1. early and often
    In Address to Congress, Trump Pleasures Himself and His BaseIn a historically long MAGA rally speech that didn’t attempt to persuade anyone, Trump showed he has no capacity for self-restraint.
    By Ed Kilgore
  2. politics
    The First Day of Trump’s Big Trade War Isn’t Going WellThe market is slumping and America’s allies are incensed.
    By Nia Prater
  3. early and often
    5 Things Trump Needs to Do in His Address to CongressPerhaps Trump will just bellow and boast and entertain his MAGA base. But if he wants his agenda to succeed, he needs to speak to the nation.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. politics
    GOP Solution to Tense Town Halls: No More Town HallsGOP leaders are advising lawmakers to cut back on in-person town halls in exchange for virtual ones amid a loud voter backlash.
    By Nia Prater
  5. early and often
    Elon Musk
    DOGE Is Bad at MathElon Musk’s crack team can’t seem to calculate how much money they are or aren’t saving taxpayers.
    By Chas Danner
  7. early and often
    Americans Want Trump to Cut Prices. He’s Raising Them With Tariffs Instead.Trump’s protectionist agenda will hit his working-class and Farm Belt base hard, and he doesn’t even pretend to care.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. politics
    How Democrats Will Harness Outrage for Trump’s Big SpeechDemocratic members of Congress plan to invite fired federal workers to the Capitol on Tuesday.
    By Nia Prater
  9. on with kara swisher
    Kara Swisher Wants to Save the Washington Post From Jeff BezosIn the latest episode of On With Kara Swisher, Kara makes her case for buying the legendary publication and restoring its past glory.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  10. poll position
    Trump’s Approval Falls and Could Collapse Over InflationAmericans are still very unhappy with the economy. It’s a matter of time until the president gets some blame.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. early and often
    How Elon Musk Could Spark a Government ShutdownDOGE’s wild rampage is the major sticking point in talks over a deal and he could blow up any such agreement by riling up a troll army.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. early and often
    Angry Voters Keep Confronting Republicans Back HomePresident Trump blames “paid troublemakers” for the disruptions at several Republican town halls over the past few weeks with no evidence.
    By Nia Prater
  13. just asking questions
    This Is Going Even Worse Than Steven Levitsky ExpectedThe venerable democracy scholar discusses how Trump is bringing “competitive authoritarianism” to America.
    By Benjamin Hart
  14. early and often
    Elon Musk
    The New Woke Right Wants Its Own Safe SpaceConservatives are embracing the same anxieties and tactics that used to preoccupy some of the social-justice left.
    By Ross Barkan
  15. the city politic
    Which Andrew Cuomo Will New Yorkers Remember?The ex-governor has a case to make, but it won’t be easy under the strain of so much baggage.
    By Errol Louis
  16. the city politic
    Andrew Cuomo
    Andrew Cuomo Is Officially Running for MayorThe disgraced former governor hopes New York City Democrats will pick him to replace the disgraced current mayor.
    By Chas Danner
  17. liveblog
    US-UKRAINE-DIPLOMACY-TRUMP-ZELENSKY
    Trump White House and Zelenskyy Remain at Odds After ‘Spat’: Live UpdatesDid the televised argument give Trump the excuse he wanted to cut off Zelenskyy for good?
    By Intelligencer Staff
  18. early and often
    All the Drama Around the Trump Movie The ApprenticeFrom Donald Trump’s legal threats to the Ivana rape scene, the biopic has long been mired in controversy. And now it has two Oscars nominations.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  19. early and often
    How the Zelenskyy Blowup Serves Trump’s GoalsPlanned or not, the raucous Oval Office meeting with Zelenskyy clearly reinforced a MAGA effort to undermine sympathy for Ukraine.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. early and often
    Republicans Consider Lies to Hide Cost of Trump Tax CutsPretending trillions of dollars in high-end tax cuts are free may be convenient for the GOP, but it’s extremely dishonest.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. early and often
    GOP May Try to Pay for Tax Cuts With Unpopular TariffsThe fiscal arithmetic of the Trump agenda isn’t adding up. Offsetting reductions in taxes for wealthy people with regressive tariffs won’t help.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. screen time
    Why TikTok’s Legal Purgatory Is a Tech-Sector NightmareThe only reason U.S. companies can still do business with TikTok is because Trump says he won’t enforce the law. It also gives him leverage.
    By John Herrman
  23. the system
    Have We All Just Agreed to Live With Soul-Crushing Racism?The bigotry coming out of the Oval Office has been met with weary complacency.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  24. tremendous content
    White House Says Trump Hand Bruise Is Proof of His VirilityKaroline Leavitt tried to tamp down speculation about Trump’s injury by claiming he shakes more hands “than any other president in history.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  25. politics
    Where Do Things Stand With Eric Adams’s Case?An outside attorney is set to weigh in on the Justice Department’s controversial motion to dismiss the mayor’s federal case.
