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The Time Trump Wished Everyone a ‘Happy Good Friday’ An odd choice of phrasing for someone who claims the Bible is his favorite book.
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Yesterday at 5:20 p.m.
Will RFK Jr.’s Support for Israel Limit His Appeal on the Left? There’s an opening to Biden’s left for RFK Jr. with his anti-corporate message aimed at alienated young voters. His pro-Israel stance may block it.
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Yesterday at 4:45 p.m.
Chris Christie Rejects No Labels, Accepts No Voters Want Him The twice-humiliated Republican considered a No Labels presidential candidacy and for once concluded that he isn’t headed to the White House.
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Yesterday at 11:27 a.m.
Trump Is Selling a $59.99 Bible That Isn’t Even Gold It appears the religious text Trump plugged on Truth Social is just the old Lee Greenwood Bible. But now he gets royalties via an endorsement deal.
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Yesterday at 6:00 a.m.
Trump Would Need New Tactics to Steal the 2024 Election Many avenues Trump pursued in his 2020 coup attempt are now off the table. This time, he could turn to even more nefarious methods.
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Mar. 27, 2024
Who’s the Trump VP Pick? Latest Odds for Every Shortlist Candidate. Does Stefanik have “the look”? Is Scott loyal enough? Is Tulsi Gabbard out? Here are each VP candidate’s odds in the race to be Trump’s running mate.
poll position
Mar. 27, 2024
What the Polls Say Today: RFK Jr. Now Hurting Biden, Helping Trump Initially the vaccine skeptic and conspiracy theorist seemed to be drawing more votes from Trump, but that’s changed — and it could change again.
trump trials
Mar. 26, 2024
Donald Trump Has a New Least Favorite Judge On Monday, Trump’s string of legal good luck hit a wall in the form of New York State judge Juan Merchan.
January 6 Romanticism Has Become Trump’s ‘Lost Cause’ The former president’s decision to celebrate the failed insurrection is part of an elaborate myth in which he can never be defeated.
the money game
Mar. 25, 2024
Donald Trump Still Has All Kinds of Money Problems He got nearly $300 million knocked off his bond payment Monday, but that’s a temporary victory.
What Real Estate Does Trump Own in NYC Anyway? Letitia James says she will seize Trump’s properties if he doesn’t pay his civil fraud penalty. The problem is, he doesn’t own that many.
By Wilfred Chan
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Mar. 25, 2024
Trump Gets Huge Break, Now Needs $175 Million to Post Bond An appellate court ruled that Trump has ten more days to secure a bond in the business-fraud case and no longer needs to post the full $454 million.
the money game
Mar. 25, 2024
How Screwed Is Trump? Unless he can find a way out of paying Tish James, he will go bust on Monday.
the national interest
Mar. 23, 2024
The Paramilitary Candidate Trump has made justice for insurrectionists the center of his campaign.
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Mar. 22, 2024
Potential Trump VP Tim Scott Schedules Wedding Around RNC Is the timing politically motivated, or are the senator and his fiancée, Mindy Noce, just eager to wed? It’s unclear!
it’s too much winning
Mar. 22, 2024
Trump Is About to Get $3 Billion Richer Thanks to Truth Social The company’s public offering is a huge financial win for Trump, but it doesn’t immediately solve his big bond problem.
that happened
Mar. 22, 2024
The Time Trump Was So Petty He Made the Navy Hide the USS John S. McCain Back in 2019, a Navy ship got caught up in Trump’s absurd feud with the late senator, which continues to this day.
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Mar. 22, 2024
Can Tulsi Gabbard Have Her Choice of VP Nominations? She’s said to lean toward running with Trump instead of Kennedy, but we don’t know if either candidate really wants her as a running mate.
What Are the Chances Trump Goes on Trial Before the Election? I’ll violate a cardinal rule of legal prognostication and give you precise numerical predictions for each case.
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Mar. 21, 2024
Trump Defenders Dismiss All His Legal Problems As ‘Lawfare’ The much-indicted, often-sued former president has convinced his supporters he can literally do no wrong.
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Mar. 21, 2024
Republicans Abandon Their Strategic Silence on the Israel-Hamas War Republicans shrewdly kept quiet and let Biden take the heat from Americans angry at Israel. Now, led by Trump, they’re now loudly backing Netanyahu.
Trump Says He Can’t Get a $464 Million Bond. Now What? Trump’s lawyers want some leniency from the appeals court as Attorney General Letitia James gears up to possibly seize assets as early as next week.
It’s Hard to Imagine Who’d Want to Buy Trump’s Seized Properties Between the threat of lawsuits and the taint of Trump’s brand, his real estate seems like it’ll be more trouble than it’s worth.
