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Why Is Amazon Watching Us?

What kind of company is Amazon? It’s a question with a lot of reasonable answers: It’s a peerless e-commerce giant; it’s a massive shipping and...

yesterday 9

John Herrman

Will Trump Back a Senate Candidate Who Called Him a ‘Loser’?

Donald Trump values loyalty as much as any Mafia boss who’s ever lived, and he has a very long memory about slights and setbacks. So he’s not...

previous day 8

Ed Kilgore

Trump Is Attacking Canada When He Should Be Attacking Reagan

One of Donald Trump’s most interesting political achievements has been to force a Republican Party that had embraced free-trade orthodoxy for many...

previous day 9

Ed Kilgore

Trump Wants to ‘Kill People’ Without War

In response to press questions about his administration’s escalating attacks on fishing boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific that were allegedly...

previous day 7

Ed Kilgore

‘He Could Demolish the Entire White House’

For months, President Donald Trump has touted plans for a new White House ballroom, a 90,000-square-foot behemoth just off the storied East Wing,...

previous day 10

Nia Prater

Can Anyone Stop Trump From Paying Himself Off?

It’s the case of Donald Trump v. Donald Trump’s Justice Department, and I’ve got a hunch who might win. The story was first reported,...

previous day 5

Elie Honig

Letitia James Is Going After Lindsey Halligan

New York attorney general Letitia James entered a not-guilty plea Friday morning to charges related to allegations of mortgage fraud in the latest...

previous day 2

Nia Prater

The NBA Is Not Innocent in the Gambling Scandal

Professional sports have withstood virtually every scandal: performance-enhancing drugs, labor-management battles, off-field violence, CTE — all of...

previous day 1

Will Leitch

Jeffries Finally Endorses Mamdani in the Most Tepid Way Possible

He made it just under the wire. On Friday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries finally announced his endorsement of Democratic nominee Zohran...

previous day 1

Nia Prater

Trump’s Redistricting Race Is Already Going Off the Rails

With all the appalling things going on every day in Donald Trump’s America, it’s tempting to view the nationwide scramble to redraw congressional...

previous day 20

Ed Kilgore

Can Prop 50 Pass? Newsom Redistricting Bid Hits Crunch Time.

Democratic prospects for gaining control of the U.S. House next year may hinge on a California ballot initiative happening in 13 days. Prop 50 is...

thursday 10

Ed Kilgore

The White House Lied About Destroying the White House

As photos of a backhoe tearing into the East Wing of the White House went viral this week, the realization appeared to finally sink in for the...

thursday 30

Allison Quinn

Watching Ohtani Makes You Feel Like You’re a Kid Again

As someone who loves baseball more than is remotely healthy — as someone whom you could shake in the middle of the night, ask “who did George...

thursday 10

Will Leitch

The NBA’s Gambling Scandals Now Involve La Cosa Nostra

The NBA’s regular season tipped off on Tuesday night with some spectacular performances, but by Thursday morning, few people were talking about the...

thursday 3

Matt Stieb

Eric Adams Is Endorsing ‘Snake and Liar’ Cuomo for Mayor

“Andrew Cuomo is a snake and a liar,” Mayor Eric Adams said last month, alleging that the former governor was trying to push him out of the mayoral...

thursday 2

Chas Danner

Ken Burns at the Barricades

Ken Burns and I have just met at Bowling Green, the tiny park at the bottom tip of Manhattan, when he brings up “all the lives that have been...

thursday 40

Christopher Bonanos

‘How Did They Let You In?’

It’s a cool October evening, and I’m outside one of those buildings on the Upper East Side where a doorman is stationed in the lobby at all hours,...

thursday 3

Clio Chang

The Heiress Who Could Make or Break the Socialist Mayor

Last night, as he faced down Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa for the second and final time, Zohran Mamdani made what was arguably the biggest news of...

thursday 4

Ross Barkan

The Government Shutdown Will Get Very Real on November 1

For much of the country, excluding federal employees, the government-shutdown crisis gripping Congress has been a distant battle between...

thursday 2

Ed Kilgore

Cuomo Laughed When He Was Told Mamdani Would Cheer Another 9/11

During an interview Thursday morning, former governor Andrew Cuomo appeared to laugh following a radio host’s assertion that Democratic nominee...

thursday 2

Nia Prater

Trump Used His Dad’s Dirtiest Move on the East Wing

The East Wing of the White House is gone, and it went quickly. In July, President Donald Trump announced that a ballroom would rise somewhere on...

thursday 50

Christopher Bonanos

Trump Says Demolished White House East Wing Was Ugly Anyway

Incredibly, White House communications director Steven Cheung’s mocking of the “pearl clutching” “losers” who raised concerns about the East Wing...

22.10.2025 10

Margaret Hartmann

9 Things You Missed at the Final New York Mayoral Debate

With Election Day less than two weeks away, time is running out for New York mayoral candidates Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa to take down front-...

22.10.2025 2

Chas Danner

George Santos Settles Down (for Now)

Desaki hibachi grill and sushi restaurant in the Poconos is bumping for a Sunday night. A large group of 30-something women celebrating a birthday...

22.10.2025 2

Juliegrace Brufke

Democrats’ Fears About N.J. Governor’s Race May Be Overblown

Off-year gubernatorial elections are often treated as major bellwethers for the next presidential or midterm elections. So there’s a lot of...

22.10.2025 4

Ed Kilgore

Democrats’ Fears About New Jersey Governor’s Race May Be Overblown

Off-year gubernatorial elections are often treated as major bellwethers for the next presidential or midterm elections. So there’s a lot of...

22.10.2025 5

Ed Kilgore

Fetterman’s Case for Helping GOP Nuke Filibuster Is Faulty

Pennsylvania Democratic senator John Fetterman has notoriously been taking an unorthodox path since Donald Trump reentered the White House. It’s a...

22.10.2025 5

Ed Kilgore

Graham Platner Covers Up Tattoo That Resembles Nazi Symbol

After his splashy debut on the political scene, Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner has been playing defense following reports on his past...

22.10.2025 1

Nia Prater

Trump Is Courting Catastrophe in Venezuela

As Donald Trump takes a victory lap — almost deserved — over the tentative cease-fire and peace deal his administration negotiated between Israel...

22.10.2025 2

Ross Barkan

Trump’s White House Demolition Will Be Televised

Since President Trump announced his plan to build a White House ballroom this summer, members of his administration have been making contradictory...

21.10.2025 30

Margaret Hartmann

Supreme Court to Decide If Trump’s Entitled to His Own Facts

It’s hard to keep up with, much less unravel, the many legal cases aimed at reining in Donald Trump’s assertions of virtually unlimited...

21.10.2025 10

Ed Kilgore

Trump’s Mass-Deportation Mania May Boost Food Prices

If you want the briefest possible explanation of why Democrats lost the presidency and Congress in 2024, it was because swing voters cared a lot...

21.10.2025 20

Ed Kilgore

7 Takeaways From the Louvre Jewelry Heist

As you may have heard, a crew of four thieves hit the world-famous Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday, boosting eight pieces of priceless Napoleonic...

21.10.2025 20

Chas Danner

Sliwa Defies Intense Pressure From Cuomo, Post to Drop Out

With Election Day two weeks away, all eyes are on Curtis Sliwa, as pressure grows on the Guardian Angels founder and Republican nominee to drop his...

21.10.2025 20