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Donald Trump Is a Fake Populist

His second term has been driven by long-standing priorities of the conservative movement.

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Democrats Must Become the Workers’ Party Again

Reconnecting the Democratic Party to the working class is an electoral and a moral imperative, and it will be my mission for the rest of my life.

Musk’s Purges Suddenly Take a Horrific Turn—and Wreck an Ugly MAGA Lie

We can now be depressingly confident that their mass cuts are killing people.

TNR Features

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This Small Rust-Belt City Holds the Secret to Democrats’ Latino Woes

Politics

Hakeem Jeffries looks back as he stands in front of the US Capitol.

Why the Second Trump Presidency Is So Much Worse for Democrats

The first time around, the party had a plausible endgame for Trump’s reign. Today, that’s entirely absent.

Rep. Angie Craig, ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee, speaks at a press conference flanked by her fellow Democrats.

GOP Budget Cuts Stand to Deal Tremendous Damage to Rural Economies

As congressional Republicans mull slashing federal spending, a key nutrition program is on the chopping block—and everyone on our food supply chains could take a hit.

Culture

Palantir’s Alex Karp arrives at the Senate bipartisan AI Insight Forum in Washington, D.C. in 2023.

Alex Karp’s War for the West

In “The Technological Republic,” the Palantir CEO exhorts Silicon Valley to embrace techno-militarism in the service of furthering American global supremacy.

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Joshua D. Rothman

The Missing Persons of Reconstruction

Enslaved families were regularly separated. A new history chronicles the tenacious efforts of the emancipated to be reunited with their loved ones.

From the Magazine

Leslie Bibb, Michelle Monaghan and Carrie Coon in "The White Lotus."

The Perverse Reason We Can’t Resist The White Lotus

The HBO show’s wealthy characters may be villainous, but that doesn’t make their lives any less alluring.

Donald Trump sitting behind his desk in the Oval Office, surrounded by briefcases of cash and monitors that indicate crypto earnings

Jacob Silverman

This Is the Biggest Trump-Musk Scandal That No One’s Talking About

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Kim Phillips-Fein

The Dark Legacy of Reaganism

Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein

The Cult of the Entrepreneur

Podcasts

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump Hit by Brutal Fox News Graphic on Tariffs as More Bad Polls Land

As Trump’s announcement of tariffs causes the markets to slide—even on Fox!—Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg reflects on whether his party is doing enough to capitalize on the moment.

Donald Trump yells and wags a finger at Volodomyr Zelenskiy, who makes an exasperated hand gesture.

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

“Sick”: GOP Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hints at a Darker Story

As one GOP senator sharply criticizes Trump and JD Vance for ambushing Ukraine’s Zelenskiy, an expert on democratic erosion explains what the clash reveals about Trump-Vance’s message to the global far right.

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