Intelligencer

Trump’s average job approval has hit a new second-term low. Polls show that an unpopular war and rising living costs continue to damage Trump’s popularity, especially among the swing voters who helped him win in 2024. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Trump allowed anonymous White House ballroom donations for secret, definitely non-corrupt reasons. The White House has nothing to hide! (Except the donors’ identities, their potential conflicts of interests, and the fundraising contract itself.) nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Georgia congressman David Scott has died at age 80, the fourth Democratic House member to pass away while in office since last year. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Councilman Chi Ossé was arrested and thrown to the ground by NYPD officers at an anti-eviction protest for one of his constituents. Mayor Mamdani called the incident “incredibly concerning.” nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Ron DeSantis’s next campaign: ‘begging’ Trump for a job. Trump’s 2024 rival is now looking for a job in his administration. But it’s unclear if the Florida governor has done enough groveling. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

President Trump seems to know that the Supreme Court will reject his birthright citizenship arguments, and has begun pre-emptively attacking it for doing so. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

The results of Tuesday’s Virginia election gave Democrats a cruicial redistricting edge. Voters narrowly approved a measure that could flip four House seats to Democrats, countering Trump’s midterms gerrymandering scheme. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

President Trump extended the cease-fire to make time for further negotiations with Iran, but with both sides so far apart, the risk of escalation looms. Can the U.S. and Iran avoid going back to war? nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Errol Louis writes that Amy Goodman, the Democracy Now! host and subject of a new documentary, has spent decades avoiding fluff and getting to the heart of essential stories. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

It’s been an absolutely brutal season for the Mets, but there’s still at least a little room for optimism, Will Leitch writes. Here are five reasons Mr. Met shouldn’t jump off a bridge quite yet. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Texas extremist Chip Roy’s ‘MAMDANI Act’ is a new low in nativism. It would denaturalize socialists and other citizens whose political and religious views he dislikes, radically redefining what it means to be American. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned from office just before she faced sanctions or expulsion over several ethics violations. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Will the Xavier Becerra surge save or sink California Democrats? The former HHS secretary’s stock is rising in the suddenly lively governor’s race. But Republicans could still pull off a November lockout. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Nancy Mace and Cory Mills escalate their feud with dueling expulsion bids. Mace has filed an expulsion resolution against her Republican House colleague, and Mills is reportedly mulling a push to boot her out too. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

After successfully expanding Steve Jobs’s vision, Tim Cook is stepping aside as Apple faces a disorienting moment for tech. John Herrman examines Cook’s legacy and what’s next for the company under device-guy John Ternus. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson said on his podcast that he was sorry for ‘misleading people’ with his support of President Trump. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Meta is testing out subscription features in WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook. Paid social media and messaging subscriptions are a growing trend as entrenched platforms try to supplement ad revenue and lock users in. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

As Trump flails, he has returned to his favorite myth of control: a big jail. A place whose very name strikes fear in the hearts of transgressors. A literal container for society’s problems — so he does not have solve to them. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

How Andrew Crispo, a major gallerist in the 1970s and early ’80s, got away with murder remains an art-world scandal. Now, Bernard LeGeros, the man who was convicted for the crime, is speaking about falling under Crispo’s spell. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

A third woman has now left Trump’s Cabinet under duress. Kristi Noem and Pam Bondi were run off after a lot of high-profile MAGA drama. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s sins were more conventional. nymag.com/intelligencer/…