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On Sunday, Joe Biden's office made the sobering announcement that the 82-year-old former president had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. The disclosure came less than 48 hours before the scheduled arrival of Original Sin, coauthored by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, which details Biden's age-related decline and efforts to hide it while he was in office. The book has spent the better part of its prepublication week causing paroxysms among Democrats. As Natalie Korach reports today, much of the media is now experiencing an acute form of whiplash as it tries to strike the proper tone in its Biden coverage in the days ahead.
Elsewhere on this Monday, Joe Hagan goes on a road trip with rising Democratic star Ro Khanna, Claire Atkinson looks at the long shadow Donald Trump has cast on Shari Redstone's Paramount Global media empire, and our glass runneth over with Cannes updates. More tomorrow… |
The unlikely bromance of Democratic congressman Ro Khanna and Trumpism architect Steve Bannon highlights an uncomfortable truth: The success of Trumpism has so utterly reshaped American political reality that Democrats, if they are ever to win again, must absorb its cruel lessons. Khanna, in effect, is promising a kinder, gentler version of Trumpism—"blue MAGA," he jokes. The California representative is an unlikely populist: His district covers Silicon Valley and includes many of the most powerful tech companies in the world, including Apple and Nvidia. As Democrats' self-styled tech whisperer, he advertises his friendships with Elon Musk and Marc Andreessen, and breaks with party orthodoxy on issues important to tech bros, such as "free speech," the civic value of X.com, the right of TikTok to operate in the US, and the virtues of Bitcoin. |
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Can Khanna's specific brand of populism bring the Democrats back to life? On a road trip across the Rust Belt, VF correspondent Joe Hagan trails Khanna as he attempts to find a Democratic answer to the MAGA gospel. |
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A full reckoning may be tabled given the tragic news of the former president's "aggressive" illness. |
A CELEBRITY TONGUE-LASHING |
Why is the president picking fights with the country's biggest stars? |
Seven years after her wedding to Prince Harry, the duchess shared a photographic review with never-before-seen photos of their courtship and children. |
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CBS News and Stations president Wendy McMahon announced her abrupt exit today. It's another chapter in the ongoing saga at media giant Paramount Global, which is trying to survive both a Trump lawsuit and a billion-dollar merger.
CBS, the president, 60 Minutes, and a handful of billionaires are all involved—and not one of them is happy.
Contributor Claire Atkinson peels back the curtain on the drama, speaking to insiders who know controlling shareholder Shari Redstone, the beleaguered figure at the center of the storm. "She needs to resolve this," says a source. "Shari has the most to lose." |
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What's Happening at the Cannes Film Festival |
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