1. politics
    Mamdani Directly Addresses Trump Via Fox News AppearanceOn Trump’s favorite network, Mamdani told the president he’s “ready to speak at any time to lower the cost of living.”
    By Nia Prater
  2. early and often
    Supreme Court Voting-Rights Ruling Could Blow Up MidtermsJustices seem ready to weaken the Voting Rights Act. The ruling could erase minority districts, locking in GOP House control in 2026 and beyond.
    By Ed Kilgore
  3. early and often
    Democratic Divisions Loom in Fight to Take on Susan CollinsNational-party conflicts over age, experience, and ideology are playing out in the Maine Senate primary between Janet Mills and Graham Platner.
    By Ed Kilgore
  4. politics
    New York Pols Attack One Another Over Racist GOP TextsAmid a texting scandal involving Young Republicans, Governor Kathy Hochul called out Representative Elise Stefanik for her past rhetoric.
    By Nia Prater
  5. early and often
    An Obamacare Deal Could End the Shutdown. It Won’t Be Easy.Midterms messaging, the abortion debate, and Trump’s confusing behavior are complicating the one issue that could reopen the government.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. politics
    Pete Hegseth’s New Pentagon Press Policy Is a Miserable FailureEven the Defense secretary’s former employer, Fox News, is balking at the new restrictions.
    By Nia Prater
  8. roundup
    Gaza summit in Egypt
    Now What for Israel, Gaza, and Trump the Peacemaker?A roundup of commentary and analysis on the prospects for continued peace and what it all means.
    By Chas Danner
  9. the party of lincoln
    Turns Out Young Republican Leaders Are Really Racist in Group ChatsThe party’s young minds “love Hitler” and using racial slurs.
    By Matt Stieb
  10. tremendous content
    Trump Is (Half) Right About His Hideous Time Magazine CoverThe editors probably aren’t plotting against Trump, as he suggested in a Truth Social lament, but it is a “super bad picture.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  11. politics
    Airports Are Refusing to Air Kristi Noem’s Weird Shutdown VideoA jarring clip of the DHS secretary blaming Democrats for the shutdown faces resistance.
    By Nia Prater
  12. immigration
    What Happened to the Migrants the U.S. Dumped in Panama?Nearly 300 people were sent to a country they’d never lived in. The journey didn’t end there.
    By Tanvi Misra
  13. the city politic
    A Republican Grows in BrooklynCurtis Sliwa isn’t going away. In fact, he’s going where mayoral candidates usually don’t.
    By Errol Louis
  14. early and often
    Dwelling on the 2024 Defeat Is a Waste of Time for DemocratsForget about the election “autopsies” for now. 2026 will be an entirely different kind of election in multiple ways.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. early and often
    The Emptiness of Kamala HarrisThe lack of vision in her book tour shows why she lost.
    By Ross Barkan
  16. early and often
    New Pope Offers Same Headaches for TrumpThe MAGA movement wasn’t fond of Pope Francis. His American successor, Pope Leo, has been just as resolute on immigrants, poverty, and climate change.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. politics
    Trumpworld Goes to War Over Nobel Peace Prize LossThe White House and Trump allies are attacking the Nobel Committee, which gave Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado this year’s prize.
    By Nia Prater
  18. politics
    It Looks Like Pam Bondi Is Being Undercut by Lindsey HalliganTwo new reports suggest Halligan presented the Letitia James case to the grand jury without giving a heads-up to Bondi or other top DoJ officials.
    By Nia Prater
  19. we’ll do it live
    ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN-GAZA-CONFLICT
    Could the Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Mean Peace at Last?This deal may have a better chance than its predecessors. Here’s some of the commentary, analysis, and reporting on how it happened and what’s next.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  20. early and often
    The Trump DoJ’s Letitia James Indictment Is Just a Show of PowerThe whole point of the sloppy and nakedly political case against the New York AG is to demonstrate Trump’s ability to get revenge.
    By Ed Kilgore
  21. politics
    Trump Gets His Indictment of Letitia JamesThe New York attorney general, who pursued Trump in civil court, has been charged with fraud.
    By Nia Prater
  22. early and often
    Trump
    Trump’s Redistricting Power Grab Is Losing MomentumThe longer it takes Republicans to reshape congressional districts, the more public opposition to Trump’s gambit may grow.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. politics
    Mamdani Leads and Cuomo Gains in First Post-Adams PollEric Adams dropping out has subtly shifted the race.
    By Nia Prater
  24. politics
    Is a New Congresswoman Being Blocked Over the Epstein Files?Democrats believe Speaker Mike Johnson hasn’t sworn in Adelita Grijalva yet for a very specific reason.
    By Nia Prater
  25. the law
    Trump Is Not Entitled to a National Police ForceHow the hostile takeover of Democratic cities should end.
    By Cristian Farias
  26. early and often
    Katie Porter Should Have Something to Say to Trump VotersAn interview with the candidate for California governor went sideways when she was asked if she needed Trump voters to win. It wasn’t a hard question.
    By Ed Kilgore
  27. roundup
    Members of the Texas National Guard assemble in Elwood, Illinois, at the Army Reserve Training Center in the southwest suburb of Chicago on Tuesday.
