1. the national interest
    Why Do We Have Presidential Medals for Celebrities?The private sector creates plenty of awards for entertainers without the need for a public option.
    By Jonathan Chait
  2. life after roe
    Republicans Give Arkansas State Capitol a ‘Monument to the Unborn’Now that the Confederate memorials are coming down, there’s room for new monuments to reactionary laws and politics.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. early and often
    Mike Pence’s 2024 Support Might Be Even Weaker Than It LooksThe former veep is polling in the single digits. He’s alienated just about everyone, so it’s hard to see how he could improve.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. on with kara swisher
    Reid Hoffman on Why We Should All Want AI to Be Our Co-pilotThe LinkedIn co-founder makes his best case for several new AI-based technologies and explains how he thinks they will change our lives.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  5. early and often
    Why None of Trump’s 2016 Rivals Are Willing to Face Him AgainTrump defeated 16 Republican rivals to win the 2016 nomination. Not a single one is up for another round of defeat and humiliation in 2024.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. tremendous content
    Diet Coke Valet Is Trump’s Most Loyal AideDonald Trump’s personal aide Walt Nauta has made himself indispensable by doing his job competently and avoiding drama, a rarity in Trumpworld.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  8. life after roe
    ‘They Really Wanted to See My Baby Get Taken Away’A woman is suing a Brooklyn hospital for secretly testing her for drugs during labor and calling child-protective services.
    By Irin Carmon
  9. early and often
    DeSantis Briefly, Awkwardly Acknowledges Trump’s ExistenceThe governor attempted to defend and attack his rival simultaneously.
    By Benjamin Hart
  10. life after roe.
    Republicans Race to Block Access to Ballots for Abortion-Rights InitiativesThe onetime champions of popular control of abortion policy are now beating a hasty retreat from the will of the people.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. past is prologue
    Did Reagan Team’s Iran-Hostage Sabotage Defeat Jimmy Carter?Reagan-campaign operatives may have prolonged the Iran Hostage Crisis, but that was just one of the damaging political crises Carter faced in 1980.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. just asking questions
    Ron DeSantis’s Ex-Pollster on Where He’s Going WrongVeteran GOP strategist Whit Ayres thinks the Florida governor’s Trump imitation has its limits.
    By Benjamin Hart
  13. housing
    Is Apartment-phobia Driving America’s Housing Crisis?Or is the problem that Americans speak English?
    By Eric Levitz
  14. the national interest
    Why Joe Biden’s Honeymoon With Progressives Is Coming to an EndExpect a lot more infighting.
    By Jonathan Chait
  15. exhibit a
    The First Case Against Trump Is … This?The first-ever criminal prosecution of a former president may be over secret payments to an adult-film star. It follows missed opportunities, too.
    By Ankush Khardori
  16. politics
    Trump Says He Will Be Arrested Next Week in Manhattan’s Hush-Money CaseThe former president also called for his supporters to protest and “take our nation back.”
    By Justin Miller and Chas Danner
  17. conspiracy theories
    Lawmaker Reveals ‘October Surprise’ Plot to Sabotage Jimmy Carter’s ReelectionA Reagan campaign ally allegedly worked to convince Iran not to release their American hostages until after Election Day.
    By Chas Danner
  18. early and often
    Could a Criminal Indictment Actually Help Trump’s 2024 Campaign?Trump thinks an indictment would “enhance” his numbers. His base might relish a battle with “deep state” prosecutors, but swing voters may not.
    By Ed Kilgore
  19. just asking questions
    Should Children Vote, Sit on Juries, and Serve in Office?A law professor’s radical case for rethinking American democracy.
    By Anya Kamenetz
  20. early and often
    Iowa Is a Potential Snake Pit for Trump and DeSantisNo matter how strong the 2024 front-runners look in national polls, they must beg Iowans for their support in person to get the ball rolling.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. early and often
    Red States Crack Down on Local Control of Law EnforcementRepublicans have little use for state and local autonomy when it contradicts their dogmas.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. poll position
    What the Polls Say Today: DeSantis Showing Weakness Against TrumpMaybe his “midterm bounce” is wearing off, or maybe he’s being too passive against attacks. But the the Florida locomotive is slowing down.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. the city politic
    Hochul Calls For Queens Assemblyman to Resign After Sexual-Assault AccusationsTwo women have accused Assemblyman Juan Ardila, who was elected last year, of assaulting them during a 2015 party.
    By Nia Prater
  24. 2024 presidential election
    Now He Tells Us: Pence Suggests Trump Is Not Much of a ChristianNo one has vouched for Donald Trump’s religious authenticity more than his pious and sycophantic veep. Renouncing it all now seems hypocritical.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. early and often
    DeSantis’s Ukraine Stance Could Blow Up His 2024 StrategyBy going America First on Ukraine, the Florida governor is alienating the anti-Trump Republicans he needs to beat the former president.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. foreign interests
    America Must Plan for a Stalemate in UkraineThe odds of a total Ukrainian victory look increasingly slim.
