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Breaking News
Breaking News
Top Democrat Reveals the Sick Math of Republicans’ Budget Bill
Representative Jim McGovern puts his hands on his temples as if in exasperation
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Top Democrat Reveals the Sick Math of Republicans’ Budget Bill
Trump Org Breaks Ground on $1.5 Billion Resort in Tariffed Country
Eric Trump makes a speech in front of a lectern with flowers. Behind him is a large sign that reads Trump International, Hung Yen.
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Org Breaks Ground on $1.5 Billion Resort in Tariffed Country
Trump Team Can’t Say Where Plane Full of Immigrants Disappeared To
Donald Trump speaking
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Team Can’t Say Where Plane Full of Immigrants Disappeared To
Leaked Emails Show Top Gabbard Aide Ordering Secret Intel Rewrite
Tulsi Gabbard testifies in Congress.
Malcolm Ferguson
Leaked Emails Show Top Gabbard Aide Ordering Secret Intel Rewrite
Trump Fumbles Key Question as He Unveils Pricey Golden Dome Plans
Donald Trump sits in front of an illustration of his Golden Dome project in the Oval Office
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Fumbles Key Question as He Unveils Pricey Golden Dome Plans
Risky Bet
The Surprising Reason Nevada Hasn’t Repealed a 1911 Abortion Ban
Susan Rinkunas
Risky Bet
Susan Rinkunas
The Surprising Reason Nevada Hasn’t Repealed a 1911 Abortion Ban
Risky Bet
A photograph of a protester holding up a wire hanger with the words "keep abortion safe" written on it to illustrate this story.
The Surprising Reason Nevada Hasn’t Repealed a 1911 Abortion Ban
Susan Rinkunas
A photograph of a protester holding up a wire hanger with the words "keep abortion safe" written on it to illustrate this story.
Risky Bet
Susan Rinkunas
The Surprising Reason Nevada Hasn’t Repealed a 1911 Abortion Ban
Our Own Two Eyes
Joe Biden looks down because he is disappointed
Was It Really a “Cover-Up” If We All Knew the Truth About Biden?
Alex Shephard
Joe Biden looks down because he is disappointed
Our Own Two Eyes
Alex Shephard
Was It Really a “Cover-Up” If We All Knew the Truth About Biden?
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.
All Too Rare
Melissa Gira Grant
Missouri’s Struggle to Restore Abortion Access
The state’s voters defeated an abortion ban. So why can’t more people get one?
Ripple Effects
Registered nurse Brandi Gregory turns on an operating light at Medina Regional Hospital in Hondo, Texas
The Republicans’ Medicaid Cuts Could Cause a Rural Unemployment Crisis
Monica Potts
Registered nurse Brandi Gregory turns on an operating light at Medina Regional Hospital in Hondo, Texas
Ripple Effects
Monica Potts
The Republicans’ Medicaid Cuts Could Cause a Rural Unemployment Crisis
PODCAST
“Chilling”: Trump’s Fury at Bruce Springsteen Just Got Much Darker
The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
PODCAST
The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
“Chilling”: Trump’s Fury at Bruce Springsteen Just Got Much Darker
PODCAST
“Chilling”: Trump’s Fury at Bruce Springsteen Just Got Much Darker
The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
PODCAST
The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
“Chilling”: Trump’s Fury at Bruce Springsteen Just Got Much Darker
Editor’s Picks
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris hold hands during a ceremony to celebrate the WNBA Champion Las Vegas Aces in the East Room of the White House.
Michael Tomasky
What the Democrats Need to Learn From the Biden Cover-Up Fiasco
As much as covering up the president’s infirmity was a scandal for all involved, the Democrats’ mortal sin was the one that was right out in the open.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, center, spoke with Representative Jodey Arrington, center left, at the U.S. Capitol on May 15.
Kate Aronoff
Republicans Are Rejoicing as They Gut a Bill That Benefits Red States
Nearly three-quarters of investments spurred on by the IRA have flowed to states that voted for Trump. Once Republicans decide how thoroughly to decimate Biden’s trademark achievement, we’ll see how committed they are to snatching from their own constituents.
TNR Features
A parody photo-illustration of Trump and his associates storming Greenland via Viking ship
Northern Fights
Christopher Hooks
Real Men Steal Countries: Inside Trump’s Absurd Greenland Obsession
Politics
Vice President JD Vance in Washington, DC on May 14, 2025.
Greg Sargent
JD Vance’s Surprise Admission About Trump, Medicaid Boomerangs on Him
The veep once excoriated Republicans over deep Medicaid cuts. Where he lands today will tell us much about his character—and the true goals of Trumpism.
House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks to members of the press as he arrives at the U.S. Capitol. House lawmakers are back at Capitol Hill this week to work on the budget bill.
