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Trump Teases White House Ballroom Is ‘Bigger Than I Told You’

Trump Teases White House Ballroom Is ‘Bigger Than I Told You’

Throughout the year, Donald Trump has been dropping little hints about what his White House ballroom project entails. In June, he teased that he had...

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Margaret Hartmann

Artists Flee Kennedy Center After Trump Name Change

Artists Flee Kennedy Center After Trump Name Change

President Donald Trump has sought to remake the storied John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in his image, stocking the board of trustees...

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Nia Prater

Here Comes the Super Flu

Here Comes the Super Flu

If it already seems like this year’s flu season is a lot worse than it normally is, that’s because it definitely is. A nasty novel flu variant —...

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Chas Danner

Why History Points to Huge 2026 Losses for Trump’s GOP

Why History Points to Huge 2026 Losses for Trump’s GOP

The party of a sitting U.S. president almost always loses ground during the midterms. Since all 435 U.S. House seats are up every two years, we...

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Ed Kilgore

The Making of Mayor Mamdani

The Making of Mayor Mamdani

This article was featured in New York’s One Great Story newsletter. Sign up here. It was a little more than 24 hours after Zohran Mamdani had...

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David Freedlander

The New Mayor’s Power Brokers

The New Mayor’s Power Brokers

In a few days, the youngest mayor in a century will have to figure out how to run the largest city in the U.S. and manage relationships with an...

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Matt Stieb And Nia Prater

Trump’s Hand Bruise Is on the Move

Trump’s Hand Bruise Is on the Move

For the past year, Donald Trump has had a persistent bruise on the back of his right hand. It initially came and went, but now the bruise is almost...

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Margaret Hartmann

Did Trump Reveal U.S. Strike in Venezuela on a Radio Show?

Did Trump Reveal U.S. Strike in Venezuela on a Radio Show?

As Americans wait to see how far the Trump administration will take its military escalation against Venezuela, the president has said that American...

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Matt Stieb

5 Big Questions for Sports in 2026

5 Big Questions for Sports in 2026

After a year in which the U.S. sports business absolutely boomed — ratings up everywhere, billion-dollar rights deals signed one after another,...

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Will Leitch

2025’s Biggest Political Losers

2025’s Biggest Political Losers

2025 was a strange year in politics, with a lot of unexpected twists and turns. The second Trump administration began like a bat out of hell but...

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Ed Kilgore

Eric Adams and His Aides Are Not Out of Legal Trouble

Eric Adams and His Aides Are Not Out of Legal Trouble

Eric Adams is making the most of his last moments in office. He’s hopscotching the world — Mexico, Israel, Albania, Uzbekistan — and talking up his...

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Noah Shachtman