    By Eric Levitz
  27. tremendous content
    Letters to Trump Is a Coffee-Table Book Out for RevengeTrump is promoting his book of letters from celebrities as a chance to see him humiliate his famous enemies. Oprah already showed it won’t work.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  28. on with kara swisher
    Walter Isaacson on Whether Elon Musk’s Ends Justify Being MeanKara Swisher talks to the Musk biographer about what he observed shadowing the billionaire, how Musk compares with Steve Jobs, and much more.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  29. early and often
    Doug Mastriano May Crush Pennsylvania Republicans’ Dreams Once AgainMany Republicans think David McCormick can win a 2024 Senate race. But the GOP can’t shake Mastriano, an ultra-MAGA election denier and 2022 loser.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. early and often
    Trump Says January 6 Violence Was Actually Pence’s FaultIn Trump’s twisted logic, Pence is to blame for the Capitol riot because he refused to steal the 2020 election peacefully.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. politics
    George Santos Wants to Do This AgainThe biggest liar in Congress has filed paperwork for reelection.
    By Nia Prater
  32. early and often
    Anti-LGBTQ+ Republican Is Really Supportive of a Young Man’s NudesAfter Tennessee’s lieutenant governor defended his habit of thirsty Instagram comments, he announced he is “pausing” his social media accounts.
    By Matt Stieb
  33. 2024 presidential election
    It’s Game On in Iowa As Trump Attacks DeSantisBoth men visited the early caucus state in recent days, but while DeSantis stuck to his anti-woke crusade, Trump started unloading on the governor.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. politics
    Michael Cohen Heads Back for More Testimony About Trump Hush MoneyA Manhattan grand jury is currently hearing evidence related to its probe into the payments made to silence Stormy Daniels.
    By Nia Prater
  35. the national interest
    Ron DeSantis Thrills Tucker Carlson by Taking Pro-Russian StanceThe Florida governor calls Putin’s invasion a “territorial dispute.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. silicon valley bank
    The Fed Might ‘Fix’ the Economy by Breaking BanksTriggering a cascade of bank runs might be an effective way to cool off an economy.
    By Eric Levitz
  37. politics
    Tate-PilledWhat a generation of boys have found in Andrew Tate’s extreme male gospel.
    By Lisa Miller
  38. the national interest
    Republicans Blame Silicon Valley Bank Failure on ‘Wokeness’Buying too many Treasury bonds is extremely woke, obviously.
    By Jonathan Chait
  39. tremendous content
    Trump Celebrates Kimberly Guilfoyle With Dance, Stump SpeechNothing says “Happy birthday, future daughter-in-law” like delivering a rambling political diatribe and performing the “Y.M.C.A.” dance.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  40. what we know
    How the U.S. Is Trying to Stave Off a Banking System CrisisAmid the threat of additional bank runs in the aftermath of SVB’s collapse, regulators have taken dramatic action to prevent a panic.
    By Chas Danner
  41. the national interest
    The Republican Party May Not Be Fascist, But It’s Definitely Getting Fasci-erThe left-wing case for downplaying authoritarianism is not convincing.
    By Jonathan Chait
  42. just asking questions
    Can Israeli Democracy Survive Netanyahu’s Power Grab?Law professor Yuval Shany on how the country’s judicial crisis is weakening its place in the world.
    By Benjamin Hart
  43. the group portrait
    The George Floyd Protesters Behind a Historic Payout“Yes, we won. But are things going to change?”
    By Nia Prater
  44. early and often
    Mike Pence’s Condemnation of Trump Is Still a Sad Work in ProgressThe former vice president’s latest “sharpest” attack on his horrible boss was dull on arrival.
    By Chas Danner
  45. life after roe
    Will Abortion Come Back to Bite Ron DeSantis?Activists pushed the Florida governor into accepting a near-total ban, which may not be enough for the right and may be too much for the rest.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. politics
    Zooming With Tennessee Thirst Trap Franklyn McClureHe feels a little bad for the GOP lieutenant governor who liked his photos, because he knows what it’s like to be “hated on.”
    By Brock Colyar
  47. early and often
    Permanent Daylight Saving Time Bill Just Made Clock Change More AnnoyingBefore the Senate passed the Sunshine Protection Act last year, I was resigned to my fate. Now the biannual clock change comes with false hope.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  48. early and often
    Biden’s Risky Plan to Sit Out the 2024 Culture WarThe president is betting that he can neutralize most hot-button cultural issues with silence. His Republican opponent may not let him.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. the swamp
    How Biden Learned to Love the Debt-Ceiling CrisisHe has turned a chronic political headache into a winning issue.
    By Eric Levitz
  50. the system
    How Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ Trumped JusticeThree years after the George Floyd protests, environmental activists are being charged as terrorists.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  51. the national interest
    Trump Blurts Out ‘Peace’ Plan to Hand Russia Chunks of UkraineSean Hannity tastefully edits this out of the interview.
    By Jonathan Chait
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