1. tremendous content
    Trump Is Secretly Worried About His Prison JumpsuitThough he’s insisted he doesn’t “even think about” the prospect of prison time, he’s reportedly panicking Tom Wambsgans–style in private.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  2. early and often
    Iowa-Obsessed DeSantis Is Tanking in Other Early StatesNew polls from New Hampshire and South Carolina offer bad news for the one-time powerhouse.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. early and often
    Shutdown Nears As Trump Tells House GOP to Defund the GovernmentEverything Kevin McCarthy does to placate right-wing hard-liners makes a deal even harder. Trump’s advice isn’t helping.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. politics
    Democratic Senator Accused of Cartoonish CorruptionProsecutors say New Jersey’s Robert Menendez, already under investigation, accepted $400,000 in gold bars as a gift.
    By Matt Stieb
  5. early and often
    Cassidy Hutchinson Says Rudy Giuliani Groped Her During January 6 RallyGiuliani called the claims in the former Trump aide’s new book “totally absurd” and threatened to sue, but his finances may not allow it.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  7. the national interest
    ‘Biden or Bust’ Is a Risky Strategy to Save DemocracyThe unconvincing case for complacency.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. life after roe
    Trump Isn’t Moderating on Abortion, He’s Just Shifting TacticsBy criticizing six-week state limits, Trump is acknowledging that abortion bans are unpopular and returning to incrementalism on the issue.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. politics
    Joe Biden and Eric Adams Don’t Seem to Be on Speaking TermsThe president met with Governor Hochul during his trip to New York this week — but not his mayoral antagonist.
    By Nia Prater
  10. early and often
    Could the House and Senate Flip in 2024? The Odds Look GoodDemocrats and Republicans switching control in the same election has never happened before, and it could mean renewed gridlock in Washington.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. chapters
    How Rupert Murdoch Decided to Dump Tucker CarlsonThe 92-year-old media baron was fond of the Fox News host — but Donald Trump complicates everything.
    By Michael Wolff
  12. tremendous content
    Melania Does ‘Give a F**k’ About Selling Christmas OrnamentsShe’s hawking another collection of golden Christmas ornaments with corresponding NFTs despite her notoriously awkward history with the holiday.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  13. politics
    Republicans Left a Motion to Remove McCarthy in a House BathroomA mistake at the changing table or an unusual way to leak information?
    By Matt Stieb
  14. early and often
    Tim Scott Thinks Striking Autoworkers Should All Be FiredMany Republicans, including Donald Trump, are expressing at least token sympathy for the United Auto Workers. But Scott wants Reagan-style firings.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. early and often
    Trump Claims His Truth Social ‘Intervention’ Saved Ken PaxtonLocal politics, not social-media posts, shaped the fight over the Texas AG’s impeachment and trial. Trump took credit for the acquittal anyway.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. the national interest
    Now Liberals Are Unskewing Polls, TooStop it, the media isn’t faking the close race.
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. politics
    Rudy Giuliani Is Getting Sued by His Own Lawyer NowRobert Costello alleges that Giuliani has paid him and his firm only $214,000 for years of legal work.
    By Nia Prater
  18. poll position
    What the Polls Say Today: Trump’s Rivals Need a New Strategy, FastAfter a string of supposedly fatal campaign missteps, Trump’s polling stronger than ever. His rivals need to realize he’s not going to self-destruct.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. just asking questions
    Will Wisconsin Republicans Pull Off the Ultimate Power Grab?State Democratic Party chairman Ben Wikler on the GOP’s efforts to impeach a state Supreme Court justice and undo an election.
    By Benjamin Hart
  20. tremendous content
    Trump Used Classified Documents As Scrap PaperA former assistant reportedly told federal investigators that Trump wrote to-do lists on them when he was president.
    By Chas Danner
  21. tremendous content
    Trump Warns ‘Cognitively Impaired’ Biden May Cause ‘World War II’Days after a gaffe-filled speech in D.C., Trump continued attacking Biden’s flubs and reiterated his call for candidates to undergo cognitive tests.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  22. politics
    So Is Abortion Legal Now in Wisconsin?Planned Parenthood is offering abortions after a favorable state-court ruling, but the matter isn’t settled yet.
    By Nia Prater
  23. the national interest
    Trump Throws Anti-Abortion Activists Under the BusWhat Trump’s moderate abortion rhetoric says about the presidential race.
    By Jonathan Chait
  24. early and often
    We Could Be Headed for a Record-Breaking Government ShutdownWith the September 30 deadline approaching, House Republicans are hopelessly divided and Kevin McCarthy is struggling to find a way forward.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. on with kara swisher
    Walter Isaacson on Almost All the Criticism of His Elon Musk BookKara Swisher grills the author on his new biography and tries to get him to admit whether or not he actually likes Musk.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  26. ideas
    The Nerd Trying to Turn the GOP PopulistOren Cass’s quest to make Republicans heed the interests of their working-class base.
