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

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Ed Kilgore

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 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 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

Trump Started 2025 Strong, Then His Approval Rating Crashed

While Donald Trump’s claims of a landslide victory and a huge mandate in 2024 were always ridiculous, he did begin his second term with some of the...

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Ed Kilgore

The 10 Most Compelling Sports Stories of 2025

I have been obsessed with sports for more than 40 years and writing about them professionally for more than 20, and I think I watched more sports...

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Will Leitch

Vance Rebrands MAGA Revenge As a Christian Crusade

When J.D. Vance arrived in Phoenix to make a speech concluding Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025 conference, he had a challenge and an...

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Ed Kilgore

Bari Weiss Is in a Lonely Place

Bari Weiss is long past her supposed free speech era. The Free Press founder and CBS News editor-in-chief recently yanked a 60 Minutes segment from...

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