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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

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

The Dark, Nihilistic Philosophy Behind the IVF Clinic Bombing

The Dark, Nihilistic Philosophy Behind the IVF Clinic Bombing

A view of the destruction from a bomb blast last Saturday at the American Reproductive Centers in Palm Springs, California.

The Dark, Nihilistic Philosophy Behind the IVF Clinic Bombing

A view of the destruction from a bomb blast last Saturday at the American Reproductive Centers in Palm Springs, California.

The Dark, Nihilistic Philosophy Behind the IVF Clinic Bombing

UTTERLY SHAMELESS

Trump’s Lie About Dead “White Farmers” Just Got Even More Grotesque

UTTERLY SHAMELESS

Trump’s Lie About Dead “White Farmers” Just Got Even More Grotesque

UTTERLY SHAMELESS

President Donald Trump with South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa in Washington,DC on May 21, 2025.

Trump’s Lie About Dead “White Farmers” Just Got Even More Grotesque

President Donald Trump with South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa in Washington,DC on May 21, 2025.

UTTERLY SHAMELESS

Trump’s Lie About Dead “White Farmers” Just Got Even More Grotesque

Par for the Course

Trump’s Week: Rob From the Poor, Give to the Rich, Steal Like Crazy

Michael Tomasky

Par for the Course

Michael Tomasky

Trump’s Week: Rob From the Poor, Give to the Rich, Steal Like Crazy

Par for the Course

Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson at the U.S. Capitol

Trump’s Week: Rob From the Poor, Give to the Rich, Steal Like Crazy

Michael Tomasky

Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson at the U.S. Capitol

Par for the Course

Michael Tomasky

Trump’s Week: Rob From the Poor, Give to the Rich, Steal Like Crazy

Wrong Again, Democrats: Paying “Influencers” Misses the Boat

Wrong Again, Democrats: Paying “Influencers” Misses the Boat

Delegates at the 2024 Democratic National Convention

Wrong Again, Democrats: Paying “Influencers” Misses the Boat

Delegates at the 2024 Democratic National Convention

Wrong Again, Democrats: Paying “Influencers” Misses the Boat

Senate Majority Leader John Thune conducts a news conference after the senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.

Senate Republicans Flirt With Nuking the Filibuster

Senate Majority Leader John Thune conducts a news conference after the senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.

Senate Republicans Flirt With Nuking the Filibuster

Editor’s Picks

President Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson talk with reporters after a House Republican Conference meeting on the budget reconciliation bill in the U.S. Capitol.

House Republicans Just Touched the Third Rail

Medicaid was once a little-regarded program. It is now a policy heavyweight—and with an enrollment larger than Medicare’s, it’s very, very popular.

Pope Francis meets with Vice President JD Vance during an audience at Casa Santa Marta on April 20, 2025 in Vatican City.

How Pope Francis Saved the Catholic Church From JD Vance

By paving the way for an American pope, Leo’s predecessor has ensured the faith won’t get hijacked by the right.

TNR Features

A parody photo-illustration of Trump and his associates storming Greenland via Viking ship

Northern Fights

Christopher Hooks

Real Men Steal Countries: Inside Trump’s Absurd Greenland Obsession

Politics

UCLA graduates celebrate at their commencement in 2024.

The Republican Budget Bill Rips College Away From the Working Class

If the GOP really cared about meritocracy, they wouldn’t gut programs that help low-income students—especially those who also have a job or care for a child—earn a college degree.

President Joe Biden is shown behind a closing door.

The Democrats Are Having a False Reckoning Over Joe Biden

Party elites are considerably more responsible for their woeful state of affairs than the former president.

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

The New Republic

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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The New Republic

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

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?