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Donald Trump Snatches Final Shred of William Barr’s Dignity

Having apparently learned that former attorney general William Barr has endorsed his candidacy, after having previously described him as childlike...

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Jonathan Chait

How Gmail Became Our Diary

Twenty years ago this month, Google launched Gmail. At first, user numbers were deliberately kept low, and those with access would hoard...

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The Editors

The Professor Protesting Columbia’s Own Students

Professor Shai Davidai woke up on Sunday morning and asked Columbia University for backup. In an email to top administrators, he requested a police...

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Matt Stieb

What It Means That Weinstein’s Conviction Was Reversed

Harvey Weinstein long wielded his power to be treated better by the legal system than a typical person accused of violent crimes would be. On...

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Irin Carmon

Was the Ukraine Aid Bill a Trump Defeat or a Strategic Retreat?

There’s no question that the passage of a foreign-aid package similar to what Joe Biden requested last October was a setback for America First...

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Ed Kilgore

Police Clash With Palestine Protesters on Multiple Campuses

Last week, the NYPD arrived on Columbia University’s campus and arrested students involved in a pro-Palestine encampment. Earlier this week,...

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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

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

Trump vs. Biden Polls: Kennedy Now Threatens Both Candidates

For a while there, the independent ticket of ex-Democrats Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Nicole Shanahan seemed to be taking crucial votes away from...

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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

Can Elon Musk Pull Off a Mark Zuckerberg?

By the time Elon Musk held a conference call with Wall Street on Tuesday night, he had spent most of the last year on the defensive. The call was...

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Kevin T. Dugan

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

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