Thursday, September 24, 2026 5:13 PM ET
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4:02 P.M. -- tremendous content -- Trump Makes Xi Greeting As Awkward As Possible -- Margaret Hartmann -- He showed up in a winter coat and leather gloves, commented on Xi's attractiveness, and then exclaimed "(Airport!)" for unclear reasons.1 minute ago
12:56 P.M. -- politics -- All the Republicans Backing Away From Trump -- Nia Prater -- A growing number of GOP candidates are awkwardly attempting to downplay their links to Trump. Here's a running list.1 hour ago
10:00 A.M. -- early and often -- Election Day Is Already Underway -- Ed Kilgore -- Here's how to understand early voting ten times better than Donald Trump.4 hours ago
9:24 A.M. -- the media -- CNN, MS NOW, and Politico Regain White House Access After Court Order -- Michael Calderone -- A Trump-appointed federal judge granted a temporary restraining order against the ban.1 minute ago
6:00 A.M. -- screen time -- The AI Assistant Wars Are Coming -- John Herrman -- Everyone in tech wants to build you a personal agent.1 hour ago
9/23/2026 -- family business -- San Francisco Sues Trump's Truth Social Over 'Insider Trading' -- Bess Levin -- The city is taking the Trump's social-media company to court for offering traders early access to posts.11 hours ago
9/23/2026 -- poll position -- Trump's Popularity Is Circling the Drain -- Ed Kilgore -- At the worst possible time for his party, the president's job-performance numbers continue to sag in every possible way.11 hours ago
9/23/2026 -- the system -- No One Can Fix School Segregation Alone -- Zak Cheney-Rice -- Nikole Hannah-Jones's recent essay about her daughter has sparked a reckoning about integration.11 hours ago
9/23/2026 -- tremendous content -- Trump TV Is Finally Here, and No One Is Watching -- Margaret Hartmann -- A media boycott drove Trump to dabble in state TV. But instead of a network competitor, Trump TV is just a dinky livestream with abysmal ratings.11 hours ago
9/23/2026 -- 2026 midterms -- Do Voters Care Whether Susan Collins Is Corrupt? -- Ed Kilgore -- A new report alleging the senator may have traded pork for contributions could be a good test of public tolerance for self-dealing in the Trump era.11 hours ago
9/23/2026 -- the law -- The First Amendment Doesn't Care If Trump Gets Bad Press -- Elie Honig -- Why the president's attempt to bar CNN, MS NOW, and Politico is doomed to fail.8 hours ago
9/23/2026 -- encounter -- This Is Francis Fukuyama's Last Book -- Krithika Varagur -- The political scientist on history, his hobbies, and growing up in New York City.11 hours ago
9/23/2026 -- stop the presses -- KFile Is (Still) a Politician's Worst Nightmare -- Charlotte Klein -- How the online sleuth Andrew Kaczynski gets it done in an age of enshittification.8 hours ago
9/23/2026 -- in conversation -- Ari Emanuel Is Finally Getting Around to Watching Entourage -- Lane Brown -- The superagent on Roll the Calls, torching his enemies, and betting on a post-work utopia.11 hours ago
9/22/2026 -- politics -- Trump's Iran War Is Bombing With Republicans -- Nia Prater -- A new poll finds that the ongoing Iran war is reaching new heights of unpopularity, even among members of the president's own party.1 day ago
9/22/2026 -- 2026 midterms -- Trump Hates Communism But Likes Hanging Out With Communists -- Ed Kilgore -- It's hard to promote a preelection Red Scare when you're palling around with a socialist mayor and the Chinese premier.1 day ago
9/22/2026 -- family ties -- GOP Senator Demands Probe Into Don Jr.'s Shady Wedding Gift -- Bess Levin -- Utah's John Curtis is asking Congress to apply the Hunter Biden standard to Trump's son.1 day ago
9/22/2026 -- 2026 midterms -- The Key Difference Between Christian Left and Christian Right -- Ed Kilgore -- Christian clergy running as Democrats in 2026 are defying the alleged GOP monopoly over Christianity without seeking to impose their faith on others.1 day ago
9/22/2026 -- we'll do it live -- Trump Promotes War and 'Super Intelligence' at U.N.: As It Happened -- Intelligencer Staff -- In his big UNGA speech, Trump celebrated his own peacemaking, threatened to annihilate Iran, and tried to rename AI. Here's what else happened.1 day ago
9/22/2026 -- magalopolis -- Who Is Natalie Harp? Trump's Most Ardent Aide, Explained -- Margaret Hartmann -- Trump's "human printer" is reportedly a driving force behind his unhinged Truth Social posts and the White House press ban.1 day ago
9/22/2026 -- nerd fight -- Wave or No Wave: Two Paths for the Midterms -- Ed Kilgore -- Poll-based forecasters and race-rating "experts" have different perspectives on how the midterms will unfold. Somebody's going to be wrong.1 day ago
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