1. eric adams
    Eric Adams: Filming NYPD at Unsafe Range ‘Won’t Be Tolerated’The mayor said there’s a “proper way” to record officers’ activities but that “standing over them with a camera” creates a “dangerous environment.”
    By Nia Prater
  2. politics
    Republicans Have a Built-in Advantage When Gas Prices RiseDemocrats are stuck with complicated arguments reconciling economic and environmental priorities. Republicans can just chant, “Drill, baby, drill.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. politics
    Hillary Clinton and Eric Adams Bond Over Bubble BathsShe can “attest to his own personal swagger.”
    By Nia Prater
  4. ukraine
    Zelenskyy Invokes Pearl Harbor and 9/11 in Impassioned Speech to CongressAs he urged lawmakers to send more aid, the Ukrainian president cast his country’s battle against Russia as existential for the West.
    By Benjamin Hart
  5. foreign interests
    Why China Probably Won’t Send Military Aid to RussiaBeijing has an interest in helping Putin — in ways that don’t expose it to the threat of western sanctions.
    By Eric Levitz
  7. strange bedfellows
    I Guess Marco Rubio Is My Hero NowThe Senate passed the Florida senator’s bill to make daylight saving time permanent, which almost counteracts all the bad stuff he’s done.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  8. politics
    Herschel Walker’s Stumper on Evolution: ‘Why Are There Still Apes?’The Trump-backed football legend, who is challenging Senator Raphael Warnock, shared some not-so-deep thoughts.
    By Ed Kilgore
  9. politics
    Our Long National Nightmare May Finally Be OverIn a major blow to seasonal depression, the Senate unanimously approved a bill to make daylight saving time permanent.
    By Matt Stieb
  10. ukraine
    Russian State-TV Employee Yells ‘No War’ on Live News BroadcastMarina Ovsyannikova told Channel One viewers not to believe the “propaganda” on Russian TV. She was fined and released, but may face more charges.
    By Matt Stieb and Margaret Hartmann
  11. the economy
    Modern Capitalism Is Weirder Than You ThinkThree asset managers now collectively own a big chunk of nearly every corporation. As a result, capitalism no longer works as advertised.
    By Eric Levitz
  12. january 6
    Yes, Ginni Thomas Was at the January 6 Rally … But She Left EarlyJustice Clarence Thomas’s wife says she attended the Stop the Steal rally but “got cold” and split before the rioting started.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  13. politics
    Andrew Cuomo Is Campaigning for … SomethingThe former governor has launched an ad campaign that highlights achievements in office and portrays the investigations into him as political.
    By Nia Prater
  14. politics
    Democrats Have a Plan to Dump the Iowa CaucusesThe first-in-the-nation caucuses have survived many challenges over the years, but a new DNC proposal could finally dethrone Iowa.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. today in eric adams
    Eric Adams Joins TikTok, Makes SmoothieThe mayor has a new social-media platform to dominate.
    By Nia Prater
  16. tomorrow
    Why Is the World Ignoring the Latest U.N. Climate Report?The creeping normalization of the apocalypse.
    By David Wallace-Wells
  17. 2022 midterms
    Trump’s Midterms Endorsements Are Beginning to Go AwryIn a growing number of races, Trump’s picks have sparked a backlash among his supporters. In others, he’s running the risk of looking like a loser.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. the city politic
    New York’s Homelessness Crisis Needs More Than ThisLawmakers need to invest far more to help the New Yorkers with mental illness who live on the streets and in the subway.
    By Errol Louis
  19. energy policy
    Here’s How Biden Can Lower Gas PricesWithout undermining his climate goals.
    By Eric Levitz
  20. politics
    Tom Cotton Touts (Sanitized) Andrew Jackson as GOP HeroThe Arkansas senator presented Jackson as the hero Reagan and Trump had in common. But he failed to acknowledge Old Hickory’s violent racism.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. the system
    Can Republicans Commit Voter Fraud?The revealing case of Mark Meadows.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  22. ukraine invasion
    Biden Warns Putin Will Pay ‘Severe Price’ for Using Chemical WeaponsThe administration has said that misinformation about a Ukraine bioweapons program could be used as pretext for an attack.
    By Matt Stieb
  23. the economy
    How Much Financial Damage Could Russia Do to the U.S.?The Kremlin has limited capability to respond to an “economic war.”
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  24. 2022 midterms
    Post-Recall, California Republicans Are Running on EmptyHaving lost their best shot at a statewide win in 2021, the Golden State GOP looks incapable of challenging Gavin Newsom’s reelection.
