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  1. tremendous content
    Trump Ambassador Picks: Who’s in His ‘Diplomatic Clown Car’His team includes Ivanka’s ex-con father-in-law, Don Jr.’s ex-fiancée, several billionaire pals, and lots of people with no diplomatic experience.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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    What We Learned From the House Ethics Report on Matt GaetzThe Ethics Committee accused the former congressman and AG pick of spending thousands on illegal drugs and sex, including with a 17-year-old girl.
    By Nia Prater
  3. what we know
    U.S. President Joe Biden
    Everyone Biden Has Granted Presidential Pardons and CommutationsAn updated list of who Biden has granted clemency before the end of his presidency, including 37 people on federal death row.
    By Chas Danner
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    Trump Is Threatening to Invade Panama, Take Back CanalHe also reiterated his desire to go get Greenland.
    By Chas Danner
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    Rep. Kay Granger in October 2023.
    What Happened to Texas Congresswoman Kay Granger?The retiring representative, whose last House vote was in July, is suffering from dementia and her son says she moved to a senior living facility.
    By Chas Danner
  7. magalopolis
    Who Is Lara Trump and What’s With the Quashed Senate Rumors?Everything to know about Eric’s wife, and why she publicly turned down a Senate appointment she hadn’t been offered.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  8. early and often
    House Passes Plan To Fund Government As Shutdown Deadline Nears
    The Republican Party Is Out of ControlMike Johnson can’t keep his conference together and Trump can’t scare them into submission. Can the GOP be governed?
    By Ben Jacobs
  9. we’ll do it live
    The U.S. Capitol
    Congress Averts Government Shutdown: How It HappenedThe shutdown was averted on Friday after the House voted to back a new CR without the debt-ceiling increase Trump demanded.
    By Intelligencer Staff
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    Scenes on Capitol Hill after U.S. President-elect Trump called on U.S. lawmakers to reject a stopgap bill to keep the government funded in Washington, U.S.
    Government Shutdown Canceled As Democrats Support Pared-Down Spending BillBut there’s more trouble down the road.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. politics
    Musk Pauses Torment of GOP to Praise German ExtremistsOn Friday, Musk wrote on social media that only AfD, the country’s most prominent extreme-right party, “can save Germany.”
    By Nia Prater
  12. early and often
    What Democrats Should Demand to Help the GOP Escape a Shutdown CrisisDemocrats share Trump’s interest in getting rid of debt-limit politics. But they should drive a bargain as good as the discarded stopgap bill.
    By Ed Kilgore
  13. politics
    Top Adams Adviser Lewis-Martin Indicted in Bribery SchemeManhattan prosecutors allege that she helped to expedite applications for business owners in exchange for perks for her son. He even bought a Porsche.
    By Nia Prater
  14. early and often
    Mike Johnson’s Speakership Has Crashed and BurnedHe may hang on to his gavel for a bit as Republicans look for an alternative, but the stopgap spending fiasco and Trump’s new demands could doom him.
    By Ed Kilgore
  15. tremendous content
    These Photos Prove Trump’s ‘New Haircut’ Was Just Hat HairFootage from Trump’s dinner with Jeff Bezos shows his signature orange coif isn’t going anywhere.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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    Trump’s Shutdown Threat Is a Loyalty Test for GOP LawmakersAfter blowing up a stopgap spending bill, Trump is now demanding that his supporters back a new spending bill and debt-limit increase they will hate.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. early and often
    Elon Musk Is Trying to Force a Government ShutdownMike Johnson carefully negotiated a bill to keep the government funded past December 20. It collapsed instantly when Musk attacked it.
    By Ed Kilgore
  18. early and often
    Trump Claims Nonexistent Youth-Vote LandslideThe president-elect’s habit of wild exaggerations about his election performance is getting worse.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Johnson Grovels Before Musk to Save His Stopgap Spending BillConservative critics of the bill the speaker built to avoid a government shutdown have been joined by the edgelord leading DOGE.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. politics
    Could Liz Cheney Actually Face Criminal Charges Over January 6?A Republican-led House committee calls for Cheney to be investigated by the FBI, but Biden could make her legal problems disappear.
    By Nia Prater
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    Swing state Pennsylvania on the eve of the 2024 Presidential elections
    Backlash to Trump Agenda Could Begin in His Rural BaseTariffs, mass deportations, health-care cuts, and school vouchers could all undercut Trump’s support where he might least expect losses.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Trump (Jokingly?) Insists Canada Should Be 51st StateHe keeps taunting “Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada.” It sounds like a stupid joke, but he did try to buy Greenland.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  23. the system
    Trump Already Tried to Kill Michelle Obama’s Version of MAHAWhich may be bad news for RFK Jr.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
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    ERA Ratification Is Now Up to Trump’s Supreme CourtCongressional Democrats had asked Joe Biden to recognize the landmark women’s-rights measure as already ratified. But courts will have the final say.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Trump Sues Iowa Pollster Who Annoyed HimIn an alarming escalation of his litigious habits, he cast Ann Selzer’s polling miss as intentional “election interference.”
