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Claire Potter, Neil J. Young

JD Vance Likes “Normal Gays.” Should We Count That as a Win?

The pursuit of being seen as “normal” has served the LGBTQ movement well. But is there such a thing as too normal?

Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office.

The Trumpian Plot to Take Over the Federal Courts

The conservative legal movement’s latest broadside against the judiciary is likely to fail, but it illuminates how far they’re willing to go to dismantle the rule of law.

TNR Features

A photo of the bodies of American Nuns Maura Clarke, Dorothy Kazel, and Ita Ford, along with lay missioner Jean Donovan

Heart of Darkness

Decades Later, the Truth Behind a Grisly Mass Murder in El Salvador

Culture

Jamie Miller, played by Owen Cooper, faces a forensic psychologist in <i>Adolescence</i>.

Netflix’s Adolescence Speaks Directly to Parents’ Fears

If the hit miniseries about a 13-year-old murderer plays on adults’ anxiety about screens, it also evokes a deeper alarm about kids’ profound unknowability.

Diego Luna as Cassian Andor in season two of “Andor”

Andor Is the Best Star Wars You Will Ever See

The second and final season of Tony Gilroy’s epic is suspenseful, action-filled—and a timely, unflinching portrayal of the human costs of rebellion.

From the Magazine

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Completely Known

The Two Best Bob Dylan Films

One is very popular, while the other is quite obscure.

Illustration of David Cronenberg standing in front of the digital tombstones featured in his new film

David Cronenberg Takes High Tech to the Graveyard

Illustration of a figure with a TV for a head wearing a MAGA cap

How the Radical Right Captured the Culture

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Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein

The Last Days of the Boat-Dwellers of Sausalito

The Daily Blast Podcast

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump’s Rage Over Abrego Garcia Case Darkens as Crushing New Polls Hit

As Trump makes a damning admission about wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a lawyer involved in the saga explains why Trump is losing the war of public opinion—and why he’ll lose in court as well.

Donald Trump looks to the side and speaks

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump’s Surprise Admission About Putin Wrecks “Great Dealmaker” Scam

As Trump reveals that he’s not expecting serious concessions from Russia in peace talks, the author of a new piece on his strategy explains why it’s likely to prove counterproductive—with tragic and disastrous results.

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?