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Avi Asher-Schapiro

Avi Asher-Schapiro is a writer living in Cairo.

Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., talks with reporters in the U.S. Capitol after a vote on Thursday, March 12, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Trump administration killed criminal investigation of GOP senator’s coal companies

Molly Redden, Avi Asher-Schapiro
A physical representation of Bitcoin and the flag of the United States (U.S.) appear as the background on a laptop computer screen in this photo illustration in Athens, Greece, on January 13, 2026. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/Getty Images)

How “Bitcoin Jesus” avoided prison, thanks to one of the “Friends of Trump”

Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden
British-US former professional kickboxer and controversial influencer Andrew Tate (L) and his brother Tristan Tate (R) in Bucharest, Romania on March 12, 2024, after they appeared in a court after Romanian police detained them over UK sex offence charges. (DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP via Getty Images)

White House intervened in federal investigation of Andrew Tate

Robert Faturechi, Avi Asher-Schapiro
"Border czar" and former acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Tom Homan visits Eagle Pass, Texas on November 26, 2024. (Scott Stephen Ball for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trading on Tom Homan: Inside the push to cash in on the Trump administration’s deportation campaign

Avi Asher-Schapiro, Jeff Ernsthausen, Mica Rosenberg
CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center on February 20, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Getting “DOGED”: DOGE targeted him on social media. Then the Taliban took his family

Avi Asher-Schapiro, Christopher Bing
A sign marks the entrance to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters building in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

The IRS is building a vast system to share millions of taxpayers’ data with ICE

William Turton, Christopher Bing, Avi Asher-Schapiro
CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk looks on during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel And Convention Center on February 20, 2025 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

The DOGE 100: Musk is out, but more than 100 of his followers remain to implement Trump’s blueprint

William Turton, Christopher Bing, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Al Shaw, Jake Pearson
Opponents of Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi shout slogans and wave a national flags in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, July 3, 2013. (AP/Amr Nabil)

The rise of Egypt’s technocrats

Avi Asher-Schapiro
(Comedy Central)

Jon Stewart is no Bassem Youssef

Avi Asher-Schapiro
Khairat Al-Shater, Muslim Brother and free marketeer (AP/Amr Nabil)

The GOP Brotherhood of Egypt

Avi Asher-Schapiro
Campaign banner in Arabic for The Freedom and Justice party. (AP/Tarek Fawzy)

Why the Muslim Brotherhood wins

Avi Asher-Schapiro
Protesters move away from tear gas fired by Egyptian riot police during clashes near Tahrir Square in Cairo on Monday. (AP/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

Amid street fighting, Egypt’s cabinet resigns

Avi Asher-Schapiro
"Made in USA" teargas cannister

Egypt uses U.S. teargas on pro-democracy crowds

Avi Asher-Schapiro
Sen. Patrick Leahy, left, and Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, head of Egyptian armed forces (AP/Reuters)

Crackdown in Cairo, excuses in Washington

Avi Asher-Schapiro