Rachael Larimore

Cincinnati

Managing Editor at The Dispatch

Managing editor @thedispatch. Formerly @bulwarkonline, @weeklystandard, @slate. Frequently beleaguered Ohio sports fan.

Articles

Our Best Stuff From the Trump Administration’s Bad Week in Court

6 days ago | thedispatch.com | Rachael Larimore

Hello and happy Saturday. President Donald Trump’s reliance on executive power—not only to implement his policy agenda but also to pursue action against law firms with ties to lawyers who investigated or prosecuted him—has prompted scores of legal challenges in the early months of his second term. This week, the Trump administration suffered legal setbacks on numerous fronts.
Our Best Stuff on the Democrats’ Delayed Reckoning

1 week ago | thedispatch.com | Rachael Larimore

Hello and happy Saturday. I still remember the conundrum I faced the night of the debate between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump last June. Cancel some plans I made with friends and stay home and watch, or go ahead and go out? “I’ll just record it,” I told myself. “It’s not like debates ever matter.” Ahem. I did watch when I got home, and after a few minutes my husband and I were asking each other, “Is this real? What is going on?”We all know what happened after that.
Our Best Stuff From the Week of Trump’s Middle East Trip

2 weeks ago | thedispatch.com | Rachael Larimore

Hello and happy Saturday. There was a bit of a theme to the week’s biggest news stories: deals. Tariff deals, investment deals, ethically and legally questionable deals—a veritable buffet. Let’s dive in. On Monday, the U.S. and China announced a temporary tariff reduction, walking back duties that had led to decreased activity at West Coast ports and factory closures in China.
Our Best Stuff on the Downsides of Online Culture

3 weeks ago | thedispatch.com | Rachael Larimore

Hello and happy Saturday! A big chunk of our work The Dispatch involves covering the day-to-day goings on of our political era: what the Trump administration is up to, how Democrats are responding to whatever that is, who’s running for this or that congressional seat or governorship, what’s going on in Ukraine or Israel.
Our Best Stuff From the Week We Passed the 100-Day Mark

1 month ago | thedispatch.com | Rachael Larimore

Hello and happy Saturday! On Wednesday, we marked the 100th day since my beloved Ohio State Buckeyes won the College Football Playoff championship, beating Notre Dame 34-23. For some people, however, that was not the biggest news to come out of January 20, 2025.
Our Best Stuff From a Bad Week for Pete Hegseth

1 month ago | thedispatch.com | Rachael Larimore

Hello and happy Saturday. It’s been a big week in the Ohio bureau. We had “senior night” for our son’s high school baseball team on Monday, and he turned in a (nearly) complete game one-hitter. I managed not to cry when the coach came out with one out left in the last inning and sent the five seniors off together. Last night, our oldest son shared some very happy news: He popped the question to his girlfriend, and she said yes! All of which is to say: We had a much better week than Pete Hegseth.
Our Best Stuff on Trump’s Executive Overreach

1 month ago | thedispatch.com | Rachael Larimore

Hello and happy Saturday.
Our Best Stuff From a Week of Market Volatility

1 month ago | thedispatch.com | Rachael Larimore

Hello and happy Saturday. To give you a peek behind the curtain, things got a little dicey around here Wednesday. Scott Lincicome had written a concise history of President Donald Trump’s longstanding affection for tariffs for his Capitolism newsletter. Given that Trump’s sweeping global tariffs had just been implemented that morning, Scott described them in the present tense.
Our Best Stuff From the Week the Trade War Started

2 months ago | thedispatch.com | Rachael Larimore

Hello and happy Saturday. I hope you’re enjoying better weather than we’re having in the Ohio bureau and that you’ve avoided checking the status of your retirement accounts. Back in February, Jonah Goldberg wrote that he was grateful for the stock mark because, while President Donald Trump could bully lawmakers and business leaders and journalists, “the markets are the exception.” The markets have weighed in on Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, and the reviews are … not good.
Our Best Stuff From the Week We All Entered the Group Chat

2 months ago | thedispatch.com | Rachael Larimore |Jonah Goldberg |David Drucker |Michael Warren

Hello and happy Saturday. We spend a fair amount of time here at The Dispatch thinking about headlines. After all, everything we publish needs one. You want to inform the readers, but also invite them to keep reading. Some pieces benefit from playing it straight, others provide the opportunity for wordplay.