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Exclusive: Democrats Push to Make Elon Musk’s Financial Disclosure Public
The legislation would force greater ethics scrutiny on the world’s richest man.
Gabe Kaminsky
WATCH: Leonard Leo—The Man Who Rebuilt the Supreme Court
The Federalist Society chairman talks Trump, threats against judges, and why the pro-life movement is at the lowest point in its history.
Bari Weiss
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FULL TRANSCRIPT: Leonard Leo—the Man Who Rebuilt the Supreme Court
The Federalist Society chairman talks Trump, threats against judges, and why the pro-life movement is at the lowest point in its history.
Bari Weiss
Is It Time to Privatize the USPS?
If there’s any part of the federal apparatus that could use a dose of radical disruption, it’s the postal service.
Charles Lane
The Group Chat from Hell
Why can’t White House officials just admit they made a mistake and apologize?
The Editors
Who Will Be the Next Mayor of New York City?
A socialist, a disgraced incumbent, a handsy ex-governor, and a crime-fighting cat lover are all duking it out to run Gotham. But who has the edge…
Olivia Reingold
A Signal Screwup—and What It Means
Who is being blamed for Signalgate? And why?
Eli Lake
Yuval Levin: You Can’t Run Government Through Retribution
Donald Trump’s key early actions are responses to frustrations from his first term. But did he learn the wrong lesson?
Yuval Levin
Columbia President Says One Thing to Trump Admin—and Another in Private
In a call with faculty, Katrina Armstrong says the school plans not to stick to some of its agreements with the Trump administration.
Maya Sulkin
The New York Times and the Case of the Missing Knife
When the cops recently shot a man in the New York subway, the media portrayed it as a classic police injustice. It was anything but.
Mike Pesca
Trump’s Advisers Are Divided on Iran. Which Way Is the President Leaning?
Trump’s top officials debate foreign policy in the group chat. The divide mirrors the president’s own conflicted view of how to handle Tehran.
Matthew Continetti
Mia Love: My Last Wish for the America I Know
In the last piece she wrote before her death, the late former Utah congresswoman took up her pen—not to say goodbye but to say thank you.
Mia Love
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