Opinion

Katie Zacharia gets canned.

Katie Zacharia Was the Joke. But So Is Trump’s White House

Zacharia couldn’t pass the bar—or the podium test. But at least she can now call herself a (former) press secretary and mean it!

Michael Ian Black

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Trump’s Everything Crisis Has Republicans in Full Panic Mode

With record-low approval, rising costs, and war, Republican voters are turning their backs on MAGA.

Max Burns

Trump is ruining the midterms... or Republicans.

Trump’s October Surprise Is That He’s Torching His Own Party

For whatever twisted psychological reason, Trump is doing something deeply destructive to his party’s majorities in the House and Senate—and to the MAGA brand.

David Rothkopf

A photo illustration of Kimberly Guilfoyle and Gavin Newsom and San Francisco.

These Are the Toe-Curling Secrets Kimberly Guilfoyle Told Me

And she whispered the very intriguing reason for leaving Gavin Newsom.

Jami Floyd

A photo illustration of President Donald Trump and Kimberly Guilfoyle.

AMBASSADORIAL DISFUNCTION

Guilfoyle’s Greek Tragedy Is How Every Trump Story Ends

The best may be yet to come, but the worst certainly already happened.

Eleanor Clift

A photo illustration of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in reference to David Low's WW2 cartoon Rendezvous.

Benedict Donald

How Trump Just Exposed America’s True Enemy Within: Himself

Insider threat? Meet the guy doing deals with the worst of enemies.

David Rothkopf

Donald Trump, fire photo illustration

The Real Threat to America’s Cities Isn’t Iran—It’s Trump

And not just because he keeps inviting Tehran to attack the West Coast.

Michael Ian Black

An animated GIF of Donald Trump hiding behind the John F. Kennedy bust at the Kennedy Center.

TESTAMENT OF YOUTH

I Sang to Open the Kennedy Center. Trump’s Reign Appalls Me

Tom Hotchkiss was just 11 when he was part of the Kennedy Center’s inauguration.

Michael Daly

Photo Illustration by Victoria Sunday/The Daily Beast/Getty Images

UP SCHMITT’S CREEK

He Set Up a Half-Court Shot. Then He Faceplanted

Sen. Eric Schmitt provided a brutally entertaining moment in an otherwise dull hearing.

Michael Ian Black