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Fight Donald Trump With Normal Politics

Trump May Have America, But the City Is Still Ours

Here’s What the Markets Expect From President Trump

Rembert BrowneJonathan ChaitMarin CoganEd KilgoreEric LevitzAnnie LowreyFrank RichGabriel ShermanRebecca Traister
8:09 a.m.

The Trump Medicaid Mystery Is a Cliffhanger

By Ed Kilgore

The new administration and congressional Republicans face some thorny problems in repealing the Medicaid portion of the Affordable Care Act.

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5:29 a.m. early and often

Following Ethics Complaints, Eric Trump Will Stop Fundraising for His Charity

By Margaret Hartmann

“As unfortunate as it is, I understand the quagmire,” he said.

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4:25 a.m.

North Carolina Lawmakers Fail to Repeal Anti-Transgender Bathroom Law

By Margaret Hartmann

The deal stalled over a Republican plan to impose a six-month moratorium on local ordinances barring LGBT discrimination.

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2:23 a.m. early and often

Trump Taps Regulatory Foe Carl Icahn, China Critic Peter Navarro As Advisers

By Margaret Hartmann

The Trump team is reportedly floating an early executive action to impose tariffs on foreign imports as well.

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Yesterday at 11:26 p.m. mysteries

The Search for MH370 Seems to Be Over. What Now?

By Jeff Wise

The two-year, $180 million investigation has failed, and despite the identification of a new search zone, the mystery may remain unsolved.

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Yesterday at 6:45 p.m.

Trump’s Mixed Signals on How He Sees Terrorism

By Ed Kilgore

Though he seemed to walk it back later, his initial reaction to the attack in Berlin was to identify with the victims only as “Christians.”

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Yesterday at 5:52 p.m.

MTA Tollbooths Will Begin Disappearing in January

By Adam K. Raymond

The cashless toll system will collect money through E-ZPass and by mail.

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Yesterday at 5:30 p.m.

Every Terrifying Thing That Donald Trump Did This Week

By Eric Levitz

All the norms the president-elect has already destroyed.

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Yesterday at 5:29 p.m. trump's america

Military Plane Flying Around Midtown Was Reportedly a Test Run to Save Trump

By Jen Kirby

In case of a major attack or emergency.

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Yesterday at 4:38 p.m.

Jared Kushner Is Reportedly Trying to Sell the Observer

By Adam K. Raymond

Donald Trump’s son-in-law is said to be focusing on his newfound career in politics.

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Yesterday at 2:43 p.m.

ISIS Takes Credit for Berlin Attack, Manhunt Under Way for New Suspect

By Jen Kirby and Margaret Hartmann

An earlier suspect was released because of insufficient evidence.

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Yesterday at 2:31 p.m.

NYPD Thinks It Knows Who Stole the 86-Pound Bucket of Gold Flakes From Midtown

By Jen Kirby

Cops believe he took his loot to Los Angeles.

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Yesterday at 2:26 p.m.

Trump’s Rabid Base Will Give Him a Power Obama Lacked

By Ed Kilgore

Unlike Obama eight years ago, the president-elect seems willing to deploy his minions to ride herd on Congress.

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Yesterday at 2:24 p.m.

Lobbyist Hater Corey Lewandowski Is Opening a Lobbying Firm

By Adam K. Raymond

Donald Trump’s former campaign manager promises to advance his agenda from outside the White House.

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Yesterday at 12:38 p.m.

Unpaid Student Debt Is Already Pushing Seniors Into Poverty

By Eric Levitz

To collect on student-loan debt, the government reduced the Social Security checks of 114,000 Americans last year.

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Yesterday at 12:34 p.m.

Donald Trump’s Doctor Is a Fatalist

By Adam K. Raymond

“If something happens to him, then it happens to him.”

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Yesterday at 12:08 p.m.

A Toxic Smog Is Bringing Life to a Halt in China Right Now

By Jen Kirby

Planes are being grounded and face masks are mandatory outside.

