Trump’s Potential VP List Now Includes Tom Cotton, the Guy Who’s Called for Vigilante Justice on Protesters and Ripping People’s Skin Off: Report
It's not hard to understand what Trump sees in him.
By Bess Levin
Clarence Thomas Muses on Revisiting School Segregation
The justice criticized Brown v. Board, a 70-year-old legal precedent, in a ruling that gave the green light to South Carolina's gerrymandered congressional map.
By Eric Lutz
Inside the Hive
The Democratic War Room Against RFK Jr.
Veteran operative Lis Smith explains why the Democratic Party is “leaving nothing to chance” this election cycle.
By Brian Stelter
Louisiana Republican Says Criminalizing Possession of Abortion Pills Is “Good for Women”
Spoiler alert: It’s not.
By Bess Levin
“Unhinged,” “Not Qualified,” “Can’t Win a General Election”: All the Things Nikki Haley Said About Donald Trump Before Announcing She’ll Be Voting for Him in November
It’s a long and unflattering list!
By Bess Levin
Media
Inside the Network Scramble for 2024 Debates
With CNN and ABC nabbing presidential contests, Fox News and CBS are now vying for a VP face-off, all part of a media free-for-all since the campaigns ditched the debate commission. And there may be more in store—if Trump’s team has its way.
By Charlotte Klein
Why Samuel Alito’s Flag Debacle Warrants a Full Investigation
A January 6–style congressional commission could uncover why symbols of the MAGA movement were flown outside the justice's two homes—and bring the Supreme Court closer to real accountability.
By Eric Lutz
Donald Trump’s Bronx Rally Is More About Ego Than Votes
While back in New York for a trial, the Queens-born Florida man stopped by a firehouse and a bodega, and he will hold a rally Thursday in Crotona Park. As the ex-president looks for validation from locals, Representative Ritchie Torres says the borough has “a responsibility to expose Trump for the fraud that he is.”
By Chris Smith
Rudy Giuliani Adds “Went to the Bathroom With His Zoom Mic on” to Long List of Examples of His Being Bad With Technology
The hits just keep on coming.
By Bess Levin
Trump Falsely and Outrageously Claims Biden Was Ready to Shoot Him During Mar-a-Lago Raid
“You know they’re just itching to do the unthinkable,” read an email to supporters. “Joe Biden was locked & loaded ready to take me out & put my family in danger.”
By Bess Levin
Tucker Carlson Comes Full Circle With Show on Russia State TV
It’s called Tucker. Rossiya 24.
By Bess Levin
Trump Claims He’ll “Never” Call for Restricting Birth Control, After Saying He’s “Looking at” Restricting Birth Control
He might not call for it, but that doesn’t mean he won’t let states do it.
By Bess Levin
The Biden Campaign Calls Bullshit on Team Trump’s Excuse for That “Unified Reich” Video
“Donald Trump posting a ‘unified Reich’ video is part of a pattern of his praise for dictators and echoing antisemitic tropes.”
By Bess Levin
Samuel Alito Is Apparently Above Any and All Accountability
The justice is unlikely to face repercussions over the upside down flag incident as the Supreme Court remains free from any serious oversight. “There’s no recourse other than impeachment,” said Senator Dick Durbin.
By Eric Lutz
Levin Report
Marco Rubio Says He Might Not Accept the 2024 Election Results, Because That’s a Requirement of Potential Trump VPs Now
It’s no longer enough to just claim the 2020 election was stolen.
By Bess Levin
Rudy Giuliani Claims He Tipped Off Arizona Agents Trying to Serve Him Indictment Papers, Despite Gloating Online About Evading Them
He literally taunted Arizona authorities over their inability to find him—just hours before they did.
By Bess Levin
Trump Trial
Michael Cohen’s Star Turn
Donald Trump’s hush money trial has been a specific kind of courtroom drama: well-rehearsed, but never fully produced until now. Over four days of testimony and testy cross-examination, the president’s former fixer fully embodied the prevailing tenor of the proceedings.
By Dan Adler
Legal Woes
Donald Trump’s Double Jeopardy
Manhattan jurors could render a verdict as early as next week on the former president’s alleged hush money plot. Voters may deliver theirs in November.
By Molly Jong-Fast
Biden’s Critical Words for the ICC After Calls for Netanyahu Arrest Warrant
A prosecutor for the International Criminal Court on Monday said he was seeking charges related to the war in Gaza against the Israeli prime minister and leaders of Hamas.
By Eric Lutz
2024 Election
Can Chicago’s 2024 Democratic National Convention Shake Off the Long Shadow of ’68?
Decades after police violently clashed with Vietnam War protesters, Democrats are downplaying the “unprecedented” demonstrations that pro-Palestinian activists have promised are in store. “They want a convention,” says one organizer, “that goes off without a hitch.”
By Eric Lutz
Levin Report
Rudy Giuliani Is Turning 80 and Would Like an Electric Razor, an iPad, a Flat-Screen TV, and Cologne: Report
He’ll take a document scanner, a podcasting mic boom, and some rugs too.
By Bess Levin