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November 21, 2025

Trump’s Polls Are Tumbling. So Is the Stock Market. Coincidence?

No. But also, yes.

The New Republic

November 21, 2025

Polluters Have Their Claws in These Democratic Governors

Two new reports highlight New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s ties to polluting industries. But she’s not the only one with that problem.

The New Republic

November 21, 2025

Parenthood Has Made Me Detest Robots

It’s hard to laugh when tech companies are gobbling up your kids’ future for a profit.

The New Republic

November 21, 2025

Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot Gets a Little Too Enthusiastic in Praising Him

Apparently, Grok thinks Musk is excellent at drinking pee.

The New Republic

November 21, 2025

Trump’s Ukraine Peace Deal Appears to Be Using Russian Language

Certain phrases in Trump’s proposed deal seem to be translated from Russian.

The New Republic

November 21, 2025

Is Trump Giving Illegal Orders? Dems Just Blew That Question Wide Open

From the boat bombings to deportations to prosecutions, the evidence mounts. And the speaker of the House could get to the bottom of it if h...

The New Republic

November 21, 2025

A Federal Judge Melted Down in Texas’s Gerrymandering Wars

Count Judge Jerry Smith’s professional demeanor as one more casualty in the battle to redistrict the Lone Star State to Donald Trump’s likin...

The New Republic

November 21, 2025

Lindsey Graham Blocks Repeal of Payout That Could Get Him Millions

This is nothing but pure corruption.

The New Republic

November 21, 2025

Republican Rep. Caught With Sex Workers Ahead of Trip to Afghanistan

Cory Mills can’t have one day without a scandal, apparently.

The New Republic

November 20, 2025

Right Now With Perry Bacon

Right Now With Perry Bacon is a twice-weekly show about national politics with a focus on the radicalism of the Trump administration and tac...

The New Republic

November 20, 2025

Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly Is a Cautionary Tale

George Clooney stars as a mega-celebrity who has sacrificed his family life for career success.

The New Republic

November 20, 2025

How Mikie Sherrill Won Latino Voters Back for Democrats

The governor-elect’s focus on targeting and mobilizing voters in areas with high Hispanic populations helped her undo Trump’s gains among th...

The New Republic

November 20, 2025

MAGA’s State-by-State Plot to Butcher Democracy

Political insiders, GOP legislators and governors, the president, even the Supreme Court—they’re all in on the flagrantly unconstitutional c...

The New Republic

November 20, 2025

Trump’s Case Against James Comey Is Crashing and Burning

The administration’s effort to take revenge against the former FBI Director is on the verge of collapse thanks to the Justice Department’s s...

The New Republic

November 20, 2025

Zohran Mamdani Reveals What He Plans to Talk to Trump About

Here’s why New York City’s mayor-elect is meeting with Donald Trump at the White House.

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November 20, 2025

Trump’s Anger over Prices Goes Nuclear as Fresh Polls Show Him Tanking

As Trump’s inflation rants grow more unhinged amid brutal new polls for him, an economics writer explains why Trump is ill-suited for the cr...

The New Republic

November 20, 2025

Trump Called Epstein Right After 2016 Election, Brother Says

Jeffrey Epstein’s brother shed more light on how close Donald Trump was to the sex trafficker.

The New Republic

November 20, 2025

Trump Threatens Dems Who Want Military to Obey Constitution With Death

Donald Trump said the participating lawmakers should be sentenced to death.

The New Republic

November 20, 2025

Trump Discussed Taking Over CNN With Larry Ellison

The Trump administration wants Paramount to seize CNN next—and fire the current hosts.

The New Republic

November 20, 2025

Trump Suggests Executing Dems Who Told Troops to Obey Constitution

Donald Trump is accusing the Democratic lawmakers of sedition—and suggesting they should be hanged.

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November 20, 2025

The Comey Hearing: This Would Be Hilarious If It Weren’t So Scandalous

Before Wednesday, Trump’s hand-picked Comey prosecutor Lindsey Halligan had egg on her face. Now it’s an entire omelet.

The New Republic

November 20, 2025

Here’s the Data Showing Why Dems Must Keep Talking About Climate

Centrist groups want to see Democrats retreat from climate policy. That’s the wrong thing to do—both morally and strategically.

The New Republic

November 20, 2025

Republican Aide Charged With Faking Violent Leftist Attack on Herself

A former aide for a Republican representative is accused of staging an elaborate attack and lying to law enforcement about it.

The New Republic

November 20, 2025

Trump Signs Bill to Release Epstein Files—and Immediately Freaks Out

Donald Trump is not happy about the impending release of the Epstein files.

