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  1. politics
    Michael Cohen Heads Back for More Testimony About Trump Hush MoneyA Manhattan grand jury is currently hearing evidence related to its probe into the payments made to silence Stormy Daniels.
    By Nia Prater
  2. the national interest
    Ron DeSantis Thrills Tucker Carlson by Taking Pro-Russian StanceThe Florida governor calls Putin’s invasion a “territorial dispute.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  3. silicon valley bank
    The Fed Might ‘Fix’ the Economy by Breaking BanksTriggering a cascade of bank runs might be an effective way to cool off an economy.
    By Eric Levitz
  4. politics
    Tate-PilledWhat a generation of boys have found in Andrew Tate’s extreme male gospel.
    By Lisa Miller
  5. the national interest
    Republicans Blame Silicon Valley Bank Failure on ‘Wokeness’Buying too many Treasury bonds is extremely woke, obviously.
    By Jonathan Chait
  6. tremendous content
    Trump Celebrates Kimberly Guilfoyle With Dance, Stump SpeechNothing says “Happy birthday, future daughter-in-law” like delivering a rambling political diatribe and performing the “Y.M.C.A.” dance.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  7. what we know
    How the U.S. Is Trying to Stave Off a Banking System CrisisAmid the threat of additional bank runs in the aftermath of SVB’s collapse, regulators have taken dramatic action to prevent a panic.
    By Chas Danner
  8. the national interest
    The Republican Party May Not Be Fascist, But It’s Definitely Getting Fasci-erThe left-wing case for downplaying authoritarianism is not convincing.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. just asking questions
    Can Israeli Democracy Survive Netanyahu’s Power Grab?Law professor Yuval Shany on how the country’s judicial crisis is weakening its place in the world.
    By Benjamin Hart
  10. the group portrait
    The George Floyd Protesters Behind a Historic Payout“Yes, we won. But are things going to change?”
    By Nia Prater
  11. early and often
    Mike Pence’s Condemnation of Trump Is Still a Sad Work in ProgressThe former vice president’s latest “sharpest” attack on his horrible boss was dull on arrival.
    By Chas Danner
  12. life after roe
    Will Abortion Come Back to Bite Ron DeSantis?Activists pushed the Florida governor into accepting a near-total ban, which may not be enough for the right and may be too much for the rest.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. politics
    Zooming With Tennessee Thirst Trap Franklyn McClureHe feels a little bad for the GOP lieutenant governor who liked his photos, because he knows what it’s like to be “hated on.”
    By Brock Colyar
  14. life after roe
    Texas Man Sues Women He Alleges Got Abortion Pills for His ExThe man filed a wrongful death claim over the alleged abortion about a month after his divorce was finalized.
    By Andrea González-Ramírez
  15. early and often
    Permanent Daylight Saving Time Bill Just Made Clock Change More AnnoyingBefore the Senate passed the Sunshine Protection Act last year, I was resigned to my fate. Now the biannual clock change comes with false hope.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  16. early and often
    Biden’s Risky Plan to Sit Out the 2024 Culture WarThe president is betting that he can neutralize most hot-button cultural issues with silence. His Republican opponent may not let him.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. the swamp
    How Biden Learned to Love the Debt-Ceiling CrisisHe has turned a chronic political headache into a winning issue.
    By Eric Levitz
  18. the system
    How Atlanta’s ‘Cop City’ Trumped JusticeThree years after the George Floyd protests, environmental activists are being charged as terrorists.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  19. the national interest
    Trump Blurts Out ‘Peace’ Plan to Hand Russia Chunks of UkraineSean Hannity tastefully edits this out of the interview.
    By Jonathan Chait
  20. say love
    RuPaul, Pedro Pascal, and More Speak Out in Defense of Trans RightsAmid Tennessee’s drag ban and CPAC.
    By Bethy Squires
  21. poll position
    Biden Starts 2024 Race With 73-Point Lead Over Primary OpponentMaybe Marianne Williamson isn’t a “serious” challenger, but if no other Democrat runs, her standing is a testament to Biden’s strength.
    By Ed Kilgore
  22. early and often
    Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson Won’t Let Republicans Forget About January 6Republican 2024 candidates would love to move on from the Capitol riot. But key MAGA figures keep trying to paper over it for their own purposes.
    By Ed Kilgore
  23. early and often
    No Labels Has a Genius 2024 Plan That Would Kneecap BidenThird Way is warning that fellow centrists in the group No Labels are moving ahead with a 2024 ticket that is likely to boost a Republican.
    By Ed Kilgore
  24. sports
    DeSantis Asks Biden If Djokovic Can Enter U.S. by BoatThe Florida governor is using the unvaccinated tennis star’s ban from America as a political cudgel.
    By Benjamin Hart
  25. early and often
    Biden Aims to Keep Playing Offense on MedicareThe president is framing Medicare solvency as a choice between tax hikes on the rich and benefit cuts in another preemptive strike at Republicans.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. politics
    Hope Hicks Meets With Manhattan Prosecutors Investigating TrumpThe probe into the former president’s 2016 hush-money payments seems to be heating up.
