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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent looks on as Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office

Scott Bessent Is Not Our Economic Savior

The financial press expects the Treasury secretary to rescue the economy from Trump’s tariff catastrophe, but it isn’t even clear he wants to.

Editor’s Picks

Trump grimacing

Trump’s Own Aides Keep Him in State of Delusion About Tariff Fiasco

His inner circle is telling him that working-class voters are with him. In the real world, all the tariff chaos gives Democrats an opening to try to crack his vaunted coalition.

Noem stands in front of a cell packed with men.

Melissa Gira Grant

The Sickening Reason Trump’s Team Treats ICE Raids Like Reality TV

This isn’t only about entertainment for sadists. Kristi Noem’s right-wing content creation allows the administration to terrorize more people than they can logistically deport.

TNR Features

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Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance

Politics

Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raise their hands during a stop on their 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour at Grand Park in Los Angeles, California.

Bernie and AOC Are Starting a New Political Movement Before Our Eyes

Forget the era of “Bernie Bros.” Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez drew a record crowd in Los Angeles with a new message aimed squarely at Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

Trump holding umbrella in rain

Michael Tomasky

Trump Is Getting Owned by China—but He’s Making Showering Great Again

No need to worry about that full-blown trade war that the U.S. is already losing: Trump promises to improve your water pressure!

Culture

German writer W.G. Sebald

W.G. Sebald and the Politics of Melancholy

The essay collection “Silent Catastrophes” explores how we might navigate the end of empire and the rise of authoritarianism.

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.

From the Magazine

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The Surprising History of the Ideology of Choice

How endless options became our only option

Photo contact sheet showing Anne Frank

There’s Still More to Learn About Anne Frank

Illustration of the colors of the Israeli and Palestinian flags merging, symboling the proposed path forward for Middle East peace

The Best “New” Idea for Middle East Peace? It’s 25 Years Old.

An illustration of a hole in the border wall, and the hole forms the shape of North and South America, symbolizing the fraught relationship between the countries in the Americas

What America Can Learn From the Americas

The Daily Blast Podcast

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

“Terrifying”: Trump’s Fury at Foes Darkens amid New Alina Habba Threat

As Donald Trump escalates the lawlessness with the help of henchwoman Alina Habba, a sharp legal observer explains why all this suggests the rule of law is on a knife’s edge—and what we must do about it.

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Fox News Accidentally Wrecks Trump’s Tariff Spin as MAGA Panic Worsens

As Fox struggles to keep pace with Trump’s shifting propaganda needs, a leading historian of conservative media explains the right’s slide into pro-Trump sycophancy—and deciphers all the tensions inside MAGA.

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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.

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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?