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Trump-Musk Scandal on Ukrainian Kids Stolen by Russia Just Got Darker

Data vital to tracking these abducted Ukrainian children may have suddenly disappeared. A bipartisan group of House members wants to know: Who did this, and why?

Editor’s Picks

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There Is No Method to Trump’s Madness. He’s Simply Insane.

His defenders try to apply reason to his erratic, nonsensical decisions. That’s a fool’s errand—but fools abound in this administration.

An illustration of Donald Trump pouring gasoline on an electric car and getting ready to light it on fire, symbolizing his desire to kill the electric car industry

Is the American Electric Car Already Dead?

Trump is cutting power to the EV industry. It’s unclear if it can recover.

TNR Features

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Katherine Stewart

America’s Christian Right Is Coming to the U.K.

Politics

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How the Trump Team Justifies Wrecking the Economy

Prosperity is overrated, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Trump’s Defiance of the Courts Just Took a Radical Leap

His administration deported more than 100 Venezuelan nationals on shaky, potentially unconstitutional grounds—and then violated a federal judge’s order to turn the flights around.

Culture

Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago.

The Right Is Hell-Bent on Weaponizing Libel Law

A 1964 Supreme Court decision affords the press strong protections against costly defamation lawsuits. That’s why a dangerous new movement is trying to overturn it.

Sean Baker, director of Anora, became only the second person in the history of the Oscars to win four awards for the same film.

The No-Drama Oscars

In an evening light on politics and controversy (mostly), host Conan O’Brien turned the show into a boosterism event for the film industry.

Climate

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What It’s Like to Live in a Small Town Polluted by a Cryptomine

Across the U.S., rural towns are engaged in bitter battles against noise and air pollution from cryptomines. These will only get more common now that President Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and other pro-crypto policies are in the works.

From the Magazine

A woman has dug herself a deep financial hole, and the credit repair specialist hands her a shovel

The Big, Empty Promises of the Ballooning Credit-Repair Industry

Lexington Law tries, for a fee, to raise the credit scores of vulnerable debtors. Some of the firm’s clients tell a different story.

Bob Dylan performs

How Bob Dylan Has Mirrored the Death of American Optimism

Man plowing a field in the early 1900s

Eric Herschthal

Racism Isn’t the Only Cause of the Racial Wealth Gap

A utopian city could be achieved, if we can only get past the bottlenecks that are preventing it from happening. A pair of tweezers reaching through a bottle's opening to build that city evokes those difficulties.

Julian E. Zelizer

An “Abundance Agenda” for Government Is the Anti-DOGE

The Daily Blast Podcast

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Fox News Suddenly Panics About Trump Economy as a Brutal New Poll Hits

As Maria Bartiromo and other Fox News personalities grow unnerved about Trump’s economy, a sharp observer of right-wing media breaks down the real reasons for their alarm—and why it will get worse.

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

“Chilling”: Trump Press Sec Hints Darkly at More Lawlessness to Come

As Trump unleashes a spate of new lawless moves and press secretary Karoline Leavitt obfuscates about them, a shrewd legal observer explains that we may be about to see a major escalation in lawbreaking.

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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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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?