    By Nia Prater
  26. early and often
    Are Democrats Already Surrendering on Government Spending?The minority party’s only leverage is to refuse to keep the government open without assurances that DOGE will be reined in. It may be giving it up.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. early and often
    DOGE Was Just Rehearsing for Much-Larger-Scale Federal LayoffsThe Trump administration is launching a more systematic effort that could lay off as many as 700,000 government employees.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. politics
    Can Trump Get Rid of Congestion Pricing?The Trump administration has ordered New York’s tolling program to shut down in March, but the MTA says it will not budge without a court order.
    By Nia Prater
  29. early and often
    U.S. President Donald Trump And Russian President Vladimir Putin's Helsinki Summit
    Trump Doesn’t Just Like Putin — He’s Like PutinSimilar to his friend in Moscow, Trump is treating government as personal property that he owns absolutely.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. tremendous content
    Trump to Personally Investigate ‘Stolen’ Fort Knox Gold TheoryThe president is putting America’s top detectives on the case: himself and Elon Musk.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  31. tremendous content
    HUD TVs Hacked to Play Video of Trump Kissing Musk’s FeetHousing and Urban Development officials claims they’ve IDed the person who broadcast a gross AI video of Trump sucking on the toes of the “REAL KING.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  32. early and often
    Trump Budget Bill Passes on a Wave of Promises and LiesIt’s one small step down a long road to big tax and spending cuts.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. early and often
    Benjamin-Netanyahu-visits-with-President-Trump-at-White-House
    President Shares Disgusting Vision in AI ‘Trump Gaza’ VideoTrump sees the new Palestinian-free Gaza as a resort where he can party with Musk and Netanyahu and be worshipped as a golden god.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  34. politics
    White House Finally Reveals Who Is (Kind of) Running DOGEThe White House claimed that a former adviser in the U.S. Digital Service, not Elon Musk, is actually in charge.
    By Nia Prater
  35. politics
    Eric Adams Is Comparing Himself to Jesus NowDuring a Black History Month reception, the mayor invoked Jesus’s words while on the cross, saying of his critics, “God, forgive them.”
    By Nia Prater
  36. the purge
    All the Firing, Layoffs and Resignations We Know OfOver 30,000 have been let go or put on leave but information on which departments have been impacted is only trickling out. Here’s what we know.
    By Will Peischel
  37. games
    Stephen A. Smith for President? Have We All Lost Our Minds?Fighting ignorance with more ignorance is not the way out of this mess.
    By Will Leitch
  38. early and often
    Trump’s Cuts Are Hammering Virginia in an Election YearThe state’s many federal workers will have a chance to respond to the GOP’s policies in the closely watched 2025 gubernatorial race.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. politics
    Cuomo Dominates More Polls As He Preps to Join Mayor RaceThe scandal-ridden ex-governor could throw his hat in the ring as soon as this weekend.
    By Nia Prater
  40. early and often
    Republicans Are Starting a War Over Medicaid CutsRepublicans talk about reducing waste, fraud, and abuse in the essential health-care program, but people know cuts when they see them.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. early and often
    Don’t Fall for Trump and Musk’s ChaosThe bedlam and endless noise is part of a political strategy, which makes the work of critics and journalists all the more important.
    By Errol Louis
  42. what we know
    Elon Musk.
    Musk Doubles Down on Mass Email Threat to Federal WorkersAfter OPM said workers weren’t required to respond, Musk said they’ll get another chance to reply or be fired.
    By Chas Danner
  43. early and often
    Trump Didn’t Campaign on Decimating the Federal GovernmentIt’s a Project 2025 plan chaotically implemented by Elon Musk, which most voters couldn’t possibly have expected, let alone supported.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. politics
    What Dan Bongino BelievesBongino, a far-right podcaster with a law-enforcement background, has often railed against the FBI, which he will now help lead.
    By Nia Prater
  45. the city politic
    What Eric Adams Says About Trump Behind Closed Doors“Have faith that I know what I’m doing and I know how to navigate this.”
    By David Freedlander
  46. early and often
    Why the Government Will Probably Shut Down in MarchThis may be the only real leverage Democrats have to reverse some of President Trump’s most drastic moves.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. we’ll do it live
    New York Mayor Eric Adams
    The Eric Adams Legal Drama Goes Into Overtime: Live UpdatesJudge Dale Ho has appointed an independent attorney to test the DOJ’s request to dismiss the charges.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  48. the purge
    Kash Patel’s Enemies ListThe FBI is bracing for payback under Trump ultraloyalist Kash Patel.
    By Andrew Rice
  49. the purge
    ‘Big Balls’ on Top of the WorldHow Eddie Coristine, 19, came to join Elon Musk’s revolution terrorizing the federal government.
    By Pilar Meléndez and William Bredderman
  50. stop the presses
    The Media Is Now Part of Trump’s War Against the Deep StateInside the campaign to expose “collusion” between journalists and government officials.
    By Charlotte Klein
  51. early and often
    Speaker Mike Johnson
    A Week of Republican Congressional Chaos Ends in Low ComedyAn all-night Senate debate on a budget resolution that may go nowhere was typical of a very bad week for Congress.
    By Ed Kilgore
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