Politics Features
Peter Thiel, Trump’s Man in Silicon Valley
An excerpt from Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left traces Thiel’s influence on the GOP and media
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CPAC 2025: Conservative Elites Celebrate Trump as America Self-Immolates
The annual MAGA gathering felt like watching the most comfortable, frantically aggrieved parts of Trump’s base yell at the TV
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Growing Up During Wartime
Three years into Ukraine’s defense of the Russian invasion, teenagers in Kyiv are forging a new normal
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Cartels Are Business as Usual Despite Trump’s Terror Designations
Trump’s administration is building up its presence on the Mexico border, apparently prepping a “soft invasion.” Cartels are still fighting local battles
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Kristi Noem Says $200 Million DHS Ad Campaign Thanking Trump Was His Idea
Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary said he instructed her to make ads that “thank me for closing the border”
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Peter Thiel, Trump’s Man in Silicon Valley
An excerpt from Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left traces Thiel’s influence on the GOP and media
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CPAC 2025: Conservative Elites Celebrate Trump as America Self-Immolates
The annual MAGA gathering felt like watching the most comfortable, frantically aggrieved parts of Trump’s base yell at the TV
- Tragedy and Farce
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Growing Up During Wartime
Three years into Ukraine’s defense of the Russian invasion, teenagers in Kyiv are forging a new normal
- On the Verge
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Cartels Are Business as Usual Despite Trump’s Terror Designations
Trump’s administration is building up its presence on the Mexico border, apparently prepping a “soft invasion.” Cartels are still fighting local battles
- ‘Huff and Puff’
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Kristi Noem Says $200 Million DHS Ad Campaign Thanking Trump Was His Idea
Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary said he instructed her to make ads that “thank me for closing the border”
- ‘Thank Me’
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Trump and Elon’s ‘Pointless Bloodbath’ at the FAA Is Even Worse Than You Think
The Trump administration fired several FAA lawyers tasked with helping keep reckless and drunk pilots out of the skies — and officials are baffled
- ‘Because We Can’
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Critics Worry Kash Patel Will Purge the FBI. Would He Even Need To?
“An unnervingly large percentage of the agency will be sympathetic to what Patel wants to do,” a former FBI agent tells Rolling Stone
- Already Radical
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Elon Musk’s Empty Hunt for Condoms Is Causing Real Harm
The false claim that USAID was supplying Hamas with $50 million worth of condoms threatens to undo decades of work battling HIV
- Global Health
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Eric Adams’ Lawyers Offered Trump DOJ an ‘Ever-Present Partner’
The NYC mayor and his reps kissed up to Trump, promising full cooperation as he removes “undocumented immigrants.” The whole thing backfired
- In the Open
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FAA Employees Say Trump and Musk’s Purge Is a ‘Threat’ to Air Safety
After firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees, the Trump administration is now attempting to downplay safety concerns
- ‘President Plane Accident’
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