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The Watchdogs Are Barking Themselves Hoarse

August 9, 2026 themselves, watchdogs, Barking, Hoarse0 comment

Last May, President Trump held an “intimate” dinner at his members-only golf club in Virginia for the top-220 investors in $ TRUMP, a meme coin he launched days before the start of his second term that, by the end of 2025, would generate $ 636 million for him. About 100 protesters gathered outside in rain jackets, baseball caps, and muddy sneakers to confront the dinner guests arriving in shiny dress shoes, tuxedos, and black Cadillac SUVs. They pointed to the dinner as the encapsulation of the troublesome grift of Trump’s…

What El-Sayed Does Next Matters

August 5, 2026 Next, MATTERS, ElSayed0 comment

This story was updated on August 5, 2026, at 7:29 p.m. ET he Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed made the customary call for unity after a hard-fought primary against a fellow Democrat. “Always magnanimity in victory,” he told a packed crowd of supporters, adding that “however much we might disagree with our Democratic opponent, there is so much more that unites us than divides us.” But just minutes earlier, one of his most famous endorsers was pushing a much different message. “Everyone being like, Abdul has a fuck-ton of work…

America’s Most Divided State Loves Its Extremes

August 1, 2026 state, Most, divided, America's, loves, Extremes0 comment

Wisconsin has been the nation’s most closely divided state for a quarter century. Since 2000, only one presidential candidate—Barack Obama, twice—has carried the state by more than a single percentage point. But despite its status as a battleground, America’s Dairyland has never been a bastion of milquetoast moderation. Wisconsin has produced both a father of progressivism, Robert La Follette, and the red-baiting conservative Joseph McCarthy. More recently, its voters have backed the liberal stalwarts Russ Feingold and Tammy Baldwin as well as the right-wing Republicans Scott Walker and Ron Johnson.…

Trump Crashes Into Reality

July 28, 2026 reality, Crashes, into, Trump0 comment

President Trump has mused about being the most powerful man in history. He has started wars and remade his nation’s economic and strategic relationships with the world. He has demanded, and largely received, total obedience from his party. He has dominated the national discourse like no president has before, and he’s tried to recast his nation’s capital—and even its history—to his liking. He’s everywhere. He has said he believes that there are “no limits” to his power. But if that was ever truly the case, it certainly isn’t now. Recent…

The White House’s MAHA Gatekeeper

July 24, 2026 White, houses, ‘MAHA’, Gatekeeper0 comment

Sign up for Inside the Trump Presidency, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump term. The world’s most popular podcaster, Joe Rogan, reached out privately in April to the world’s most powerful man, Donald Trump, to discuss the healing power of ibogaine, a psychedelic made from the root bark of a Central African shrub that researchers are studying as a treatment for addiction and trauma. Trump responded by text, “‘Sounds great. Do you want FDA approval? Let’s do it,’” Rogan announced weeks later, when he stood behind the president…

The Wingman

July 20, 2026 Wingman0 comment

Photographs by Philip Cheung “My wife, Gabby, was shot in the head.” Obviously, I knew this. Senator Mark Kelly’s wife, the former congresswoman Gabby Giffords, was shot in the head and grievously wounded in a mass shooting outside a Tucson Safeway in 2011. It was one of the most notorious acts of political violence in America. In several recent conversations with Kelly, however, I was struck by how often and how bluntly he repeated these exact words. Kelly, a retired Navy pilot and former NASA astronaut, seems to appreciate the…