Congress
Letter from the South
The Most Belligerent Flack on Capitol Hill
Nick Dyer, the deputy chief of staff to Marjorie Taylor Greene, has built a career as a political aide out of what one observer calls “pure, non-strategic contempt.”
The Political Scene Podcast
Is the Debt-Ceiling Deal a Template to Fix Washington, or a Mere Blip?
As lawmakers at the Capitol avoid financial catastrophe, our political roundtable looks at the debt-ceiling compromise and asks whether the center can hold in today’s rage-filled politics.
Our Columnists
The Debt-Ceiling Deal Could Be a Lot Worse
If House Republicans were trying to create a draconian new fiscal framework that would dominate American politics for the next decade, they failed to achieve their goal.
Daily Comment
Congress Really Wants to Regulate A.I., but No One Seems to Know How
Yet another hearing—this one with OpenAI’s Sam Altman—has come after a new technology with the possibility to fundamentally alter our lives is already in circulation.
Our Columnists
Don’t Believe Donald Trump: A Failure to Raise the Debt Ceiling Would Be Disastrous
The ex-President’s intervention has made a fraught situation even more complicated.
Q. & A.
A Case for Climate Optimism, and Pragmatism, from John Podesta
The veteran political operative now has one of the nation’s top climate jobs. He speaks about the Willow oil-drilling project, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the Biden White House.
The Political Scene
Jim Jordan’s Singular Pursuit of Justice
Republicans in Congress are united on at least one thing: the defense of Donald Trump.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
What’s Behind the Bipartisan Attack on TikTok?
A hundred and fifty million Americans are on TikTok. Evan Osnos and Chris Stokel-Walker discuss why politicians are so keen to ban the app. Plus, Broadway’s new comedy of white wokeness.
The Political Scene
Ro Khanna’s Progressive Case for Saving Silicon Valley Bank
The ambitious California congressman has made a career of navigating the demands of Big Tech and the Bernie Sanders wing of the Democratic Party.
Daily Shouts
The (Least Helpful) Branches of Government
The judgy branch, the digressive branch, Schrödinger’s branch, and more.
Infinite Scroll
The TikTok Hearings Inspired Little Faith in Social Media or in Congress
During five hours of questioning, lawmakers seemed to cast the company as a scapegoat for the sins of all algorithmic platforms.
Daily Cartoon
Daily Cartoon: Friday, March 24th
“Looks like Congress might finally do something about TikTok.”
Comment
The New G.O.P. Takes the Country Hostage with the Debt Ceiling
Why the Republicans’ routine threat to wreck the economy, rather than raise the borrowing limit, could end differently this time.
Comment
The Biden-Documents Mess
House Republicans are ramping up conspiracy theories, but one thing seems clear: the government’s documents system has an overclassification addiction.
The New Yorker Radio Hour
A Local Paper Sounded the Alarm on George Santos. Nobody Listened
In local political circles, he was known as George “Scamtos.” When a Long Island newspaper published the facts, why did no one listen? Plus, Michael Schulman on “Oscar Wars.”
Our Columnists
Republican Debt-Ceiling Madness Is About to Begin Again
Holding the debt limit hostage could have dire economic consequences for Americans.
Comment
Kevin McCarthy and the Republicans’ Rocky Road Ahead
With members of the House G.O.P. caucus still pulling in all directions, does anyone know where the Party is headed?
Daily Comment
The Investigations of Joe Biden Begin
A new Republican House subcommittee and a new special counsel pose more of a political threat to the President than a legal one.