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Read the inside story of how Columbia University’s board of trustees met in secret and opted to surrender to the Trump administration’s demands. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Roy Cooper raises Democrats’ odds of flipping the Senate. The 2026 midterms landscape is still tough, but Democrats got their ideal candidate in the former governor of North Carolina, who is expected to run against RNC chair Michael Whatley. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
Democrats are willing to fight Trump — they just can’t win. The problem isn’t that elected Democrats lack the spine to take on Trump and the Republican Party agenda. It’s that they have little power in our winner-takes-all system. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
Ro Khanna, a Democrat working on a bipartisan push to get a hold of Jeffrey Epstein evidence and release it, says he thinks he knows where to find it. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
In a new campaign video, Eric Adams knocked Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo for traveling outside of the city and joked about visiting Istanbul, a reference to his federal corruption charges. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
No images of Trump’s birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein have been released, but a lawyer for Epstein’s victims says he knows exactly where it is and how to make it public. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
Jon Ossoff’s 2026 Senate race is key for Democrats. Georgia is becoming a must-win state for Democrats. Ossoff’s midterms race may tell us a lot about the future of the Senate and the White House. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
In an interview, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro alleges Zohran Mamdani failed to denounce ‘blatantly antisemitic’ remarks from his supporters. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
A new report from The City found discrepancies with several donations to Eric Adams’s mayoral campaign which has a history of dubious contributions. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
If voters aren’t panicking over public safety, the appeals of Adams, Cuomo, and Sliwa could fall flat, columnist Errol Louis writes. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
Sarah Jones writes that although the Epstein saga may peel some conspiracy theorists away from MAGA, most of the president’s supporters will dismiss or glorify abusive behavior. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
A federal judge in Florida has denied the Justice Department’s request to unseal grand jury testimony from the Epstein cases in the state. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
The White House press secretary and spy chief Tulsi Gabbard referred to just about everything — including a murderer — to distract from the Epstein scandal today. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
Donald Trump’s name was found in the Epstein files multiple times, according to new Wall Street Journal report. And attorney general Pam Bondi told him about it, though Trump claimed last week she hadn’t. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
A raft of buyouts and multiple ongoing shake-ups at the Washington ‘Post’ have left staff despondent and unsure about the future. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
Will Democrats cave again on the next government shutdown? Another shutdown crisis is set for the end of September. And once again, Chuck Schumer really doesn’t have any good options. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
Attorney General Pam Bondi fired the new top federal prosecutor in New Jersey in order to save the job of Alina Habba, Trump’s former personal attorney. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
Dating apps have become such an inescapable part of dating that they’re now trying to make dating apps that help people avoid dating apps. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
The DNC is reportedly planning to look beyond Joe Biden’s and Kamala Harris’s disastrous decisions as part of its 2024 autopsy. Ross Barkan writes that it should do the exact opposite. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
Speaker Mike Johnson had said he wanted full transparency on the Epstein files, but he’s now shut down the House to spare Trump from such demands. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
GOP’s 2026 redistricting scheme could spread to many states. Texas Republicans, with urging from Trump, are trying to generate new seats to help their party hold the U.S. House in the midterms. Now other states may join in on the shenanigans. nymag.com/intelligencer/…