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Zacharia Out as Press Secretary in Half a Scaramucci

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power -- The War on Woke at West Point -- Jasper Craven -- Pete Hegseth's attack on the academy is upending military education.

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politics -- The Politics of Public Execution -- Sarah Jones -- State violence has been largely embraced by the right. Pete Hegseth wants to broadcast it.

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10/16/2026 - the approval matrix - The Approval Matrix: Along Came Molly - Our guide to what's highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.

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the city politic -- What New York's Governor Faces on Day One -- Errol Louis -- Plus everything else I'd ask Kathy Hochul and Bruce Blakeman.

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the city politic -- Questions Remain About the ICE Shooting of Oscar Belgal -- Nia Prater -- Two investigations are underway, the footage is incomplete, and Belgal's lawyers say the agents never identified themselves.

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early and often -- Trump Leaves Hegseth Hanging Over Livestream Execution -- Chas Danner -- Hegseth is no stranger to debacles, but this one could help do him in with the president.

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tremendous content -- Katie Zacharia Didn't Pass the Bar Exam in China, or Anywhere -- Margaret Hartmann -- The new White House press secretary said she thought it was okay to call herself a "lawyer," despite failing the bar exam in California.

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white house -- Is Susie Wiles the Next Trump Woman Out the Door? -- Bess Levin -- Several top female administration officials have been replaced by men.

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social studies -- The Country Cramming for the AI Revolution -- Afra Wang -- In China, the fear of getting left behind has created a powerful new prosperity gospel.

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politics -- Dolan Is Using the Knicks Against Hochul -- Nia Prater -- It will cost you only a $10,000 donation to Bruce Blakeman to get a ticket to the championship team's final preseason game.

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early and often -- Podcaster Hillary Clinton Feels Like a 'Walking Rorschach Test' -- Intelligencer Staff -- In the debut of High Stakes (with Kara Swisher), Clinton weighs in on the midterms, weaponized health scares, and the "crazy cult" in the White House.

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the city politic -- Mamdani Is Facing Another Blowup With His Base -- Nia Prater -- This time, it's about NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch — which was probably inevitable.

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early and often -- Kirsten Gillibrand, Crypto's Favorite Democrat -- Nate Weisberg -- The senator says she set out to regulate a grift-y industry. Now, she's in an ethical morass.

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tremendous content -- Katie Zacharia Says She Passed the Bar Exam in ... China? -- Margaret Hartmann -- Moments after her poor debut, the press secretary stepped in it again when asked a basic question about her credentials as a lawyer.

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tremendous content -- Press Secretary Katie Zacharia's Debut Was Pure Amateur Hour -- Margaret Hartmann -- Or, rather, amateur 14 minutes. Here are the lowlights.

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trumpworld -- Guilfoyle's Greek Tragedy: Too Corrupt Even for Trump -- Bess Levin -- The White House is calling on Don Jr.'s ex-fiancée to resign.

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2026 midterms -- Unhappy Trump Voters Are the Midterms Difference-Makers -- Ed Kilgore -- The closer we get to the end of this election, the clearer it is that Republicans should have found a way to muzzle their unpopular president.

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2026 midterms -- Why New York Republicans Still Love Trump -- David Freedlander -- Across the country, midterm candidates are running from an unpopular president. But not in New York.

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the law -- DoJ's Doomed Pursuit of Cassidy Hutchinson -- Elie Honig -- Indicting the former aide would surely add to a string of failed prosecutions.

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health -- When Only AI Can See the Cancer -- Vivian Manning-Schaffel -- The technology has the power to detect lethal illness, like a pancreatic tumor, while it is still nascent enough to cure.

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tremendous content -- Trump Is Locked in a Posthumous Feud With Abe Lincoln -- Margaret Hartmann -- This shockingly active rivalry has dragged on for years, though Honest Abe is both dead and better than Trump by just about every measure.

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the city politic -- Mamdani's School Plan Is Still MIA -- Nia Prater -- Ten months into the Mamdani administration, education experts and reformers are not impressed.

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screen time -- The Problem With Facebook Was Facebook -- John Herrman -- In The Social Reckoning, Aaron Sorkin is fighting, and somehow losing, the last social-media war.

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