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An Epic Courtroom Mismatch Is Looming in the Comey Case

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Elie Honig

Why Did DHS Send a Russian Exile to Costa Rica?

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Amelia Schonbek

The Dark Side Driving Pete Hegseth

The Dark Side Driving Pete Hegseth

Defense secretary Pete Hegseth convened an unusual meeting earlier this week. Hundreds of top military commanders flew in from around the world to...

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Sarah Jones

The Mamdani Effect

The Mamdani Effect

In Seattle, Katie Wilson, a transit activist, is leading in the polls against the incumbent mayor after touting her history advocating for reduced...

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David Freedlander

Trump’s 2024 Coalition Has Already Fallen Apart

Trump’s 2024 Coalition Has Already Fallen Apart

We tend to picture American politics in the Donald Trump era as two more-or-less equally matched coalitions of voters who have wildly disparate...

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Ed Kilgore

It’s Hard to Fight McCarthyism When McCarthy Is President

It’s Hard to Fight McCarthyism When McCarthy Is President

There’s no question that the threats to free speech that have emanated from MAGA-land lately are reminiscent of the Red Scare led by the right-wing...

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Ed Kilgore

Why Did Melania Trump Share an AI Body-Double Video?: 4 Theories.

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Margaret Hartmann

Is the Trump Administration’s Shutdown Messaging Illegal?

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Nia Prater

AI’s Go-for-Broke Regulation Strategy

AI’s Go-for-Broke Regulation Strategy

In the AI world, everyone always seems to be going for broke. It’s AGI or bust — or as the gloomier title of a recent book has it, If Anyone...

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John Herrman

The New Court Tactic Helping ICE Deport Immigrants

The New Court Tactic Helping ICE Deport Immigrants

On a recent Wednesday in Judge John J. Siemietkowski’s immigration courtroom at 26 Federal Plaza, an Ecuadorian mother logged on for her...

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Mark Chiusano

The Government Shutdown Has Begun: Live Updates

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Intelligencer Staff

Trump Is Tightening His Grip on State Republicans

Trump Is Tightening His Grip on State Republicans

As recently as the autumn of 2022, anti–Donald Trump (or at least non-Trump) Republicanism was alive and well in a good part of the country. Plenty...

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Ed Kilgore

How the Government Shutdown Will End

How the Government Shutdown Will End

The federal government shutdown that began at the stroke of midnight on October 1 wasn’t an accident, a matter of miscommunication, or the result...

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Ed Kilgore

Vance Explains Trump’s Racist Shutdown Posts Are ‘Funny’

Vance Explains Trump’s Racist Shutdown Posts Are ‘Funny’

During previous government shutdowns, both Democratic and Republican leaders have tried to demonstrate that they are taking the situation very...

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Margaret Hartmann

Ex-Staffer Claims Romance With Adams in Book, Odd AI Video

Ex-Staffer Claims Romance With Adams in Book, Odd AI Video

It’s been quite an eventful week for Eric Adams. On Sunday, the incumbent mayor dropped his beleaguered reelection campaign after months of...

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Nia Prater

Trump & Hegseth Generals Meeting: 18 Scarily Stupid Moments

Trump & Hegseth Generals Meeting: 18 Scarily Stupid Moments

Last week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered more than 800 of the country’s military commanders to gather at Marine Corps Base Quantico in...

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Margaret Hartmann

Does the Yankees-Red Sox Rivalry Even Matter in 2025?

Does the Yankees-Red Sox Rivalry Even Matter in 2025?

The first playoff game I ever attended at Yankee Stadium was game six of the 2003 American League Championship Series, when the Yankees came home up...

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Will Leitch

Does the Yankees–Red Sox Rivalry Even Matter in 2025?

Does the Yankees–Red Sox Rivalry Even Matter in 2025?

The first playoff game I ever attended at Yankee Stadium was game six of the 2003 American League Championship Series, when the Yankees came home up...

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Will Leitch

Trump’s Casino Jackpot

Trump’s Casino Jackpot

Before he was sent to the Middle East and Russia to negotiate peace, and before he floated the idea of Eric Adams becoming ambassador to Saudi...

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Noah Shachtman

Democrats Must Address the Real Reason They Want a Shutdown

Democrats Must Address the Real Reason They Want a Shutdown

There is a well-worn point of view in progressive politics that ultimately the material interests of voters are all that matters. Cultural issues...

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Ed Kilgore

Trump’s New Core Mission for the Military: ‘Enemy Within’

Trump’s New Core Mission for the Military: ‘Enemy Within’

In his long, even-more-rambling-than-usual address to Pete Hegseth’s peculiar assemblage of military brass this morning, President Donald Trump...

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Ed Kilgore

18 Scarily Stupid Moments From Trump and Hegseth’s Generals Meeting

18 Scarily Stupid Moments From Trump and Hegseth’s Generals Meeting

Last week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered more than 800 of the country’s military commanders to gather at Marine Corps Base Quantico in...

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Margaret Hartmann

The Government Shutdown Is Nigh: Live Updates

The Government Shutdown Is Nigh: Live Updates

Here we go again. At midnight, the U.S. government will run out of funding and be forced to shut down after Donald Trump and congressional...

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Intelligencer Staff

Shutting Down the Government Is Thinking Small

Shutting Down the Government Is Thinking Small

For Democrats, there are real incentives to let the government shut down at the end of the month. A prolonged shutdown would be blamed on Donald...

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Ross Barkan

‘I Became the Jubilee Girl’

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Last September, Naima...

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Rebecca Jennings

What Does MAGA Taste Like?

What Does MAGA Taste Like?

“Where are all the red hats — am I going to run into Steve Bannon?” asked one of my guests as we peered around the room at Butterworth’s, the...

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Adam Platt

How History Will Judge Mayor Eric Adams

How History Will Judge Mayor Eric Adams

To hear Mayor Eric Adams tell it, the unpopularity of his administration and the implosion of his reelection campaign was all somebody else’s...

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Errol Louis

Trump’s AI ‘Medbed’ Post Is Scarily Weird, Even for Him

Trump’s AI ‘Medbed’ Post Is Scarily Weird, Even for Him

A decade into Donald Trump’s political career, we’re all a little numb to his bizarre and dangerous behavior. The president called for Barack...

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Margaret Hartmann

Are Democrats About to Walk Into a Devastating Trap?

Are Democrats About to Walk Into a Devastating Trap?

Democrats and Republicans must agree on a temporary spending bill by the end of Tuesday to avoid a government shutdown. And as of Monday morning, a...

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Benjamin Hart

Eric Adams Couldn’t Sleep on It Any Longer

Eric Adams Couldn’t Sleep on It Any Longer

It was well past midnight on Sunday when Eric Adams finally walked down the echoing stairs of Gracie Mansion and, carrying a blown-up portrait of...

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David Freedlander

An Art Magazine? In This Economy?

An Art Magazine? In This Economy?

In April, a friend texted me to ask if I was planning to go to Cultured magazine’s “CULT100” party and, if not, whether I wanted to. “No”...

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Charlotte Klein