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Think Trump’s Unpopular Now? Just Wait.

100 days into his second term, the president’s approval numbers are historically bad. There’s good reason to believe they’re only going to get worse from here.

Editor’s Picks

Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One at the White House.

Michael Tomasky

In 100 Days, Trump Has Invented Something New: Clown-Show Fascism

The Trump administration is a serious threat to democracy. They’re also laughably incompetent. But the result is no laughing matter.

Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office.

The Trumpian Plot to Take Over the Federal Courts

The conservative legal movement’s latest broadside against the judiciary is likely to fail, but it illuminates how far they’re willing to go to dismantle the rule of law.

TNR Features

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Heart of Darkness

Decades Later, the Truth Behind a Grisly Mass Murder in El Salvador

Politics

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt in Washington, DC on April 29, 2025.

Karoline Leavitt’s Angry New Attack on Amazon Reveals Trump’s Weakness

OK, so Amazon backed down on posting the cost of Trump’s tariffs. But the wildly disproportionate attack on the company from the White House press secretary actually exposed Trump’s deep vulnerabilities.

A demonstrator holds a transgender pride flag during a President's Day protest near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

What It’s Like to Be a Trans Federal Employee Under Trump

The civil service was once a safe and supportive workplace. It’s now a menacing environment where fear and chaos are the order of the day.

Culture

Jamie Miller, played by Owen Cooper, faces a forensic psychologist in <i>Adolescence</i>.

Netflix’s Adolescence Speaks Directly to Parents’ Fears

If the hit miniseries about a 13-year-old murderer plays on adults’ anxiety about screens, it also evokes a deeper alarm about kids’ profound unknowability.

Diego Luna as Cassian Andor in season two of “Andor”

Andor Is the Best Star Wars You Will Ever See

The second and final season of Tony Gilroy’s epic is suspenseful, action-filled—and a timely, unflinching portrayal of the human costs of rebellion.

From the Magazine

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Completely Known

The Two Best Bob Dylan Films

One is very popular, while the other is quite obscure.

Illustration of David Cronenberg standing in front of the digital tombstones featured in his new film

David Cronenberg Takes High Tech to the Graveyard

Illustration of a figure with a TV for a head wearing a MAGA cap

How the Radical Right Captured the Culture

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Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein

The Last Days of the Boat-Dwellers of Sausalito

The Daily Blast Podcast

Donald Trump looks to the side and speaks

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump’s Fury at Bad Polls Boils Over as Allies Rush to Calm Him Down

As Trump’s anger over his terrible polling numbers grows, a journalist explains why it’s so unnerving that Trump’s advisers are now actively deluding him about his disastrous reign.

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump’s Rage Over Abrego Garcia Case Darkens as Crushing New Polls Hit

As Trump makes a damning admission about wrongfully deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a lawyer involved in the saga explains why Trump is losing the war of public opinion—and why he’ll lose in court as well.

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: 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?