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2024 Election

Debate 2024: All the Highlights From the First Biden-Trump Showdown

The current and former president clashed on a host of policy issues, but Democrats are panicking over the president’s performance.
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“Don’t F-cking Leave”: How Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists Trap Their Followers in the Movement Forever

In an excerpt of her new book Black Pill, CNN correspondent Elle Reeve wades through the organizational muck of the far right—which consists of the “suits” and “boots”—and reveals the personal pitfalls of being famous among all the worst people.
From the Magazine

How Art Mogul Louise Blouin Lost Her Fabled Hamptons Estate

Louise Blouin lost La Dune, the Hamptons estate where she once entertained Prince Andrew and Calvin Klein, but she’s not letting go quietly.
Media

“I’m Not Naive”: Inside Emma Tucker’s Rocky Wall Street Journal Reboot

The British-born editor has injected America’s business paper of record with ambition and verve, while unnerving the newsroom with unapologetic cuts. The restructuring “may look callous,” she says. “But it’s so that we get it right, so I don’t have to do it over again.”
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Iowa Supreme Court Upholds Six-Week Abortion Ban, Dismisses Constitutionality of Reproductive Care Access

The 4-3 decision will have sweeping consequences across the Midwest.

Should Biden Stay In The Race? Everyone Has an Opinion.

After a rough debate night, some Democrats are rethinking their presidential nominee.

Joe Biden Set All the Rules in the Debate—And Still Got Trounced by Donald Trump

The 81-year-old president stumbled, froze up, and fell for foolish back-and-forths, delivering a dismal showing that's caused some Democrats to reconsider his candidacy altogether.

Jamaal Bowman's Loss Doesn’t Lend Itself to Easy Conclusions

The congressman was weighed down by a lot more than his Israel criticism. And while Cori Bush may suffer the same fate, that doesn't mean the whole Squad is going down.

Trump VP Hopefuls Prepare to Give His Debate Performance Rave Reviews

If they want the number two job, they’ll say he was incredible regardless of what happens.
Inside the Hive

Pod Save America’s Hosts Are Staying Positive About 2024. That Doesn’t Mean They Don’t Fear the Worst

Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor discuss the importance of civil engagement in a time of mass cynicism, and explain how Americans can keep finding the comedy in the country’s post-Trump tragedy.

A Mind-Boggling Number of Voters Who Could Decide the Election Think Donald Trump—Yes, That Donald Trump—Is Better for Democracy Than Biden

As in, the Donald Trump who incited an insurrection because he couldn’t admit he lost the last election.
2024 Election

The Challenge for CNN’s Debate Moderators: Keeping Themselves Out of It

CNN anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash have a herculean task ahead of them: making sure Donald Trump and Joe Biden stay on track—and get all the attention.
2024 Election

Smearing, Flexing, and Playing the Victim: Inside Trumpworld’s Pre-debate Messaging Blitz

The former president’s brain trust is flooding the zone with shit ahead of Thursday night’s showdown. “The Biden people didn’t want the debate to happen,” says Trump adviser Jason Miller. “That’s why Biden is freaking out.”
Sports

“It Was Astonishing”: How NBC Convinced Al Michaels to Embrace His AI Voice for Olympics Coverage

The network will use an artificial clone of the legendary broadcaster’s voice to narrate its daily recaps of the summer event. “It was not only close,” he says of the technology, “it was almost 2% off perfect.”

Mike Johnson Wants to Be MAGA’s “Get Out of Jail Free” Card

After reportedly promising to help overturn Donald Trump’s recent conviction, the House Speaker is now leading an effort to keep Steve Bannon out of prison, too.
From the Magazine

A Template for Palestine—For a Postwar, Two-State Future

For two decades, Palestinian, Israeli, and American urban planners and power brokers have been envisioning a revitalized West Bank and Gaza. The war and its incalculable tragedies have made their efforts all the more urgent.

Texas’s “Pro-Life” Abortion Law Has Literally Led to More Infant Deaths

The infant mortality rate went up in the state by nearly 13% the year after the Heartbeat Act went into effect.

Julian Assange, Glorified and Vilified Founder of WikiLeaks, to Be Set Free

Fourteen years after WikiLeaks published classified materials related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, touching off a winding legal saga that spanned three presidencies, the controversial whistleblower has entered plea deal.