Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.It took approximately 14 milliseconds after the first day of Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial for the : The ex-president was “basically screaming” at his TV, having reached “an eight” out of ten on his angry scale. Even the most jaded interpreter of Washington couldn’t help but feel slightly disoriented — and not because of the retiree’s predictable pay-attention-to-me rage. The wailing was coming from Palm Beach now, not the White House. In the West Wing, the new staff had already, hours earlier, informed reporters that...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.It took approximately 14 milliseconds after the first day of Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial for the : The ex-president was “basically screaming” at his TV, having reached “an eight” out of ten on his angry scale. Even the most jaded interpreter of Washington couldn’t help but feel slightly disoriented — and not because of the retiree’s predictable pay-attention-to-me rage. The wailing was coming from Palm Beach now, not the White House. In the West Wing, the new staff had already, hours earlier, informed reporters that...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.Talking with national political correspondent Gabriel Debenedetti about the unfolding drama in Georgia’s two special-election runoffs.Ben: Everything’s coming up Warnock and Ossoff right now. No official calls have been made, and it still might be awhile before we get one, but election data guru that Warnock has his race against Kelly Loeffler in the bag, and that Jon Ossoff . Have Democrats you’ve been talking to gone past the “guarded optimism” phase at this point?Gabriel: Yeah, no one is celebrating yet, but their...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.Talking with national political correspondent Gabriel Debenedetti about the unfolding drama in Georgia’s two special-election runoffs.Ben: Everything’s coming up Warnock and Ossoff right now. No official calls have been made, and it still might be awhile before we get one, but election data guru that Warnock has his race against Kelly Loeffler in the bag, and that Jon Ossoff . Have Democrats you’ve been talking to gone past the “guarded optimism” phase at this point?Gabriel: Yeah, no one is celebrating yet, but their...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.The Georgia special Senate elections are nigh, but the central subject in the state is President Trump’s jaw-dropping with Brad Raffensperger. I spoke with national political correspondent Gabriel Debenedetti about how Trump’s flailing attempts to overturn the state’s presidential-election results might hurt Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.Ben: President Trump continues to insist that he won Georgia in November, and throughout the campaign for the runoff elections there, he has seemed much more interested in in the state —...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.The Georgia special Senate elections are nigh, but the central subject in the state is President Trump’s jaw-dropping with Brad Raffensperger. I spoke with national political correspondent Gabriel Debenedetti about how Trump’s flailing attempts to overturn the state’s presidential-election results might hurt Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue.Ben: President Trump continues to insist that he won Georgia in November, and throughout the campaign for the runoff elections there, he has seemed much more interested in in the state —...WW…

Arriving in Atlanta on a recent Sunday afternoon, I turned on my hotel room’s TV and soon saw, staring back at me, the patrician face of David Perdue. Georgia’s Republican senior senator was the target of an attack ad paid for by his opponent, Jon Ossoff, in a runoff campaign for his seat; it suggested that Perdue had traded stocks with insider knowledge of the pandemic. A few minutes later, Ossoff, who at 33 is attempting to become the youngest U.S. senator in four decades, appeared in a sunnier TV spot, talking about how he would work with President-elect Joe Biden. This was followed...…Arriving in Atlanta on a recent Sunday afternoon, I turned on my hotel room’s TV and soon saw, staring back at me, the patrician face of David Perdue. Georgia’s Republican senior senator was the target of an attack ad paid for by his opponent, Jon Ossoff, in a runoff campaign for his seat; it suggested that Perdue had traded stocks with insider knowledge of the pandemic. A few minutes later, Ossoff, who at 33 is attempting to become the youngest U.S. senator in four decades, appeared in a sunnier TV spot, talking about how he would work with President-elect Joe Biden. This was followed...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.For a few months now, senators, ex-lawmakers, donors, operatives, local leaders, investors, and activists have quietly been nudging a small group of Democratic officials in D.C. and Delaware. This group, made up of people like former Delaware senator Ted Kaufman and former Barack Obama economic adviser Jeffrey Zients, are helping steer Joe Biden’s presidential transition team.The overwhelming bulk of Biden’s operation is sincerely still dedicated to winning the race against Donald Trump, which even his top advisers insist is...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.For a few months now, senators, ex-lawmakers, donors, operatives, local leaders, investors, and activists have quietly been nudging a small group of Democratic officials in D.C. and Delaware. This group, made up of people like former Delaware senator Ted Kaufman and former Barack Obama economic adviser Jeffrey Zients, are helping steer Joe Biden’s presidential transition team.The overwhelming bulk of Biden’s operation is sincerely still dedicated to winning the race against Donald Trump, which even his top advisers insist is...WW…