Timothy Noah
The GOP’s Budget Hawks Will Bankrupt the Country
The Republicans’ tax cut plans are an exercise in bad faith, aimed squarely at the American people.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders during a rally
Why the Democratic Tea Party Failed (and How It Could Succeed)
Toby Buckle
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Bernie Sanders during a rally
Toby Buckle
Why the Democratic Tea Party Failed (and How It Could Succeed)
How Pope Francis Saved the Catholic Church From JD Vance
Dana Vachon
Dana Vachon
How Pope Francis Saved the Catholic Church From JD Vance
Pope Francis meets with Vice President JD Vance during an audience at Casa Santa Marta on April 20, 2025 in Vatican City.
How Pope Francis Saved the Catholic Church From JD Vance
Dana Vachon
Pope Francis meets with Vice President JD Vance during an audience at Casa Santa Marta on April 20, 2025 in Vatican City.
Dana Vachon
How Pope Francis Saved the Catholic Church From JD Vance
Culture
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, chairman of the Government Committee on Operations of the Senate, comments on the latest developments in his dispute with the White House and Arm Secretary Robert T. Stevens.
Marin Scotten
The Red Scare Still Haunts America
The paranoia and conspiracy theories of the McCarthy era still inform our culture and politics in the present day.
Zhao Tao in Jia Zhangke’s “Caught by the Tides”
Adam Nayman
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.
Climate
Left photograph: fallen trees and damage from Hurricane Helene in North Carolina is cleared by heavy machinery in order to reopen a road while a person stands outside of a home watching in September 2024. Right, David Richardson, the newly appointed senior official performing the duties of FEMA administrator.
disaster zone
Kate Aronoff
The New Acting Administrator of FEMA Wrote a Novel. It’s Not Good.
David Richardson’s book is loosely based on his experiences fighting in Iraq. It suggests we have a pompous, self-aggrandizing womanizer heading emergency management.
On May 8, Sam Altman testified in a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing about artificial intelligence.
AI Execs Are Demanding Government Support—No Questions Asked
Kate Aronoff
On May 8, Sam Altman testified in a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing about artificial intelligence.
Kate Aronoff
AI Execs Are Demanding Government Support—No Questions Asked
Trump Is Destroying the Data that Keeps the Country Running
Kate Aronoff
Kate Aronoff
Trump Is Destroying the Data that Keeps the Country Running
Donald Trump is trailed by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy at a press conference in late January.
Trump Is Destroying the Data that Keeps the Country Running
Kate Aronoff
Donald Trump is trailed by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy at a press conference in late January.
Kate Aronoff
Trump Is Destroying the Data that Keeps the Country Running
From the Magazine
A portrait of a young R. Crumb
Still Truckin’
Jeremy Lybarger
He’s Lewd, Problematic, and Profoundly Influential
R. Crumb’s cartoons plumb the grotesque corners of the American unconscious.
Bob Dylan onstage on the Rolling Thunder Revue tour
MagazineWin McCormack
Can We Allow Bob Dylan to Be Himself?
Collage of Homer Simpson and Pete Hegseth
MagazineThe New Republic
Who Said It: Homer Simpson or Pete Hegseth?
Photograph of an installation by Mumbai-based collaborative art studio CAMP
MagazineDevika Girish
The Inspiring Hacktivist Ethos of an Indian Art Studio
The Daily Blast Podcast
PodcastThe Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
Trump’s Angry Walmart Tirade Backfires, Wrecking His Own Tariff Scam
As Trump’s war with Walmart intensifies over its truth-telling about his tariffs, an economist explains how this exposes the fraudulence of his rationale for them—and exposes the political weakness of his position.
PodcastThe Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
Trump’s Threats to Defy Courts Go Nuclear as MAGA Rages at New Losses
As Trump’s hints that he will override the courts get worse, a close observer of MAGA lawlessness explains why the Trump-MAGA game plan here is more dangerous than it appears.
Podcast
Donald Trump
Trump Rages Over Qatar Jet Fiasco as GOP Angst Worsens: “Humiliating”
The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
Donald Trump
PodcastThe Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
Trump Rages Over Qatar Jet Fiasco as GOP Angst Worsens: “Humiliating”
Podcast
MAGA Senator’s Stunning Admission: GOP Is Badly Screwing Trump Voters
The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
PodcastThe Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
MAGA Senator’s Stunning Admission: GOP Is Badly Screwing Trump Voters
Podcast
Donald Trump smiles while sitting in the Oval Office
MAGA Senator’s Stunning Admission: GOP Is Badly Screwing Trump Voters
The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
Donald Trump smiles while sitting in the Oval Office
PodcastThe Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
MAGA Senator’s Stunning Admission: GOP Is Badly Screwing Trump Voters
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Games & Quizzes
Purple and white crossword illustration with the initials TNR as an entry.
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
MagazineThe 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?
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