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Breaking News
Breaking News
Trump Economic Adviser Has Ridiculous Defense for Lack of Trade Deals
Kevin Hassett addresses reporters in the Capitol
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Economic Adviser Has Ridiculous Defense for Lack of Trade Deals
Trump Transportation Chief Sure Chose a Convenient Time to Sell Stock
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy frowns during a Senate hearing
Edith Olmsted
Trump Transportation Chief Sure Chose a Convenient Time to Sell Stock
Tornadoes Just Wrecked Multiple States. Where Are Trump and FEMA?
Wreckage from a tornado in London, Kentucky
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Tornadoes Just Wrecked Multiple States. Where Are Trump and FEMA?
DOGE Loses Shady Battle to Take Over $500 Million Nonprofit Building
Elon Musk opens his jacket to reveal a DOGE shirt underneath.
Hafiz Rashid
DOGE Loses Shady Battle to Take Over $500 Million Nonprofit Building
Trump Was Lying—He Deported a Lot of Legal Immigrants to El Salvador
Three men deported from the United States imprisoned in CECOT in El Salvador look out from behind the bars in their cell.
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Was Lying—He Deported a Lot of Legal Immigrants to El Salvador
Catechism
How Pope Francis Saved the Catholic Church From JD Vance
Dana Vachon
Catechism
Dana Vachon
How Pope Francis Saved the Catholic Church From JD Vance
Catechism
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.
Catechism
Dana Vachon
How Pope Francis Saved the Catholic Church From JD Vance
Still Truckin’
A portrait of a young R. Crumb
He’s Lewd, Problematic, and Profoundly Influential
Jeremy Lybarger
A portrait of a young R. Crumb
Still Truckin’
Jeremy Lybarger
He’s Lewd, Problematic, and Profoundly Influential
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.
PUHLEEZE
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.
LESSONS
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
LESSONS
Toby Buckle
Why the Democratic Tea Party Failed (and How It Could Succeed)
PODCAST
Trump’s Angry Walmart Tirade Backfires, Wrecking His Own Tariff Scam
The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
PODCAST
The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
Trump’s Angry Walmart Tirade Backfires, Wrecking His Own Tariff Scam
PODCAST
Trump’s Angry Walmart Tirade Backfires, Wrecking His Own Tariff Scam
The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
PODCAST
The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
Trump’s Angry Walmart Tirade Backfires, Wrecking His Own Tariff Scam
Editor’s Picks
close up of Donald Trump looking constipated
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Embrace of White South Africans Takes Dark, Unnerving New Turn
First, Trump officials cut off refugee resettlement from all over the world. Then they got those white Afrikaners here in three months. Funny how that happened.
Illustration of a baby surrounded by menacing images of pills and a baby powder container. Imagery from vintage J&J ads is also included to suggest that the issues with the company have been happening for decades.
MagazineAlexander Zaitchik
A Devastating New Exposé of Johnson & Johnson Indicts an Entire System
An investigative history of the scandal-plagued company shines a light on a health care industry riddled with corruption and criminality.
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
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.
Andrew Cuomo speaks before getting vaccinated at the mass vaccination site at Mount Neboh Baptist Church in Harlem.
Raina Lipsitz
The Little Super PAC That Could (Stop Andrew Cuomo)
The folks behind DREAM will never be able to outspend the would-be mayor of New York City. But they believe their fresh approach to campaigning might give them an edge.
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost addresses the crowd on the main central loggia balcony overlooking St Peter's Square on May 08, 2025.
Pope Leo’s Election Is a Victory for the Constitution
Matt Ford
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost addresses the crowd on the main central loggia balcony overlooking St Peter's Square on May 08, 2025.
Matt Ford
Pope Leo’s Election Is a Victory for the Constitution
An Anti-Science MAHA Extremist Is Playing a Major Role at the FDA
Laura Weiss
Laura Weiss
An Anti-Science MAHA Extremist Is Playing a Major Role at the FDA
Trump has tapped Dr. Vinay Prasad, an outspoken anti-vaxxer, to lead the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
An Anti-Science MAHA Extremist Is Playing a Major Role at the FDA
Laura Weiss
Trump has tapped Dr. Vinay Prasad, an outspoken anti-vaxxer, to lead the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
Laura Weiss
An Anti-Science MAHA Extremist Is Playing a Major Role at the FDA
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
House Speaker Mike Johnson, center, spoke with Representative Jodey Arrington, center left, at the U.S. Capitol on May 15.
spiting their face
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.
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.
The New Acting Administrator of FEMA Wrote a Novel. It’s Not Good.
Kate Aronoff
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.
Kate Aronoff
The New Acting Administrator of FEMA Wrote a Novel. It’s Not Good.
AI Execs Are Demanding Government Support—No Questions Asked
Kate Aronoff
Kate Aronoff
AI Execs Are Demanding Government Support—No Questions Asked
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
From the Magazine
Bob Dylan onstage on the Rolling Thunder Revue tour
Res Publica
Win McCormack
Can We Allow Bob Dylan to Be Himself?
Like Shakespeare, he has adopted many guises—some of them very painful for him.
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
A person wears a yarmulke with a Make American Great Again slogan
MagazineEric Alterman
The Coming Jewish Civil War Over Donald Trump
The Daily Blast Podcast
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.
Donald Trump
PodcastThe Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
Trump Rages Over Qatar Jet Fiasco as GOP Angst Worsens: “Humiliating”
As Trump seethes over criticism of his acceptance of a luxury jet from Qatar, a journalist who’s closely tracking GOP reactions explains why this is a growing problem for him—and what may come next.
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
Podcast
Trump Tariff Fiasco Worsens as Brutal New Reports Expose a Fresh Scam
The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
PodcastThe Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
Trump Tariff Fiasco Worsens as Brutal New Reports Expose a Fresh Scam
Podcast
Trump Tariff Fiasco Worsens as Brutal New Reports Expose a Fresh Scam
The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
PodcastThe Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
Trump Tariff Fiasco Worsens as Brutal New Reports Expose a Fresh Scam
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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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