    The Dangers of Trump’s National Guard AggressionSome of the most compelling pushback and analysis regarding Trump’s attempts to deploy the National Guard to Portland and Chicago.
    By Chas Danner
  28. politics
    Why on Earth Is Eric Adams in Albania?Just days after dropping his reelection bid, the mayor visited a small Balkan country — naturally.
    By Nia Prater
  29. early and often
    MTG Blows Up GOP Shutdown Message With Health-Care RantThe party line is that nobody should talk about Obamacare costs until the government reopens. Greene — and for a moment, Trump — begged to differ.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. politics
    Comey’s Legal Team to Seek Case Dismissal Due to Vindictive ProsecutionThe former FBI director entered a not guilty plea in his first court appearance as a new report suggests there are problems with a key witness.
    By Nia Prater
  31. early and often
    Republicans See an Upset in Violent Texts From Virginia DemocratDemocrats were cruising in Virginia’s off-year elections. Then horrific 2022 texts from attorney-general nominee Jay Jones emerged.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. early and often
    Trump and Stephen Miller See Insurrection EverywhereThe White House believes any resistance to Trump is insurrectionary and warrants troop deployments. It’s a by-product of demonizing all opposition.
    By Ed Kilgore
  33. early and often
    Trump’s Dumb Act on Ghislane Maxwell Pardon Fooled No OneHe tried to deflect with a noncommittal answer on pardoning Epstein’s accomplice but wound up getting a strong warning from Laura Loomer.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  34. we’ll do it live
    Bondi, Dem Senators Trade Insults at Tense Hearing: How It HappenedTrump’s loyalist attorney general was defiant and pugilistic during a tense hearing on Capitol Hill.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  35. early and often
    Someone Should Inform Trump That He’s Actually UnpopularTrump claimed polls show he’s the most popular Republican president ever. He’s actually the least popular in the post–World War II era.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. early and often
    Johnson Seems to Be Stalling to Block Epstein-Files VoteThe Speaker claims he can’t swear in Adelita Grijalva, who plans to sign the discharge petition, during the government shutdown. That’s not true.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. politics
    What Is Happening With Trump’s National Guard Takeovers?He’s attempting to deploy guardsmen from California and Texas to Portland and elsewhere in defiance of state leaders and a federal court order.
    By Nia Prater
  38. early and often
    Trump Is Using ICE Protests to Militarize CitiesProvocative ICE tactics cause protests that are used as an excuse to send in the troops. Judges are beginning to push back, and Democrats should too.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. foreign interests
    Fighter jets at US base in Puerto Rico
    Are We at War With Venezuela?The U.S. is still blowing up Venezuelan boats in international waters. Here’s what experts and analysts have to say about what it all means.
    By Chas Danner
  40. social studies
    Does It Matter What Your Therapist Thinks About Israel?The war has divided Jewish New Yorkers from each other — and from their analysts.
    By Julia Edelstein
  41. we’ll do it live
    House, Senate Locked in a Shutdown Stalemate: What HappenedHow the first week of the new government shutdown played out.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  42. early and often
    The Other Demand Democrats Should Make During the Shutdown FightThe real prize is winning the 2026 election, and there’s a Trump executive order standing in the way.
    By Ed Kilgore
  43. early and often
    Trump Goes Over the Brink, Labels Democrats the Party of SatanAside from poisoning the atmosphere, Trump’s demonization of the opposition is a shout-out to the QAnon cult and “spiritual warriors.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. early and often
    Trump Regards Millions of Americans As Enemies of the PeopleHis sudden zest for mass layoffs of federal employees is another sign that Trump’s vengeance tour is taking in more territory every day.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. early and often
    Democrats Must Decide What It Means to Win a Shutdown FightThey aren’t going to get everything they’re demanding. But Democrats can show they’re willing to fight and rehearse a midterms message.
    By Ed Kilgore
  46. immigration
    Why Did DHS Send a Russian Exile to Costa Rica?How Trump’s third-country removal strategy forced an asylum-seeking family to start over — in Monteverde.
    By Amelia Schonbek
  47. tremendous content
    Why Did Melania Trump Share an AI Body-Double Video?: 4 Theories.Is the First Lady’s bizarre X post an ad for her troubled cryptocurrency or confirmation of “fake Melania”?
    By Margaret Hartmann
  48. politics
    Is the Trump Administration’s Shutdown Messaging Illegal?Federal-agency websites and federal workers’ email messages blame Democrats for the shutdown in a possible violation of the Hatch Act.
    By Nia Prater
  49. early and often
    Trump’s 2024 Coalition Has Already Fallen ApartPolls show Trump has lost the young, Black, and Latino supporters he attracted in 2024, leaving him with the same old white working-class base.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. early and often
    It’s Hard to Fight McCarthyism When McCarthy Is PresidentRelaunching free-speech groups that fought the Red Scare is helpful. But last time, they had the White House as an ally, not an enemy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  51. politics
    Ex-Staffer Claims Romance With Adams in Book, Odd AI VideoIt hasn’t been the mayor’s greatest week.
    By Nia Prater
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