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    How Bad Is the Special Counsel’s Report for Biden?The report on Biden’s handling of classified docs said he had a “faulty memory.” Could it hurt him in an election that is nine months away?
    By Jonathan Chait and Benjamin Hart
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    What Has Made the January 6 Hearings Such Great Television?TV writers would kill for some of this dialogue, for one thing.
    By Jen Chaney and Benjamin Hart
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    America’s Economic Outlook Gets GloomierInflation is barely easing, making the Fed’s already tough job even more difficult.
    By Kevin T. Dugan and Benjamin Hart
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    Does the Reasoning in Roe v. Wade Matter?Few valorize the opinion that provided a constitutional right to abortion. But its weakness may be beside the point.
    By Irin Carmon and Benjamin Hart
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    Why Is the Christian Right Bringing Back Anti-Gay Talking Points?A febrile Republican base is fired up for the midterms and ready to continue a fight that, in their eyes, never really ended.
    By Benjamin Hart, Sarah Jones, and Ed Kilgore
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    How Bad Is the Ukraine War for Climate Change?Russia’s brutal invasion may hasten the West’s clean-energy transition, but its short-term effects on the planet will be damaging.
    By Benjamin Hart and David Wallace-Wells
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    Is Biden Trying to Psych Putin Out?His administration has been playing an unusual information-warfare game against the Russian leader.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti and Benjamin Hart
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    Schools Might Be Heading for a January ‘Omicron Break’Unless we radically rethink pandemic protocols, there will be a lot of absences in a lot of places.
    By Benjamin Hart and David Wallace-Wells
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    Why Is Wall Street So Chill About Omicron?There’s a fatalistic tinge to investors’ lack of concern about the new variant.
    By Kevin T. Dugan and Benjamin Hart
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    Just How Disastrous Is Manchin’s Climate Obstruction?U.S. credibility is on the line, not to mention the fate of the planet.
    By Benjamin Hart and David Wallace-Wells
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    How Government Could Make the Inflation Problem WorseWith politically damaging price increases showing no signs of easing, it may be tempting to take counterproductive measures.
    By Benjamin Hart and Eric Levitz
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    Why Has the Delta Variant Been This Bad in the U.S.?Relatively low vaccine uptake is a major factor, but it may not fully explain why America is such an outlier among rich countries.
    By Benjamin Hart and David Wallace-Wells
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    What Newsom’s Landslide Victory Says About National PoliticsAmong other things, voters are still taking COVID very seriously.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti and Benjamin Hart
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    The Tokyo Olympics Haven’t Felt Like Must-See TVBlame it on the time difference, the pandemic, the lack of a unifying star, or all of the above.
    By Jen Chaney and Benjamin Hart
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    How Bad Could the Delta Variant Get in the U.S.?It is set to become the dominant COVID strain in a matter of weeks.
    By Benjamin Hart and David Wallace-Wells
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    What the Resurgent Real-Estate Market Means for NYCAnother sign that COVID’s effect on cities has been less drastic than once feared.
    By Benjamin Hart and Kim Velsey
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    Why It’s So Hard to Hire Restaurant Workers Right NowFor one thing, the pandemic allowed servers, cooks, and others to reevaluate their place in a precarious industry.
    By Chris Crowley and Benjamin Hart
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    The Radicalism of the Abortion Law the Supreme Court Took UpChief Justice Roberts is thought to favor an incremental-change model. This is far from that.
    By Irin Carmon and Benjamin Hart
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    The Future of COVID in AmericaVaccination rates may determine whether the virus becomes a seasonal nuisance sooner rather than later.
    By Benjamin Hart and David Wallace-Wells
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    How Long Can Trump’s GOP Stranglehold Last?The midterms will be a test of whether Republican allegiance to the ex-president is worth it.
    By Benjamin Hart and Olivia Nuzzi
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    Can Biden’s Low-Key Strategy Work Forever?His executive branch has seemed almost invisible at times — a stark contrast to his predecessor’s.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti and Benjamin Hart
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    Does the Chauvin Trial Mark a Turning Point in Police Accountability?The forces that animated the case aren’t going away.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice and Benjamin Hart
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    What the Mainstreaming of Crypto Means for NormiesDigital currencies are likely to become more intertwined with everyday life.
    By Benjamin Hart and Jen Wieczner
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    Biden’s Promising Opening Move in the Court WarsThe president’s list of judicial nominees shows that Democrats have learned some lessons from the GOP.
    By Irin Carmon, Benjamin Hart, and Ed Kilgore
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    Why Joe Biden’s Speech WorkedThe consoler-in-chief played to his strengths as he offered a path out of the pandemic.
    By Benjamin Hart and Kathryn VanArendonk
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    Maybe the Variants Aren’t So Scary After AllAssessing the risk of another major COVID wave as optimism begins to rule the day.
