The landslide defeat of Viktor Orbán in Hungary presents an uncomfortable parallel for a GOP that seems to be stumbling into an electoral disaster in the midterms, writes Ross Barkan.

Last summer, private-jet brokers expected a surge in sales thanks to a fortunate tax break in President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. With the tax deadline looming, we asked them if the sales spike actually happened.

Decades after a New York Times reporter wrote about my graduating class at Horace Mann, I talked to fellow alumni to see how they’ve fared as adults, writes Jason Mandell.

Eric Swalwell’s gubernatorial bid and probably his political career were already in the dumpster thanks to credible allegations of sexual assault. So he announced he planned to resign from Congress instead of waiting to be censured or expelled.

In one weekend, J.D. Vance experienced failed negotiations with Iran, the defeat of Viktor Orbán, and then Trump insulting Pope Leo and posting blasphemous images of himself. It was quite the trifecta of bad news for the veep.

Correction: Trump says his AI ‘Jesus’ post was actually ‘me as a doctor.’ The president explained that the now-deleted Truth Social image showing him healing the sick with his glowing bare hands actually wasn’t blasphemous. We regret the error.

The Trump administration has reportedly agreed to reinstate the Pride flag at Stonewall National Monument as part of a legal settlement with groups who had sued over its removal.

California gubernatorial front-runner Eric Swalwell’s spectacular fall due to a sexual-misconduct scandal could create an opportunity for any number of Democratic, or even Republican, rivals as voting nears.

Iran and oil expert Gregory Brew discusses President Trump’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and what a best-case scenario for the oil crisis looks like now.

Support for Eric Swalwell’s expulsion is growing amid reports of misconduct, and that pressure could force the ouster of three other members also facing scandals.

In a Truth Social post, Trump said Pope Leo is ‘WEAK on Crime,’ suggesting he’s just some disloyal political rival. In his response, Pope Leo said the president is confused about his role, and refrained from discussing the Trump AI Jesus post.

There is a new standoff at sea after President Trump ordered a blockade of Iran, and the global energy crisis continues. Here’s the latest.

Reports of Gen-Z packing churches across America suggest that we’re witnessing a religious resurgence. They don’t tell the full story.

2026 races are giving Democrats new hope in the South. While the region is still dominated by Republicans, five big midterm races in Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, and Virginia look promising for the Democratic Party.

100 days into his mayoralty, Zohran Mamdani’s approval rating is respectable. But, Ross Barkan writes, it’s more impressive when you consider the intense opposition he has faced since rising to prominence last year.

If Trump gives up on the midterms, all bets are off. Things seem wild now, but we may get into truly uncharted territory if Trump and the GOP stop worrying about trying to win in 2026.

Americans’ once-strong bipartisan support for Israel is gone, and it’s not just a matter of Democrats becoming alienated by Netanyahu and his policies. Polls show even Republicans are souring on Israel amid the Iran war.

Several Albanian outlets have reported that former mayor Eric Adams has been granted Albanian citizenship and a passport by the nation’s president.

Trump’s debacle in Iran once again demonstrates that full-blown war is no longer an effective tool for superpowers to get what they want.

President Trump shared footage of a woman being bludgeoned to death at a Florida gas station on social media to rail against Democrats’ handling of immigration.

F-bombing Trump isn’t a smart campaign message. Democrats like Katie Porter and Juliana Stratton have taken to F-bombing the president. That could alienate voters they will need to stop him.

F-bombing Trump isn’t a smart campaign message. Democrats like Katie Porter and Juliana Stratton have taken to F-bombing the president. That could alienate voters they will need to stop him.

Trump has plenty of options for his next attorney general, but none of the candidates will be able to meet his demands for both sycophantic loyalty and prosecutorial success, writes Elie Honig.

My dad had tried countless medical interventions for his addiction and anger. I hoped ketamine and psilocybin could finally change him.

Melania Trump made a statement denying the rumors about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein for no apparent reason. So why did she decide the ‘lies’ about her ties to Epstein ‘need to end today’? Here are three theories.

A California candidate is offering donors a money-back guarantee. San Jose mayor Matt Mahan will refund donors if he doesn’t hit the fundraising goal in his long-shot gubernatorial bid.