    By Nia Prater
  27. 2024 presidential election
    How Trump Rewrote the GOP Primary Rules to Favor HimA pro-Trump 2020 rule change on how delegates are awarded may make it even easier for the 2024 front-runners to box out everyone else.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. early and often
    Larry Hogan Won’t Run in 2024’s Imaginary GOP ‘Moderate Lane’While the former Maryland governor had appeared on many lists of potential GOP presidential candidates, he’s bending to reality.
    By Ed Kilgore
  29. on with kara swisher
    Marc Benioff Regrets Not Buying TwitterKara Swisher has a long talk with the embattled Salesforce CEO about activist investors, Elon Musk, drunk tweeting, and much more.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  30. the national interest
    CPAC Speaker Michael Knowles Urges Eradication of Trans Rights“There can be no middle way in dealing with transgenderism. It is all or nothing.”
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. early and often
    Trump Is As Electable Now As He Was in 2016Republicans who want to stop Trump’s renomination need a better argument than “he can’t win.” We’ve been there before.
    By Ed Kilgore
  32. student loans
    Why the Supreme Court Might Uphold Student-Debt ReliefAlso, why it may not.
    By Eric Levitz
  33. early and often
    CPAC Was a Janky Half-Empty Trump ConventionThe 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference lacked both conservatives and action.
    By Ben Jacobs
  34. early and often
    Biden Chooses Crime Messaging Over D.C. Home RuleThe president surprised and angered some Democrats by declining to veto a GOP effort to block a D.C. bill. It’s all about not looking soft on crime.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. tremendous content
    Donald Trump Jr. Plays Incompetent Willy Wonka at CPACHe offered gold-wrapped candy bars in a stunt that showed he isn’t a worthy successor to his dad.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  36. life after roe
    Walgreens Won’t Sell Abortion Pills in Red States Even Where It’s LegalThe second-largest retail pharmacy chain won’t buck Republican attorneys general. Will others follow?
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. politics
    Eric Adams Does Some GodsplainingDuring a press conference, the mayor said his words about not believing in the separation of church and state were just his own beliefs.
    By Nia Prater
  38. early and often
    Mike Pence’s 2024 Strategy Totally Depends on Iowa EvangelicalsThe former VP has an extremely narrow path to viability in 2024. It runs through Iowa — following the course set by Huckabee, Santorum, and Cruz.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. health care
    A Whistleblower’s Claims About a St. Louis Transgender Center Are Under FireJamie Reed’s shocking account of a clinic mistreating children went viral. Parents and patients are now refuting her key claims.
    By Chas Danner
  40. life after roe
    A Woman Has Been Charged for Allegedly Taking Abortion PillsThe woman had a stillbirth in 2021 in South Carolina, which explicitly criminalizes self-managed abortion. She was arrested this week.
    By Andrea González-Ramírez
  41. the talented mr. santos
    George Santos’s Nasty Twitter Battle With Fellow New York RepublicansAnthony D’Esposito has a bill to keep Santos, a fellow Republican, from profiting off his lies. It sparked a war of words that quickly got personal.
    By Nia Prater
  42. crime
    Fugees’ Pras Denies Wrongdoing in Foreign Conspiracy ChargesHe faces ten counts in a trial beginning later this month.
    By Justin Curto
  43. early and often
    Florida Republican Wants to ‘Cancel’ Democrats Over SlaveryA Florida bill takes a ridiculous GOP argument to the extreme, aiming to eliminate the Democratic Party for its ancient ties to white supremacy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  44. the economy
    The 4-Day Week Is for White-collar WorkersFor America’s wage laborers, a 32-hour workweek is less of a beautiful dream than an oppressive reality.
    By Eric Levitz
  45. politics
    It Sure Doesn’t Seem Like Havana Syndrome Is Russia’s FaultA comprehensive new government study concludes that the illness probably wasn’t caused by foreign adversaries.
    By Benjamin Hart
  46. poll position
    2024 Polls Show DeSantis Can’t Easily Knock Out TrumpDespite the hype about Ron DeSantis surging past Donald Trump, both Republicans look unusually strong at this early stage of the presidential race.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. politics
    City to Pay Millions to Protesters Kettled by NYPD in 2020Hundreds of people violently detained during a protest in the Bronx could receive $21,500 each.
    By Nia Prater
  48. the national interest
    DeSantis Promises Florida Will Control Disney ContentRight-wing board to clamp down on “woke ideology” in cartoons.
    By Jonathan Chait
  49. the inside game
    Kate Bedingfield, Biden’s Translator, Leaves the White HouseShe explains the press to the president, preaches Twitter-is-not-real-life, and keeps the West Wing from leaking.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  50. early and often
    Biden Dares Republicans to Go After Obamacare and MedicaidIt’s part of campaign to smoke out and then attack unpopular Republican cuts.
    By Ed Kilgore
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