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What to Make of the New Pope Leo XIV: Commentary Roundup
Genealogists quickly dug into Leo XIV’s ancestry and traced his maternal grandparents to a diverse Creole community in New Orleans,…
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Leo XIV Chosen as First American Pope: How It Happened
Per the Associated Press’s primer ahead of the conclave: Francis brought Prevost, 69, to the Vatican in 2023 to serve as…
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Can Trump Fix College Football?
Coach Trump at a college-football game. Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Im As most college-football fans have repeatedly…
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Charles ‘Won’t Speak to Me’
Photo: The Stewart of NY/GC Images/Getty Images If you thought Prince Harry was done giving tell-all interviews, think again! The…
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Will Trump Be Impeached a Third Time?
Eyebrows were raised when vulnerable Democratic senator Jon Ossoff suggested a third Trump impeachment down the road. Photo: Dustin Chambers/Reuters…
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Polls Show Another Downward Lurch in Trump Approval Ratings
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images For a while there, it looked like Donald Trump’s job-approval ratings were stabilizing after a…
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Will Christianity Make a Turn to the Right Post-Francis?
Pilgrims to Rome look at a statue of Pope Pius IX, arguably the most reactionary modern pontiff. Photo: Oliver Weiken/picture…
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Trump to Freeze Another $1 Billion in Harvard Funding (Live)
The New York Times reports that a Trump official made a frantic call to Harvard soon after the school’s president…
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DOGE Grim Reaper Arrives for AmeriCorps
Bill Clinton announces the creation of AmeriCorps in 1993. Photo: Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images Of all the destructive DOGE raids…
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MAGA’s Class Warfare Against Knowledge Workers Is Personal
The Marx and Engels of the MAGA revolution. Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photos: Getty Images Much of the nihilistic destructiveness and rage…
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