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2024 Turnout May Be High Despite Apathy for Biden and Trump

There’s a real conundrum affecting early predictions on the level of turnout for the presidential election this year. On one hand, we are in an era...

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Ed Kilgore

Biden Was Right About Both Antisemitism and the Palestinians

In the wake of the most recent spree of antisemitic harassment, President Biden made a statement denouncing the harassment of Jews, while gesturing...

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Jonathan Chait

Student Protesters Are Schooling Their Universities

What is a university for? At Columbia University and its affiliated women’s college, Barnard, it is ostensibly to value critical thought, a broad...

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Sarah Jones

Air Travel Is About to Get a Little Less Annoying

The days of airlines leaving customers in the financial lurch after canceling their flights may be coming to an end. On Wednesday, the U.S....

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Nia Prater

Who Is Will Stancil? And Why Is He In Your Feed?

Twitter isn’t real life” is something people say a lot on X, the social-media platform owned by Elon Musk that many of us still prefer to call...

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David Klion

We’re at Peak Sports Right Now for a Reason

On March 15, 2020, in the hallowed pages of the New York Times , I published one of the dumbest things I’ve ever written. (And there are many...

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Will Leitch

Can Down-Ballot Races Lift Biden to Victory in 2024?

When you have a presidential candidate who is struggling to generate enthusiasm in the party base, it’s natural to look for some external...

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Ed Kilgore

Under Fire As an Aid Worker in Gaza

As of early April, at least 224 aid workers have been killed in Gaza — a small number of the estimated 34,000 people killed since Israel began...

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Matt Stieb

Trump Is Furious He Got Caught Sleeping in Court

If a normal person fell asleep during a high-profile trial over hush-money payments they made to cover up an affair with a porn star, how would...

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Margaret Hartmann

A Porn-Star Payoff or a Threat to Democracy?

There was a simple question at the heart of Monday morning’s opening arguments in Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan: What’s the big...

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Andrew Rice

Mehdi Hasan Wants to Debate You

As a matter of preference, Mehdi Hasan likes a smart opponent. “It’s no fun interviewing village idiots,” he says, for instance, of Marjorie...

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E. Alex Jung

Why Anti-Israel Protesters Won’t Stop Harassing Jews

The anti-Israel demonstrations around Columbia University turned threatening and antisemitic Saturday night, as they have repeatedly across the...

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Jonathan Chait

Melania Trump Honors ‘All Mothers’ by Selling Ugly $245 Necklace

Melania Trump does not seem that interested in standing by her husband on the 2024 campaign trail or during his numerous court appearances. But...

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Margaret Hartmann

Yale Protesters Are Getting Arrested Now, Too

Student protests and encampments spread over the weekend from Columbia University to other top American colleges, where demonstrators called for...

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Matt Stieb

Passing Ukraine Aid Doesn’t Make Mike Johnson a Bipartisan Hero

As House Speaker Mike Johnson basked in gushing bipartisan praise for his successful stewardship of a foreign-aid package that included crucial aid...

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Ed Kilgore

Hush-Money Trial Revives Doorman’s Trump-Love-Child Story

Remember the time Trump Tower doorman Dino Sajudin claimed Donald Trump had an affair with his former housekeeper that resulted in a secret love...

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Margaret Hartmann

Yankees Manager Ejected From Game in Hilariously Unjust Fashion

Baseball fans can watch the sport for decades yet on any given day witness something they’ve never seen before. A perfect example of this truism...

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Benjamin Hart

Inside Todd Blanche’s Plan to Keep Donald Trump Out of Jail

Todd Blanche was looking for his man. Or it could be a woman, but probably not. For a criminal-defense attorney, picking a jury is about profiling:...

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Andrew Rice

Scott Galloway on Whether College Is Still Worth It

The job of being Scott Galloway is, more often than not, to get people to follow his advice. On his podcasts (including New York’s own Pivot), in...

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Kevin T. Dugan

Everything We Know About Donald Trump’s Wild Civil Bond Saga

Donald Trump spent Monday morning in state criminal court in lower Manhattan, where his attorneys and lawyers for District Attorney Alvin Bragg...

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Kevin T. Dugan

Yankees Manager Ejected in Hilariously Unjust Fashion

Baseball fans can watch the sport for decades yet on any given day witness something they’ve never seen before. A perfect example of this truism...

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Benjamin Hart

The Time Trump Claimed He Won a Fake ‘Man of the Year’ Award

Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and four years in office contained so much daily weirdness, wackiness, and horror that the human brain couldn’t...

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Benjamin Hart

Why Joe Biden Really, Really Wants Lower Interest Rates

Take a look at pictures of Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, and you rarely see a man enjoying himself (although he has been known...

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Kevin T. Dugan

Meta’s AI Needs to Speak With You

Meta has an idea: Instead of ever leaving its apps, why not stay and chat with a bot? This past week, Mark Zuckerberg announced an update to Meta’s...

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John Herrman

Democracy Doesn’t Need Independent Candidates Like RFK Jr.

There’s a certain snob appeal associated with self-proclaimed political independence from the two major parties. Independents often think of...

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Ed Kilgore

Isra Hirsi On the Resilience of Columbia University’s Pro-Palestinian Protests

On Wednesday, students at Columbia University and its women’s college, Barnard, pitched tents on the lawns at the school’s campus commons. They...

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Sarah Jones

Why Mike Johnson Finally Ditched MTG and the Far Right

Mike Johnson, the accidental Speaker of the House, has spent his seven months in power trying to be everything to everyone. Hard-right...

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Ben Jacobs

Why Mike Johnson Finally Ditched Marjorie Taylor Greene and the Far Right

Mike Johnson, the accidental Speaker of the House, has spent his seven months in power trying to be everything to everyone. Hard-right...

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Ben Jacobs

Isra Hirsi On Columbia University’s Pro-Palestinian Protests

On Wednesday, students at Columbia University and its women’s college, Barnard, pitched tents on the lawns at the school’s campus commons. They...

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Sarah Jones

Irsa Hirsi On the Resilience of Columbia University’s Pro-Palestinian Protests

On Wednesday, students at Columbia University and its women’s college, Barnard, pitched tents on the lawns at the school’s campus commons. They...

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Sarah Jones

House Faces Critical Vote on Ukraine, Israel Aid: Live Updates

The House of Representatives votes today on a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan — which could trigger an attempt from...

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Intelligencer Staff

House Passes Ukraine, Israel Aid: Live Updates

The House of Representatives voted today to pass a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan — which may yet trigger an attempt...

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Intelligencer Staff

Trump Is Ready to Flood Courts With Election Fraud Claims

People are understandably anxious about Donald Trump repeating some of his more notorious stunts from 2020 after a possible 2024 election loss....

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Ed Kilgore

Ron Wyden Fears Congress Is About to Enable a Spying Dragnet

Amid the chaos of a busy news week, it would be easy miss the consequential fight in Congress over a surveillance bill that critics say could could...

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Matt Stieb

Will Taylor Swift Endorse Joe Biden in 2024?

Taylor Swift’s political leanings have been a topic of debate for many years now (Swift herself released a whole documentary about it). The...

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Margaret Hartmann

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