    By Eric Levitz
  27. early and often
    U.S. Senators Can Now Vote in SweatpantsMajority Leader Chuck Schumer is reportedly ridding the upper chamber of its dress code, but only for senators.
    By Chas Danner
  28. exhibit a
    Do Liberals Think the Supreme Court Will Save Us From Trump?Because that would have to happen to disqualify him from running under the 14th Amendment.
    By Ankush Khardori
  29. screen time
    Social Media Drops the ‘Digital Town Square’ RoutineEvery platform used to be for everyone, but those days are gone.
    By John Herrman
  30. tremendous content
    Donald Trump Reveals He and Melania ‘Actually Get Along’Contrary to what Trump’s GOP rivals are saying, his wife of 18 years likes him, and he doesn’t care if she doesn’t show it.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  31. the national interest
    Challenging Biden Is Risky. So Is Nominating Him.A serious primary challenge could test and strengthen the president’s reelection campaign.
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. tremendous content
    Mitt Romney’s Most Delightfully Awkward MomentsA salute to the retiring Utah senator, who was never afraid to share his passion for hot dogs, ironing himself, and trees that are the “right height.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  33. politics
    Read the Indictment of Hunter BidenThe president’s son has officially been charged with making a false statement while purchasing a firearm.
    By Matt Stieb
  34. the national interest
    Mitt Romney and the Doomed Nobility of Republican ModerationThe party’s last antiauthoritarian walks away.
    By Jonathan Chait
  35. early and often
    Mitt Romney Is Retiring, Says Fellow Old Folks Biden and Trump Should TooThe GOP senator and hot-dog enthusiast said he would be in his mid-80s at the end of a second term and it’s “time for a new generation of leaders.”
    By Matt Stieb
  36. tremendous content
    Trump Defends Mental Acuity in Incoherent Truth Social PostsFiguring out what the heck he’s talking about is its own mental-fitness test.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  37. the national interest
    Republicans Already Told Us Impeachment Is Revenge for Trump“They did it to us!”
    By Jonathan Chait
  38. tremendous content
    Does Tim Scott’s Girlfriend Actually Exist? Maybe!The Washington Post conducted an in-depth investigation and spoke with the 2024 candidate about his new love, yet the results were inconclusive.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  39. criminal justice reform
    Prisons and Policing Need to Be Radically Reformed, Not AbolishedInstitutions of law enforcement and criminal detention are necessary. But they shouldn’t look anything like the ones we have now.
    By Eric Levitz
  40. on with kara swisher
    Conan O’Brien on Late Night’s Decline and Trump’s Greatest CrimeKara Swisher talks to the late-night legend about his new travel show, the writers’ strike, and his thoughts on the impact of AI comedy.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  41. danny masterson rape trial
    A (Very Partial) Defense of Ashton Kutcher and Mila KunisIt’s okay to write a leniency letter for a rapist, just not one that implies he’s innocent.
    By Eric Levitz
  42. tremendous content
    ‘Where’s Melania?’ Banner Is a Low-Energy Trump TauntThe only shocking thing about the attack on Trump at the Iowa college-football game is that one of his rivals thought it would humiliate him.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  43. the national interest
    Trump’s Economic Plan: Raise Taxes on the Middle Class, Cut Them on the RichRepublican populism remains extremely fake.
    By Jonathan Chait
  44. stop the presses
    The Journalist and the BillionaireWalter Isaacson, schmoozy icon of the Old Media elite, has written a biography of Elon Musk, who despises all of those things.
    By Shawn McCreesh
  45. the national interest
    Why Isn’t a Mainstream Democrat Challenging Biden?The demand for a different option is robust. What is mystifyingly absent is the supply.
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. the national interest
    Republicans Attacking Trump As ‘Unelectable’ Is Just So PatheticIt’s not only weak, it’s not even true.
    By Jonathan Chait
  47. politics
    Adams Weirdly Says Migrant Crisis Will ‘Destroy New York City’During a town hall meeting on the Upper West Side Wednesday night, the mayor said he doesn’t “see an ending” to the problem.
    By Nia Prater
  48. the national interest
    Samuel Moyn Can’t Stop Blaming Trumpism on LiberalsLiberalism Against Itself makes an incoherent attack on liberalism.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. politics
    Hunter Biden Is Getting Indicted This MonthProsecutors want to bring charges against the president’s son by September 29.
    By Matt Stieb
  50. early and often
    McConnell Can’t Fully Quash Health Concerns, Even Among Senate RepublicansThe Capitol Hill doctor cleared McConnell after he froze for a second time, but a few Senate Republicans openly doubted his rosy health assessment.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  51. on with kara swisher
    Barry Diller Thinks Netflix Started All ThisThe media mogul speaks with Kara Swisher about how to escape the Hollywood shutdown.
    By Intelligencer Staff
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