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Maybe AI Chatbots Shouldn’t Flirt With Children

Meta, which recently announced a pivot to building “personal superintelligence” for “everyone,” has been making a particular argument about...

yesterday 10

John Herrman

Democrats Edge Away From Unwavering Support for Israel

For a while, it looked like support for Israel despite its lethal policies in Gaza might be one of the few major issues on which the two major...

yesterday 2

Ed Kilgore

How a Teen Summer Program Was Swept Up in a $17 Million Heist

In the video, three grown men stand in the back of a mostly empty bodega around an ATM, a fat stack of dollar bills on a shelf beside them. The...

previous day 20

Matt Stieb

Trump Tries to Strong-arm Indiana Into Midterm Redistricting

So far, 2025 has been the year when Donald Trump has gotten whatever he wanted. Like a small child turned loose in his very own candy store, he has...

previous day 2

Ed Kilgore

The ‘Infinite Money Glitch’ That Swept NYC This Summer

In the video, three grown men stand in the back of a mostly empty bodega around an ATM, a fat stack of dollar bills on a shelf beside them. The...

previous day 10

Matt Stieb

Trump Is Needier Than Ever, and Putin Loves It

President Donald Trump’s neediness is giving the Kremlin ample ammunition ahead of his who-knows-what-will-happen meeting with Vladimir Putin....

previous day 3

Allison Quinn

Why Is Apple Planning to Make a Robot?

There are two main stories people are telling about Apple these days. One, rooted in its financial performance going back nearly 20 years, is of...

previous day 3

John Herrman

Will the Trump-Putin Alaska Summit Matter? Live Updates

President Donald Trump led a large delegation of administration officials to Alaska on Friday for a historic summit with Russian president Vladimir...

previous day 2

Intelligencer Staff

What Will Trump Accomplish at Alaska Summit With Putin? Live Updates

President Donald Trump led a large delegation of administration officials to Alaska on Friday for a historic summit with Russian president Vladimir...

previous day 2

Intelligencer Staff

McCarthy’s Bid to Stop Newsom Remap May Backfire on GOP

Gavin Newsom and Democratic legislators in California are preparing to put a constitutional amendment before voters that will allow them to...

previous day 4

Ed Kilgore

Trump’s Inflation Promises May Finally Be Catching Up to Him

One of the big ongoing debates this year in both economic and political circles has been whether, when, and how rapidly Donald Trump’s policies,...

previous day 3

Ed Kilgore

GOP Has Created a Legal Nightmare for Themselves on Epstein

The Jeffrey Epstein scandal has hit a temporary lull — but rest assured it’s coming back, and it’s going to be ugly for the Trump administration....

previous day 20

Elie Honig

Republicans Have Created a Legal Nightmare for Themselves on Epstein

The Jeffrey Epstein scandal has hit a temporary lull — but rest assured it’s coming back, and it’s going to be ugly for the Trump administration....

previous day 20

Elie Honig

Trump’s Approval Ratings Show His 2024 Coalition Is Cracking

For months now, Donald Trump’s job-approval numbers have been underwater, albeit relatively stable thanks to steady support from his base, which...

thursday 4

Ed Kilgore

How Newsom’s Retaliation Against Texas Redistricting Could Backfire

California governor Gavin Newsom has launched an all-out push to counter Donald Trump’s Texas redistricting with a midterms power grab of his own,...

thursday 2

Ed Kilgore

Newsom Launches Counterattack to Trump’s Texas Power Grab

Congressional redistricting, which usually happens once every ten years, is one of those boring inside-baseball process issues that is hard to...

thursday 2

Ed Kilgore

DeSantis Is Opening Another Nicknamed Immigrant Detention Center

On Thursday, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that Florida will soon be opening another immigration detention facility in the state, and, like “...

thursday 5

Nia Prater

Democrats’ Best Midterms Strategy: Stop Fighting Each Other

You don’t need to be a political scientist or even a Democrat to know that the Democratic Party has some factional divisions. They are different in...

thursday 2

Ed Kilgore

‘F- - - That’: Hunter Biden Taunts Melania Over Epstein-Suit Threat

As the scandal over Donald Trump’s involvement with Jeffrey Epstein heated up this summer, Melania Trump focused on debunking one specific element:...

thursday 1

Margaret Hartmann

The Strange Espionage Case of Sue Mi Terry

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. On September 12, 2024,...

thursday 2

Suki Kim

Trump Lures Ivanka Back With … a White House UFC Fight?

The night Donald Trump launched his 2024 presidential campaign, Ivanka Trump announced on social media, “I do not plan to be involved in politics.”...

13.08.2025 6

Margaret Hartmann

Why Texas Republicans Are So Eager to Lock Up Democrats

One of the major undercurrents of Republican politics in 2025 is a deep-seated desire to arrest, prosecute, and lock up perceived enemies,...

13.08.2025 1

Ed Kilgore

Are Texas Democrats Giving Up the Redistricting Fight?

It was nearly two weeks ago when more than 50 Democrats in the Texas House of Representatives left the state in order to deny the full chamber a...

13.08.2025 2

Nia Prater

What’s Going to Happen to TikTok?

It’s been lost in the broader spectacle of the second Trump administration — and within users’ own still-refreshing feeds — but the story of the...

13.08.2025 1

John Herrman

Zohran Mamdani Is Pivoting. So Is Andrew Cuomo.

Think you know where the candidates for New York mayor are coming from? Think again. With less than 90 days to go before Election Day, the...

