Trip Gabriel

New York

National Correspondent, Politics Desk at The New York Times

Reporter at @nytimes. I used to cover elections. Now I only write about you if you're dead (and don't mind that you don't return calls).

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Articles

Gerald Connolly, 75, Top Democrat on House Oversight Committee, Is Dead

2 weeks ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Trip Gabriel

Share Representative Gerald E. Connolly of Virginia, a feisty Democrat who prided himself on getting things done, and who defeated Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York to become his party’s top member of the powerful House Oversight Committee, died on Wednesday at his home in Fairfax County, Va. He was 75.His family announced the death. Mr. Connolly said late last year that he had esophageal cancer and would fight the disease.
Gerry Connolly, Democratic Congressman of Virginia, Dies at 75

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Trip Gabriel

He had announced late last year that he was being treated for cancer of the esophagus. He told his constituents in April that he would not seek re-election. Representative Gerald E. Connolly of Virginia, a feisty Democrat who prided himself on getting things done, and who defeated Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York to become his party's top member of the powerful House Oversight Committee, died on Wednesday at his home in Fairfax County, Va. He was 75.
Nate Holden, L.A. Democrat With a Cameo in 2024 Presidential Race, Dies at 95

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Trip Gabriel

An outspoken politician, he served four terms on the City Council and one in the California State Senate. And yes, that was him in the helicopter with Donald Trump. Nate Holden, a Democrat known for his bombast and populist politics, who served on the Los Angeles City Council for 16 years and had a cameo in the 2024 presidential race, when Donald J. Trump confused him with another Black California official, Willie Brown, died on Wednesday in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 95.
Joseph Nye, Political Scientist Who Extolled 'Soft Power,' Dies at 88

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Trip Gabriel

He coined the term, arguing that a country's global influence can't be built on military might alone. Diplomats around the world paid heed. Joseph S. Nye Jr., an influential figure in shaping American national security policy, who wrote seminal books on foreign affairs, held top jobs at Harvard and in government, and coined the term "soft power" - the idea that America's global influence was more than its military might - died on Tuesday in Cambridge, Mass. He was 88.
Bob Filner, Mayor of San Diego Who Left Amid Scandal, Dies at 82

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Trip Gabriel

A progressive member of Congress for two decades, he resigned as mayor after 18 women accused him of sexual harassment. Bob Filner, a progressive Democrat who served two decades in Congress and then successfully ran for mayor of San Diego, promising to shake up City Hall - but whose career imploded within months amid a storm of sexual harassment charges - died on April 20. He was 82. His family announced the death.
David Horowitz, Leftist Turned Trump Defender, Is Dead at 86

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Trip Gabriel

Once a Marxist, he came to embrace hard-right positions, including the falsehood that Mr. Trump won in 2020, and to mentor Stephen Miller, later the Trump adviser. David Horowitz, a radical leftist of the 1960s who did a political about-face to become an outspoken conservative author and activist, writing that Barack Obama had "betrayed" America, and an ardent cheerleader for Donald J. Trump, died on Tuesday. He was 86.
Leonard Zeskind, Who Foresaw the Rise of White Nationalism, Dies at 75

1 month ago | portside.org | Trip Gabriel

Leonard Zeskind, Who Foresaw the Rise of White Nationalism, Dies at 75 Published April 29, 2025 Leonard Zeskind, a dogged tracker of right-wing hate groups, who foresaw before almost anyone else that anti-immigrant ideologies would move to the mainstream of American politics, died on April 15 at his home in Kansas City, Mo. He was 75. The cause was complications of pancreatic cancer, Carol Smith, his wife, said. Long before Donald J.
Leonard Zeskind, Who Foresaw the Rise of White Nationalism, Dies at 75

1 month ago | portside.org | Trip Gabriel

Leonard Zeskind, Who Foresaw the Rise of White Nationalism, Dies at 75 Published April 28, 2025 Leonard Zeskind, a dogged tracker of right-wing hate groups, who foresaw before almost anyone else that anti-immigrant ideologies would move to the mainstream of American politics, died on April 15 at his home in Kansas City, Mo. He was 75. The cause was complications of pancreatic cancer, Carol Smith, his wife, said. Long before Donald J.
Leonard Zeskind, Who Foresaw the Rise of White Nationalism, Dies at 75

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Trip Gabriel

Share Leonard Zeskind, a dogged tracker of right-wing hate groups, who foresaw before almost anyone else that anti-immigrant ideologies would move to the mainstream of American politics, died on April 15 at his home in Kansas City, Mo. He was 75.The cause was complications of pancreatic cancer, Carol Smith, his wife, said.Long before Donald J.
Leonard Zeskind, Researcher Who Foresaw Rise of White Nationalism, Dies at 75

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Trip Gabriel

With "Blood and Politics," he predicted that anti-immigrant ideologies would become part of mainstream American politics, and warned about downplaying the threat. Leonard Zeskind, a dogged tracker of right-wing hate groups, who foresaw before almost anyone else that anti-immigrant ideologies would move to the mainstream of American politics, died on April 15 at his home in Kansas City, Mo. He was 75. The cause was complications of pancreatic cancer, Carol Smith, his wife, said.