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Friday, March 13, 2026 12:30 PM ET

New York Magazine - US News

iran war -- The Strait of Hormuz Crisis Is Getting Even Worse -- Chas Danner -- Iran's new supreme leader said the strait will remain closed, and the regime has reportedly begun laying mines to deter ships from transiting it.

15 hours ago

politics -- Nancy Pelosi Is Really Trying to Make Jack Schlossberg Happen -- Nia Prater -- The former House Speaker cut an ad for JFK's grandson in his race for Congress, but Michael Bloomberg dropped a dueling endorsement.

20 hours ago

early and often -- Can the Housing Bill Survive Trump's Sudden Indifference? -- Ed Kilgore -- Congress could soon enact a rare bipartisan bill on housing affordability. But the sulking president says, "No one gives a [bleep] about housing."

23 hours ago

early and often -- Is J.D. Vance Feeling Left Out of Trump's Big New War? -- Ed Kilgore -- He's nothing without his boss, and regardless of how many of his principles the war may violate, the VP will just have to grin and bear it all.

21 hours ago

tremendous content -- 8 Scarily Stupid Moments From Trump's Kentucky Rally -- Margaret Hartmann -- Featuring Jake Paul, Trump's stair phobia, and an update on the Iran war — which we must keep fighting, though it's also "over" and "we won."

23 hours ago

just asking questions -- 'I Can't Imagine If It Goes Another Month' -- Nia Prater -- A petroleum analyst on the frightening economic consequences of a prolonged war in Iran.

1 day ago

early and often -- Republicans Are Holding the TSA and FEMA Hostage to ICE -- Ed Kilgore -- Trump accused Democrats of starving DHS, but now they've turned the tables and offered to fund everything other than ICE and CBP.

1 day ago

juggernauts -- The Unfathomable Dominance of NYU Women's Basketball -- Joe DeLessio -- Eighty-nine wins in a row. Zero losses in three years. However you slice it, the Violets are absurdly good.

18 hours ago

foreign interests -- Trump's War Fever Is Setting the World on Fire -- Jonah Shepp -- As his war in Iran sows global chaos, the president's madman act no longer looks like an act.

1 day ago

free country -- The Women Leaving the New Right -- Sam Adler-Bell -- Defectors say the movement has dropped the pretense of protecting women and is now openly "cruel and fickle."

1 day ago

iran war -- A Timeline of Trump's Confusing Iran War Timetables -- Chas Danner -- Is the "minor excursion" very complete, ending soon or in a "couple weeks," or just beginning? Here's the latest.

1 day ago

screen time -- The Rise of AI 'Brain Fry' -- John Herrman -- With the power of agentic tools, you too can become a stressed-out boss.

1 day ago

tremendous content -- Corey Lewandowski May Have Bragged His Way Out of a Trump Pardon -- Margaret Hartmann -- He allegedly had a habit of declaring he could do "whatever" he wanted, as "DJT will pardon me." That may not go over well.

1 day ago

early and often -- Cornyn Filibuster Flip-Flop Is a Desperate Bid to Please Trump -- Ed Kilgore -- He countered primary opponent Ken Paxton's SAVE Act ploy with an op-ed abandoning his longtime support for the filibuster.

1 day ago

early and often -- GOP Crusade Against 'Fraud' Just Means Big Safety-Net Cuts -- Ed Kilgore -- Republicans are pushing more Medicaid cuts to pay for Trump's Iran war and tax cuts. But they won't come out and say that.

2 days ago

politics -- Trump Takes His Hatred of Thomas Massie on the Road -- Nia Prater -- The president is heading to Kentucky to campaign against one of his only Republican antagonists in Congress.

2 days ago

flying things -- We're in a New Kind of War -- Jeff Wise -- The U.S. has waded into the terrifying new reality of drone warfare.

2 days ago

just asking questions -- Israel Doesn't Want to Beat Iran. It Wants to Break It. -- Benjamin Hart -- The country is doing major damage to a mortal enemy, but at what cost?

2 days ago

encounter -- Ibram X. Kendi Can't Separate His Fame From How to Be an Antiracist -- Zak Cheney-Rice -- His new book deserves to be read on its own terms.

2 days ago

politics -- Trump Administration Struggles to Contain Soaring Gas Prices -- Nia Prater -- As a very noticeable effect of the Iran War gets worse, Trump is trying to muscle his way out of trouble.

2 days ago

What Does Extreme Wealth Do to the Brain?

4 hours ago

Trump Wrongly Took $160 Billion and Won't Give It Back

4 hours ago

All Modern Warfare Is Chemical Warfare

4 hours ago

politics -- Hegseth Weighs In on Regime Change (at CNN) -- Nia Prater -- The Defense secretary used his latest briefing to suggest some headlines for the "fake news" while claiming total success in Iran.

1 hour ago

early and often -- GOP Bigots Can't Stop Smearing Trump's Friend Mamdani -- Ed Kilgore -- Trump's unlikely alliance with Mamdani hasn't kept Republicans from unleashing a wave of Islamophobic attacks on the mayor.

47 minutes ago

Does Trump Know His Favorite Shoe Company Is Suing Him? -- Margaret Hartmann

1 hour ago

What Do You Do and What Do You Make? -- The Editors

1 day ago

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