John Cassidy

John Cassidy on why President William McKinley was a steadfast protectionist—until a depression and a G.O.P. wipeout.

John Cassidy writes that, though the Administration insists that its aggressive trade policies won't hurt U.S. consumers, but the data suggests otherwise.

John Cassidy writes that, as Donald Trump's pro-crypto Administration prepares to take power, there are some parallels with the dot-com boom of the nineties.

John Cassidy on the economic-policy platform of Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, and the Democratic Party's embrace of more aggressive policy intervention.

John Cassidy writes about recent polls that show not only Kamala Harris vaulting past Donald Trump but also how voters are thinking about her and the economy.

John Cassidy on Joe Biden's crackdown on migrants trying to cross the southern border of the U.S., and how immigrants are critical to the country's economic strength.

John Cassidy considers the recent sharp jump in consumer sentiment in the U.S., and asks what effect this will have on the 2024 Presidential election.

John Cassidy on the civil fraud trial against Donald Trump, which will decide the Trump Organization's future, and the testimony of his sons Eric and Donald, Jr.

John Cassidy writes about Donald Trump's New York civil trial for the fraud lawsuit brought by New York's attorney general Letitia James against the former President.

Biden joined the picket line to let workers take the lead. Trump lectured workers about how they need to trust him and industry to take care of them

In a Tuesday, September 19 op-ed published by The New Yorker, longtime staff writer and columnist John Cassidy argues ex-President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers' claim of supporting the United Auto Workers (UAW) is laughable."What about Trump and Pence and the rest of the Republican U.A.W. s...

John Cassidy writes about the struggles of the Ron DeSantis campaign, as DeSantis falls behind Donald Trump in polls of Republican Presidential-primary voters.

John Cassidy on the recent drop in consumer-price inflation, and how this may help President Biden in his 2024 reëlection bid.

John Cassidy writes about Joe Biden's underappreciated record on the economy.

Françoise Mouly writes about Jane Rosenberg's "Courtroom Sketch, Manhattan Criminal Courthouse," the cover for the April 17, 2023, issue of The New Yorker.

John Cassidy writes about Donald Trump's tax information that was released by the House Ways and Means Committee, and how the I.R.S. is often overmatched.

John Cassidy on how, following Catherine Cortez Masto's win in Nevada, Democrats will retain control of the Senate, and on the fissure within the Republican Party.

Former President Donald Trump tried out a new nickname for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Saturday at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania."Former President Donald Trump took a swipe at Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis at a rally on Saturday night referring to him as 'Ron DeSanctimonious in what could...

John Cassidy writes about how the outcomes of the Senate contests in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin are key to the Democratic Party's hopes of retaining control over the upper chamber of Congress.

John Cassidy writes about the Democrats' passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in the Senate, and other aspects of his Build Back Better agenda.