at bypassing members of his own part.

With his Cabinet announcements, the president-elect is causing a civil-service exodus that may hobble federal infrastructure for generations.

The goal is to manage your anxiety about a possible bad outcome so that it does not manage you.

Trust in our current meritocratic system has plummeted, with large masses of voters turning instead to populist leaders including Donald Trump. Our elite-education system has a lot to answer for, Brooks argues. We need a new set of meritocratic values.

In the future, even winning the former “Blue Wall” states won’t be enough for the party’s presidential nominees.

Lucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she reclaim her good name?

And Trump wants to bypass the Senate for some of his future appointees—raising concerns about who’s next.

The president-elect has long demonized intelligence officers and other federal employees. This is how he might come for them.