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Donald Trump speaks to the press after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House.

Only One Thing Explains Trump’s Tariff Madness

Don’t fall for the “coherence fallacy.” The president believes (mistakenly) that he’s figured out how to get rid of the progressive income tax.

Editor’s Picks

Trump points his finger just off-center of the camera while speaking into a microphone, with a painting of Teddy Roosevelt behind him.

The Forgotten Dystopian Vision That Explains Trump’s Canada Obsession

The president’s outlandish fixation on annexing Canada and Greenland makes sense when you understand his worldview. It’s pretty similar to one articulated in 1941.

Donald Trump shouts to reporters while departing the White House.

Michael Tomasky

Of Course Trump Will Tank the Economy. It’s What Republicans Do.

As the president’s “Liberation Day” nears, it’s time to liberate ourselves from the vicious cycle of Democrats having to clean up the GOP’s messes.

TNR Features

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Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance

Politics

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The Lawlessness Is the Point

The Trump administration just admitted that a Salvadoran man was deported in error. Shockingly, Trump and JD Vance don’t seem to want to fix their mistake—and the implications of that are dark.

Elon Musk, his son, and Donald Trump in the White House’s Oval Office

Donald Trump Fell for Elon Musk’s Big Con

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO spent a pittance to help Trump get elected, and now the president is doing everything in his power to make Musk even richer—at Trump’s own political expense.

Culture

German writer W.G. Sebald

W.G. Sebald and the Politics of Melancholy

The essay collection “Silent Catastrophes” explores how we might navigate the end of empire and the rise of authoritarianism.

Three members of Wages for Housework Association at a literature table at Forum 1985, a women's conference in Nairobi, Kenya.

Hannah Rosefield

Home Is Where the Unpaid Labor Is

A new history traces the development and influence of the global Wages for Housework movement from its founding to present day.

From the Magazine

An illustration of author Katie Kitamura sitting in a row of empty theater seats, indicating that she's directing the action in the novel that's taking place on stage

It’s All Relative

In Katie Kitamura’s Novels, Everything Is a Performance

Her latest book, Audition, puts the family center stage.

A woman has dug herself a deep financial hole, and the credit repair specialist hands her a shovel

The Big, Empty Promises of the Ballooning Credit-Repair Industry

An illustration of Donald Trump pouring gasoline on an electric car and getting ready to light it on fire, symbolizing his desire to kill the electric car industry

Is the American Electric Car Already Dead?

Bob Dylan performs

How Bob Dylan Has Mirrored the Death of American Optimism

The Daily Blast Podcast

Donald Trump in the Oval Office

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump Hit by Brutal New Polls on Econ as GOP Tariff Panic Goes Nuclear

As Republicans scramble to defend their states and districts from Trump’s looming tariffs, economist Jared Bernstein explains why they’re likely to prove so destructive to the country—and to the GOP.

Pete Hegseth speaks to reporters during a White House briefing

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump Text Fiasco Suddenly Worsens as MAGA Knives Come Out for Hegseth

As Trump allies begin turning on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth amid the darkening war-text scandal, Jennifer Rubin of The Contrarian explains why this will grow politically untenable for Trump and the GOP.

Games & Quizzes

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Play Our Daily Crossword Puzzle

Published daily, the TNR Crossword is designed to be quick and addictive—a perfect pastime during all the 30-minute meetings that should have been 30-second group emails.

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The New Republic

Who Said It: Veep’s Jonah Ryan or JD Vance?

One is a fictional politician who everyone hates. The other is a real politician who everyone hates. Can you tell them apart?