Trump administration profile: Elise Stefanik

Rep. Elise Stefanik testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on her nomination to be ambassador to the United Nations on Jan. 21, 2025. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) President Donald Trump nominated Elise Stefanik to be the ambassador to the United Nations on Nov. 11, 2024. Stefanik, 40, has represented New York in the…

Trump courts AI and defends pardons: Five takeaways from White House ‘Stargate’ event

President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday a private-sector investment of at least $500 billion in artificial intelligence infrastructure that will create over 100,000 U.S. jobs. Stargate is the jointly owned venture that OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle are heading as Trump seeks to announce wins quickly during the early days of his second administration. “This monumental…

The New Yorker’s Patrick Radden Keefe on Covering Trump’s Second Term: ‘Access Is Overrated’

Patrick Radden Keefe has long considered access overrated. His celebrated reporting for The New Yorker often involves “write-arounds”— deeply reported profiles of subjects who declined to be interviewed. In 2014, he published a thrilling portrait of Sinaloa cartel chief El Chapo, who could not be interviewed (on account of his confinement in a Mexican prison). During…

The New Yorker’s Patrick Radden Keefe on Covering Trump’s Second Term: ‘Access Is Overrated’

Patrick Radden Keefe has long considered access overrated. His celebrated reporting for The New Yorker often involves “write-arounds”— deeply reported profiles of subjects who declined to be interviewed. In 2014, he published a thrilling portrait of Sinaloa cartel chief El Chapo, who could not be interviewed (on account of his confinement in a Mexican prison). During…