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Why Trump’s Third-Term Talk Might Backfire

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Ed Kilgore

The Final Leg of New York’s Mayoral Race Has Gotten Ugly

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Errol Louis

New Lawsuit Seeks to Challenge NYC’s Lone Republican District

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Nia Prater

Graham Platner Just Lost His Brand-New Campaign Manager

Graham Platner Just Lost His Brand-New Campaign Manager

Graham Platner is contending with yet another prominent exit from his Senate campaign staff as his Maine Senate candidacy continues to face...

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Nia Prater

What a Diabetes Diagnosis Taught Me About MAHA

What a Diabetes Diagnosis Taught Me About MAHA

One morning in late September, I drank a cup of coffee without sugar and ate half an English muffin for breakfast. Boring choices, but I like...

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Sarah Jones

Record-Breaking Early Voting Looks Good for Mamdani

Record-Breaking Early Voting Looks Good for Mamdani

Early voting in the mayoral election began on Saturday, and initial figures show smashed numbers from the last race and even the June Democratic...

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Nia Prater

Lis Smith Thinks Democrats Treat Voters Like Children

Lis Smith Thinks Democrats Treat Voters Like Children

Lis Smith is one of the few political consultants who can approach the celebrity level of their clients. An opinionated, sometimes pugilistic...

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Benjamin Hart

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...

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John Herrman

The New Sign Trump Is Planning Midterm-Elections Power Grab

The New Sign Trump Is Planning Midterm-Elections Power Grab

In trying to predict whether Donald Trump will find a way to place a stubby thumb on the scales of the midterm elections and maintain his total...

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Ed Kilgore

Democrats Just Lost a Key Ally in the Shutdown Fight

Democrats Just Lost a Key Ally in the Shutdown Fight

Even as congressional Democrats hang tough on their demands for an Obamacare-subsidy extension deal before they’ll agree to a reopening of the...

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Ed Kilgore

The New Sign Trump Is Planning a Midterm-Elections Power Grab

The New Sign Trump Is Planning a Midterm-Elections Power Grab

In trying to predict whether Donald Trump will find a way to place a stubby thumb on the scales of the midterm elections and maintain his total...

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Ed Kilgore

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

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...

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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...

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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...

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Ed Kilgore

‘He Could Demolish the Entire White House’

‘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,...

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Nia Prater

Can Anyone Stop Trump From Paying Himself Off?

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,...

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Elie Honig

Letitia James Is Going After Lindsey Halligan

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...

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Nia Prater

The NBA Is Not Innocent in the Gambling Scandal

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...

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Will Leitch

Jeffries Finally Endorses Mamdani in the Most Tepid Way Possible

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...

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Nia Prater

Trump’s Redistricting Race Is Already Going Off the Rails

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...

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Ed Kilgore

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

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...

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Christopher Bonanos