If Donald J. Trump wins next week’s election, it will be in large part because voters embraced his message that the U.S. immigration system is broken.
David Leonhardt, a senior writer at The New York Times, tells the surprising story of how that system came to be.
Guest: David Leonhardt, a senior writer at The New York Times who runs The Morning.
Today
A War Within the War: Israel’s Bombardment of Lebanon
With the world’s attention on the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, a second front in the conflict has opened in Lebanon. Israel has pummeled an area in the southern outskirts of Beirut where Hezbollah holds sway, as well as southern Lebanon, with airstrikes, displacing almost one mill ... Show More
25m 58s
Yesterday
The Sunday Daily: To Save His Life, Our Food Critic Reset His Appetite
For 12 years, Pete Wells had his dream job: working as the chief restaurant critic for The New York Times. The job’s journalistic mission required Wells to eat out most nights and taste nearly everything on any given restaurant’s menu. He didn’t realize it at the time, but the ex ... Show More
37m 14s
Jul 2021
The Desperate Laundering of the Trump Reputations w/ Michael Wolff
“There has been no detail that has come out that has been different than the four years we saw him do in office,” Slade Sohmer, editor in chief of The Recount, says on the latest episode of The New Abnormal. But no one knows image rehabilitation better than Ivanka Trump and Jared ... Show More
1h 7m
Aug 2024
Kamala's Left Field Veep Pick
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.thebulwark.com
Vice President Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, and everyone but Never-Trump Republicans is happy! Plus, Donald Trump makes an insane Truth Social post where he fan ... Show More
4m 55s
<p>Plus, why you’re wrong about your Zodiac sign.</p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="http://nytimes.com/2025/09/08/magazine/jeffrey-epstein-jp-morgan.html" target="_blank"><strong>How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein</strong></a>, <i>by David ... Show More