Devan Schwartz

3 weeks ago | vox.com | Devan Schwartz |Sean Rameswaram

Air travel is such a common part of modern life that it’s easy to forget all the miraculous technology and communication infrastructure required to do it safely. But recent crashes, including near Washington, DC, and in San Diego — not to mention multiple near misses — have left many fliers wondering: Is it still safe to fly?

1 month ago | vox.com | Sean Collins |Devan Schwartz

The Republican Party is trying to get a major tax and spending bill done before Memorial Day. It’s chock full of President Donald Trump’s legislative priorities, and has many provisions the GOP has long been agitating for. But it’s nevertheless been a massive struggle to get the bill to the House floor for a vote. One big reason is a tax provision known as SALT — the state and local tax deduction.

1 month ago | vox.com | Devan Schwartz |Sean Rameswaram

Perhaps you’ve heard about wearing multiple hats at work, but four? It might be too many for most people, but not Marco Rubio. As the New York Times put it this month, he’s become the “secretary of everything” for the Trump administration: secretary of state, interim national security adviser, acting USAID administrator (albeit for a gutted agency), and acting archivist of the United States at the National Archives and Records Administration.

2 months ago | vox.com | Devan Schwartz |Sean Rameswaram

Over the last few months, the Trump administration has intensified its attacks on elite, Ivy League institutions like Columbia and Harvard, enacting sweeping funding cuts and even threatening to revoke their tax-exempt status. But what’s happening on the campuses of state schools is much less covered. Take for example the public university system in Florida. For years, Gov.

Mar 27, 2025 | vox.com | Sean Rameswaram |Devan Schwartz

President Donald Trump isn’t a fan of judges who rule against him. During his first term, he famously attacked Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who sentenced his ally and adviser Roger Stone, by saying she was “totally biased” and had “hatred” for both Trump and Stone. Now, Trump has only ratcheted up the attacks on judges. This feud reached a new high-water mark after US District Court Judge James Boasberg ordered the Trump administration to stop deporting certain Venezuelan immigrants.