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Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance

Ordinary people have more power than they know.

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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

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Is the American Electric Car Already Dead?

Culture

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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

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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

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How Bob Dylan Has Mirrored the Death of American Optimism

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Katherine Stewart

America’s Christian Right Is Coming to the U.K.

The Daily Blast Podcast

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump Text Fiasco Worsens as Tulsi Gabbard Implodes and Fox Melts Down

As the controversy grows over a breach in a war-planning text chat, an expert in national security law explains how Tulsi Gabbard’s Senate testimony made things worse—and why Fox’s spin is dumber than usual.

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump’s Angry Rant Over Hegseth Text Fiasco Makes Scandal Even Worse

As Trump downplays the news that a journalist was included in a highly sensitive discussion of war plans, a top national security lawyer explains why this is so shocking—and why Trump’s response is so derelict.

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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?