Dylan Byers • June 19, 2026

MS NOW & Later

Six months post-Comcast spinoff, Versant C.E.O. Mark Lazarus is working to turn the company’s portfolio of declining cable assets into a legit growth business. He’s got cash, and some time, but what’s the plan?

Leigh Ann Caldwell • June 14, 2026

Platner and His Discontents

With his unrepentant populism and problematic past, Graham Platner’s polarizing Senate run has tapped into a wellspring of Democratic anger that could upend the party establishment, if the old guard doesn’t strike first.

Marianna Sotomayor • June 9, 2026

Espaillat Goes Negative

As outside spending sluices into the Democratic primary for New York’s 13th District, the candidates are attacking one another over respective donors.

Peter Hamby • June 9, 2026

Fahrenheit 250

The nation is feeling queasy about celebrating its birthday in the Trump era—but the national political narrative feels distinct from how regular Americans actually view their country, at least according to some fascinating focus groups.

Marianna Sotomayor • June 8, 2026

The Other Maine Event

In the vast 2nd congressional district, four primary candidates are fighting to succeed Jared Golden—and become a general-election underdog to G.O.P. former Gov. Paul LePage.

Julia Alexander • June 8, 2026

All Tuckered Out

A conversation with Peter Rothpletz, founder of the newly launched Verbatim Media, which hopes to do for progressive creators what Fox’s Red Seat Ventures has done for Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly.

Leigh Ann Caldwell • June 1, 2026

Dems Reckon With the Platner Oppo

And Maine Gov. Janet Mills, who suspended her state's Senate primary, has reminded voters her name is still on the ballot.