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The Country Cramming for the AI Revolution

In China, the fear of getting left behind has created a powerful new prosperity gospel. podcast By Afra Wang

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Kirsten Gillibrand, Crypto’s Favorite Democrat

By Nate Weisberg The senator says she set out to regulate a grift-y industry. Now, she’s in an ethical morass. podcast

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Podcaster Hillary Clinton Feels Like a ‘Walking Rorschach Test’

By Intelligencer Staff In the debut of High Stakes (with Kara Swisher), Clinton weighs in on the midterms, weaponized health scares, and the “crazy cult” in the White House.

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Trump Leaves Hegseth Hanging Over Livestream Execution

Hegseth is no stranger to debacles, but this one could help do him in with the president.

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Katie Zacharia Didn’t Pass the Bar Exam in China, or Anywhere

By Margaret Hartmann

The new White House press secretary said she thought it was okay to call herself a “lawyer,” despite failing the bar exam in California.

Is Susie Wiles the Next Trump Woman Out the Door?

Several top female administration officials have been replaced by men.

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The Country Cramming for the AI Revolution

In China, the fear of getting left behind has created a powerful new prosperity gospel.

Dolan Is Using the Knicks Against Hochul

It will cost you only a $10,000 donation to Bruce Blakeman to get a ticket to the championship team’s final preseason game.

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early and often

Podcaster Hillary Clinton Feels Like a ‘Walking Rorschach Test’

By Intelligencer Staff

In the debut of High Stakes (with Kara Swisher), Clinton weighs in on the midterms, weaponized health scares, and the “crazy cult” in the White House.

the city politic

the city politic

Mamdani Is Facing Another Blowup With His Base

This time, it’s about NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch — which was probably inevitable.

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Kirsten Gillibrand, Crypto’s Favorite Democrat

By Nate Weisberg

The senator says she set out to regulate a grift-y industry. Now, she’s in an ethical morass.

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Katie Zacharia Says She Passed the Bar Exam in … China?

By Margaret Hartmann

Moments after her poor debut, the press secretary stepped in it again when asked a basic question about her credentials as a lawyer.

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Press Secretary Katie Zacharia’s Debut Was Pure Amateur Hour

By Margaret Hartmann

Or, rather, amateur 14 minutes. Here are the lowlights.

Guilfoyle’s Greek Tragedy: Too Corrupt Even for Trump

The White House is calling on Don Jr.’s ex-fiancée to resign.

Unhappy Trump Voters Are the Midterms Difference-Makers

The closer we get to the end of this election, the clearer it is that Republicans should have found a way to muzzle their unpopular president.

Why New York Republicans Still Love Trump

By David Freedlander

Across the country, midterm candidates are running from an unpopular president. But not in New York.

DoJ’s Doomed Pursuit of Cassidy Hutchinson

Indicting the former aide would surely add to a string of failed prosecutions.

When Only AI Can See the Cancer

By Vivian Manning-Schaffel

The technology has the power to detect lethal illness, like a pancreatic tumor, while it is still nascent enough to cure.

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Trump Is Locked in a Posthumous Feud With Abe Lincoln

By Margaret Hartmann

This shockingly active rivalry has dragged on for years, though Honest Abe is both dead and better than Trump by just about every measure.

the city politic

the city politic

Mamdani’s School Plan Is Still MIA

Ten months into the Mamdani administration, education experts and reformers are not impressed.

The Problem With Facebook Was Facebook

By John Herrman

In The Social Reckoning, Aaron Sorkin is fighting, and somehow losing, the last social-media war.

What Darializa Avila Chevalier Saw at the NYC ICE Shooting

“They’re idiots who do not care what the impact is on our community.”

Trump’s New Press-Secretary Pick Is Straight Out of Central Casting

By Benjamin Hart

Katie Zacharia is a Fox News regular and spokesperson for Trump’s social-media company.

Anthropic’s God Complex

The company is courting religious leaders in an effort to make Claude “good.” What exactly does that mean?

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early and often

With Livestream Killing, Hegseth Goes Full Barbarian

Bringing back public executions is in character for the champion of “lethality,” but this could backfire spectacularly.

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MLK Day Out, Trump’s Birthday In? All His Holiday Changes.

By Margaret Hartmann

Despite claims like “I’m reinstating” Columbus Day, Trump hasn’t created any permanent federal holidays. And he said Americans have too many days off.

the city politic

the city politic

Mamdani’s Real Test Is Curbing Antisemitism

The mayor stumbled on October 7 but has an opportunity to reduce hate crimes.

The Social Reckoning Omits Way More Than Trump’s Name

By Margaret Hartmann

If you’ve used Facebook or lived through Trump 2.0, Aaron Sorkin’s follow-up to The Social Network has nothing to tell you.