The staff writer Eric Lach joins the guest host Andrew Marantz to discuss the alleged quid pro quo between Mayor Eric Adams and President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice. Plus, why the President keeps inserting himself into New York City politics and what to make of former Governor Andrew Cuomo’s bid for Gracie Mansion. 

This week’s reading:

• “Donald Trump’s Golden Age of Bunk,” by Susan B. Glasser
• “Elon Musk Also Has a Problem with Wikipedia,” by Margaret Talbot
• “What Will Democratic Resistance Look Like?,” by Jay Caspian Kang
• “Trump’s E.P.A. Seeks to Deny Science That Americans Discovered,” by Bill McKibben
• “Growing Up U.S.A.I.D.,” by Jon Lee Anderson
• “A Ukrainian Family’s Three Years of War,” by Louisa Thomas 

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