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The GOP’s Authoritarian Acceleration

In May 2017, Donald Trump fired FBI director James Comey, crashing through the first of many important democratic norms. While FBI directors...

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Jonathan Chait

There’s Big Drama at the Top of Mount Everest

Every year, the brief window to summit Mount Everest brings all the elements for high human drama: the prospect of wealthy clients fearing they may...

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Matt Stieb

Who’s Behind the Drone Attacks Inside Russia?

Russia has been bombarding Ukraine from the air for more than 15 months, but recently, the tables have turned. In May, drones buzzed harmlessly...

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Benjamin Hart

The Juiciest Revelations From Prince Harry’s Court Cases

In late May, The Sun ran the headline “ROYAL GOOD NEWS: Harry and Meghan to stop making royal-bashing Netflix shows and tell-all books after huge...

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Margaret Hartmann

Has Ukraine’s Long-Awaited Offensive Finally Begun?

It appears as though the long-awaited Ukrainian roffensive against Russian forces in southern Ukraine is at last underway. Following months of...

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Chas Danner

The End of Crypto As We Know It

On Monday, securities regulators in the U.S. sent a message to the digital currency industry: When it comes to crypto, nothing is too big to fail....

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Kevin T. Dugan

Ex–Intelligence Official Says Government Hiding Alien Technology From Congress

The past six years have been a roller coaster for the extraterrestrial-minded in America. In 2017, the New York Times revealed that former senator...

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Matt Stieb

Sununu Decides GOP Presidential Race Is Better Off Without Him

During a week when three new candidates (Chris Christie, Mike Pence, and Doug Burgum) are expected to join the 2024 Republican presidential field,...

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Ed Kilgore

Can Chris Licht Survive at CNN?

Reporters learn early in their careers to think two or three steps ahead. That’s why, while the media commentariat was talking about CNN CEO...

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Brian Stelter

Evangelicals Are Trump’s Firewall Against Primary Losses

Everyone covering Republican presidential politics knows how important a force conservative Evangelical Christians are in that party, particularly...

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Ed Kilgore

Enjoy Your Last Days of Not Paying Student Loans

This will be the last student-loan-free summer. We’re now more than three years out since Congress passed the CARES Act in March 2020 — a bill of...

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Kevin T. Dugan

Kevin McCarthy Is a Survivor, Not a Strategic Genius

I’m as happy as anybody that Congress is in the process of avoiding a U.S.-debt default. It would have been horrific economically and a sign that...

02.06.2023 2

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Ed Kilgore

Trump Promises to Hold Yearlong ‘Great American State Fair’ in Iowa

Anyone who has spent much time in Iowa is likely aware that people there are inordinately proud of their state fair. It’s not the biggest in the...

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Ed Kilgore

Centrist Fanatics Go Wild Over Debt-Ceiling Deal

There are plausible defenses to be made of the Biden administration’s negotiating strategy on the debt ceiling. I happen to believe Kevin...

02.06.2023 2

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Jonathan Chait

Jeffrey Epstein Once Had Chlamydia and Tried to Contact Larry Nassar From Jail

In the years since Jeffrey Epstein’s death, there has been intense scrutiny of the 36 days that the sex criminal spent in the Metropolitan...

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Matt Stieb

Millennials Will Not Age Into Voting Like Boomers

The typical voter’s political views are influenced by both their age and generation. Historically, as Americans have exited late adolescence,...

02.06.2023 3

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Eric Levitz

MAGA World Dismisses Ken Paxton Impeachment As Political Persecution

Back in the 1950s, there was an ethically challenged governor of my home state of Georgia who would defend himself against frequent charges of...

01.06.2023 3

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Ed Kilgore

The Adams Administration Has a New Policy for Jail Deaths: Cover-up

The City reported on Thursday that the New York City Department of Correction will no longer notify the media when a person dies while...

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Nia Prater

Will Google’s AI Plans Destroy the Media?

Early this year, Google teased a fundamental change to its core product, the search engine through which much of the world accesses the web. Soon,...

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John Herrman

How to Navigate the Bizarro Economy

It’s reasonable to be worried about a recession. Banks have been failing, offices are closing, and it’s not like anything has been getting...

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Kevin T. Dugan

Kevin McCarthy Really Did It

Kevin McCarthy finally did it. On Wednesday, by an overwhelming bipartisan vote including the vast majority of Republicans, the House finally...

01.06.2023 3

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Ben Jacobs

2024 Presidential Candidates Side With Far Right on Debt Deal

There’s an air of celebration in Washington over the relatively comfortable margin by which the U.S. House passed the Biden-McCarthy debt-limit...

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Ed Kilgore

Tape Reveals Trump Doubted His Mental Declassification Powers

On August 8, 2022, the world Donald Trump was in possession of classified documents he removed removed from the White House when FBI agents executed...

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Margaret Hartmann

Floating Metallic Orbs Are Everywhere — and 4 Other UFO Revelations From NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is finally getting in on the trend of government investigations into unidentified foreign...

01.06.2023 3

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Matt Stieb

DeSantis Aims to Convince Voters That Trump Is the Real RINO

For a good while now, it has been obvious that Ron DeSantis faces a strategic dilemma as he tries to play catch-up with front-running 2024...

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Ed Kilgore

The Plane Crash That Killed an Alleged Monster

Earl Luce toiled for years building a plane by hand in a small workshop on the second floor of a building he owned in downtown Brockport, New York,...

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Matt Stieb

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