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Is Trump Helping Cuomo or Mamdani?

When Andrew Cuomo decided to ignore the advice of many of his supporters and jump back into the New York City mayoral election after a bruising...

yesterday 10

David Freedlander

American Women’s Tennis Has Entered Another Golden Age

Every year when the US Open rolls around in August, the discourse begins again in earnest: how long must we wait for an American man to win another...

yesterday 3

Jake Nevins

Democrats Should Stop Looking to D.C. for Party Leadership

A key part of the complaints about the Democratic Party’s performance during the second Donald Trump administration has been extensive unhappiness...

previous day 4

Ed Kilgore

Adams Accuses ‘Snake and Liar’ Cuomo of Trying to Push Him Out of Race

Speculation that Eric Adams was seriously mulling an end to his reelection campaign for mayor reached a fever pitch this week amid recent reporting...

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Nia Prater

Pressure Mounts for Eric Adams to Drop Reelection Bid

As his reelection hopes grow dimmer by the day, speculation is growing as to whether Eric Adams is considering suspending his bid for a second term...

previous day 1

Nia Prater

Why ‘Madman’ Trump Needs a ‘Department of War’

Today’s planned executive order from the president purporting to rename the Department of Defense as the Department of War is easy to mock....

previous day 10

Ed Kilgore

Is It Legal for Donald Trump to Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook?

The Supreme Court has forewarned President Donald Trump that it won’t let him fire members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors for any reason...

previous day 3

Elie Honig

Imagining an Imperial Democratic President

For the left, there is little more terrifying than an emboldened Donald Trump. Deep into the first year of his second term, he has behaved like an...

previous day 4

Ross Barkan

Explosive Lawsuit Challenges a Right-Wing Abortion Story

Last month, an anti-abortion activist named Jana Pinson gave explosive testimony before a Texas Senate committee in support of HB7, a law that...

previous day 1

Irin Carmon

The Explosive Lawsuit Challenging a Right-Wing Abortion-Pill Story

Last month, an anti-abortion activist named Jana Pinson gave explosive testimony before a Texas Senate committee in support of HB7, a law that...

previous day 1

Irin Carmon

The Student You Are Trying to Call Is Not Available

To kick off New York State’s school cell-phone ban, Governor Kathy Hochul dropped by M.S. 582 in East Williamsburg on September 4. She brought...

previous day 7

Christopher Bonanos

Trump Attacks Democrats for Befriending Epstein (Just Like Him)

This week, a group of women who were abused by Jeffrey Epstein shared their stories on Capitol Hill and called on members of Congress to join a...

previous day 0

Margaret Hartmann

Government Shutdown May Be Averted … By Obamacare?

At midnight on September 30, the government funding patch Congress enacted in March will expire. That means major federal functions will shut down...

thursday 5

Ed Kilgore

MAGA Candidates Brawl for Trump Midterms Endorsement

The Republican Party currently belongs to Donald Trump lock, stock, and barrel. There’s no longer any Never Trump faction, at least in public...

thursday 4

Ed Kilgore

Trump’s Paved White House Patio Renamed ‘Rose Garden Club’

Since returning to office, Donald Trump has renovated the White House extensively, adding tons of tacky gold embellishments and many portraits of...

thursday 4

Margaret Hartmann

Trump’s Paved White House Patio Renamed the ‘Rose Garden Club’

Since returning to office, Donald Trump has renovated the White House extensively, adding tons of tacky gold embellishments and many portraits of...

thursday 5

Margaret Hartmann

How Investors Think AI Will Actually Make Money

You might say that the biggest AI start-ups are led by professionally unreliable narrators who theorize about the future of their companies — and...

thursday 2

John Herrman

RFK Jr. Faces Tough Questioning from Senate: Live Updates

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert. F. Kennedy Jr. faced hours of intense questioning from the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday...

thursday 10

Intelligencer Staff

RFK Jr. Battles Senators at Tense Hearing: What Happened

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert. F. Kennedy Jr. faced hours of intense questioning from the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday...

thursday 10

Intelligencer Staff

The Federal Reserve Is Too Independent

It’s easy enough to decry Donald Trump’s attempted takeover of the Federal Reserve as yet another swerve toward authoritarianism. He is breaking...

thursday 1

Ross Barkan

Is Eric Adams About to Drop Out of the Mayoral Race?

For months, Mayor Eric Adams’s reelection campaign has been plagued by problems, including anemic polling and Adams’s continued failure to obtain...

03.09.2025 10

Nia Prater

Rebranding Won’t Make Trump Megabill Any Less Ugly

Republicans from both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue know they have a big problem casting a shadow over the GOP’s 2026 midterm-election prospects. The...

03.09.2025 6

Ed Kilgore

MAGA Redefines Who America ‘Belongs To’

Last year Missouri senator Josh Hawley gave the keynote speech at the National Conservatism Conference, that great rhetorical playground for MAGA...

03.09.2025 2

Ed Kilgore

Democrats Can’t Afford to Ignore Trump’s Creeping Fascism

One chronic vice in politics is failing to learn lessons from electoral defeats out of stubborn attachment to priors. But it’s also possible to...

03.09.2025 4

Ed Kilgore

Lina Khan? Chelsea Clinton? Who Might Run for Nadler’s Seat.

