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Trump’s Own Aides Keep Him in State of Delusion About Tariff Fiasco

His inner circle is telling him that working-class voters are with him. In the real world, all the tariff chaos gives Democrats an opening to try to crack his vaunted coalition.

Culture

German writer W.G. Sebald

W.G. Sebald and the Politics of Melancholy

The essay collection “Silent Catastrophes” explores how we might navigate the end of empire and the rise of authoritarianism.

Three members of Wages for Housework Association at a literature table at Forum 1985, a women's conference in Nairobi, Kenya.

Hannah Rosefield

Home Is Where the Unpaid Labor Is

A new history traces the development and influence of the global Wages for Housework movement from its founding to present day.

From the Magazine

Illustration of the colors of the Israeli and Palestinian flags merging, symboling the proposed path forward for Middle East peace

Back to the Future

The Best “New” Idea for Middle East Peace? It’s 25 Years Old.

Trump’s Mar-a-Gaza idea is nonsense. Hamas is unacceptable. Netanyahu repudiates everything but war. A better path forward still exists—and it was charted a quarter-century ago.

An illustration of a hole in the border wall, and the hole forms the shape of North and South America, symbolizing the fraught relationship between the countries in the Americas

What America Can Learn From the Americas

A collage showing Michelle Williams as Molly, the main character in the television show Dying for Sex. Molly is shown with a bouquet of flowers exploding from her mind, symbolizing the blossoming sexual desires that she has after receiving her terminal cancer diagnosis.

Michelle Williams Blooms Late in Dying for Sex

ILLUSTRATION of crime headlines

A Lawyer’s Crusade Against “Copaganda”

The Daily Blast Podcast

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

“Trump Is Backing Down Again”: Hakeem Jeffries Mocks Tariff Flip-Flop

Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries tells us what Trump’s reversal on tariffs says about his weakness, why Democrats can expand the House map, and how they should make the case against Trump’s lawlessness.

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Sotomayor’s Harsh Dissent on Trump Arrests Offers a Terrifying Warning

As the Supreme Court begins ruling on Trump’s deportations, a legal expert unravels the complexities of all these cases and explains how Sonia Sotomayor laid bare the truly alarming stakes we currently face.

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?