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douglas brinkley
Tara Palmeri January 3, 2025
A hard and honest conversation with presidential historian Douglas Brinkley about the strange end of the Biden era, how his legacy will be measured against his successor’s, and whether history will redeem him.
john yoo
Tara Palmeri December 27, 2024
A sobering conversation with conservative legal scholar John Yoo about what the president-elect can and cannot do on his first day in office, from imposing tariffs to pulling out of NATO, pardoning insurrectionists, targeting people on his “enemies list,” and finally building that wall.
Bill Stepien donald trump
Tara Palmeri December 20, 2024
A frank conversation with Bill Stepien, Trump’s former White House political director, about what exactly political capital is—and why Donald Trump never seems to run out.
Donald Trump
Tara Palmeri December 17, 2024
On Monday evening, Trump sued Ann Selzer, the respected pollster who incorrectly predicted a Harris victory in Iowa. Is he looking for compensation over damages or simply firing a warning shot to the industry ahead of his next term?


Paul Rieckhoff
Tara Palmeri December 13, 2024
A no-holds-barred conversation with Paul Rieckhoff, a fellow Iraq War vet turned activist, about the political atom bomb effect of placing Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon.
Pete Hegseth
Tara Palmeri December 6, 2024
The president-elect has stopped working the phones for Pete Hegseth, and Ron DeSantis may be on deck, amid cascading scrutiny of Trump’s most controversial nominees.
Martin O'Malley
Tara Palmeri November 30, 2024
Fresh off announcing a run for D.N.C. chair, former governor of Maryland and onetime presidential candidate Martin O’Malley offers a blunt diagnosis of the party’s malaise, muses about Kamala’s future, and asks how 8 million Democratic voters simply disappeared.
Boris Epshteyn
Tara Palmeri November 26, 2024
Mounting annoyance with Musk’s omnipresence and an investigation into Boris Epshteyn evince one of the cardinal rules of Trumpworld: Overreach at your peril.


max rose
Tara Palmeri November 26, 2024
As Democrats sort through the rubble of 2024, much of the party drama is coalescing around the race for D.N.C. chair. Will it be Rahm? Martin O’Malley? Max Rose, the millennial ex-congressman from Staten Island, makes a compelling case for… himself.
Matt Gaetz
Tara Palmeri November 22, 2024
News and notes on the once—and future?—Florida congressman as he weighs his post-A.G. options: returning to the House, facing down an Ethics scandal, or even running for governor. Plus the latest on Trump’s Treasury bake-off and Rahm Emanuel’s fight club for D.N.C. chair.
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