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Trump Is Changing the Rural Broadband Rules. Guess Who May Benefit?

Biden threw billions at rural broadband, but the process was slow as molasses. Trump may speed it up—while lining the pockets of his co-president.

Editor’s Picks

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.

Donald Trump, accompanied by Elon Musk stage an impromptu commercial for Tesla on the South Lawn of the White House.

Elon Musk Is Demolishing the Rationale for Citizens United

The Supreme Court said in 2010 that the decision wouldn’t damage Americans’ faith in democracy. Whoops.

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stands in front of some teleprompters

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.

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.

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.

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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?