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Yesterday at 11:14 a.m.

Gingrich: Trump Doesn’t Want to ‘Drain the Swamp’ Anymore

By Adam K. Raymond

The president-elect thought the phrase was “cute” but doesn’t want to use it anymore.

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Yesterday at 11:05 a.m.

Donald Trump Can’t Stop Telling Orwellian Lies About the Size of His Victory

By Eric Levitz

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Narrowly winning the Electoral College while losing the popular vote by 2.8 million is a “historic landslide.”

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Yesterday at 11:00 a.m.

An Exclusive Look at Michael Bloomberg and Carl Pope’s Book on Climate Change

By Daily Intelligencer

“We are writing this book because we believe that it’s time for a new type of conversation about climate change.”

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Yesterday at 7:30 a.m.

The Opioid Epidemic Is a Symptom of Toxic Greed

By Eric Levitz

Our system of financing drug research gave the makers of OxyContin a multibillion-dollar incentive to ignore the risks their drug posed.

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Yesterday at 5:16 a.m. early and awkward

Bill O’Reilly Laments Left’s Desire to Take Power From ‘White Establishment’

By Margaret Hartmann

He claims they want to get rid of the Electoral College because they believe “white working-class voters must be marginalized.”

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Yesterday at 3:39 a.m. kleptocracy

With No Set Rules, Trumps Improvise on Fundraising Ethics

By Margaret Hartmann

Donald Jr. and Eric are distancing themselves from an inauguration event that appeared to offer access to their father for $1 million.

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Yesterday at 12:01 a.m. crimes and misdemeanors

Judge Gives Go-ahead to $25 Million University Settlement

By Charley Lanyon

“I don’t settle cases, I win cases,” said Trump in March.

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12/20/2016 at 10:45 p.m. women's health

Texas Makes Final Move to Stop Funding to Planned Parenthood

By Theresa Avila

Health officials in Texas filed a legal notice to end the program’s Medicaid funding.

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12/20/2016 at 9:58 p.m. awful things

Death Toll Still Climbing After Explosion Engulfs Major Mexican Firework Market

By Charley Lanyon

At least 27 people are dead and 70 have been injured.

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12/20/2016 at 6:09 p.m.

North Pole Expected to Hit Melting Point This Week, 50 Degrees Above Normal

By Adam K. Raymond

The Arctic has been abnormally warm this fall, and it’s not slowing down.

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12/20/2016 at 6:00 p.m.

The Final, Final, Final Results for the Presidential Popular Vote Are In

By Ed Kilgore

Guess who won by 2,864,974.

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12/20/2016 at 4:18 p.m.

Search Warrant Shows FBI’s ‘Probable Cause’ in Clinton Probe Was Pretty Thin

By Adam K. Raymond

Legals experts say the warrant should have never been issued.

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12/20/2016 at 3:36 p.m.

New York’s 20 Most-Read Stories in 2016

These are the articles our readers were most deeply engaged with this year.

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12/20/2016 at 2:06 p.m.

China Has Returned the Underwater Drone Snatched From the U.S.

By Adam K. Raymond

The Pentagon promises to continue to operate in the South China Sea.

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12/20/2016 at 1:53 p.m.

Zurich Gunman Who Injured 3 at Mosque May Have Had ‘Interest in the Occult’

By Jen Kirby

The attacker was found dead of an apparent suicide.

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12/20/2016 at 11:46 a.m.

Obama Will Reportedly Ban Offshore Drilling in Federal Waters

By Adam K. Raymond

The president will take advantage of a rarely used provision in a 1953 law to make parts of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans off limits.

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12/20/2016 at 11:38 a.m.

Americans Not As Worried About Russia As Democrats Seem to Think

By Ed Kilgore

Any plan to barbecue Trump and his administration over friendliness toward Russia needs to take into account the relative indifference of the public.

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12/20/2016 at 10:36 a.m.

