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The Biggest Scandal of the Second Trump Term Isn’t “Signalgate”

The national security chat debacle certainly merits attention. But the Trump administration is now blatantly disappearing students and others who are in the country legally.

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Donad Trump makes an exasperated hand gesture while speaking at his first Cabinet meeting. Marco Rubio in the background stares into space.

Trump’s Most Dangerous Enabler Is Not Who You Think It Is

Kash Patel? Pam Bondi? Stephen Miller? No, no, and no. For now, the winner of this dubious title, and serial betrayer of his old principles, is the guy in Foggy Bottom.

Donald Trump, accompanied by Elon Musk stage an impromptu commercial for Tesla on the South Lawn of the White House.

Elon Musk Is Demolishing the Rationale for Citizens United

The Supreme Court said in 2010 that the decision wouldn’t damage Americans’ faith in democracy. Whoops.

TNR Features

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?

Politics

"Ghost guns" seized in federal law enforcement actions are displayed at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) field office in Glendale, California.

The Supreme Court’s Illusory Consensus on Ghost Guns

The high court’s 7-2 decision suggests broad agreement on a contentious issue. But if you read between the lines, there are fault lines everywhere.

President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office as he announces tariffs on auto imports.

Trump’s Trade War on Canada Could Devastate Northern Border States

Trump’s tariff plans look to have major consequences for the state economies heavily intertwined with their Canadian neighbors.

Culture

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.

Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago.

The Right Is Hell-Bent on Weaponizing Libel Law

A 1964 Supreme Court decision affords the press strong protections against costly defamation lawsuits. That’s why a dangerous new movement is trying to overturn it.

From the Magazine

An illustration of a group of protesters with the Washington Monument in the background

Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance

Ordinary people have more power than they know.

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

In Katie Kitamura’s Novels, Everything Is a Performance

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

Bob Dylan performs

How Bob Dylan Has Mirrored the Death of American Optimism

The Daily Blast Podcast

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump’s ICE Removals Take Darker Turn After Unnerving New Rubio Threat

As Secretary of State Marco Rubio makes a shocking claim about Trump’s efforts to deport foreign students, an expert in immigration law explains why these escalating removals should deeply unsettle us all.

Donald Trump speaks to reporters

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump Privately Seethes at Text Fiasco as Hegseth’s New Spin Implodes

As Trump reportedly grows “frustrated” over his team’s failure to manage media coverage of the war text scandal, a shrewd observer of the right explains how all this reveals the deeper failings of MAGA.

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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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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?