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Margaret Hartmann

Senior Editor, Intelligencer
@_NYMarg

Margaret Hartmann is a senior editor for Intelligencer. She has worked at New York since 2012.

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    Trump’s New Conspiracy Theory: Obama Is Still PresidentThe “Joe Biden is just a puppet” conspiracy theory gets a retro twist from the birther-in-chief.
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    Trump Rails Against Forbes for Calling Him Slightly Less RichTrump doesn’t care about falling off the stupid Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans, as he explained in two lengthy Truth Social tirades.
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    Trump’s Loose Lips Could Sink Ships, LiterallyAdd “gossiping with foreigners about U.S. nuclear-submarine capabilities” to the list of shocking details from the Trump classified-documents probe.
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    Biden’s Dog Moved to Undisclosed Location After Biting SpreeCommander Biden is no longer at the White House, yet somehow the mystery surrounding the president’s bitey dog continues.
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    Acting Speaker’s First Order of Business: Evicting Nancy PelosiApparently the former Speaker keeping an office in the U.S. Capitol is one of the biggest problems facing America.
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    Trump’s Jesus Court Sketch Is Somehow Way Worse Than It LooksBeing confusing and blasphemous is just the start.
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    Trump Finally Reveals He’d Rather Die by Electrocution Than by SharkDuring an Iowa campaign stop, Trump ranted about his nautical archenemies. You may think it makes more sense in context, but I assure you it doesn’t.
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    Master Dealmaker Melania Trump Keeps Renegotiating Her PrenupShe reportedly revisited the terms of her agreement with Donald Trump ahead of his 2024 run, and it isn’t the first time she’s renegotiated.
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    The Craziest Details From Cassidy Hutchinson’s Book on the Trump White HouseThe former Trump White House aide says Rudy Giuliani groped her, Mark Meadows burned papers, and he admitted that a 2020 rally killed Herman Cain.
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    So Biden’s Dog Is Just Allowed to Bite People Now?Commander bit another Secret Service member, bringing the total number of incidents to at least 11. It’s unclear what the Bidens are doing about it.
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    Christie Will Not Stop Trying to Make ‘Donald Duck’ HappenTrump quickly brushed off the weak debate jab. But Christie is still pushing the nickname and asserting, laughably, “I live in his head.”
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    Trump Has a Real Problem With Wounded VetsGeneral Mark Milley is but the latest to allege that Trump, as president, wanted injured service members hidden from view.
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    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.
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    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.
  15. the media
    How the Rupert Murdoch Family Drama Inspired SuccessionAll the ways the Murdochs (and other real dysfunctional dynasties) mirror the Roys, from Fox News scandals to fake therapy to family score-settling.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.”
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    Trump Defends Mental Acuity in Incoherent Truth Social PostsFiguring out what the heck he’s talking about is its own mental-fitness test.
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    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.
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    ‘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.
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    Trump Marks Queen’s Passing by Picking a Fight With Harry & MeghanHarry tried to avoid stirring up drama on the anniversary of his grandmother’s death. He found it anyway when Trump said he’d like to debate Markle.
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    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.
  25. royal rumblings
    King Charles Pretends He Has ‘No Time’ to See Prince HarrySadly, Britain’s monarch is so weak that he can’t even cancel a few meetings to see his son.
  26. royals
    King Charles Embraces Prince Andrew, Keeps Shunning Prince HarryThe king’s disgraced brother carpooled to church with Kate and William. But Harry is still banned from family functions.
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    Mitch McConnell Freezes Again During Press ConferenceThe 81-year-old Senate minority leader froze while taking questions from reporters in Kentucky, the second such incident in about a month.
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    Trump Tries to Start Rumor That DeSantis Is Dropping OutDeSantis may be a bully, but no one beats Trump when it comes to childish intimidation tactics.
