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May 16, 2023
Melissa Gira Grant
So Trump Is Dodging Questions About a Federal Abortion Ban. Hold Your Applause.
Some people think the GOP is retreating from abortion bans because they’re unpopular. If only.
May 15, 2023
Alex Shephard
Elon Musk Doesn’t Care About Free Speech
The Twitter owner’s decision to capitulate to Turkish autocrat Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is shameful.
May 15, 2023
Grace Segers
Congress Is Racing to Catch Up With Artificial Intelligence
Lawmakers agree that the rapid evolution of this technology needs to be addressed—but they’re still getting up to speed on the details.
May 15, 2023
Timothy Noah
Kevin McCarthy’s Idea of Austerity: $115 Billion for Tax Cheats and Oil Companies
That’s in his debt ceiling bill. And his delays have already cost taxpayers an additional $328 million as he preaches against excess spending.
May 15, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Why Clarence Thomas’s Troubles Have Just Begun
Two of the more aggressive Senate Democrats are asking Thomas and Harlan Crow questions. And they have a lot of ways to get answers.
May 15, 2023
Walter Shapiro
Abolish Live TV Audiences in the 2024 Presidential Race
CNN’s shameful town hall was a gift to Trump. Enough is enough.
May 13, 2023
Jason Linkins
Why Is Biden Scared of the Most Logical Solution to Debt Ceiling Insanity?
To avoid a default crisis, the president should combine the power of the Constitution with a touch of Dark Brandon.
May 12, 2023
Jacob Silverman
Crypto Fans Think the Government is Out to Get Them. They’re Not Wrong.
Digital currency enthusiasts can scream all they want about the Biden administration conspiring against them, but they brought this on themselves.
May 12, 2023
Casey Michel
Biden Is Letting Think Tanks and Dodgy Foreign Funders Get Cozy Again
One of the only good transparency innovations of the Trump era has come to a quiet end.
May 12, 2023
Matt Ford
Neil Gorsuch’s Ruling Against the Pork Industry Contained a Telling Confession
Intentionally or not, the justice revealed a certain amount of awareness of how the high court’s conservative majority—and its power—is perceived.
May 12, 2023
Daniel Strauss
Here’s Why Team Biden Is Going All In on Kamala Harris
The veep has not won a ton of converts with her performance so far. But there are reasons—two—why she might yet be an asset.
May 11, 2023
Pablo Manríquez
Dianne Feinstein Has Returned. Now: Can She Still Cast Votes?
The California senator is back on Capitol Hill. Now she just needs to remember how to vote—because the Democrats need her on Thursday.
May 11, 2023
Matt Ford
George Santos Can’t Even Do Corruption Right
The charges leveled against the New York lawmaker highlight how little thought he put into his grift.
May 11, 2023
Alex Shephard
Fox News and Tucker Carlson Are Both Losing
Tucker has a new show—on Twitter. Fox News is shedding its audience. Without one another, the struggle is real.
May 11, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Shame on CNN for That Naked, Cynical Play for Fox Viewers
Kaitlan Collins and the network’s journalists tried their best. But the execs, from Chris Licht on down, brought total shame on themselves, journalism, and America.
May 10, 2023
Grace Segers
Survivors of the 2011 Debt Limit Showdown Say This Time Is Worse
“I’m much more worried,” says Maryland Democrat Chris van Hollen.
May 10, 2023
Timothy Noah
The Ingenious Lawsuit That Could Break the Debt Ceiling Impasse
A union that’s already endorsed Joe Biden for 2024 is suing him and Janet Yellen. Here’s why.
May 10, 2023
Matt Ford
The Right’s Stupefying Defense of the Supreme Court
Conservatives are up in arms that the high court has become embroiled in a legitimacy crisis.
May 10, 2023
Alex Shephard
Shame on Lionel Messi
He’s reportedly heading to Saudi Arabia to cash in—and help a murderous regime launder its reputation.
May 10, 2023
Walter Shapiro
Democrats, Don’t Panic! Seriously, Don’t.
Problematic polls and New York Times op-eds are giving Biden supporters a heart attack. But the 2024 outlook isn’t nearly as gloomy as it seems right now.
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