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ICE protest
Peter Hamby January 20, 2026
A remarkably candid conversation with Adam Jentleson, the founder and president of the Searchlight Institute, about the rhetorical fight over abolishing ICE that’s raging inside the Democratic Party.
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Peter Hamby January 13, 2026
Outside the right-wing echo chamber, polls tell the true story of an unprecedented drop in support for Trump’s immigration agency, which has swung 30 points in 12 months.
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Peter Hamby January 6, 2026
The disaffected young men who helped elect Trump are fed up with high prices, worried about A.I., and frustrated by the president’s neocon turn. And, according to exclusive new polling data, they’re souring on Trump just as they turned on Joe Biden.
Jim McDonnell
Peter Hamby December 23, 2025
A candid conversation with L.A. police chief Jim McDonnell about the complicated reality of ICE raids, hyperbolic crime narratives, and preparing for the World Cup and 2028 Olympics in the second Trump era.


Donald Trump
Peter Hamby December 19, 2025
Wall Street guru William Cohan on what’s next in the battle for Warner Bros., and the inevitability of presidential meddling.
JD Vance
Peter Hamby December 17, 2025
Everyone knows that J.D. Vance is desperately positioning himself to become Trump’s heir apparent, and our exclusive data suggests that he has the field almost to himself. But his popularity depends on his closeness to Trump, who could change his mind at any minute, for any reason.
Mike Johnson, Republicans
Peter Hamby December 12, 2025
It’s no fun serving in the House these days, even (or perhaps especially) in the G.O.P. majority. A wide-ranging conversation with Leigh Ann Caldwell about the red team’s congressional blues.
kathy Hochul
Peter Hamby December 9, 2025
With an A.I. profiteer in the White House and no congressional mojo, Democrats have been shockingly impotent on A.I., an issue that infuriates or scares the hell out of most Americans. Now, even as they muster some resistance, they risk being outflanked.


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Peter Hamby December 5, 2025
Paramount staged an aggressive, last-ditch effort to secure its own bid for Warner Bros. Discovery by warning that Netflix would face severe regulatory obstacles in Washington. Could the White House have less leverage than it seems?
Byron Donalds trump
Peter Hamby December 2, 2025
In some swing states, the president’s primary endorsement could become an anchor in the midterms. So why are Republicans bear-hugging Trump as they walk out onto the plank? Any G.O.P. operative will tell you the same thing: They don’t have a choice.
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