The New Republic

November 20, 2025

Trump’s Anti-Affordability Agenda Has a New Target: College

University of Iowa sociology professor Louise Seamster says that the administration’s changes to financial aid policies are going to make ou...

The New Republic

November 20, 2025

Trump Suffers Massive Loss Over Keeping Troops in D.C.

But the judge stayed her own order until December 11.

The New Republic

November 20, 2025

U.S. Coast Guard Seems to Be OK With Nazis With New Swastika Policy

The Coast Guard will no longer view the swastika as a hate symbol.

The New Republic

November 20, 2025

Trump Prosecutor Attacks Judge After He Questions if She’s a “Puppet”

Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan is attacking a sitting judge as the Comey case moves forward.

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November 20, 2025

Is This Finally and Blessedly the End of the Larry Summers Era?

The guy has dispensed bad economic advice for 35 years and had more lives than a cat. Are the Epstein revelations finally the end of the lin...

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November 20, 2025

Democrats Who Sent Message to Troops Respond to Trump’s Hanging Threat

The Democratic lawmakers appear unfazed after the president’s violent threat.

The New Republic

November 20, 2025

ICE Suddenly Loses Key Evidence One Day After Being Sued

ICE says the evidence disappeared in a “system crash.”

The New Republic

November 20, 2025

Trump Ignored Top Military Lawyer on Illegal Boat Strikes

Donald Trump insists that he is going after “narcoterrorists.”

The New Republic

November 20, 2025

Karoline Leavitt Melts Down Over Question on Trump’s Death Threats

Leavitt admitted she isn’t a lawyer but then went on to suggest the video was legally “punishable.”

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November 20, 2025

Leavitt Says Trump Calling Reporter “Piggy” Is a Sign of Respect

Reporters should be grateful Donald Trump will insult them to their faces!

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November 20, 2025

Top Dem Reveals How JPMorgan Chase Helped Epstein Hide His Crimes

Senator Ron Wyden accused the bank of obstructing law enforcement from examining the financial infrastructure of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex traff...

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November 20, 2025

“Ass Backwards”: House in Total Chaos After Shutdown

Lawmakers seem more interested in attacking each other than doing actual work.

The New Republic

November 20, 2025

Mike Johnson Justifies Trump Threatening to Execute Democrats

Republicans are rushing to defend Donald Trump’s extremist ravings.

The New Republic

November 20, 2025

Feds Drop Case After Border Patrol Bragged About Shooting Defendant

Federal prosecutors have decided to drop charges against Marimar Martinez after some damning texts were exposed.

The New Republic

November 20, 2025

Trump Plans Shocking Order Banning States From Regulating AI

Remember when Republicans pretended to care about states’ rights?

The New Republic

November 19, 2025

Fraudster Trump Pardoned Is Going Back to Prison ... for Fraud

Surprise, surprise.

The New Republic

November 19, 2025

Treasury Sec Flails When Asked If Trump’s Foreign Investments Are Real

Donald Trump keeps bragging about bringing in billions of dollars in foreign investments.

The New Republic

November 19, 2025

DOJ Lawyers Admit Two Shocking Details in Comey Case

Donald Trump’s revenge indictment against former FBI Director James Comey is off to a terrible start.

The New Republic

November 19, 2025

Trump Honors the Man Who Had Jamal Khashoggi Killed

The president called the murdered journalist “controversial,” said MBS “knew nothing about it,” despite U.S. intelligence findings, and atta...

The New Republic

November 19, 2025

The Real Losers in Seattle’s Mayoral Election? Oligarchs.

They poured mountains of dollars into trying to find ways to stop socialist Katie Wilson. But to younger voters, their money stinks.

The New Republic

November 19, 2025

The 2026 World Cup Is Trump’s Authoritarian Debutante Ball

Russia and Qatar used the World Cup to soften their autocratic image on the global stage. Trump is using it to double down.

The New Republic

November 19, 2025

How to Lower Energy Costs: Break Up the Electrical-Grid Cabal

Seven obscure regional transmission organizations control huge parts of the country’s electrical grid.

The New Republic

November 19, 2025

Ian McEwan’s Haunting Vision of the Future

What We Can Know imagines a collapsed society, devoid of art and ravaged by rising waters.

The New Republic

November 19, 2025

Trump’s Plot to Rig 2026 Is Falling Apart, and Boy Is He Mad About It

As the Trump-GOP scheme to gerrymander the midterms suddenly faces big new setbacks, a Democratic operative who’s leading in these fights ex...