Jonathan Blitzer
Jonathan Blitzer is a staff writer at The New Yorker. His book, “ Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here ,” received the Hillman Prize and the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award in 2025.
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Jonathan Blitzer on Pete Hegseth’s boat strikes, a potential war crime, and how the call for Nicolás Maduro’s ouster is wrapped up in Trump’s most dangerous proclivities, including his disregard for laws constraining his power.
The Trump Administration has ignored legal protocols and stoked fears about the gang Tren de Aragua while arresting asylum seekers in Aurora, Colorado, and across the U.S. Jonathan Blitzer reports.
The Republican leader’s ambition has always been his defining characteristic. Attempting to placate both Trumpists and moderates may lead to his downfall, Jonathan Blitzer writes.
Jonathan Blitzer writes about how the musician’s political persecution pushed him into a career he was never sure he wanted.
Jonathan Blitzer on Jennifer Mendelsohn, who turns the tables on Trump’s anti-immigrant mouthpieces by digging through their genealogical records.