The awkwardness of being one of the only pro-Bukele Dems in Congress, by Ben Jacobs politico.com/news/magazine/…

New this morning for @POLITICO and POLITICO Magazine. tinyurl.com/2a4n8chd

Neat. If you haven't read it yet, it's still new to you.

.Evan Mandery interviews former Penn President Liz McGill -- her first extended comments about the controversy that led to her resignation. politico.com/news/magazine/…

If you’re watching TV and wondering if some D.C. figure has a jawline that’s newly strong and square … well, you might be right. Inside the plastic surgery procedure booming among Washington men 👇 politico.com/news/magazine/…

Hidden entrances, timing around congressional recess, the one procedure they're seeing a *lot* more of: DC plastic surgeons tell all to Joanna Weiss politico.com/news/magazine/…

"No one is going to put a photo on the front page of a Waymo car not being burned." politico.com/news/magazine/…

Why does Dr. Phil keep showing up at ICE raids? politico.com/news/magazine/…

Inside the MAGA plan to rebuild Penn Station, by Ian Ward politico.com/news/magazine/…

NEW, from me, in POLITICO Magazine: how the disintegration of New York City's civic consciousness and Democratic Party infrastructure made name recognition the key factor in its mayor's race—and made Cuomo's political resurrection possible.

We asked experts: What happens if the U.S. bombs Iran? We got some really interesting responses: politico.com/news/magazine/…

Politico has translated a chapter of my new book and is publishing it in advance. politico.com/news/magazine/…

The Night Chancellor Merz Changed His Mind About Donald Trump politico.com/news/magazine/…

How far has military action set back Iran's nuclear program? Netanyahu says 2-3 years. JD Vance says "substantially." In POLITICO, I argue that Iran could build the bomb in a year. And it now has much stronger reasons to do so. (1/n)

The son of Iran’s shah wants to come back and lead his old country. Some people think it’s a great idea. Others think it’s awful. And many think it’s impractical—but that his efforts are endangering Iran and the world: Me in @POLITICOmag: politico.com/news/magazine/…

He Made Gay Marriage the Law of the Land. Now He’s Fighting a Larger War. Read Dylon Jones on Jim Obergefell's enduring grief — and lasting fight: politico.com/news/magazine/…

Why Thomas Massie Can Thwart Trump With Impunity in @politicomag by Alex Keeney (fka Keendawg 🐶🇺🇸) politico.com/news/magazine/…

Incredible reporting from Samuel Benson here on Mike Lee and his relationship with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This passage alone is a journalistic feat — never seen a reporter get this kind of church insider info the before. politico.com/news/magazine/…

Mike Lee’s “based” online persona and Trump-era theatrics are a source of growing alarm among LDS church leaders, Samuel Benson reports. “Mike Lee is far-right,” said one emeritus general authority. “The church is not far-right.” politico.com/news/magazine/…

The most elite unit in the Army relied on her to carry out their operations in secret. She says they made her life "a living hell." Seth Harp tells the story in his new book, The Ft. Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces. politico.com/news/magazine/…