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    All the Mug Shots of Donald Trump and His Alleged Co-ConspiratorsDonald Trump finally got his money shot, along with 18 co-defendants. Here are all the photos released by Georgia’s Fulton County Jail so far.
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    Team Trump Threatens Fellow Peddlers of Unauthorized Mug-Shot MerchDoes Trump own the rights to his mug shot? No. Did that keep his team from threatening other people profiting off the image? Absolutely not.
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    What Is Donald Trump’s Weight? That’s One Secret He’ll Never Tell.Is it wrong to laugh about someone lying about their weight? Not when it’s Donald Trump, one of our most prolific and unrepentant fat-shamers.
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    Does Trump Want Me to Think He’s a Flight Risk?For a guy who’s never considered it, the plans he shared in a Truth Social post mocking his $200,000 bond were pretty specific.
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    Trump to Skip First GOP Debate, Maybe All 2024 DebatesHe’s expected to stay home and post a prerecorded Tucker Carlson interview online. But Trump clearly wants to keep the debate speculation going.
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    Giuliani Begged, But Trump Refused to Pay His Crushing Legal BillsGiuliani’s lawyers say he’s broke, but Trump still won’t cover the legal fees stemming from his pro bono work as the president’s lawyer.
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    Melania Really Doesn’t Care About Trump’s Indictment, Do U?She reportedly sees Donald Trump’s fourth indictment “as another problem for her husband. Not for her.”
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    Trump Cancels Press Conference, Will Lie in Legal Filings InsteadTrump’s lawyers got him to call off the release of his “Irrefutable REPORT” by promising to include his 2020 election fraud lies in court documents.
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    The Craziest Details From the Trump Georgia IndictmentTrump allegedly planned to cry voter fraud before the election, Giuliani repeatedly lied to lawmakers, and Trump advisers breached voting machines.
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    Ivana Trump’s Bedminster Grave Gets Even WeirderA year ago, Donald Trump had his ostentatious ex-wife buried in a simple grave on his New Jersey golf course. Now the gravesite is an overgrown mess.
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    Attention-Hungry Michael Cohen Mulls Absurd Run for CongressWhich Trump foe will Democrats vote for: Jerry Nadler, ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, or the felonious former “fixer”?
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    Trump Is Pretending He Didn’t Call Christie a ‘Fat Pig’I’m not mad about the childish insult. I’m just upset about the lying.
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    Judge Orders Heuermann to Provide DNA Sample: UpdatesHeuermann’s lawyer had claimed prosecutors did not have probable cause to compel a sample.
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    The Craziest Details From the Trump Classified Documents IndictmentsA superseding indictment accuses Trump of trying to delete Mar-a-Lago security camera footage and checking on his employee’s “loyalty.”
  43. royals
    The Juiciest Revelations From Prince Harry’s Court CasesHe is taking the stand — and spreading more royal gossip and allegations — in multiple lawsuits against the British press.
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    Biden’s (Other) Dog Bites ManMajor was rehomed for biting two people. Now his successor, Commander, has attacked seven, sending one Secret Service agent to the hospital.
  45. presidential pets
    Biden’s (Other) Dog Bites ManMajor was rehomed for biting two people. Now his successor, Commander, has attacked seven, sending one Secret Service agent to the hospital.
  46. royals
    Harry and Meghan Can’t Escape Neighbor DramaNow they’ve reportedly “snubbed” an elderly Montecito neighbor — or their security guard was just doing his job.
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    The Drama-Lover’s Guide to the New Trump BooksLove gossip but not enough to actually read all the books about Trump? Here are all the juicy, disturbing, and darkly amusing tidbits you missed.
  48. technology
    All the Ways Elon Musk’s X Is Different From TwitterThe branding is wildly inconsistent, but for now the biggest changes are happening only in Musk’s dreams.
  49. royals
    Story of Harry and Meghan’s Air Force One Snub Doesn’t FlyEven if you think they’re entitled and dim-witted, the Sussexes asking Joe Biden for a ride home after Queen Elizabeth’s funeral strains credulity.
  50. royals
    Harry and Meghan Are Mulling a Split — or Just Doing Their JobsThe prince may be headed to Africa to make good on his Netflix deal, not to sulk about the state of his marriage.
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