Earlier this week, Representative Jerry Nadler officially announced that he would not be seeking reelection next year, marking the end of a more...

03.09.2025 6

Nia Prater

Trump Can’t Wait to Make Life Hell for the NFL Again

In October 2017, the owners of the 32 NFL teams, along with Commissioner Roger Goodell, various league executives, and even a few players,...

03.09.2025 2

Will Leitch

Democrats’ Dilemma: Force Government Shutdown or Cave Again

Despite considerable tough talking and saber rattling, this spring Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer wound up working overtime to secure the...

02.09.2025 7

Ed Kilgore

Trump’s Big Announcement: He’s Not Dead

The ongoing speculation about Donald Trump’s hand bruise and health issues reached a fever pitch over Labor Day weekend, as the president had not...

02.09.2025 4

Margaret Hartmann

Democrats’ Dilemma: Force a Government Shutdown or Cave Again

Despite considerable tough talking and saber rattling, this spring Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer wound up working overtime to secure the...

02.09.2025 1

Ed Kilgore

What’s Today’s Big Trump Announcement? The Major Theories.

Donald Trump is still alive — and he’s got something to say. The president has not spoken in public since last Tuesday, aside from Truth Social...

02.09.2025 3

Margaret Hartmann

Trump Family Coin Goes Public, Loses Value, Gets Hacked

The deluge of the Trump family’s cryptocurrency plays does not pause for federal holidays. On Monday, the family’s crypto firm, World Liberty...

02.09.2025 3

Matt Stieb

Bill Cassidy Keeps Doing His Weird RFK Jr. Dance

When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threw the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention into turmoil last month, after his subordinates reportedly refused...

02.09.2025 2

Nia Prater

Kathy Hochul on Trump, the National Guard, and Zohran Mamdani

Just over four years ago, Andrew Cuomo resigned from office. Driven from the governorship over a cascading number of sexual-harassment allegations,...

02.09.2025 30

Ross Barkan

Eric Adams’s Last Stand

As the curtain goes up on the post–Labor Day push to Election Day, Mayor Adams, tanking in the polls, is making unsubtle tribal appeals to the...

02.09.2025 2

Errol Louis

Kathy Hochul on Trump, the National Guard and Zohran Mamdani

Just over four years ago, Andrew Cuomo resigned from office. Driven from the governorship over a cascading number of sexual-harassment allegations,...

02.09.2025 3

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Is Trump Helping Cuomo or Mamdani?

David Freedlander

American Women’s Tennis Has Entered Another Golden Age

Jake Nevins

Democrats Should Stop Looking to D.C. for Party Leadership

Ed Kilgore

Adams Accuses ‘Snake and Liar’ Cuomo of Trying to Push Him Out of Race

Nia Prater

Pressure Mounts for Eric Adams to Drop Reelection Bid

Nia Prater

Why ‘Madman’ Trump Needs a ‘Department of War’

Ed Kilgore

Is It Legal for Donald Trump to Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook?

Elie Honig

Imagining an Imperial Democratic President

Ross Barkan

Explosive Lawsuit Challenges a Right-Wing Abortion Story

Irin Carmon

The Explosive Lawsuit Challenging a Right-Wing Abortion-Pill Story

Irin Carmon

The Student You Are Trying to Call Is Not Available

Christopher Bonanos

Trump Attacks Democrats for Befriending Epstein (Just Like Him)

Margaret Hartmann

Government Shutdown May Be Averted … By Obamacare?

Ed Kilgore

MAGA Candidates Brawl for Trump Midterms Endorsement

Ed Kilgore

Trump’s Paved White House Patio Renamed ‘Rose Garden Club’

Margaret Hartmann

Trump’s Paved White House Patio Renamed the ‘Rose Garden Club’

Margaret Hartmann

How Investors Think AI Will Actually Make Money

John Herrman

RFK Jr. Faces Tough Questioning from Senate: Live Updates

Intelligencer Staff

RFK Jr. Battles Senators at Tense Hearing: What Happened

Intelligencer Staff

The Federal Reserve Is Too Independent

Ross Barkan

Is Eric Adams About to Drop Out of the Mayoral Race?

Nia Prater

Rebranding Won’t Make Trump Megabill Any Less Ugly

Ed Kilgore

MAGA Redefines Who America ‘Belongs To’

Ed Kilgore

Democrats Can’t Afford to Ignore Trump’s Creeping Fascism

Ed Kilgore

Lina Khan? Chelsea Clinton? Who Might Run for Nadler’s Seat.

Nia Prater

Trump Can’t Wait to Make Life Hell for the NFL Again

Will Leitch

Democrats’ Dilemma: Force Government Shutdown or Cave Again

Ed Kilgore

Trump’s Big Announcement: He’s Not Dead

Margaret Hartmann

Democrats’ Dilemma: Force a Government Shutdown or Cave Again

Ed Kilgore

What’s Today’s Big Trump Announcement? The Major Theories.

Margaret Hartmann

Trump Family Coin Goes Public, Loses Value, Gets Hacked

Matt Stieb

Bill Cassidy Keeps Doing His Weird RFK Jr. Dance

Nia Prater

Kathy Hochul on Trump, the National Guard, and Zohran Mamdani

Ross Barkan

Eric Adams’s Last Stand

Errol Louis

Kathy Hochul on Trump, the National Guard and Zohran Mamdani

Ross Barkan