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Trump Renaming Spree Gets Even Stupider With ‘Trump Strait’

Turns out he was only scratching the surface with “Lake America.” By Margaret Hartmann

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Neera Tanden, Establishment Warrior

By Nate Weisberg She returned to the Center for American Progress to fight Trump. She’s spent much of her time fighting her left flank instead. podcast

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Democrats’ Old-Guard Primary Purge Skips Massachusetts

By Ed Kilgore Led by Ed Markey, three very old incumbent Democrats easily survived challenges from the left and the center.

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The Unlikely Winner of Trump’s Trade War With Canada? MapQuest.

An executive for the bygone app explains the “surreal” surge of users after it refused to capitulate to Trump’s plan to rename Lake Ontario.

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Trump Renaming Spree Gets Even Stupider With ‘Trump Strait’

By Margaret Hartmann

Turns out he was only scratching the surface with “Lake America.”

Trump Got His Face on Some Gold-Colored Currency

A $1 coin will cost you more than $1.

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Democrats’ Old-Guard Primary Purge Skips Massachusetts

Led by Ed Markey, three very old incumbent Democrats easily survived challenges from the left and the center.

NYC Schools Take Drastic Steps on AI

The nation’s largest public school system will ban the use of artificial intelligence from preschool to eighth grade.

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the city politic

Fighting Trump’s Agenda Starts in the States

Daniel Squadron wants voters to tune out the cable news slugfests.

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Neera Tanden, Establishment Warrior

By Nate Weisberg

She returned to the Center for American Progress to fight Trump. She’s spent much of her time fighting her left flank instead.

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Congress Dodges Pre-Midterms Government Shutdown

The bipartisan House vote means some fights will simply be deferred to a lame-duck session, with the next shutdown threat in December.

J.D. Vance and Abdul El-Sayed Really Don’t Like Each Other

The vice-president called the Michigan Senate hopeful “evil” on Monday, but El-Sayed is giving as good as he’s getting in this feud.

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Now You’re Paying for Trump’s Fancy Bowling Alley, Too

By Margaret Hartmann

The White House bowling alley is getting a $250,000 taxpayer-funded upgrade, though Melania Trump already renovated it in 2019.

Whistleblower Raises Alarming Possibility About Mail Ballots

An unnamed federal official warned that the Postal Service’s moves to comply with a Trump executive order could “derail” the midterms.

September’s Subscriber-Only Perk: BOGO Movie Tickets and Free Popcorn

It’s a date. This September, New York subscribers get two movie tickets for the price of one, plus a free medium popcorn at the Angelika Film Center.

The U.S. Open Has Become the Unpredictable Major

Novak Djokovic’s first-round loss is just the latest shocker at the Grand Slam where anything can happen.

DoJ Fall Preview: Even More Spectacular Failure Ahead

Despite a string of prosecutorial debacles, Trump’s DoJ is set to humiliate itself even further.

Supreme Court Gives Trump Big Ballroom Win

The divided Court ruled that work may continue, even though dissenting Chief Justice Roberts concluded that the project is “likely unlawful.”

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The Postal Service Could Be a Huge Problem in the Midterms

The Supreme Court is considering Trump’s plan for the mass rejection of mail ballots. Whatever happens, many ballots may be tossed due to USPS delays.

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family business

House Democrat Opens Delightfully Snarky Probe Into Don Jr.’s VC Firm

Representative Jamie Raskin questions the “almost clairvoyant accuracy” of Trump’s son and his partners at 1789 Capital.

Trump Personally Bullying Apple to Make It ‘Lake America’

Google Maps has already surrendered on the president’s ridiculous name change, but he isn’t satisfied.

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Melania Is ‘Grateful’ to Have Natalie Harp on Trump Duty

By Margaret Hartmann

Constantly being by Trump’s side is a tough job, and Melania certainly isn’t going to do it.

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Trump Responds to Data-Center Backlash by Scolding Americans

It’s a perilous argument to make right before the midterms, particularly when combined with Trump’s routine dismissal of living-cost concerns.

Kalshi Issues Its First Lifetime Ban to None Other Than George Santos

The pardoned congressman was kicked off the prediction market for betting on himself not to attend the State of the Union.

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Jon Ossoff’s Big Opportunity Beyond His Own Election

Helping Keisha Lance Bottoms win a tough governor’s race would give Georgia Democrats a major boost and burnish the senator’s national profile.

Michael Chang Is Finishing What He Started

By Caira Conner

He was an icon for Asian Americans of the ’80s and ’90s. In Learner Tien, he has found a protégé.

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Trump Can’t Rally the Republicans He Needs

The GOP’s midterms problem isn’t the MAGA base. It’s the Trump 2024 voters who don’t think he’s doing that great a job.

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foreign interests

Why Trump Won’t Win His New Economic Wars, Either

The president is trying to economically overpower Canada and Iran, but both are far tougher opponents than he seems to realize.