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Michael LaRosa
Tara Palmeri February 28, 2025
Michael LaRosa, longtime press secretary for first lady Jill Biden, opens up about how aides hid the president from the press and ignored bad polls, as well as the “cover-up” allegations at the center of the great 2024 blame game.
Steve Witkoff marco rubio
Tara Palmeri February 21, 2025
Inside the State Department, Witkoff’s elevation has some wondering if the billionaire real estate investor and longtime Trump homie has become shadow secretary of state. “In terms of setting direction,” a State official says, “Witkoff outranks Rubio.”
John Fetterman
Tara Palmeri February 7, 2025
An unusually candid conversation with Pennsylvania’s borderline heretical Democratic senator about working with Trump, winning back white men, and when the pendulum will swing back.
Donald Trump , Mike Johnson
Tara Palmeri January 31, 2025
A 360-degree review of the dreaded O.M.B. memo, as seen by the blue chip lobbyists scrambling to explain what it might mean for their clients.


John Fetterman
Tara Palmeri January 24, 2025
As Democrats seek answers in the political wilderness, some are nodding toward… John Fetterman—the hulking, shorts-wearing, sometimes inscrutably anti-party politician—as a model for the sort of unexpected Democratic leader who might emerge as an antidote to Trump.
Elon Musk Donald Trump
Tara Palmeri January 17, 2025
The H-1B visa scrape, and Bannon’s attempt to drive a wedge between Musk and Trump’s MAGA faithful, has many inside Mar-a-Lago wondering just how long this political and ideological tryst can last. Some find that the world’s richest man undercuts the people who keep the trains running in Trumpworld, but his endless wealth has kept many in line.
Ken Cuccinelli
Tara Palmeri January 15, 2025
In this remarkably candid conversation, former Trump Homeland Security official Ken Cuccinelli reveals what the president-elect’s “day one” immigration promises actually entail—and how he’ll try to keep them.
Mark Zuckerberg
Tara Palmeri January 15, 2025
The Meta chief is teaming up with Republican megadonors including Miriam Adelson to co-host a pre-Inaugural Ball reception on Monday night—“Address provided upon RSVP."


Kevin O'Leary
Tara Palmeri January 10, 2025
Seduced by a lobbying charm offensive and fearful of losing a powerful new media platform, the man who once called TikTok a national security threat has become its most important advocate—stirring wannabe buyers, back-channeling with the app’s C.E.O., and entranced by the prospect of the ultimate deal.
Raheem Kassam
Tara Palmeri January 8, 2025
Not content to limit his meddling to U.S. politics, the world’s richest man has turned his sights overseas—tweaking the left in Germany and going full Farage in Britain. But as the international MAGA ambassador Raheem Kassam explains, Musk’s games are already alienating would-be allies.
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