Julia Alexander • January 19, 2022

Will Biden Crush the Microsoft-Activision Deal?

Gaming, like the entertainment-media-tech industry, is experiencing a wave of M&A action. Depending on how the D.O.J. and the F.T.C. respond, we’re likely to see much more of it.

Theodore Schleifer • January 18, 2022

Silicon Valley’s Doomed Pursuit of D.C. Nirvana

Behind the scenes of the voting-rights drama, Democratic super-donors organized a furious pressure campaign to get Manchinema to “yes.” Then reality intervened.

Alex Kantrowitz • January 14, 2022

Can Capitol Hill Break Its Day Trading Addiction?

Among stock traders, it’s common knowledge that you can’t consistently beat the market if you don’t have an edge. Luckily for Washington insiders, day trading is perfectly legal—and, for some, highly profitable.

Peter Hamby • January 13, 2022

D.C. Does Hollywood

Is Washington losing its luster to the media-content machine? Plus: Ted Cruz’s apology tour and the return of Beto O’Rourke.

Tina Nguyen • January 11, 2022

Revenge of the Post-Trump Pariah Caucus

Notes and observations on the Cruz-Carlson struggle session, the persistence of Marjorie Taylor Greene, and the slow-motion fracturing of the Trump coalition.

Tina Nguyen • January 6, 2022

My Country, Right or Far Right?: January 6th and the World It Created

I was at the Capitol on that fateful day, and what I remember most is that the insurrection wasn’t a surprise to those of us who covered the Trump movement. In fact, my sources had been discussing it for months. It’s everything that came next that shocked me.

Peter Hamby • January 3, 2022

Biden’s Succession Calculus

Notes and inside reporting on the president’s 2024 thinking, the Kamala curse, and the limitations of the Youngkin-McCormick playbook during the Trump interregnum.

Julia Ioffe • December 31, 2021

Putin’s Talk Therapy

U.S. to Status-Craving Russian Villain: Please Don’t Invade Ukraine, Let’s Talk It Out!

Tina Nguyen • December 30, 2021

The Great MAGA-Adjacent Hope?

David McCormick is the G.O.P.’s fantasy candidate of a perhaps bygone, bipartisan, pre-Q era: a swashbuckling former military hero with credentials from Princeton, McKinsey, and Bridgewater. But can he placate the Trumpists in Pennsylvania? If he does, he’ll quickly become one of the most important figures in the national party.

Julia Ioffe • December 28, 2021

Media’s Trump Hangover & The Kamala Conundrum

Year-end reflections on the political-media industrial complex, Biden’s health secret, Harris’s 2024 odds, and Putin’s next move.

Baratunde Thurston • December 27, 2021

The Politics of 2022: Insurrection Amnesia, Blockchain & More

Reflections on the Capitol insurrection, cable news myopia, Web3 scammers, bitcoin democracy, and the regenerative technology that gives me hope.

Peter Hamby • December 22, 2021

The Biden Youth Bomb

Joe Biden was elected to be competent, compromising, and stoic. But his staggering—no, seriously, staggering—unpopularity among younger voters suggests that the Democratic establishment really doesn’t have an earthly idea about what matters to their kids.

Julia Ioffe • December 21, 2021

Inside the Manchin Gossip Swirl

Washington is awash with rumors that Manchin and the Democrats—the swamp’s version of Bennifer—are on the verge of a break-up. Here’s what’s really happening.

Theodore Schleifer • December 21, 2021

Silicon Valley’s Biden Beef & Zuckerberg’s Hired Gun

Notes on the latest tech industry gossip, fundraising, and political power plays.

Julia Ioffe • December 17, 2021

Putin’s Post-Trump Tantrum

Without a friend in Washington, Russia’s president returns to his usual methods—and threats of violence—to put NATO off balance.