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Mar. 20, 2024
Do ‘Zombie Votes’ for Nikki Haley Expose Trump’s Weakness? Some Haley voters are Democrats, or they cast ballots before she exited. But historically, votes for vanquished primary rivals aren’t that unusual.
royal rumblings
Mar. 20, 2024
Trump’s Take on Kate Middleton Is Predictably Wacky He doesn’t understand why Kate Middleton sharing a horribly edited family photo is a “big deal” because “everybody doctors.”
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Mar. 20, 2024
Ohio Is Trump Country: Bernie Moreno Wins Senate Primary Trump nudged a candidate into the winner’s circle once again in the GOP Senate primary — though Moreno will have a tough battle against Sherrod Brown.
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Mar. 19, 2024
Can Going Negative Win Over Voters Who Hate Trump and Biden? Much of the electorate is too sour to respond to a positive message. So perhaps Biden should really go after Trump, his party, and his wealthy allies.
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Mar. 19, 2024
Mike Pence Won’t Endorse Trump. Does It Matter? If the former VP holds out, it could help other Republicans abandon Trump. But he can only have a real impact if he has the guts to back Biden.
the national interest
Mar. 19, 2024
J.D. Vance Is No Working Class Hero The Hillbilly Elegy author turned senator is everything he says he hates.
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Mar. 18, 2024
Nasty Ohio GOP Primary Could Hurt Party’s Odds of Flipping Senate A winnable race against Sherrod Brown has been complicated by rumors about the sex life of Trump’s candidate Bernie Moreno, which may help Matt Dolan.
the national interest
Mar. 18, 2024
what we know
Mar. 18, 2024
Why Did Trump Warn of a Postelection ‘Bloodbath’ If He Loses? The former president is not shy about his pro–January 6 views, but in this case, he was probably just talking about the economy.
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Mar. 17, 2024
The GOP’s Claim That We Were Better Off in 2020 Is So Weird It takes a special kind of amnesia or insensitivity to look back fondly at the year COVID-19 struck and the economy imploded.
Trump’s Hush Money Trial Will Be Delayed at Least a Month Prosecutors got a late dump of records from the feds, which could potentially buy the former president several months’ worth of time.
Judge Rules Fani Willis Can Stay on Trump Case, Her Ex-Boyfriend Exits Willis wasn’t disqualified from the Georgia-election case, but the judge called her relationship with Nathan Wade a “tremendous lapse in judgment.”
poll position
Mar. 15, 2024
Trump vs. Biden Polls: No State of the Union Bounce for Joe The president’s big SOTU speech might ultimately represent a turning point for his reelection bid. But the numbers don’t show it happening just yet.
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Mar. 15, 2024
Will VP Candidates Really Matter in the 2024 Election? Running mates usually matter only at the margins, but Biden dumping Kamala Harris or Trump making a risky pick could affect the race.
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Mar. 14, 2024
Is Trump Gearing Up for Another Premature Victory Claim? Trump has abandoned an RNC voting-by-mail initiative. It could be a sign that he’s looking to demonize mail ballots and replay his 2020 strategy.
life after roe
Mar. 14, 2024
Republicans Have More Than a ‘Brand Problem’ on Abortion As long as Republicans support extremist abortion bans that the public doesn’t like, all the reframing in the world won’t help them.
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Mar. 13, 2024
Biden and Trump Begin Longest General Election Ever Results from the March 12 primaries make it official: Biden and Trump have clinched their parties’ nominations, far earlier than usual.
that happened
Mar. 13, 2024
The Time Trump’s Hair Looked Normal for a Day In 2019, the ex-president abruptly debuted a totally new hairstyle, then just as abruptly cast it off.
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Mar. 13, 2024
Ken Buck’s Resignation Shows Conservatism Just Means Trump The Coloradan congressman is as far right as ever. But his refusal to worship Trump makes him persona non grata in today’s GOP.
the national interest
Mar. 13, 2024
Trump Appeases Putin, Republican Russia Hawks Appease Trump Viktor Orban admits Trump’s “peace plan” is to let Russia win.
FDNY Searching for MAGA Firefighters Who Booed Letitia James The attorney general, who recently won a $454 million judgment against Donald Trump, was met with chants of his name at an FDNY ceremony.
screen time
Mar. 13, 2024
Why the TikTok Ban Is Scrambling Washington Both parties seem unable to take a clear position on it — but the ban might pass anyway. Three theories of the case.
tremendous content
Mar. 12, 2024
The Donald Trump–Elon Musk Feud: A Complete History Trump reportedly met with Musk, and even asked if he wanted to buy Truth Social. Here’s the latest on their chaotic saga.
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Mar. 12, 2024
North Carolina May Be Biden 2024’s Best Bet in the South Biden won Georgia in 2020. But the Tar Heel State offers a red-hot 2024 gubernatorial race that could help the entire Democratic ticket.
last night on late night
Mar. 12, 2024
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Mar. 12, 2024
Kimmel Reads Trump’s Mean ‘Tweet’ Live at the Oscars The Academy Awards host said there was debate backstage over whether he should read Trump’s nasty Truth Social critique.
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