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US President Donald Trump arrives to greet Emmanuel Macron, France's president, not pictured, outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Feb. 24,2025. Macron is aiming to secure US security guarantees for Ukraine, slow down Washington's talks with Russia, and demonstrate Europe's commitment to increase defense spending.

Trumpism Isn’t Working

As a checked-out president sits back and lets Elon Musk shred the civil service, the signs of economic calamity are growing—and Americans of all stripes are getting pissed off.

Reporters stand around the edge of the Oval Office. Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who holds his arms out the side, and Donald Trump sit in the middle

Russian State Media Almost Waltzed Into Trump’s Zelenskiy Meeting

Reporters stand around the edge of the Oval Office. Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who holds his arms out the side, and Donald Trump sit in the middle

Russian State Media Almost Waltzed Into Trump’s Zelenskiy Meeting

Russia Is Already Celebrating Trump’s Horrific Meeting With Zelenskiy

Russia Is Already Celebrating Trump’s Horrific Meeting With Zelenskiy

Ukraine's President Volodomyr Zelenskiy, Donald Trump, and J.D. Vance sit in the White House along with membres of the press and select visitors. Zelenskiy has his arms crossed and is speaking, while both Trump and J.D. Vance hold a hand up as if to rebuff what he is saying.

Russia Is Already Celebrating Trump’s Horrific Meeting With Zelenskiy

Ukraine's President Volodomyr Zelenskiy, Donald Trump, and J.D. Vance sit in the White House along with membres of the press and select visitors. Zelenskiy has his arms crossed and is speaking, while both Trump and J.D. Vance hold a hand up as if to rebuff what he is saying.

Russia Is Already Celebrating Trump’s Horrific Meeting With Zelenskiy

Republicans Cheer on Trump as He Bullies Zelenskiy out of White House

Republicans Cheer on Trump as He Bullies Zelenskiy out of White House

Donald Trump and Volodomyr Zelenskiy sit in chairs in the Oval Office, whlie JD Vance sits nearby on a couch. Trump is yelling and making animated hand gestures. The press pool watches.

Republicans Cheer on Trump as He Bullies Zelenskiy out of White House

Donald Trump and Volodomyr Zelenskiy sit in chairs in the Oval Office, whlie JD Vance sits nearby on a couch. Trump is yelling and making animated hand gestures. The press pool watches.

Republicans Cheer on Trump as He Bullies Zelenskiy out of White House

Even Some Republicans Are Shocked by Trump-Zelenskiy Shouting Match

Malcolm Ferguson

Malcolm Ferguson

Even Some Republicans Are Shocked by Trump-Zelenskiy Shouting Match

Donald Trump yells and wags a finger at Volodomyr Zelenskiy, who makes an exasperated hand gesture.

Even Some Republicans Are Shocked by Trump-Zelenskiy Shouting Match

Malcolm Ferguson

Donald Trump yells and wags a finger at Volodomyr Zelenskiy, who makes an exasperated hand gesture.

Malcolm Ferguson

Even Some Republicans Are Shocked by Trump-Zelenskiy Shouting Match

Trump Kicks Out Zelenskiy After He Refuses to Bend the Knee

Trump Kicks Out Zelenskiy After He Refuses to Bend the Knee

Donald Trump puts his hand on Volodymyr Zelenskiy's shoulder, as they sit and speak in the Oval Office

Trump Kicks Out Zelenskiy After He Refuses to Bend the Knee

Donald Trump puts his hand on Volodymyr Zelenskiy's shoulder, as they sit and speak in the Oval Office

Trump Kicks Out Zelenskiy After He Refuses to Bend the Knee

Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order while sitting in the Oval Office.

Democrats Finally Sue Trump for Trying to Control Elections

Malcolm Ferguson

Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order while sitting in the Oval Office.

Malcolm Ferguson

Democrats Finally Sue Trump for Trying to Control Elections

Yair Golan: The IDF General Who Can Revive the Israeli Left

He calls Netanyahu a “criminal.” His new party is small now, but it’s the best hope Israeli progressives have had in a while.

Editor’s Picks

Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Ugly Turn, Putting Starving Kids at Risk

Two U.S. nonprofits that manufacture a treatment sent by USAID to help severely malnourished children abroad say the process is in chaos. This isn’t what Marco Rubio said would happen.

People walk on the street in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

Melissa Gira Grant

This Shocking Moment at a GOP Town Hall in Idaho Is a Foreboding Sign

Private, unidentified security personnel dragged a woman out of the event. It raises questions not just about tolerance for dissent but about who gets deputized to do what.

TNR Features

A bodega in Reading

This Small Rust-Belt City Holds the Secret to Democrats’ Latino Woes

Politics

Jeff Bezos and Kash Patel

Siva Vaidhyanathan

Dear Mr. Bezos: These Columns Are All About Liberties and Markets!

I have taken the liberty of crafting two pieces for the new Washington Post op-ed page that defend personal liberties and free markets. And here they are.

Two girls hold up a sign reading "Please help us" in a hotel window

It Keeps Getting Worse—and No One Is Safe

Donald Trump and Elon Musk aren’t just inflicting pain on poor people abroad or imagined “enemies within.” Their parade of cruelty is coming for MAGA country too.

Culture

Palantir’s Alex Karp arrives at the Senate bipartisan AI Insight Forum in Washington, D.C. in 2023.

Alex Karp’s War for the West

In “The Technological Republic,” the Palantir CEO exhorts Silicon Valley to embrace techno-militarism in the service of furthering American global supremacy.

A family of formerly enslaved people outside their house in Fredericksburg, Virginia, circa 1862-1865.

Joshua D. Rothman

The Missing Persons of Reconstruction

Enslaved families were regularly separated. A new history chronicles the tenacious efforts of the emancipated to be reunited with their loved ones.

From the Magazine

Donald Trump sitting behind his desk in the Oval Office, surrounded by briefcases of cash and monitors that indicate crypto earnings

Art of the Steal

Jacob Silverman

This Is the Biggest Trump-Musk Scandal That No One’s Talking About

Donald Trump and Elon Musk are ushering in a new age of bribery, graft, and corruption to American politics.

An image of the merged faces of Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump

Kim Phillips-Fein

The Dark Legacy of Reaganism

Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein

The Cult of the Entrepreneur

From left: Bob Dylan in 1961; Dave Van Ronk in 1963

Bob Dylan and Me

Podcasts

Donald Trump looks down during his Cabinet meeting

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump Hit by Brutal Poll on Economy as Panicked GOPers Nix Town Halls

With Trump and Republicans facing turbulence over rising prices and Elon Musk’s rampage, a former White House strategist argues that Democrats can capitalize on Trump’s rising vulnerability on the economy.

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

“Terrifying”: Trump’s Ominous Moment with RFK on First Measles Death

As Trump’s first Cabinet meeting offers unsightly displays, a former senior HHS official explains why the Trump-RFK-Musk follies have grown deeply unnerving from a public health perspective.

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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 TNR Politics Quiz

Test your knowledge—from the first Black person appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court to the first U.S. president to be impeached.