Trump Campaign Manager Condemns Left for Delegitimizing the President-elect

By Eric Levitz

The woman who helped elect the leader of the birther movement scolds the left for trying to “deny [Trump] what he just earned.”

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12/20/2016 at 10:09 a.m.

Alabama Official Apologizes After 50-Foot Cedar Chopped Down for Trump Rally

By Adam K. Raymond

Citizens were pissed after the tree was removed from a public park.

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12/20/2016 at 8:33 a.m. donald trump

The Case for Donald Trump’s Impeachability

By Jesse Singal

A report from Brookings lays out a clear, coherent case for why Trump will soon be in violation of the Constitution.

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12/20/2016 at 5:46 a.m. kleptocracy

Trump Family Finds New Ways to Monetize the Presidency

By Margaret Hartmann

An inauguration fundraiser offers access to the president and a hunting trip with his sons for $1 million.

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12/20/2016 at 2:50 a.m. crimes and misdemeanors

Obama Intends to Transfer 17 or 18 Guantánamo Detainees Before Leaving Office

By Charley Lanyon

The president also announced he’s pardoning another 78 people, and commuting 153 convicts’ sentences.

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12/20/2016 at 2:01 a.m. police brutality

New Orleans to Pay $13.3 Million to Settle Katrina Police Brutality Cases

By Charley Lanyon

The mayor apologized and vowed, “We are going to change as a people and we are going to change as a city.”

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12/20/2016 at 1:14 a.m. jesus christie

New Jersey Lawmakers Won’t Let Christie Strike Book Deal, Get ‘Revenge’ on Press

By Margaret Hartmann

Republicans and Democrats turned against bills that would have raised government salaries and cut a significant revenue stream for newspapers.

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12/19/2016 at 11:18 p.m. aleppo

U.N. Monitors Head to Syria As Mass Evacuations Continue

By Charley Lanyon and Jen Kirby

Violence sidelined the deal earlier, but it appears to be back in effect.

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12/19/2016 at 10:07 p.m. crimes and misdemeanors

White Supremacist Gets 30 Years for Anti-Muslim Death-Ray Plot

By Charley Lanyon

He described himself as a cross between Darth Vader and Forrest Gump.

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12/19/2016 at 10:01 p.m.

Merrick Garland Officially Becomes Victim of Do-Nothing Senate

By Ed Kilgore

It’s been 150 years since a SCOTUS nominee who did not withdraw was denied any action by the Senate. It’s a sign of the times.

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12/19/2016 at 6:47 p.m.

Truck Rams Into Crowd at Christmas Market in Berlin in Likely Attack

By Jen Kirby

At least nine people are dead and dozens more are injured.

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12/19/2016 at 6:19 p.m.

The Electoral College Just Made Trump’s Win Official

By Eric Levitz

In the end, more faithless electors refused to vote for Hillary Clinton than abandoned Donald Trump.

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12/19/2016 at 6:05 p.m.

Russian Ambassador to Turkey Is Fatally Shot

By Jen Kirby

The lone gunman was reportedly an off-duty police officer.

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12/19/2016 at 1:07 p.m.

The Second Avenue Subway Will Really Be Open for Business on New Year’s Day

By Jen Kirby

The MTA backs up Governor Cuomo’s promise: The first trip is scheduled for 6:04 a.m. on January 1, 2017.

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12/19/2016 at 12:35 p.m.

Obama Says Democrats Lost ‘Badly’ Because They Didn’t ‘Show Up’

By Eric Levitz

Obama reiterates his (implicit) critique of the Clinton campaign, while declaring his intention to become a “talent scout” for the Democratic Party.

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12/19/2016 at 11:14 a.m.

Trump’s Budget Director Choice Is Ominous Sign of Conservative Extremism to Come

By Ed Kilgore

Picking tea-partier Mike Mulvaney for the key post indicates Trump will go after domestic spending with a fury.

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