Republicans Hate America

9:07 a.m.

what we know

Donald Trump Has Finally Been Indicted: Updates

By Nia Prater, Chas Danner, and Intelligencer Staff

Now he’s really paying for hush money.

8:00 a.m.

the money game

‘It’s Like Handmaid’s Tale Meets Queer Bank’

By Jen Wieczner

What went wrong when an LGBTQ+ start-up set out to disrupt finance.

3/30/2023

early and often

How Trump’s Allies and GOP Rivals Are Reacting to His Indictment

By Benjamin Hart

“This is stuff that would make Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot blush.”

3/30/2023

early and often

Trump’s Indictment: The Immediate Political Fallout

By Ed Kilgore

The big question is whether this and other indictments alienate general-election voters enough to undermine Trump’s electability.

3/30/2023

the national interest

The Strange Trials of Our First Criminal President

By Jonathan Chait

The awesome task of restoring faith in a legal system Trump has spent his life discrediting.

3/30/2023

early and often

Trump in Handcuffs? How His Indictment Is Likely to Play Out

By Nia Prater

The former president will be photographed and fingerprinted, for starters.

3/30/2023

early and often

The Case(s) Against Donald Trump

By Nia Prater

It’s hard to keep track, so we made a guide.

3/30/2023

tremendous content

Trump Still Plotting Not-So-Secret Attack on Mexico

By Margaret Hartmann

He’s still asking advisers to draw up “battle plans” to attack drug cartels with or without Mexico’s consent. But now he can’t feign ignorance.

3/30/2023

florida

Ron DeSantis Got Played by Disney

By Matt Stieb

The board in charge of the Florida park sabotaged his hostile takeover.

3/30/2023

early and often

Now It’s Republicans Who Are Divided on Iraq War Authorization

By Ed Kilgore

Senate Democrats split on the original Iraq War authorization while Republicans were united. Twenty years later, a repeal vote divided GOP senators.

3/30/2023

the national interest

The Republican Debt-Ceiling Hostage Scheme Is Collapsing

By Jonathan Chait

Step one is to name a demand. The House can’t even do that!

3/30/2023

foreign interests

Russia Detains Wall Street Journal Reporter, Alleging He Is a Spy

By Matt Stieb

Evan Gershkovich is the first foreign journalist to be detained there since the war in Ukraine began.

3/30/2023

the national interest

How Trump Can Use Social Security and Medicare to Destroy DeSantis

By Jonathan Chait

Forget Ukraine. Retirement programs are the real killer.

3/30/2023

the media

Millennials Aren’t Killing ‘Objective’ News — the Market Is

By Eric Levitz

The modern attention economy is an enemy of conscientious reporting and intellectual humility.

3/30/2023

rabbit holes

There’s Something Off About LED Bulbs

By Tom Scocca

Have you started to notice, too?

3/30/2023

games

The Year March Madness Went Too Mad

By Will Leitch

With a surfeit of Cinderella stories in the men’s tournament, look to the women’s Final Four for excitement.

3/29/2023

early and often

Voters Can’t Even Name Many Democratic Presidential Prospects

By Ed Kilgore

If Biden doesn’t run for a second term, Democrats are in big trouble: A poll found voters can identify only a handful of potential 2024 candidates.

3/29/2023

the dominion lawsuit

All the Texts Fox News Didn’t Want You to Read

By Nia Prater, Matt Stieb, and Benjamin Hart

A new court filing reveals messages from Rupert Murdoch saying the network went “too far” and Tucker Carlson saying he hates Trump “passionately.”

3/29/2023

early and often

Possible Trump Indictment Pushed Back by a Month

By Nia Prater

The Manhattan grand jury’s planned break likely pushes any possible decision on an indictment of Donald Trump into late April.

3/29/2023

ftx fallout

SBF’s Dad Is Paying for His Son’s Lawyers: Report

By Matt Stieb

As the legal bills pile up, Joseph Bankman is reportedly paying his son’s attorneys with money that SBF gave him from an Alameda account.

3/29/2023

the national interest

Why Republicans Are Embracing Vouchers Even Though They Don’t Work

By Jonathan Chait

It’s not about educational outcomes anymore.

3/29/2023

the national interest

Permitting Reform for a Debt-Ceiling Hike Would Be Win-Win

By Jonathan Chait

Republicans are floating a deal Democrats should jump on.

3/29/2023

health

Soon You’ll Be Able to Buy Narcan Over the Counter

By Nia Prater

The overdose-reversal drug could be available for purchase without a prescription as soon as late summer.

3/29/2023

early and often

Ron DeSantis’s Big Evangelical Opportunity

By Ed Kilgore

With Evangelical leaders upset over being blamed by Trump for 2022 GOP losses, the governor has a chance to win over a core part of his base.

3/29/2023

windy city heat

The Fiercest Fight in Democratic Politics Is in Chicago

By Ross Barkan

A left-wing former teacher and a centrist former schools boss may only agree that the other would ruin the city as mayor.

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