    By Benjamin Hart and David Wallace-Wells
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    The Political Costs of Ted Cruz’s Cancún VacationThis scandal may do lasting damage to the Texas senator — but he’s got plenty of time to ride it out.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti and Benjamin Hart
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    America’s Brittle Infrastructure Is on Display in TexasMore system failures loom as the weather becomes more extreme. But disasters can also serve as needed wake-up calls.
    By Benjamin Hart and David Wallace-Wells
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    Will Stephen Breyer Take One for the Team?Liberals are (finally) focusing more attention on the courts — and putting pressure on a justice to retire while the retiring’s good.
    By Irin Carmon, Benjamin Hart, and Ed Kilgore
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    President Biden’s Highly Consequential, Kind of Boring DebutWhat his early strategy can tell us about the next four years.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti and Benjamin Hart
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    Why Has Donald Trump Clammed Up?To the delight of many, the ultimate loudmouth has been deafeningly silent for almost a month.
    By Benjamin Hart and Olivia Nuzzi
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    The Biggest Hopes and Fears for Biden’s Early DaysA chat about our post–January 20 future.
    By Intelligencer Staff
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    How Pence Could Remove Trump From Office Without a Vote in CongressThe Cabinet is reportedly considering an invocation of the 25th Amendment, allowing the removal of Trump with just days left in his presidency.
    By Paul Campos and Matt Stieb
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    Why Dems Are Now Optimistic About Winning Both Georgia RacesUnderwhelming Republican turnout has been a major story on Tuesday night.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti and Benjamin Hart
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    Why Georgia Republicans Are So Worried About Trump’s Phone CallAs the special Senate elections approach, the president is making things more difficult for Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti and Benjamin Hart
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    When Will Vaccines Put a Real Dent in America’s Death Toll?Unfortunately, it might be a while.
    By Benjamin Hart and David Wallace-Wells
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    How Does NYC’s Crisis Compare to Past Moments of Peril?The city was in a very different kind of danger in the 1970s than it is today.
    By Christopher Bonanos and Benjamin Hart
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    The Mood in the White House During Trump’s Frenzied Final DaysAs the president rage-tweets about the election, staffers are moving on — but still fighting with one another.
    By Benjamin Hart and Olivia Nuzzi
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    What an Actual Socialist Makes of Republicans’ Anti-Socialism HysteriaSocialists, radical liberals, whatever … Trump and his party are wildly incoherent in their descriptions of Democrats.
    By Sarah Jones and Ed Kilgore
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    What a Spectacularly Ill-Advised Idea Says About McKinseyThe powerful, secretive consulting giant is once again in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
    By Benjamin Hart and Andrew Rice
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    How Worried Is Team Biden About Trump’s Transition Obstruction?The president-elect will be sworn in on January 20, but stonewalling has consequences — especially during a pandemic.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti and Benjamin Hart
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    The Debate Guardrails Were a Gift for TrumpThe restraints made the president more restrained. But his attacks on Biden still fell flat.
    By Benjamin Hart and Olivia Nuzzi
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    The VP Debate Was a Reminder That This Election Is All About TrumpIn an untraditional election year, Mike Pence vs. Kamala Harris felt very much like a traditional undercard.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti and Benjamin Hart
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    Biden Emerges From a Train Wreck Mostly UnscathedThe Democratic nominee wasn’t always sharp on Tuesday night, but he probably did what he needed to do against an especially unhinged Trump.
    By Josh Barro, Margaret Hartmann, and Sarah Jones
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    Would Court Packing Be Too Slippery a Slope?In the face of a 6-3 majority pushed through before the election, would Democrats favor an expanded Court? Filibuster reform? Guam statehood?
    By Benjamin Hart, Ed Kilgore, and Eric Levitz
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    Why Mitch McConnell Will Try to Fill RBG’s Court SeatAfter RBG’s death, the Senate majority leader will do everything he can to push the balance of the court to the right. Odds are in his favor.
    By Jonathan Chait and Benjamin Hart
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    A Solid Jobs Report Makes Imminent Stimulus Even Less LikelyDiving into Friday’s numbers, which show the economy recovering at a decent clip.
    By Josh Barro and Benjamin Hart
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    Should New York City Really Be Reopening Its Schools?Considering the pros and cons of the city’s big September gamble.
    By Benjamin Hart and Lisa Miller
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    Will the Virtual Conventions Have a Lasting Effect on the Presidential Race?It will be difficult for the last two weeks to rise above this year’s background chaos.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti and Matt Stieb
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    Will Republicans’ Apocalyptic Convention Message Win Anyone Over?As has been true throughout much of the Trump era, the party seems intent only on reenergizing its most fervent followers.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti and Benjamin Hart
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