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Katherine Stewart

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

The Christian nationalist movement has undertaken a vast worldwide expansion. Hello, London? Texas calling.

Editor’s Picks

Donald Trump delivers remarks on the jobs report from the Oval Office.

The 199 Things You Can’t Say in the Trump Administration

It’s no surprise that the president deleted “climate change” from government websites. But why forbid “advocate” and “institutional”?

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine faces the prospect of having to sign SB1 into law, which critics say will touch off a statewide brain drain that could decimate the state's economy.

Ohio Republicans Are Ready to Wreck the Economy Over DEI

Conservative lawmakers in the Buckeye State are pushing a bill that could create a devastating statewide brain drain.

TNR Features

Sherrod Brown and UAW members

Democrats Must Become the Workers’ Party Again

Politics

First, Trump Came for Mahmoud Khalil. Are You Next?

The president has made it abundantly clear that Mahmoud Khalil’s detention is just a prelude to a much broader crackdown on free speech in America.

Protestors at Foley Square in New York City demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil

Jonathan W. Gray

Trump Is Cracking Down on the Colleges That Cave to Him

Columbia University complied with the demand to aid in Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest. It didn’t save it from the president’s wrath.

Culture

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.

Palantir’s Alex Karp arrives at the Senate bipartisan AI Insight Forum in Washington, D.C. in 2023.

Alex Karp’s War for the West

In “The Technological Republic,” the Palantir CEO exhorts Silicon Valley to embrace techno-militarism in the service of furthering American global supremacy.

From the Magazine

Man plowing a field in the early 1900s

Eric Herschthal

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

Widening the lens to capitalism itself could yield insights on how to close the gap.

A utopian city could be achieved, if we can only get past the bottlenecks that are preventing it from happening. A pair of tweezers reaching through a bottle's opening to build that city evokes those difficulties.

Julian E. Zelizer

An “Abundance Agenda” for Government Is the Anti-DOGE

Donald Trump Is a Fake Populist

Leslie Bibb, Michelle Monaghan and Carrie Coon in "The White Lotus."

The Perverse Reason We Can’t Resist The White Lotus

The Daily Blast Podcast

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

“Terrifying”: Trump Press Sec Drops Dark Hint about Coming Crackdowns

As the White House press secretary signals worsening horrors on immigration, Representative Pramila Jayapal explains the common thread linking them together: an effort to foment fear.

The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

Bad News for Trump as Brutal New Stock Market Plunge Wakes Up Dems

As Trump runs into trouble, former Congressman Tom Malinowski explains why it’s urgent for Democrats to use the government shutdown fight to dig in against his and Elon Musk’s lawbreaking.

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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: 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?