13.08.2025 50

Errol Louis

CDC Shooting Not the Kind of Crime Trump Cares About

On August 3, Edward “Big Balls” Coristine, famed as the teenage mascot of Elon Musk’s DOGE assault on the federal bureaucracy, got badly beaten up...

12.08.2025 1

Ed Kilgore

New Poll Shows Mamdani Crushing Cuomo

Recent polling shows Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani continuing to hold a sizable lead in the city mayoral race as the November election draws...

12.08.2025 10

Nia Prater

Sherrod Brown Rescues Democrats’ 2026 Senate Hopes

Of all the problems facing Democrats in Donald Trump’s second term, perhaps an underrated issue is the natural tendency of politicians to put their...

12.08.2025 7

Ed Kilgore

Anna Delvey and the Case of the Missing Bunnies

Last Monday afternoon, Terry Chao and Jenna Goins were searching under the wood-paneled Endale Arch on the northern side of Prospect Park, working...

12.08.2025 2

Matt Stieb

Trump Gushes Over Chuck Todd’s Backhanded Compliment

While Donald Trump frequently disparages the media generally as “fake news” and even “the enemy of the people,” there are only about a dozen...

12.08.2025 1

Margaret Hartmann

Trump’s Federal Takeover of D.C. Is Underway: Live Updates

It’s the first day of Donald Trump’s unprecedented takeover of law enforcement in Washington, D.C., which he claims is necessary to regain control...

12.08.2025 4

Intelligencer Staff

Trump’s Giddy Intimidation of Washington, D.C.

Donald Trump’s decision to seize control of the police department in Washington, D.C., and dispatch 800 National Guard troops to combat crime there...

12.08.2025 3

Ross Barkan

Ghislaine Maxwell Was More Powerful Than Anyone Knew

So far, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, is the only one of the many public figures drawn into the orbit of Jeffrey Epstein to have had his life...

12.08.2025 1

Clive Irving

The Great Unbalding Draws Nearer

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

12.08.2025 50

Lane Brown

Inventing Emergencies Is Trump’s Superpower

By itself, President Trump misstating facts is hardly a news event. He became a master of hype while working as a real-estate developer and...

11.08.2025 20

Ed Kilgore

Trump Orders D.C. Takeover

For for the better part of a week, President Donald Trump has ramped up his rhetoric against a familiar foe, denouncing Washington, D.C., as one of...

11.08.2025 6

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Maybe AI Chatbots Shouldn’t Flirt With Children

John Herrman

Democrats Edge Away From Unwavering Support for Israel

Ed Kilgore

How a Teen Summer Program Was Swept Up in a $17 Million Heist

Matt Stieb

Trump Tries to Strong-arm Indiana Into Midterm Redistricting

Ed Kilgore

The ‘Infinite Money Glitch’ That Swept NYC This Summer

Matt Stieb

Trump Is Needier Than Ever, and Putin Loves It

Allison Quinn

Why Is Apple Planning to Make a Robot?

John Herrman

Will the Trump-Putin Alaska Summit Matter? Live Updates

Intelligencer Staff

What Will Trump Accomplish at Alaska Summit With Putin? Live Updates

Intelligencer Staff

McCarthy’s Bid to Stop Newsom Remap May Backfire on GOP

Ed Kilgore

Trump’s Inflation Promises May Finally Be Catching Up to Him

Ed Kilgore

GOP Has Created a Legal Nightmare for Themselves on Epstein

Elie Honig

Republicans Have Created a Legal Nightmare for Themselves on Epstein

Elie Honig

Trump’s Approval Ratings Show His 2024 Coalition Is Cracking

Ed Kilgore

How Newsom’s Retaliation Against Texas Redistricting Could Backfire

Ed Kilgore

Newsom Launches Counterattack to Trump’s Texas Power Grab

Ed Kilgore

DeSantis Is Opening Another Nicknamed Immigrant Detention Center

Nia Prater

Democrats’ Best Midterms Strategy: Stop Fighting Each Other

Ed Kilgore

‘F- - - That’: Hunter Biden Taunts Melania Over Epstein-Suit Threat

Margaret Hartmann

The Strange Espionage Case of Sue Mi Terry

Suki Kim

Trump Lures Ivanka Back With … a White House UFC Fight?

Margaret Hartmann

Why Texas Republicans Are So Eager to Lock Up Democrats

Ed Kilgore

Are Texas Democrats Giving Up the Redistricting Fight?

Nia Prater

What’s Going to Happen to TikTok?

John Herrman

Zohran Mamdani Is Pivoting. So Is Andrew Cuomo.

Errol Louis

CDC Shooting Not the Kind of Crime Trump Cares About

Ed Kilgore

New Poll Shows Mamdani Crushing Cuomo

Nia Prater

Sherrod Brown Rescues Democrats’ 2026 Senate Hopes

Ed Kilgore

Anna Delvey and the Case of the Missing Bunnies

Matt Stieb

Trump Gushes Over Chuck Todd’s Backhanded Compliment

Margaret Hartmann

Trump’s Federal Takeover of D.C. Is Underway: Live Updates

Intelligencer Staff

Trump’s Giddy Intimidation of Washington, D.C.

Ross Barkan

Ghislaine Maxwell Was More Powerful Than Anyone Knew

Clive Irving

The Great Unbalding Draws Nearer

Lane Brown

Inventing Emergencies Is Trump’s Superpower

Ed Kilgore

Trump Orders D.C. Takeover

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