Trump is keeping Kristi Noem’s luxury jet as a souvenir. Is a $70 million plane for Melania Trump and Cabinet officials really necessary? No, but the White House never turns down a fancy jet.

As the South African billionaire eyes a $2 trillion IPO for SpaceX, it’s worth considering how to make sense of a world that rewards ‘Muskism.’

With midterms losses likely, the GOP suddenly wants to use reconciliation to force through ICE funding and other Trump priorities. Here’s why one ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ wasn’t enough for Republicans.

Rania Abouzeid reports from a battered Beirut: How much of Lebanon is Israel prepared to destroy while claiming to target Hezbollah and its infrastructure?

Is the AI cybersecurity apocalypse already here? Anthropic’s new model is a godsend for hackers — and a financial bonanza for the company.

Gilgo Beach suspect Rex Heuermann pled guilty to the seven murders charged against him and confessed to an eighth killing previously unassociated with him.

The Iran cease-fire only solves problems created by the war itself, making Trump’s original decision to attack even more indefensible.

Republicans’ stumbles in last night’s Wisconsin and Georgia elections warn of midterms trouble for the GOP. A Democrat-backed candidate won big in a Wisconsin Supreme Court election and MTG’s GOP successor in Georgia won by a sharply reduced margin.

A new poll shows Mamdani with high marks for his leadership and snow handling, but his approval rating is lower than Eric Adams’s was around the same period.

Following Tuesday’s cease-fire, direct talks between the U.S. and Iran may happen later this week, but there’s still plenty of firing going on, and it’s far from clear they’ll agree on a deal to end the war. Here’s the latest.

Neoconservatism is once again ascendant in the Republican Party. But Trump’s reckless and pointless Iran war will mark a death blow for the ideology, Ross Barkan writes.

J.D. Vance and Vladimir Putin are both working hard to help Viktor Orbán survive an electoral challenge. The ties between Trump and Iran’s ally in Russia are nowhere clearer than in their mutual support for Hungary’s embattled strongman.

For our Cover Story, Andrew Rice and Ben Terris report inside the battle among Trump loyalists over how to deliver the president the arrests he wants — or at least make his enemies pay. Read Rice’s story: intelligencer.visitlink.me/UhaeFC

Here’s the latest on Trump’s threat to destroy “a whole civilization” if he doesn’t get a deal by Tuesday evening.

After social-media companies’ ‘big tobacco’ moment, AI firms like OpenAI and Anthropic are worrying, and preparing, for their own version of tech backlash.

Trump’s new Truth Social threat to Iran is insane even for him. His latest tweet says ‘a whole civilization will die tonight,’ if Iran doesn’t meet his deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Zohran Mamdani and City Council leaders are lobbing personal attacks at one another over a budget that is crucial for New York City’s health. City Hall leaders should take a deep breath and get off social media, Errol Louis writes.

The departure of Hanya Yanagihara and a redesign of the Sunday magazine have put a spotlight on the paper’s stand-alone publications.

Over ten years in Iran, I shadowed the leaders and filmmakers who have shaped the Revolutionary Guard’s media operation. The new generation of content creators coming to power now are is younger, quicker, and less afraid of the U.S.

President Trump admitted to an apparent war crime when he said he targeted Iran’s B1 Bridge, which is one of the country’s largest pieces of civilian infrastructure, as a negotiating tactic. ‘Tell them to look out their window and watch,’ he said.

President Trump and Pete Hegseth both suggested that the U.S. rescue of a downed airman in Iran was an Easter miracle. Hegseth compared the airman to Jesus and Trump insisted that God ‘was watching’ and supports the U.S. in the war.

Sure, you’ve seen Trump say incoherent, totally bonkers things about Iran. But have you seen him say them in front of the Easter Bunny? Here are the wildest things Trump said about the Iran war during the White House Easter Egg Roll.

Trump’s governor endorsement killed the GOP’s California dream. The president gave Steve Hilton a big primary boost. But, weirdly, he probably ensured that California won’t have a Republican governor.

President Trump failed to understand how power works in Iran, expert Vali Nasr says, which is one reason why the war he helped start is going so poorly.