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Will Israel Derail U.S.-Iran Peace Talks? Live Updates

The cease-fire is still a confusing mess. Here’s the latest. By Intelligencer Staff

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Trump Is Keeping Kristi Noem’s Luxury Jet As a Souvenir

By Margaret Hartmann Is a $70 million plane for Melania and Cabinet officials really necessary? No, but the White House never turns down a fancy jet.

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A New Theory of Elon Musk

By Matt Stieb How a close examination of the richest — and most annoying — man in the world explains the global economy.

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Will Israel Derail U.S.-Iran Peace Talks? Live Updates

By Intelligencer Staff

The cease-fire is still a confusing mess. Here’s the latest.

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early and often

California Candidate Offers Donors Money-Back Guarantee

San Jose mayor Matt Mahan will refund donors if he doesn’t hit the fundraising goal in his long-shot gubernatorial bid.

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Trump Is Keeping Kristi Noem’s Luxury Jet As a Souvenir

By Margaret Hartmann

Is a $70 million plane for Melania and Cabinet officials really necessary? No, but the White House never turns down a fancy jet.

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Why One ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Wasn’t Enough for Republicans

With midterms losses likely, the GOP suddenly wants to use reconciliation to force through ICE funding and other Trump priorities.

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just asking questions

A New Theory of Elon Musk

How a close examination of the richest — and most annoying — man in the world explains the global economy.

The Iran War Is Not Over

By Rania Abouzeid

Scenes from a day of carnage in Beirut.

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gilgo beach murders

Gilgo Beach Suspect Admits to Murdering 8 Women

Rex Heuermann pleaded guilty to the seven murders he was charged with and confessed to an eighth, which had not previously been associated with him.

Is the AI Cybersecurity Apocalypse Already Here?

By John Herrman

Anthropic’s new model is a godsend for hackers — and a financial bonanza for the company.

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What Is the Iran War About? Trump Still Has No Clue.

The Iran cease-fire only solves problems created by the war itself, making Trump’s original decision to attack even more indefensible.

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GOP Stumbles in Wisconsin & Georgia Warn of Midterms Trouble

A Democrat-backed candidate won big in a Wisconsin Supreme Court election, and MTG’s GOP successor in Georgia won by a sharply reduced margin.

New Yorkers Like What They See From Mamdani So Far

Residents gave Mamdani high marks on his leadership, but his approval rating is lower than Eric Adams’s was around the same period.

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‘TACO’ Trump? Iran War Revives Nickname Trump Loathes

By Margaret Hartmann

The acronym for “Trump Always Chickens Out” was originally about “Liberation Day” tariffs. Now it’s morphed into a broader Trump insult.

Country Music’s Middle Road

By Craig Jenkins

As MAGA grows more unpopular, the genre once perceived as redder than ever is moving to the center.

American Idol: Trump’s Vision of His Place in History

By Zak Cheney-Rice

How the president turns everything into idol worship.

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american affairs

Iran Will Be Neoconservatism’s Death Blow

President Trump’s war has achieved nothing while badly damaging his party. Don’t expect future presidents to follow suit.

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U.S. and Iran Agree to Cease-fire: How It Happened

By Intelligencer Staff

The day started with Trump threatening to end a civilization and ended with a two-week cease-fire leaving Iran in control of the Strait of Hormuz.

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Vance and Putin Work Hard to Save Viktor Orbán

The ties between Trump and Iran’s ally in Russia are nowhere clearer than in their mutual support for Hungary’s embattled strongman.

AI’s ‘Big Tobacco’ Moment Is Coming

By John Herrman

It took 20 years for backlash to swallow social media. AI leaders sense their reckoning is already underway.

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early and often

Trump’s New Truth Social Threat to Iran Is Insane Even for Him

By Margaret Hartmann

He casually announced “a whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran doesn’t meet his deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

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the city politic

The Mamdani vs. City Council Budget Food Fight Helps No One

City Hall leaders should take a deep breath and get off social media.

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stop the presses

Does the New York Times Need a Magazine?

By Charlotte Klein

The departure of Hanya Yanagihara and a redesign of the Sunday magazine have put a spotlight on the paper’s stand-alone publications.

In the Room With Iran’s Social Media Savants

By Narges Bajoghli

The new generation of IRGC content creators is younger, quicker, and less afraid of the U.S.

Trump Confirms He Committed War Crime in Iran

He targeted Iran’s B1 Bridge, which is civilian infrastructure, as a negotiating tactic. “Tell them to look out their window and watch.”

Trump and Hegseth Frame Rescue of Downed Airman As Religious Event

Trump said it was one of the best Easters ever, militarily, while Hegseth compared the downed airman to Jesus.

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Trump’s Wildest Iran Remarks From the Easter Egg Roll

By Margaret Hartmann

Sure, you’ve seen Trump say incoherent, totally bonkers things about Iran. But have you seen him say them in front of the Easter Bunny?