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Michael Tomasky

Trump’s Swamp Just Got a Whole Lot Bigger and Swampier

On wretched display this week: the three ugly faces of MAGA.

Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.

Trump’s All-Out Culture War Is Now Targeting Philanthropy

Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.

Trump’s All-Out Culture War Is Now Targeting Philanthropy

Americans Like Medicaid—But They Also Like Work Requirements

Americans Like Medicaid—But They Also Like Work Requirements

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer

Americans Like Medicaid—But They Also Like Work Requirements

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer

Americans Like Medicaid—But They Also Like Work Requirements

New York Democrats Are Sabotaging Their Biggest Policy Success

New York Democrats Are Sabotaging Their Biggest Policy Success

Congestion Relief Zone toll sign on the westbound Long Island Expressway approaching Van Dam Street in Queens, New York.

New York Democrats Are Sabotaging Their Biggest Policy Success

Congestion Relief Zone toll sign on the westbound Long Island Expressway approaching Van Dam Street in Queens, New York.

New York Democrats Are Sabotaging Their Biggest Policy Success

Editor’s Picks

Massachusetts Atorney General Andrea Campbell speaks to the press outside the US Supreme Court over President Donald Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship as the court hears arguments over the order in Washington, D.C.

Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Case Has the Supreme Court Baffled

The Trump administration’s brief against the Fourteenth Amendment is a bad one, and it naturally led to some tortured legal reasoning from his solicitor general.

Illustration of a baby surrounded by menacing images of pills and a baby powder container. Imagery from vintage J&J ads is also included to suggest that the issues with the company have been happening for decades.

Alexander Zaitchik

A Devastating New Exposé of Johnson & Johnson Indicts an Entire System

An investigative history of the scandal-plagued company shines a light on a health care industry riddled with corruption and criminality.

TNR Features

A person wears a yarmulke with a Make American Great Again slogan

The Coming Jewish Civil War Over Donald Trump

Politics

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is a co-sponsor of the GENIUS Act.

Are Some Dems About to Cave to Crypto? It Wouldn’t Be the First Time

As the Senate considers a GOP-backed stablecoin bill, it’s a good time to look back on when the Biden administration bailed out a bunch of high-rolling, right-wing crypto crybabies.

Trump receives the Order of Zayed, the UAE’s highest civilian award

Trump’s Corruption Is a Huge Problem. But It’s a Hard Sell to Voters.

The scant polling evidence suggests that corruption is not a decisive factor for voters—yet there is a way for Democrats to leverage the president’s malfeasance in next year’s midterm elections.

Culture

Zhao Tao in Jia Zhangke’s “Caught by the Tides”

Jia Zhangke’s Caught by the Tides Is an Epic of Loss and Perseverance

The filmmaker’s tale of modern China probes the emotional toll of living through two decades of social upheaval.

A pregnant woman holds a cell phone displaying a screen from the Clue health app.

My Digital Pregnancy

In a smart, well-observed memoir, a longtime reporter on internet culture explores how childbearing has become inescapably mediated by technology.

From the Magazine

Photograph of an installation by Mumbai-based collaborative art studio CAMP

The Inspiring Hacktivist Ethos of an Indian Art Studio

CAMP, a Mumbai-based collaborative, makes use of cellphone videos, CCTV, and pirate radio, turning tech to subversive ends.

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

Christopher Hooks

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

Seth Rogen in a scene from The Studio

Seth Rogen’s The Studio Isn’t Just a Celebration of Hollywood’s Past

An illustration of Trump vacuuming the names off of a sheet of voter rolls, indicating the GOP's efforts to disenfranchise Democratic voters

Republicans Are Already Plotting to Steal the Midterms

The Daily Blast Podcast

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump Rages Over Qatar Jet Fiasco as GOP Angst Worsens: “Humiliating”

As Trump seethes over criticism of his acceptance of a luxury jet from Qatar, a journalist who’s closely tracking GOP reactions explains why this is a growing problem for him—and what may come next.

Donald Trump smiles while sitting in the Oval Office

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

MAGA Senator’s Stunning Admission: GOP Is Badly Screwing Trump Voters

As a staunch Trump ally openly acknowledges the truth about the House GOP’s “big, beautiful bill,” a leading health care reporter explains all the ways it will seriously hurt the Trump-MAGA working-class base.

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

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?