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The White House Correspondents’ Dinner Is Vain. Trump Will Fit Right In.
The point of the dinner is to mingle journalists with stars. There’s no noble mission there for Trump to denigrate.
James Kirchick
Exclusive: Influencer Group That Boosts Democrats Faces House Investigation Over ‘Dark Money’ Ties
Influencers claimed that they didn’t create social media posts in service to the Democratic Party. The GOP-led Oversight Committee says otherwise.
Gabe Kaminsky
Joe Gebbia Is Making the Government Beautiful Again
The Airbnb co-founder came to D.C. to serve the second Trump administration. Unlike Elon Musk, he remains—as the Chief Design Officer of the United…
Suzy Weiss
The Epstein Tapes, Part II. Plus. . .
The stock market and the AI apocalypse. Leave the hockey heroes alone. Is Trump running out of ideas? And more.
The Free Press
WATCH: The Epstein Tapes, Part II: The Eye of the Law
Hours of new footage reveal the yearslong game of cat and mouse Jeffrey Epstein played with the authorities. We watched them. Now you can too.
Tanya Lukyanova
Donald Trump’s State of Exhaustion
Is the president running out of ideas?
Yuval Levin
George W. Bush: What I Learned from George Washington
Few qualities have inspired me more than Washington’s humility, writes the forty-third president of the United States of the first.
George W. Bush
A Dark Money Group That Backed Kamala Harris Faces Questions over a Giant Donation
Tax experts and conservatives say the $37.5 million grant raises concerns about voter registration efforts during the 2024 presidential campaign.
Gabe Kaminsky
The Department of Education Isn’t Going Anywhere
A year after Trump tried to abolish the agency, Republicans are dragging their feet and increasing its budget.
Tanner Nau
The Watchdogs Who Are Building a ‘Moneyball’ for Politics
A new online tool will help Americans compare what politicians say with what they actually do.
Gabe Kaminsky
Two Drinks with . . . Don Jr.’s Hunting Buddy
Over steaks, Republican lobbyist Ches McDowell reminisced about the time he shot a deer and scared the president’s son nearby, and about taking J.D…
Gabe Kaminsky
What to Expect in 2026 with Niall Ferguson, John McWhorter, Dr. Mark Hyman, Leandra Medine Cohen, Suzy Weiss, and Sarah Isgur
What’s in store for 2026? We ask experts and friends of the pod.
Bari Weiss
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