Chas Danner

New York

Editor and Writer at Intelligencer

Editor/writer/utility player at @nymag's @intelligencer. Formerly of the blogosphere. Space and time-limited gardener.

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Articles

5 Big Questions About Trump's Plan to Lower Drug Prices

2 days ago | nymag.com | Nia Prater |Chas Danner

Is anyone taking Trump's executive order seriously? Investors seem to have mostly shrugged off Trump's plan. Many Biotech and big pharma stocks rose after actual executive order came out on Monday.
What to Make of the New American Pope

3 days ago | nymag.com | Chas Danner

Francis's legacy (and the Vatican's financial troubles) factored into the College of Cardinals' decisionAccording to insiders who spoke with the Washington Post, Leo was favored among cardinals from abroad:As the Wall Street Journal reported last week, the Vatican is facing some pretty complicated problems regarding its finances.
Why Is the Trump Administration So Obsessed With Dolls?

6 days ago | nymag.com | Chas Danner

Dolls line the shelves of the A to Z Toys store in Miami Beach, Florida. Hezzi Ramim, who opened the store 39 years ago, said he would have to raise prices on almost all the toys in his store due to the Trump administration's tariffs on countries he imports toys from, including, but not limited to, Spain, China, and Germany. He found only one toy in the store that is made in Vermont, which will not see a price increase.
When Will We See the New-Pope White Smoke? Live Updates

6 days ago | nymag.com | Chas Danner

By Intelligencer Staff,Chas Danner The most important chimney-viewing event in the world is underway as 133 cardinals work to choose a new pope during the papal conclave at the Vatican following the recent death of Pope Francis. They'll of course signify to the world that they have picked a new pope by sending up a plume of white smoke through the temporary chimney of the Sistine Chapel. Below are live updates on the latest smoke news (and whom the cardinals choose, once they do that).
Canadian PM Mark Carney Meets With Trump at the White House: Live Updates

1 week ago | nymag.com | Chas Danner

Canada's new prime minister, Mark Carney, is making what everyone is calling a "high stakes" visit to the White House today to meet with Donald Trump, who may or may not make his pitch for Canada to become America's 51st state in person. And Carney could conceivably thank the trade-warring Trump for making himself such a public enemy in Canada that the PM's Liberal Party was able to come from behind to win the country's recent national elections.
Everything Wrong In Trump's May 4 Lightsaber Pic

1 week ago | nymag.com | Chas Danner

Why does Trump have two lightsabers? He's wielding one lightsaber in his hand, and he's got another one hanging off his belt. What's up with that? While there are examples of Jedi (like Ashoka Tano) and Sith (like Emperor Palpatine and Darth Maul) carrying and wielding two lightsabers at once, they use both lightsabers - they don't just carry one as a backup.
Trump Loses Another Election Abroad

1 week ago | nymag.com | Chas Danner

Donald Trump keeps losing national elections - for conservatives, in other countries. Prime minister Anthony Albanese claimed a second consecutive term in Australia on Saturday, in large part by running against the trade-warring Trump and highlighting America's now cautionary tale of what happens when anti-government extremists take over your country and start smashing things.
All the U.S. Citizens Who’ve Been Caught Up in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

2 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Chas Danner

Share It’s not a matter of ifU.S. citizens are getting caught up in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and mass-deportation efforts but, rather, how and how many. Some have just been collateral arrests and detentions, in which people are briefly questioned or detained by ICE agents, while others have been jailed for hours or days. Some U.S.-born children have been swiftly deported along with undocumented family members.
U.S. Citizens Keep Getting Caught Up in Trump's Immigration Crackdown

2 weeks ago | nymag.com | Chas Danner

Two children, including a 4-year-old boy who has cancer, deported with their mother to Honduras NBC News reports that, according to a lawyer with the National Immigration Project, the two children, ages 4 and 7, were put on their mother's deportation flight the day after they were all detained on April 24: Two U.S. citizen children were sent on their mother's deportation flight to Honduras without the opportunity to speak with attorneys, leaving a 4-year-old boy with Stage 4 cancer without...
FBI Arrests Judge Hannah Dugan for Obstructing ICE: Updates

2 weeks ago | nymag.com | Chas Danner

By Intelligencer Staff,Chas Danner Federal authorities arrested Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan on Friday morning on felony obstruction charges for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest by ICE agents on April 18. It's the first time a local official has been charged with a crime by Donald Trump's second administration amid its ongoing immigration crackdown. Below are the latest updates on this developing story.