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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. By Ed Kilgore

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Guilfoyle’s Greek Tragedy: Too Corrupt Even for Trump

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

J.D. Vance Went to Yale and Can’t Define Socialism

The vice president’s new attempt to demonize the left isn’t as clever as he thinks it is.

The Craziest Details of the Kimberly Guilfoyle Donor Scandal

Marco Rubio brushes off a bombshell investigation complete with quid pro quo claims.

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Trump’s Vote-Buying Checks Are in the Mail

After promising $5,000 for voting GOP, Trump is now diverting public funds to send out checks to offset the health-care costs he’s increased.

Nobody Is Ready for the AI-Agent Flood

By John Herrman

Mark Zuckerberg wants everyone to have a relentless, mercenary AI assistant. What happens if we get them?

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east side standoff

The Battle for Kips Bay: Movie Fans vs. Big Medicine

Heartbroken locals hope to stop NYU Langone’s takeover of a beloved AMC theater.

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the city politic

Mamdani Couldn’t Resist Attacking Israel in October 7 Statement

By Benjamin Hart and Chas Danner

This won’t do much to repair his relationship with New York’s Jewish Establishment.

Treasury Secretary Said to Spit in His Own Food When Angry

Scott Bessent’s behavior has reportedly resulted in “the departure of multiple key officials.”

Ken Paxton Is Kicking the GOP Lifeguards Trying to Save Him

The GOP can’t afford to lose the Texas Senate race. Their candidate isn’t helping.

Is Everything Suddenly Possible for Democrats?

Kansas? Texas? South Carolina? Democrats are expanding the midterms map, and it’s getting pretty wild.