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Nathan Fielder dressed as the pilot Chesley Sullenberger in a replica of a jet's cockpit.

Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal Takes Flight

In the second season of the HBO docu-comedy series, the airline cockpit is the stage for an ambitious investigation into how the roles we choose to play can entrap or liberate.

Editor’s Picks

Illustration of Karl Marx superimposed on the American flag, symbolizing the impact he's had on the U.S. over the years

What America Made of Marx

Tracing the leftist icon’s influence on the history of the United States

Trump’s “Golden Dome” Won’t Work—but It’ll Make Elon Musk Richer

For 40 years, missile defense has never been about keeping America safe. It’s all about the contracts.

American Worker: Photo Series

Cattle rancher taking a calf to be branded

Tough Work, Tight Margins: How Cattle Branding Is Evolving in Nebraska

Politics

Former President Joe Biden takes his hand to his heart during the National Anthem.

Joe Biden Is the Least of Democrats’ Problems

Some commentators say the former president’s age and acuity will be a litmus test for 2028 candidates. They are embarrassingly wrong.

Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, who Republicans are targeting, stands with commissioner Rodney Ellis at the Harris Center in Houston.

The Texas Judge Race That Republicans Are Suddenly Eyeing

Why is a little-known GOP candidate getting such big-name support in her effort to unseat Harris County’s Lina Hidalgo? It could be a dry run for the party’s next wave of messaging.

Culture

Rachel Connolly

Jamieson Webster’s Elegant Meditation on How We Breathe

A psychoanalyst trains her attention on the act of breathing, and it no longer seems quite so simple.

Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, chairman of the Government Committee on Operations of the Senate, comments on the latest developments in his dispute with the White House and Arm Secretary Robert T. Stevens.

The Red Scare Still Haunts America

The paranoia and conspiracy theories of the McCarthy era still inform our culture and politics in the present day.

From the Magazine

In mid-February, Selina Sandoval, the associate medical director at Planned Parenthood in Kansas City, Missouri, prepared to provide the first procedural abortion for a patient in the city in around 15 years.

Melissa Gira Grant

Missouri’s Struggle to Restore Abortion Access

The state’s voters defeated an abortion ban. So why can’t more people get one?

A portrait of a young R. Crumb

Jeremy Lybarger

He’s Lewd, Problematic, and Profoundly Influential

Bob Dylan onstage on the Rolling Thunder Revue tour

Can We Allow Bob Dylan to Be Himself?

Collage of Homer Simpson and Pete Hegseth

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Who Said It: Homer Simpson or Pete Hegseth?

The Daily Blast Podcast

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump’s Angry New Attack on Harvard Is About to Blow Up in His Face

As Trump’s assault on Harvard grows more unhinged, a leading free speech advocate explains how all this is already backfiring on Trump by stiffening institutional resistance to him—and what must happen now.

Donald Trump is staring into the upper left corner, wearing a dark suit and blue tie, with a microphone positioned to the left of his mouth.

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump Unravels in Crazed Rants to Media as Poll Reveals Fresh Weakness

As Trump’s latest presser goes awry in multiple ways, a careful observer of public opinion on Trump argues that the anti-MAGA majority is finally reconstituting itself—and explains how Trump himself made it happen.

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.

Collage of J.D. Vance and Jonah Ryan

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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?