WASHINGTON
Julia Ioffe
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October 4, 2022
Putin’s Shadow Recruits
Ramzan Kadyrov has long ruled Chechnya with the aid of Kremlin money and firepower. But if the war in Ukraine is putting some cracks in Putin’s image, it hasn’t spared his viceroy, either.
Tara Palmeri
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October 4, 2022
Peter Thiel’s Love Island
When his C.V. became a dealbreaker on the D.C. dating scene, former Trump staffer John McEntee went to Peter Thiel for help launching The Right Stuff, an unapologetically MAGA dating app for finding love in Trumpworld.
Tara Palmeri
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October 3, 2022
Schiff’s House Dowry
The hyper ambitious, limelight-loving Trump impeachment star is also one of the most prolific (and parsimonious) fundraisers in Congress, provoking questions about what he’s hoarding so much money for, anyway, if not to spend it.
Eriq Gardner
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October 3, 2022
Google’s Big SCOTUS Season
The O.G. tech giant is facing dire legal challenges from nearly every direction, over promoting terrorism, stealing rap lyrics, and more. The consequences could ricochet through Silicon Valley and Hollywood, from TikTok and Yelp to YouTube and Netflix.
Tara Palmeri
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September 30, 2022
Trump’s Legal Rose Ceremony
Boris Epshteyn has been meeting with outside counsel to help manage Trumpworld’s self-inflicted special master problem, but few white shoe firms want to get involved in Trump’s legal woes. Here come the “conflicts…”
Tara Palmeri
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September 29, 2022
Democrats’ 2024 D.N.C. Moneyball
Houston, New York, Atlanta, Chicago… Each has its power brokers, critics, lobbyists, donors and political strivers jockeying for the economic windfall and media attention that accompanies a quadrennial convention roadshow. But with Biden yet to announce whether he’s running, whose decision is it anyway?
Tina Nguyen
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September 28, 2022
The Ghost of William F. Buckley
Jonah Goldberg, the National Review Online alum and Fox News apostate, discusses how the G.O.P. got snowed, DeSantis vs. Trump, the Mar-a-Lago fallacy, and his own post-NRO afterlife as a burgeoning media mogul.
Julia Ioffe
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September 27, 2022
Putin’s Male Fragility
After seven months, the war has finally come home to Russia as Vladimir Putin desperately conscripts more than one million male soldiers to fight back the surging Ukrainian forces. Domestically, his draft has led to a stampede at the border, a mass exodus, and the growing sense that Putin has blown it.
Tara Palmeri & Theodore Schleifer
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September 26, 2022
Inside the ’22 Blame Game
Assessing the current state of play in the Washington war room: McConnell vs. Masters; McConnell vs. Trump; Trump vs. Trump; Trump vs. DeSantis; and the post-Pelosi hunger games.
Tara Palmeri
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September 22, 2022
Biden Indecision, Trump Vibes & McConnell’s Money
News and fresh reporting on the storylines consuming the district.
Tina Nguyen
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September 22, 2022
“DeSantasy” Revisited
With Trump’s post-raid halo beginning to dim, Ron DeSantis has retaken the Fox spotlight with a series of ingenious provocations—even if they’re more trouble than they’re worth. Plus, updates on Trump’s SPAC mess and his turn toward ‘Q.’
Julia Ioffe
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September 21, 2022
Trump’s Putin Lust & The Final Frontier of Democracy
A candid and searing look at Trump’s most astounding provocations, from Barr and Putin to Xi and Playboy, in conversation with Susan Glasser and Peter Baker, the authors of The Divider.
Theodore Schleifer
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September 20, 2022
Murdoch’s World: Thiel vs. McConnell
McConnell and Thiel are throwing fundraisers for Blake Masters in Arizona, but they're closing their checkbooks to help a Republican nominee who, on the surface, appears to be competitive.
Theodore Schleifer
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September 20, 2022
Gavin Newsom’s Trojan Horse
The slick-haired, Peloton-sculpted governator has aligned himself against progressives in a bizarre, only-in-California spat that has divided Silicon Valley’s big-money factions.
Tara Palmeri
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September 19, 2022
A Clinton Revival & Pelosi’s Last Laugh
The muted return of the Clinton Global Initiative’s annual conclave is evidence that its first family is doing some brand burnishing. Plus, a new movement in the Pelosi succession drama and the leadership ambitions encircling The Squad.
Eriq Gardner
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September 19, 2022
A Washington Legal Scandal for the MAGA Media Era
A lawsuit targeting James O’Keefe’s undercover sting-video tactics aims to resolve once and for all whether Project Veritas is practicing journalism or just political dirty tricks.
Tara Palmeri
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September 15, 2022
Jeff Roe on Biden’s “Sugar High” and How to Beat Trump
Roe, the prodigious G.O.P. operative du jour, shares his expansive views about the Democrats’ strategic euthanasia, Biden’s challenges, Trump’s ‘24 opportunity, and the precise playbook for a challenger to beat him. He also muses on some dream Dem candidates for the right to feast on.