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The shockingly shrunken footprint of a former president
For more than five decades, Joe Biden’s existence was not only incredibly public but busy — his waking hours spent surrounded by a coterie of devoted aides and strategists, his calendar filled with speaking engagements and meetings, his home a bustling and buzzing swarm of activity. In “What It Takes,” Richard Ben Cramer’s magnum opus…
Adams, Cuomo, Mamdani and Sliwa pay their respects
With help from Amira McKee IN MEMORIAM: Five candidates running for New York City mayor — as well as hundreds of NYPD officers — paid their respects this afternoon to Didarul Islam, who died in uniform in Monday’s tragic mass shooting. Mayor Eric Adams, Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Republican nominee…
Elon Musk gave Trump and the GOP $15M even as he was fighting with the president
Elon Musk gave $5 million to Donald Trump’s super PAC during a dramatic and bitter falling out with the president, new filings show. The donation to MAGA Inc. was made a month after Musk said he had “done enough” political spending, and he also gave $10 million that same day to help Republicans keep control…
A Democrat in the middle of the Israel firestorm
Democratic Rep. Sara Jacobs personifies the conflict within her party over U.S. support for Israel and the nightmare in Gaza — and the increasingly precarious balancing act for any politician trying to navigate it. The third-term member of Congress from San Diego is Jewish. She has family in Israel. So the country’s security is not…
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of the best…
Trump’s political operation has stockpiled a massive amount of cash ahead of the midterms
President Donald Trump is raking in cash for his political operation, building up funds that could allow him to continue to be a political kingmaker even as he cannot seek reelection. The president’s primary super PAC brought in a whopping nearly $177 million in the first half of the year, while his leadership PAC raised…
Cooper leads first public poll since jumping in North Carolina Senate race
Roy Cooper has an early, six-point lead in the North Carolina Senate race, according to the first public poll of the marquee contest. The Emerson College poll, released Friday morning, found the Democratic former North Carolina governor with 47 percent support to Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley’s 41 percent. Another 12 percent of voters…
Mamdani returns, swipes away Defund the Police past
With help from Amira McKee ‘OUT OF STEP:’ Zohran Mamdani distanced himself from “defund the police” posts he made in 2020, saying today they were made “amidst a frustration that many New Yorkers held at the murder of George Floyd.” He said multiple times that the posts were “clearly out of step” with his current…
Trump says Canada’s Palestinian move is new trade deal stumbling block
U.S. President Donald Trump once again threatened to suspend trade talks with Canada, this time over Ottawa’s promise to recognize Palestinian statehood. On Wednesday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that his country intends to recognize a Palestinian state ahead of September’s United Nations General Assembly, joining France and the U.K. on that path. But…