Harry Reid Heard From Some Guy That Mitt Romney Didn’t Pay Taxes for Ten Years

6/16/2021

nyc mayoral race

Key Moments From the Final NYC Mayoral Debate

By Matt Stieb

The candidates made their case for mayor one last time — which often boiled down to critiquing Eric Adams and Andrew Yang.

6/16/2021

juneteenth

Juneteenth Is About to Become a Federal Holiday

By Ed Kilgore

Congress passes a bill to commemorate the end of slavery after Republican opposition crumbled.

6/16/2021

politics

Can Joe Manchin of All People Trigger a Breakthrough on Voting Rights?

By Ed Kilgore

The much-maligned Democrat has unveiled a compromise proposal that is getting praise from his party for a change.

6/16/2021

religion

How Critical Race Theory Overran the Southern Baptist Convention

By Chris Moody

The country’s largest Protestant denomination has been split by disagreements over the right wing’s newest bogeyman.

6/16/2021

2022 midterms

Could Democrats Defy History and Keep Congress in 2022?

By Ed Kilgore

There is recent precedent for the president’s party gaining House seats in unusual midterm elections, but it is still a long shot for Democrats.

6/16/2021

celebrations

What Biden Has Planned for His July 4 ‘Independence’ From COVID Party

By Matt Stieb

The U.S. probably won’t hit Biden’s goal to vaccinate 70 percent of adults by July 4, but that won’t keep him from throwing a party on the South Lawn.

6/16/2021

politics

Biden and Putin Played Nice Today

By Nia Prater

The two leaders met following recent Russian meddling in American elections and U.S. condemnations of the Kremlin’s crackdowns.

6/16/2021

donald trump

Could Trump Become Speaker of the House?

By Ed Kilgore

This bizarre scenario is technically possible, but fantasies about Trump returning to the White House via the Speakership are extremely far-fetched.

6/16/2021

infrastructure

Democrats Are Locked In a Staring Contest Over Infrastructure

By Eric Levitz

The question is whether liberals or moderates will blink first.

6/16/2021

nyc mayoral race

All the Endorsements in the NYC Mayoral Race

By Nia Prater

With the June 22 primary approaching, Democratic mayoral candidates are racking up endorsements from politicians, organizations, and celebrities.

6/16/2021

department of justice

Trump DOJ’s Secret Subpoenas and Data Seizures: What We Know

By Chas Danner

The Trump Justice Department went to unprecedented lengths to hunt down leakers, seizing records from reporters, Democrats, and a White House counsel.

6/16/2021

life after warming

California’s Last Fire Season Was a Historic Disaster. This One Could Be Worse.

By David Wallace-Wells

The conditions are already set for eclipsing recent records — which themselves would have been unthinkable not long ago.

6/16/2021

sports

A Second Marathon Is Coming to New York City

By Matt Stieb

After years of lobbying the city, a runner’s organization has secured the permits for the Brooklyn Marathon to be held in April 2022.

6/15/2021

games

This Was the Biggest Challenge of Kevin Durant’s Career

By Will Leitch

Maybe he can quiet some of the haters after almost single-handedly defeating the Bucks in Game Five.

6/15/2021

politics

Democrats Move Ahead With Plan to Pass Rest of Biden Agenda

By Ed Kilgore

Whether or not an infrastructure deal is cut with Republicans.

6/15/2021

business

Amazon Is Too Large to Sustain

By Sarah Jones

The company’s growth outpaces its ability to care for its workforce.

6/15/2021

politics

Trump Tried to Force DOJ to Back His 2020 Election Coup

By Ed Kilgore

Long after the 2020 election was decided, Trump relentlessly used all the mechanisms available to the executive branch to overturn his loss.

6/15/2021

false equivalence

Ilhan Omar and Marjorie Taylor Greene Are Not Equivalent

By Ed Kilgore

It’s lazily convenient to lump these two “extremists” together. But there’s no comparison in what they’ve said and how they’ve dealt with criticism.

6/15/2021

covid-19

Life As You Knew It Is Coming Back to New York

By Paola Rosa-Aquino

Cuomo lifts COVID restrictions on almost all businesses.

6/15/2021

explainer

What We Know About the Dangerous COVID B.1.617.2 Delta Variant

By Chas Danner and Paola Rosa-Aquino

The more transmissible strain, originally discovered in India, has now spread to more than 60 countries. It could soon become dominant in the U.S.

6/15/2021

the city politic

Tali Farhadian Weinstein Donated $8.2 Million to Her Own Campaign

By James D. Walsh

The Manhattan DA candidate’s personal contributions dwarf the millions she has raised from Wall Street mega-donors.

6/15/2021

pivot

Why the CEO-Worker Pay Gap Is Wider Than Ever

By Intelligencer Staff

A clubby corporate atmosphere is a major contributing cause.

6/15/2021

politics

With a Week to Go, Eric Adams Turns Fire on Kathryn Garcia

By Nia Prater

After slugging it out with Andrew Yang for No. 1, the frontrunner finds a new nemesis.

6/15/2021

2021 elections

Virginia Is in for a Close, Expensive Governor’s Race

By Ed Kilgore

Terry McAuliffe has an edge, as Virginia has been trending blue. But the “businessman outsider” Glenn Youngkin has the money to keep it tight.

6/15/2021

media

Out-of-Touch Media Elites Ignore Working-Class Biden Voters

By Eric Levitz

George Packer’s breakdown of America’s political tribes overlooks the one that just chose the president.

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