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The Run Up
November 17, 2023
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Wastes No Time Going on Crazed Rant After Lifted Gag Order
Donald Trump is attacking everyone involved in his fraud trial.
November 14, 2023
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
This Ripped-Up Note Could Help Jack Smith Take Down Donald Trump
This note is how Jack Smith can prove Donald Trump’s intent.
June 1, 2023
Daniel Strauss, Grace Segers
Who Wants to Crown Ron DeSantis?
PLUS: debt ceiling fatigue and Chris Christie chronicles
May 25, 2023
Grace Segers, Daniel Strauss
Inside the Debt Limit Blame Game
PLUS: Mississippi’s hottest political race, and a conversation with Ben Terris
May 18, 2023
Daniel Strauss, Grace Segers
Tim Scott Tiptoes Toward 2024
PLUS: Lawmakers eye A.I., and a quick and dirty election round-up.
September 8, 2022
Daniel Strauss
What Is Peter Thiel Thinking?
An interview with Max Chafkin, author of “The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power,” on how J.D. Vance and Blake Masters came to be part of Thiel’s political project
June 22, 2022
Daniel Strauss, Grace Segers
“We Should Be Graphic”: New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on How Democrats Should Respond to the End of Roe
“I don’t think we should be coy. I don’t think we should be abstract,” said the vice chair of the Democratic Governors Association.

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