Politics

“I have mixed feelings about Biden stepping aside,” Lipsyte, 86, writes. “I sympathized with Joe even though I wouldn’t want him as a crossing guard.”

In 2020, the KHive was just another fandom, susceptible to flame wars and infighting, writes Ryan Broderick. Now it has helped deliver one of the most impressive weeks in recent political history. How long will the good times last?

Gambling marketplaces, not polls or pundits, were the best guide to the post-debate chaos—and I wanted in on the action.

GQ columnist Chris Black on Joe Biden’s era-ending Sunday-afternoon tweet and a rebranding opportunity for a party suddenly unburdened by what came before.

Before he became Donald Trump’s running mate, Vance got the Hollywood treatment in a Ron Howard docudrama that strained to paint him as an aspirational hero—but as one critic notes, the movie still does him no favors.

The internet responded to Saturday’s assassination attempt with jokes. But, GQ columnist Chris Black writes, Donald Trump had already taken control of the narrative.

The secretary of transportation (and 2020 presidential candidate) opens up about taking time away from work after he and his husband adopted twins who were dealing with health issues: “There were some dark moments when I wondered if the time that I had on leave was gonna be the only time that we got.”

On the campaign trail, the controversial independent is trying—and failing—to conjure the legacy of his father and uncles through his choice in neckwear.

Is British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak preparing for re-election, or auditioning for a job at Fanelli?

Author Tom Nichols warns that America’s growing distrust of experts could usher in a new authoritarian age: “I think a lot of people, particularly in the Trump cult, have just become cats that are so far up a tree, they don’t know how to get down.”

President Biden was joined by his presidential predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton at a fundraiser in Manhattan last night. None of them wore ties.

The checkered Republican representative has left the House—and a hole in our glamor-starved hearts.

“What they’re trying to do offends me at the root of who I am and what I’m about.”

Why do they love to post from the gym?

It was all over a chess game.

Eric Adams is a big believer in veganism, breath work, and his previous existence as an ancient Sumerian. 

Deadlifting won’t drive you to the Capitol steps.

Kennedy, who is running for president as a Democrat, is a leading figure in the anti-vaccine movement. 

Federal prosecutors say the New York congressman used campaign funds for “luxury designer clothing and credit card payments.”

Montana lawmakers have voted to outlaw the app, and the federal government is toying with the same idea. But with Instagram and Twitter in steep decline, what will be left of social media if we lose TikTok?