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. the city politic
    Mayor Eric Adams
    How Desperate Will Eric Adams Become to Woo Trump and Get a Pardon?A look back at all the weird and notable moments in the pair’s odd political courtship.
    By Chas Danner
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    Kamala Harris Can Aim for Governor or President — But Not BothIf she wants to be governor of California, that prize is within her grasp. But it’s not an ideal way to set up another presidential run.
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. what we know
    Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
    Will Trump and RFK Jr. Try to Ban or Restrict Any Vaccines?Trump is insisting he isn’t against vaccines while also echoing Kennedy’s unfounded concerns. Here’s the latest on their comments and plans.
    By Chas Danner
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    Democrats’ Five Strategies for Coping With Trump 2.0Elected Democrats are trying various tactics from cozying up to Trump to seeking deals to mitigate the damage.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. politics
    Trump Dangles Possible Pardon for Eric AdamsDuring a Mar-a-Lago press conference Monday, Trump said he thought New York’s mayor had been “treated pretty unfairly.”
    By Nia Prater
  31. politics
    Already Embattled Eric Adams Faces Two More SetbacksA longtime aide resigned, and Adams’s mayoral run looks cloudier than ever. But Trump may come through for him.
    By Nia Prater
  32. what is maha?
    What Can Secretary Kennedy Actually Do in Office?And will Trump let him?
    By Matt Stieb
  33. what is maha?
    What Is MAHA?How wellness culture with legitimate concerns (and some conspiratorial beliefs) became a movement poised to take Washington.
    By The Editors
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    How Fast Can Trump Enact His 2025 Agenda?Trump has an ambitious day-one agenda, and the GOP-controlled Congress seems ready to give him much of what he wants by the end of the year.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. free country
    MAGA Misfits vs. Nationalists vs. Reaganites vs. DorksThe battle of the Trump transition.
    By Sam Adler-Bell
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    Democrats Will Look Weak If They Boycott Trump’s InaugurationThe peaceful transition of power he did not respect four years ago is precious. The opposition can wait until he actually takes office.
    By Ed Kilgore
  37. what we know
    Donald Trump Watches SpaceX Launch Its Sixth Test Flight Of Starship Spacecraft
    What Is the Net Worth of Trump’s New Cabinet?Break out the White House caviar because here come the billionaires.
    By Chas Danner
  38. early and often
    Many Voters Aren’t Stressing Over Trump’s Drastic Transition MovesPostelection polling shows a muted reaction to Trump’s wild Cabinet picks and policy proposals, even among people who voted against him.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. politics
    Adams Says He and Trump’s Border Czar Have the ‘Same Goal’After an anticipated meeting with Tom Homan, Mayor Adams said the city is not going to be a “safe haven” for violent criminals.
    By Nia Prater
  40. the system
    The Bigger Vigilante-Worship Problem Is Happening on the RightThe difference between Daniel Penny and Luigi Mangione is the support the former is getting from the Republican Establishment.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  41. tremendous content
    10 Stunning Things We Learned From Trump’s Time InterviewTime’s “Person of the Year” revealed we may go to war with Iran, Trump can’t magically cut grocery prices, and his “mother was a woman.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  42. tremendous content
    Don Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle Break Up, Greece Hardest HitThe one thing we know about their apparent split: The Greek people did nothing to deserve U.S. Ambassador Guilfoyle.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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    Manchin and Sinema Fire Parting Shot at Democrats and UnionsThe two ex-Democrats gifted Donald Trump a majority on the NLRB that he’ll probably use to smite unions.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    What the Numbers Tell Us About the Recent Immigration SurgeThere was an unprecedented increase in immigration during the Biden years, but no spike in crime or illegal voting.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Threat Shows His True TargetWhile he ran on expelling undocumented immigrants, he wants to challenge the idea of who’s really American.
    By Ed Kilgore
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    Why Joni Ernst Is Caving on Hegseth ConfirmationAll it took was a few threats from MAGA-land and Ernst became more positive about the Pentagon nominee, despite the troubling allegations.
    By Ed Kilgore
  47. politics
    Anthony Weiner Attempts 3rd or 4th ComebackThe disgraced former congressman is running for City Council.
    By Nia Prater
  48. tremendous content
    Matt Gaetz Hired by Little-Watched One America News NetworkIt seems Trump’s original pick for attorney general couldn’t even get a Fox News gig.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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    Jill Biden Becomes Involuntary Model in Trump Cologne AdThe First Lady could sue Trump for using her image to trollishly promote his “Fight Fight Fight” fragrance line — but she probably won’t.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  50. just asking questions
    Why Trump Can Probably Get Away With a Mass Government PurgePublic-policy expert Donald Kettl thinks legal challenges won’t stop the incoming president — but backlash might slow him down.
    By Benjamin Hart
  51. early and often
    Does the Latino Shift to Trump Spell Doom for Democrats?Some GOP gains among Latinos are inevitable, but Trump could easily squander them with bad economic policies and ham-handed mass deportations.
    By Ed Kilgore
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