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US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference after the Monetary Policy Committee meeting, at the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC on March 19, 2025.

Trump’s Latest Tariff Stunt May Be His Most Deranged Yet

The president’s trade war frenzy continues, now framed as liberation—only without the nylons and cigarettes.

Editor’s Picks

Travelers at Miami airport

Felipe De La Hoz

No One Is Safe From America’s Abusive Immigration Authorities Anymore

Even legal residents and tourists are being terrorized by Trump-emboldened officers at ICE and CBP.

Trump stands at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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.

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

The New York State Capitol in Albany, New York

Beyond Congress: How the Blue States Can Lead the Trump Resistance

Democrats hold trifectas in 15 states with 123 million people and powerful economic engines. That’s leverage—if we use it.

Donald Trump greets Chief Justice John Roberts as he arrives to deliver an address to a joint session of Congress.

John Roberts’s Rebuke of Trump Isn’t What It Seems

The chief justice’s response to the president’s recent rants has been read as a defense of federal judges. But what if it wasn't?

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

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

An illustration of Jesus on the cross

Katherine Stewart

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

Man plowing a field in the early 1900s

Eric Herschthal

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

The Daily Blast Podcast

Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

“Terrifying”: Trump’s Rage at Judge Unnerves GOPers as Crisis Worsens

As Trump begins defying a judge blocking deportations and Republicans balk at his demands for the judge’s impeachment, a legal expert explains why this is headed for a major crisis.

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump’s Fury at Canada Boils Over on Fox—and Polls Now Show a Backlash

As Trump’s imperialist designs suddenly look much scarier, The Bulwark’s William Saletan explains how Trump is now looking at Canada the way Putin looks at Ukraine—through “the eyes of a predator.”

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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?