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Donald Trump Is Hell-Bent on Destroying the Economy

Less than two weeks after narrowly averting self-inflicted disaster, the president is once again on the verge of doing something both stupid and catastrophic.

Donald Trump holds up a chart of tariffs in the White House Rose Garden

“Madness”: Trump Tariff Lunacy Suddenly Darkens Amid Brutal Poll Drop

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Donald Trump holds up a chart of tariffs in the White House Rose Garden

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

“Madness”: Trump Tariff Lunacy Suddenly Darkens Amid Brutal Poll Drop

Which Past Fascist Does Trump Most Resemble? The Incompetent One.

Alexander Stille

Alexander Stille

Which Past Fascist Does Trump Most Resemble? The Incompetent One.

Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini stands with his hands on his hips as he stares defiantly into the middle distance.

Which Past Fascist Does Trump Most Resemble? The Incompetent One.

Alexander Stille

Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini stands with his hands on his hips as he stares defiantly into the middle distance.

Alexander Stille

Which Past Fascist Does Trump Most Resemble? The Incompetent One.

The Supreme Court Could Take Another Shot at Voting Rights

The Supreme Court Could Take Another Shot at Voting Rights

Chief Justice John Roberts attends President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress.

The Supreme Court Could Take Another Shot at Voting Rights

Chief Justice John Roberts attends President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress.

The Supreme Court Could Take Another Shot at Voting Rights

Editor’s Picks

Michael Tomasky

Who Were Those Gullible People Who Believed Donald Trump’s Bullsh*t?

His campaign promises, from peace in Ukraine to “beautiful” tariffs, were truly unbelievable. And yet, somehow, many people believed him.

An apparent follower of the Temple ov Blood, an American branch of the neo-Nazi Order of Nine Angles

Why Neo-Nazis Are Obsessed With the Occult

The Nazis themselves were murder nerds. Now their successors are LARPing as wizards of racial superiority as they commit very real atrocities—as seen in the recent parent killing in Wisconsin.

TNR Features

An illustration of a group of protesters with the Washington Monument in the background

Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance

Politics

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell prepares to deliver remarks to the The Federal Reserve's Division of Research and Statistics Centennial Conference.

Jerome Powell Is the Next Trump Crisis

The president is going to fire the Federal Reserve chairman—and the Supreme Court is going to let him.

JD Vance cranes his neck to look at something.

JD Vance Accidentally Wrecks Trump’s Vile Scam on Abrego Garcia Case

Implicit in the vice president’s latest malevolent tweets is an admission that President Trump and his administration have so far refused to make.

Culture

Henry James in his study.

Scott Bradfield

Henry James Was Not at Home in America

At the turn of the century, the expatriate novelist visited the U.S. for the first time in decades. He left feeling more estranged from his home country than ever.

John Eastman announces a lawsuit against University of Colorado, which fired him from his professorship after he was indicted for his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection attempt at the Capitol.

The New Far-Right Coalition That’s Out to Destroy American Democracy

“Money, Lies, and God” argues that the failed January 6 insurrection didn’t discourage those who want to dismantle the republic. If anything, it emboldened them—and next time, they may succeed.

From the Magazine

A photo of the bodies of American Nuns Maura Clarke, Dorothy Kazel, and Ita Ford, along with lay missioner Jean Donovan

Heart of Darkness

Decades Later, the Truth Behind a Grisly Mass Murder in El Salvador

The 1980 execution of four American churchwomen was one of the most shocking human rights crimes of the twentieth century. No one has ever really gotten to the bottom of it—until now.

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The Two Best Bob Dylan Films

Illustration of David Cronenberg standing in front of the digital tombstones featured in his new film

David Cronenberg Takes High Tech to the Graveyard

Illustration of a figure with a TV for a head wearing a MAGA cap

How the Radical Right Captured the Culture

The Daily Blast Podcast

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump’s Ugly New Eruptions Over Abrego Garcia Wreck His Own Arguments

As Trump accidentally exposes the weakness of his own case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an expert on MS-13 takes us inside what this gang really is—and why tying this man to the group is implausible.

Donald Trump points and speaks while sitting in the Oval Office

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Trump’s Fury at Harvard Darkens as GOPer Openly Admits: “We’re Afraid”

As Trump’s use of the state to bully Harvard University takes an unnerving turn, a shrewd observer of MAGA helps decode the authoritarian right’s larger game plan—and what must be done 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?