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The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump Arrest of Immigrant Triggers Shock and Regret in Small MAGA Town

An immigrant’s pending deportation has stunned Trump-supporting Missouri locals who have come to know and love her. Speaking to us on our podcast straight from jail, she makes a tearful, wrenching appeal.

Editor’s Picks

Wearing keffiyehs and graduation gowns, Columbia students hold a sign saying "Palestine Will Love Forever" at their graduation

The Jewish Students Punished in the Name of Jewish Safety

Jewish students have been prevented from graduating after taking part in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

Donald Trump during a swearing-in ceremony for Jeanine Pirro

Katherine Stewart

The MAGA War on Science Is Deadly—and It’s Just Getting Started

The administration’s anti-science posture has three different sources. Each is as extremist as the last.

American Worker: Photo Series

Cattle rancher taking a calf to be branded

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

Politics

A close up of President Donald Trump

Trump’s Angry New Tirade Over Tariff Ruling Accidentally Says Too Much

In suggesting that Congress is a mere nuisance that shouldn’t shape trade policy, Trump revealed his true, unspoken ambitions.

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller talks to reporters about recent federal court rulings on immigration, calling them part of a “judicial coup” against the administration of President Donald Trump.

Michael Tomasky

The Only “Judicial Coup” in This Country Is by Trump Against Judges

The Trump administration is getting its butt kicked in court. That’s great. But an unprecedented assault on the judiciary is coming.

Culture

Benicio Del Toro, Mia Threapleton, and Michael Cera in “The Phoenician Scheme.”

Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme Embraces the Modest Pleasures

It’s also a rollicking not-quite thriller about family, financing, and (broadly) filmmaking itself.

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.

From the Magazine

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L'affaire Grenoble

Inside a Campus Crackdown Over Wokeism in France

At a small university in the city of Grenoble, an accusation of Islamophobia set off a wild kerfuffle and a media frenzy. Sound familiar?

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

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

A portrait of a young R. Crumb

Jeremy Lybarger

He’s Lewd, Problematic, and Profoundly Influential

The Daily Blast Podcast

Karoline Leavitt speaks at the podium in the White House Press Briefing Room.

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

MAGA Fury Erupts as Trump’s Epic Legal Loss on Tariffs Slowly Sinks In

As Trump’s MAGA-friendly advisers rage over a harsh ruling against his tariffs, a lawyer for the challengers explains how it exposed deep weaknesses in their legal justification—and what will happen now.

Donald Trump yells outside while wearing a white MAGA cap.

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump’s Rants About Harvard Get Darker as He Loses a Big One in Court

As Trump’s attacks on Harvard grow more unhinged amid a serious legal setback, a shrewd observer of MAGA explains why Trump actively wants you to think we’re sliding into lawlessness and terror.

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.

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The New Republic

Who Said It: Homer Simpson or Pete Hegseth?

They’re both unqualified for their jobs and love to drink. Can you tell them apart?