Eric Lach

From the daily newsletter: reporting on a luxury-condo fiasco. Plus: John Cassidy on tariffs and trade wars; the not-quite-anti-woke caucus; and mourning David Lynch in a city on fire.

How a luxury condo building in Manhattan went sideways.

From the daily newsletter: Trump’s unconditional discharge. Plus: Elon Musk’s terrifying foray into British politics; the war in Ukraine according to Russians; and are Britain’s badgers pests or political pawns?

From the daily newsletter: Eric Lach on the state of the hush-money conviction. Plus: Antonia Hitchens reports from Mar-a-Lago; Matt Gaetz and the early lessons of Trump 2.0; and revisionist fantasies in “Wicked” and “Gladiator II.”

“Plunkitt of Tammany Hall,” a collection of political sermons attributed to a crooked machine boss, is a handy reference for New York City’s current political chaos.

Newly obtained e-mails show that Ingrid Lewis-Martin stuck with Adams even when she feared for her safety. Will she stay by his side through a federal investigation?

From the daily newsletter: the mayor’s day in court. Plus: we need to chill out about the polls; Trump’s racist campaign gets darker; and a review of Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis.”

Eric Lach on the most obvious scandal in the history of New York City.

Democrats’ path to winning the House runs through Long Island and the Hudson Valley, where Republicans have lately gained ground.

From the daily newsletter: Eric Lach on a politically divided New York; Rosalind Fox Solomon’s revealing self-portraits; and is Mark Robinson ruining Trump’s chances in North Carolina?