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Did William F. Buckley pave the way for Trump? While a new Buckley biography by Sam Tanenhaus suggests some parallels between the ideologue of Reagan Republicanism and its disrupter, they are from two different ages and worlds. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Russell Vought asks Congress to rubber-stamp DOGE cuts via rescissions. With Elon Musk gone, the next phase of Team Trump’s effort to gut federal programs is now underway. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Sarah Jones writes that the Trump administration’s embrace of MAHA could usher in a new golden age of quackery. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

In his memoir, ‘An Exercise in Uncertainty,’ Jon Gluck traces decades of waiting, watching, enduring experimental treatment, and miraculously beating the odds. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Will Trump pardon Diddy? Why is Trump considering it? What did 50 Cent say? Are Trump and Diddy still friends? Here’s a guide to Trump’s long relationship with his ‘good friend’ Sean Combs, trial updates, and what Trump might do. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

After Cuomo fended off blows from his many challengers in the first mayoral debate, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Zohran Mamdani who is second to him in the polls. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

As President Donald Trump knocked Musk for his criticism of the spending bill, the Tesla CEO swung back, saying that Trump wouldn’t have won in 2024 without him. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Trump picked a weird time to agree with Elizabeth Warren. OMB director Russell Vought had to walk back Trump’s call to eliminate the debt ceiling before it could blow up the Big Beautiful Bill. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Trump travel ban returns not with a bang but a whimper. Amid today’s mass deportations and threats even to citizens, a mere travel ban seems less terrifying than it did when Trump issued the Muslim travel ban in 2017. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

The white-hot feud between Trump and Musk could endanger the Big Beautiful Bill that Musk has been attacking. His troll army killed a stopgap spending bill in December. Trump will go medieval on him to keep the same thing from happening now. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

As the world’s richest man limps away from Washington, he will be, if nothing else, a cautionary tale. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Second-in-command Antonio Delgado is making a run at the big chair. The decision is curious in some key respects, writes Errol Louis. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Once again, Trump’s aggressive, scattershot use of executive power has pushed us into new constitutional territory, writes Elie Honig. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s abrupt political turn comes at a low moment for the Democratic brand. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Some Democrats say they should invite Elon Musk to ‘come back.’ But it’s far smarter for them to give the Musk-Trump feud a very wide berth. Maybe their quarrel will undermine the BBB, but no one should forget who they are and what they stand for. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

As the Trump administration goes after international students, one Chinese Ph.D. candidate at a major research university is skipping academic conferences, getting an emergency travel visa to Canada — and looking for a job in another country. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Some Democrats say they should invite Elon Musk to ‘come back.’ But it’s far smarter for them to give the Musk-Trump feud a very wide berth. Maybe their quarrel will undermine the BBB, but no one should forget who they are and what they stand for. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Trump adviser Stephen Miller and his wife Katie, who works for Musk, are caught in the crossfires of their bosses’ feud. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Trump sells his Tesla amid Elon Musk fallout. Trump announced that he will sell or give away the red Tesla model S he bought in March. Hardest hit: MAGA supporters who bought Teslas after Trump’s White House Tesla commercial. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

The most obvious path forward — no matter how nasty the spectacle becomes — would be to do what Trump usually does. nymag.com/intelligencer/…