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Trump Wants to Make Greenland America Again

In his first term, Donald Trump had a brief but passionate obsession with buying Greenland, which is the largest island in the world and is by no...

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Matt Stieb

The Trump Administration Chooses Violence

Pete Hegseth’s tarnished past may not prevent him from becoming the next secretary of Defense. His rise depends on Republicans in the Senate, and...

yesterday 10

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Sarah Jones

Rolling the Dice on Bird Flu

Everyone has so much going on at the turn of the year — family trips punctuated by someone getting a funny cough, New Year’s regrets and...

yesterday 4

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Choire Sicha

What We Learned From the House Ethics Report on Matt Gaetz

President-elect Donald Trump has made a lot of wild Cabinet picks, but only one was so stunning that he lasted barely more than a week: Matt Gaetz...

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Nia Prater

Joe Biden’s Big Reversal on the Death Penalty

Over the past four years, Joe Biden’s position on the death penalty has gone from Abolition to Wait to Sometimes to Go for It to Abolition,...

yesterday 1

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Elie Honig

Trump Ambassador Picks: Who’s in His ‘Diplomatic Clown Car’

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Margaret Hartmann

Joe Biden’s Long, Winding Road on the Death Penalty

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Elie Honig

Who Is Lara Trump and What’s With the Quashed Senate Rumors?

If you keep seeing headlines about Lara Trump and thinking, Sorry, I don’t have space in my brain for another Trump, I get it. I would also like...

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Margaret Hartmann

Trump Is Threatening to Invade Panama, Take Back Canal

Donald Trump really loves the idea of American expansion. During his first term as president, he looked into whether the U.S. could buy Greenland...

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Chas Danner

What Happened to Texas Congresswoman Kay Granger?

Early next month, Texas congresswoman Kay Granger will finish her 14th and final term in the House of Representatives, but the 81-year-old...

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Chas Danner

Why YouTube Should Cut Off Its Thumbnails

YouTube, the internet’s primary video host for nearly two decades now, says it’s ready to start cracking down on “egregious clickbait,” with...

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John Herrman

Shutdown Canceled As Democrats Win Pared-Down Spending Bill

With just hours to spare before a midnight deadline and after two days of gridlock in the U.S. House, Democrats have agreed to back a pared-down...

saturday 20

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Ed Kilgore

The Republican Party Is Out of Control

Donald Trump’s first term in office was a shitshow on Capitol Hill. Congress was constantly turned upside down with sudden missives from the...

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Ben Jacobs

Why Does the New Aaron Rodgers Documentary Exist?

Welcome back to “Why Are We Still Watching?,” a highly irregular dialogue between long-suffering Jets fans (and New York Magazine staff...

saturday 10

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Gabriel Debenedetti And Simon Van Zuylen-Wood

Intelligencer’s 20 Most-Read Stories in 2024

2024 was filled with stunning twists, so it’s no surprise that Intelligencer readers gravitated toward stories that helped unpack them. Our...

20.12.2024 5

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Intelligencer Staff

The GOP’s Criminal Case Against Liz Cheney Is a Total Mess

Even if you take every word of the House Oversight Committee’s report on January 6 as gospel — and, please, don’t — Liz Cheney did not commit...

20.12.2024 2

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Elie Honig

Musk Pauses Torment of GOP to Praise German Extremists

Elon Musk has spent the better part of this week working to derail Congress’s attempt to fund the government, but he found time early Friday...

20.12.2024 5

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Nia Prater

Government Shutdown Canceled as Democrats Support Pared-Down Spending Bill

With just hours to spare before a midnight deadline and after two days of gridlock in the U.S. House, Democrats have agreed to back a pared-down...

20.12.2024 10

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Ed Kilgore

What Democrats Should Demand to Help the GOP Escape a Shutdown Crisis

As recently as the morning of December 18, Democrats in Congress and in the Biden administration were reasonably satisfied with a stopgap spending...

19.12.2024 2

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Ed Kilgore

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