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American Idiots

Trump’s Proudly Incompetent Cabinet

Trump’s Cabinet members should be deeply embarrassed by the inclusion of a prominent journalist in their private war chat. But these MAGA bozos have other ideas.

Editor’s Picks

Musk walks and talks with Lutnick, Cheung, and Miller.

J. Dylan Sandifer

The Tesla Secret That Exposes Elon Musk’s Whole Game

The car company’s big business in regulatory credits shows Musk’s mantra has always been “Government handouts for me, not for thee.”

Donad Trump makes an exasperated hand gesture while speaking at his first Cabinet meeting. Marco Rubio in the background stares into space.

Trump’s Most Dangerous Enabler Is Not Who You Think It Is

Kash Patel? Pam Bondi? Stephen Miller? No, no, and no. For now, the winner of this dubious title, and serial betrayer of his old principles, is the guy in Foggy Bottom.

TNR Features

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?

Politics

Christopher Eisgruber, president of Princeton University, is one of the few university presidents who's stood up to the bullying of the Trump administration.

Political Courage Is Rare. But That’s What Makes It So Important.

We haven’t had much occasion to see our leaders put to the test. But the Trump administration is making strict demands that aren’t easy to meet.

Trump at the 141st Easter Egg Roll at the White House in 2019

Trump Is Selling American Democracy to the Highest Bidder

The White House is seeking corporate sponsors for its annual Easter celebration. How much lower—and more corrupt—can the president go?

Culture

Three members of Wages for Housework Association at a literature table at Forum 1985, a women's conference in Nairobi, Kenya.

Hannah Rosefield

Home Is Where the Unpaid Labor Is

A new history traces the development and influence of the global Wages for Housework movement from its founding to present day.

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.

From the Magazine

An illustration of author Katie Kitamura sitting in a row of empty theater seats, indicating that she's directing the action in the novel that's taking place on stage

It’s All Relative

In Katie Kitamura’s Novels, Everything Is a Performance

Her latest book, Audition, puts the family center stage.

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

Bob Dylan performs

How Bob Dylan Has Mirrored the Death of American Optimism

An illustration of Jesus on the cross

Katherine Stewart

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

The Daily Blast Podcast

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump’s Angry Rant Over Hegseth Text Fiasco Makes Scandal Even Worse

As Trump downplays the news that a journalist was included in a highly sensitive discussion of war plans, a top national security lawyer explains why this is so shocking—and why Trump’s response is so derelict.

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump Blurts Out Revealing Aim of Law Firm Shakedown Right to Media

As President Trump says the quiet part out loud about his vile extortion of law firms, New Republic editor Michael Tomasky explains what all this says about Trump’s lawlessness—and what’s needed to resist it.

Games & Quizzes

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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.

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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?