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Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter aboard Air Force One.

It's a Departure

This Is the Media’s Worst Euphemism for Trump’s Tyrannical Abuses

Readers beware—and be on the lookout for the “departure.”

Editor’s Picks

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The Island Where People Go to Cheat Death

In a pop-up city off the coast of Honduras, longevity startups are trying to fast-track anti-aging drugs. Is this the future of medical research?

Karine Jean-Pierre as a grand marshal at the 2025 New York City Pride March in June

There’s a Good Identity Politics—and Then There’s Karine Jean-Pierre

Her book tour has been a train wreck. You can’t just brush off legit tough questions by asserting your identities. There’s a broader lesson here for Democrats.

Right Now With Perry Bacon

Senator Tina Smith talking to reporters on Capitol Hill

Right Now With Perry Bacon

Senator Tina Smith: Democrats Need to Propose Big Ideas Like Mamdani’s

Politics

House Speaker Mike Johnson

Michael Tomasky

Mike Johnson’s Christian Values: Children Starve, Pedophiles Skate

On Saturday, November 1, the real pain of the shutdown starts for people. Donald Trump and the Republicans have screamed: We. Don’t. Care.

Olga Urbina and her son Ares Webster participate in a protest outside the US Supreme Court over President Donald Trump’s move to end birthright citizenship.

The Law Professors Aiding Trump’s War on Birthright Citizenship

A plain reading of the Constitution refutes Trump’s spurious claims about the Fourteenth Amendment, but the conservative legal movement is doing what it can to muddy the waters.

Feature Story

“If you look from 50,000 feet at what’s going on in Iowa, two things stand out that really distinguish us as very much outliers from surrounding states”

—Richard Deming, director of the Cancer Center at MercyOne Hospital in Des Moines

Culture

Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere”

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere Is a Biopic Without Mystique

Jeremy Allen White plays the Boss as a man haunted by the past and terrified of forming meaningful human connections.

Gabriel Spahiu is Dracula, trying on costume fangs, in Radu Jude’s AI-infused horror

How Bad Is the AI Dracula Movie?

Radu Jude pokes fun at AI-generated art by serving up a series of rewarmed variations on classic horror.

From the Magazine

A mailbox with an American flag stuffed with overdue bills

The Invisible Economic Crisis

With consumer debt at record levels, the United States is sleepwalking toward disaster.

Of Corn and Cancer: Iowa’s Deadly Water Crisis

Israeli soldiers check a Palestinian man at the entrance of Tulkarem camp, in the occupied West Bank, during a military operation on July 6, 2025.

Israel's Crime Is Nationcide

Alvaro Bedoya photographed in Washington, D.C. in September

Alvaro M. Bedoya

How I Became a Populist

Videos

New Jersey Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill on a battleship for a campaign event

Right Now With Perry Bacon

Republicans May Lose Badly In Next Week’s Elections—Thanks to Trump

Decision Desk HQ’s Geoffrey Skelley explains why Trump’s unpopularity makes Democrats heavy favorites to win next week’s gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia.

The Daily Blast Podcast

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Trump ICE Raids Take Jarring Turn as Dem Gov Drops Scary New Warning

As Illinois’s governor warns of worsening fallout from Trump’s assault on Chicago, a political communications expert explains what this saga tells us about the state of our info-wars—and how Dems should wage them.

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Trump Ballroom Fiasco Takes Worse Turn as Economic Data Gets Brutal

As the ballroom story gets more damaging for Trump against a backdrop of terrible economic news, a progressive organizer explains how all this gives Democrats a big opening to regain crucial lost ground.

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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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The New Republic

Who Said It: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or The Simpsons’ Dr. Nick?

They’re both quacks—but only one of them is in charge of the nation’s health care policy. Can you tell them apart?