is now a part of New York Magazine.The first time Senator Lindsey Graham was set to debate his Democratic challenger earlier this month, Jaime Harrison brought a plexiglass divider with him to protect himself from COVID-19 onstage. The next week, Graham, the Republican South Carolinian who used to be best known as John McCain’s sidekick and has since branded himself as one of Donald Trump’s most reliable wingmen, refused to take a test for the coronavirus, and their second debate was called off altogether. When I caught up with Harrison on the phone the next morning, a Saturday, he was...…is now a part of New York Magazine.The first time Senator Lindsey Graham was set to debate his Democratic challenger earlier this month, Jaime Harrison brought a plexiglass divider with him to protect himself from COVID-19 onstage. The next week, Graham, the Republican South Carolinian who used to be best known as John McCain’s sidekick and has since branded himself as one of Donald Trump’s most reliable wingmen, refused to take a test for the coronavirus, and their second debate was called off altogether. When I caught up with Harrison on the phone the next morning, a Saturday, he was...WW…

Please read our updated and , effective on December 19, 2019.The women who might become Joe Biden’s running mate entered their final week in contention without much of an idea of what that week would look like.Each member of — thought to include a pair of senators, two congresswomen, a governor, and a former senior Obama administration official — had, by last week, spent hours on calls with members of Biden’s vetting and VP-selection teams and with the presidential nominee himself. Most had allies — elected officials in D.C., political allies back home, even some influential...…Please read our updated and , effective on December 19, 2019.The women who might become Joe Biden’s running mate entered their final week in contention without much of an idea of what that week would look like.Each member of — thought to include a pair of senators, two congresswomen, a governor, and a former senior Obama administration official — had, by last week, spent hours on calls with members of Biden’s vetting and VP-selection teams and with the presidential nominee himself. Most had allies — elected officials in D.C., political allies back home, even some influential...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren didn’t know each other extremely well until March. They’d been crossing paths for well over a decade, most uncomfortably in 2005 at a Capitol Hill hearing, where they collided over bankruptcy law and the Delaware senator called the Harvard Law professor’s argument “very compelling and mildly demagogic,” and most closely ten years later at Biden’s official residence in D.C. There, the VP secretly told Senator Warren he would want her as his running mate if he ran for president in 2016. For all...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren didn’t know each other extremely well until March. They’d been crossing paths for well over a decade, most uncomfortably in 2005 at a Capitol Hill hearing, where they collided over bankruptcy law and the Delaware senator called the Harvard Law professor’s argument “very compelling and mildly demagogic,” and most closely ten years later at Biden’s official residence in D.C. There, the VP secretly told Senator Warren he would want her as his running mate if he ran for president in 2016. For all...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.Not many details are widely known yet about this summer’s Democratic convention, which has been successively postponed, , downplayed, digitized, expanded, hyped, and turned into something of a mid-August television pageant in the four months since the coronavirus pandemic upended the 2020 election. But a few things are obvious to liberals paying close attention. Joe Biden will deliver a speech in Milwaukee, and his running mate will get a prime-time slot. It would be a pretty big surprise if both Barack and Michelle Obama don’t...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.Not many details are widely known yet about this summer’s Democratic convention, which has been successively postponed, , downplayed, digitized, expanded, hyped, and turned into something of a mid-August television pageant in the four months since the coronavirus pandemic upended the 2020 election. But a few things are obvious to liberals paying close attention. Joe Biden will deliver a speech in Milwaukee, and his running mate will get a prime-time slot. It would be a pretty big surprise if both Barack and Michelle Obama don’t...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.Late in the afternoon on the last Monday in June, 430 Democrats, who had paid up to $100,000 each, clicked into a private, Texas-themed Zoom call organized by Joe Biden’s campaign. They were greeted by former Planned Parenthood chief Cecile Richards, whose mother, Ann, was the state’s last Democratic governor. They heard from Julián Castro and Beto O’Rourke, and they were treated to a performance by Willie Nelson, who sang a song with his son Lukas called “Vote ’Em Out.” It began, “If you don’t like who’s in there, vote ’em...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.Late in the afternoon on the last Monday in June, 430 Democrats, who had paid up to $100,000 each, clicked into a private, Texas-themed Zoom call organized by Joe Biden’s campaign. They were greeted by former Planned Parenthood chief Cecile Richards, whose mother, Ann, was the state’s last Democratic governor. They heard from Julián Castro and Beto O’Rourke, and they were treated to a performance by Willie Nelson, who sang a song with his son Lukas called “Vote ’Em Out.” It began, “If you don’t like who’s in there, vote ’em...WW…