    By Ed Kilgore
  25. mysteries solved
    Trump Explains His Love of ‘Y.M.C.A.,’ the ‘Gay National Anthem’The former president/aspiring DJ has some details wrong here, but he’s right that the song “gets people up and it gets them moving.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  26. politics
    Congress Drops New COVID Funding After a Spending MeltdownFacing a government shutdown, the House cut new COVID funding after a fight over the proposed clawback of old pandemic money. This could be dangerous.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. politics
    Biden’s War Bounce Isn’t Big Enough to Save the MidtermsBiden’s popularity improved following the Ukraine crisis and the State of the Union. But he’d need a far bigger bump to help Democrats in November.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. politics
    Greene and Gosar Won’t Be Punished for Hanging With White NationalistsHouse GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy even promised to restore the extremists’ committee assignments if Republicans win back the House.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. politics
    New Yorkers With Pot Convictions to Open First DispensariesNew York’s first marijuana-retail licenses will go to people who have been convicted of pot-related offenses or to their family members.
    By Nia Prater
  30. 2022 midterms
    Money Pours Into MTG’s Race, But Not to Anyone Who Can WinMarjorie Taylor Greene’s district is too red for the Democrats raking in the cash to fight her. The Republican with a chance is too poor to beat her.
    By Ed Kilgore
  31. russia sanctions
    The Pain and Potential Gain of Biden’s Russian Oil BanThe move will deal a blow to Putin’s regime but impose a new burden on U.S. energy consumers.
    By Eric Levitz
  32. crime
    The Son Who Brought Down His Insurrectionist FatherGuy Reffitt was convicted in a landmark, emotionally wrenching case.
    By Ankush Khardori
  33. redistricting
    The Ominous Elections News From Democrats’ Supreme Court WinThe Court’s conservative majority is getting close to an endorsement of the “independent state legislature” doctrine that Trump touted in 2020.
    By Ed Kilgore
  34. 2022 midterms
    Trump Tries to Get Revenge on Atlanta by Busting It UpThe former president has backed an effort to have Buckhead, a wealthy white neighborhood, secede from Atlanta. But he jumped into the fight too late.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. the national interest
    How Trump and Putin Have Been Allies Against UkraineIn addition to sharing Putin’s loathing of Ukraine, Trump has long supported delegitimizing the now besieged country.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. politics
    Florida to Defy CDC, Says No COVID Vaccine for KidsFlorida is the first state to counter the CDC by recommending that healthy children over the age of 5 not receive the COVID vaccine.
    By Matt Stieb
  37. william barr
    Bill Barr Trashes Trump, But Says He’d Vote for Him in 2024While plugging his memoir, Barr has tried to distance himself from his former boss. But he still hates Democrats more than Trump’s misconduct.
    By Ed Kilgore
  38. the economy
    Gas Is Really, Really Expensive Right NowAt least by American standards.
    By Benjamin Hart
  39. education
    ‘I Don’t Feel Like This Is a Safe Choice Yet’Starting today, masks are optional in New York City public schools. While many are relieved, some parents and educators worry the move is premature.
    By Nia Prater
  40. lgbtq
    Refusal to Accept LGBTQ Equality Is Still Causing Divisions in ChurchesA planned split among Methodists is just the latest sign of left-right divisions between Protestants, especially over LGBTQ issues.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. politics
    Trump Jokes About Starting a War Between Russia and ChinaThe former president told an audience of GOP donors that the U.S. should paint Chinese flags on American warplanes and bomb Russia.
    By Chas Danner
  42. politics
    Do Republicans Know What Communism Is?Some members of the GOP have taken to calling Democrats “communists.” It betrays a willful historical ignorance.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. radio free weiner
    Anthony Weiner Wants Your Attention AgainReady or not, the former congressman is out of jail and on the radio.
    By Matt Stieb
  44. politics
    Why New York Republicans Are Dreaming of a Banner YearThe state GOP hopes to expand on its 2021 wins, take further advantage of Democrats’ distraction, and ride the national red wave.
    By Errol Louis
  45. crime and punishment
    Supreme Court Reinstates Death Penalty for Boston Marathon BomberThe decision creates a dilemma for Joe Biden, who opposes the federal death penalty even as his Justice Department sought it for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. politics
    Rick Scott Doubles Down on His Bonkers Agenda for the GOPMitch McConnell publicly rejected Scott’s disastrous plan, so now the Florida senator has written an op-ed to whine about his persecution.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. ukraine invasion
    Lindsey Graham’s Call for Putin’s Assassination Is Too Extreme for MTGEven Marjorie Taylor Greene said the senator’s call for Russians to assassinate Vladimir Putin was “irresponsible, dangerous & unhinged.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  48. vladimir putin
    Putin’s War Looks Increasingly InsaneThe Russian leader refuses to modify his goals, even as the costs mount.
    By Eric Levitz
  49. ukraine
    Ex–Fox News Producer Indicted for Working With Russian OligarchAmerican Jack Hanick allegedly violated U.S. sanctions by working with a blacklisted Russian banker to launch right-wing-media networks overseas.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  50. politics
    Why the January 6 Committee Alleged ‘Criminal Conspiracy’ by Team TrumpIt’s still unlikely that Trump lands in jail, but the panel is raising the specter of criminal charges as it gets closer to unveiling his full plot.
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. just asking questions
    Was Ted Cruz Right About Russia?He spent years fighting Putin’s prized pipeline, which Biden allowed to go forward until the war.
    By Ben Jacobs
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