Eric Lutz

1 day ago | revistavanityfair.es | Eric Lutz |Darío Gael Blanco

El avión de lujo que Donald Trump está a punto de recibir de Catar no sólo supondría una grave violación ética, sino que, tal y como bromeaba este domingo Chuck Schumer, líder de la minoría en el Senado, es “influencia extranjera con espacio extra para estirar las piernas”. Y tiene implicaciones peligrosas para la seguridad nacional.

5 days ago | vanityfair.com | Eric Lutz

On an unseasonably chilly and windy Thursday afternoon in Chicago, a dozen or so people stood outside Wrigley Field, their phones drawn to snap a picture of the iconic marquee. It was celebrating the new pope—Robert Prevost, henceforth known as Leo XIV—who was (incorrectly, it seems) rumored to be a Cubs fan. One advertisement after another flashed across the screen—for Home Run Inn pizza, for Jewel-Osco, for the Wendella Boat Tour—but nothing about the Chicago-born pontiff.

6 days ago | vanityfair.com | Eric Lutz

It’s been fewer than four months since Joe Biden occupied the highest office in the land, but so much has changed in the time since that it feels like much longer. The only thing that hasn’t seemed to change, in fact, is the former president’s act. Appearing on The View Thursday, alongside former first lady Jill Biden, the Democrat nominally took responsibility for Donald Trump’s return to power: “I was in charge, and he won,” Biden allowed.

1 week ago | vanityfair.com | Eric Lutz

Three years ago, Republicans saw an opportunity. They anticipated a “red wave” and thought they could knock down Democratic rising star Raphael Warnock in purple Georgia. Then, Donald Trump got involved, encouraging football legend Herschel Walker to run for the Senate seat. Republicans had reservations, though—and for good reason, it turned out. Walker’s candidacy was a scandal-ridden disaster; Warnock won out, giving Democrats a two-seat Senate majority and a misplaced sense of confidence.

1 week ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Eric Lutz

Share The impending Democratic opening at the top of the House Oversight Committee has reopened rifts between the party establishment and its younger insurgent wing. Back in December, then 74-year-old Gerry Connolly —who was being treated for esophageal cancer—was elected ranking member of the powerful watchdog panel over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 35-year-old progressive who has emerged as one of the party’s most dynamic stars.