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President Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson talk with reporters after a House Republican Conference meeting on the budget reconciliation bill in the U.S. Capitol.

House Republicans Just Touched the Third Rail

Medicaid was once a little-regarded program. It is now a policy heavyweight—and with an enrollment larger than Medicare’s, it’s very, very popular.

Editor’s Picks

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.

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.

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

By paving the way for an American pope, Leo’s predecessor has ensured the faith won’t get hijacked by the right.

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

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson arrives to a House Rules Committee meeting on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act at the U.S. Capitol on May 21, 2025.

Here Are the Worst Things in Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill

The GOP is struggling to pass a budget bill that would threaten millions of poor Americans’ livelihoods and health care—to the benefit of the wealthy.

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

The spending cuts could force many rural hospitals to close. That wouldn’t just be a crisis for rural health care but for rural employment too.

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.

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”

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.

From the Magazine

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.

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?

A portrait of a young R. Crumb

Jeremy Lybarger

He’s Lewd, Problematic, and Profoundly Influential

Bob Dylan onstage on the Rolling Thunder Revue tour

Can We Allow Bob Dylan to Be Himself?

Collage of Homer Simpson and Pete Hegseth

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Who Said It: Homer Simpson or Pete Hegseth?

The Daily Blast Podcast

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

“Chilling”: Trump’s Fury at Bruce Springsteen Just Got Much Darker

As Trump rages at the rocker and his allies criminally charge a House Democrat, a reporter who’s tracking Trump’s weaponization of investigatory power explains why MAGA’s true intentions are so alarming.

The 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.

Games & Quizzes

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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?