Zohran Mamdani just took his first steps toward remaking the national Democratic Party. The New York City mayor took on his state’s Democratic establishment in three key congressional primaries Tuesday — and in all three, he prevailed. Brad Lander, the former city comptroller who made an alliance with Mamdani when they were both running for […]

What should one make of the president’s mounting obsession with the Reflecting Pool? On the surface, it’s ridiculous. Noting that the pool was full of algae and not reflecting as well as it should, President Donald Trump launched an expensive beautification effort — repainting the bottom and trying chemical treatments to treat the algae. The end […]

This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: Donald Trump is extending an unprecedentedly warm welcome to white South Africans — and virtually no one else.  What’s happening? The core of this story […]

In addition to Iran, inflation, and the courts, President Donald Trump has been fighting a losing war against another opponent these past weeks: pond scum.  As part of his broader effort to “beautify” Washington, DC, ahead of the nation’s rapidly approaching 250th birthday, President Trump wanted to clean up the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and turn […]

A Louisiana prison committed one of the most obvious violations of a man’s religious liberty that has ever made its way to the Supreme Court.  Damon Landor is a Rastafari who, for religious reasons, does not cut his hair — according to his lawyers, he kept this vow for more than two decades, until his […]