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/…

Trump dodged the Vietnam War but somehow doesn’t know how long it lasted, and now he’s using it to attempt to downplay the unpopular war in Iran he started. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

FBI director Kash Patel is suing the Atlantic after it published a report about how he’s a heavy drinking erratic boss who is way worse at his job than previously known. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Voters in Virginia are about to approve or reject a Democratic gerrymander aimed at retaliating for Trump’s GOP map-rigging bids in Texas and other states. But Florida’s special session at the end of April will give Republicans the last word. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Energy Secretary Chris Wright suggested that Americans might have to wait until 2027 to see as prices below $3, a claim President Trump is publicly disputing. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Trump’s coalition is punishing GOP representative María Elvira Salazar for daring to float a plan to win back Hispanic voters, writes columnist Ross Barkan. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Where does the Democratic Party go next on Israel? J Street founder Jeremy Ben-Ami is trying to forge a new consensus before the 2028 primaries. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Few can make mohel a full-time job. But Rabbi Eliezer Lawrence — with more five star reviews on Google than anyone else — performs up to ten brises a week. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

A more limited landscape for Democratic gains and an unshakable MAGA base both put limits on Republican midterm losses despite all the problems facing that party and an unpopular president. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

AI leaders including Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Dario Amodei, and Demis Hassabis are locked in a race to dominate a world-changing technology, but their rivalry is deeply personal nymag.com/intelligencer/…

The mood has shifted. NBA players are some of the richest Black people in the U.S. The summer of 2020 found them anguishing over their obligations to the disadvantaged. Now, LeBron is saying a Black city sucks on a golf influencers’ YouTube show. nymag.com/intelligencer/…