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June 11, 2025

Trump Treasury Secretary Suddenly Backtracks on Major Tariff Deadline

Scott Bessent seems to realize the truth: Trump isn’t getting all those trade deals he promised were coming.

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June 11, 2025

Trump Says He Has a Deal With China. He Really Doesn’t.

It’s more of a “handshake for a framework.”

The New Republic

June 11, 2025

Hegseth Fumbles Basic Question on Trump Deploying Troops to L.A.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth can’t explain the main question at the heart of Trump’s decision to send the Marines to crush anti-ICE protes...

The New Republic

June 11, 2025

Trump Is Planning a Nationwide Crackdown Targeting Blue Cities

What started in Los Angeles will soon spread across the country.

The New Republic

June 11, 2025

Trump Just Got Some Bad News Before The G7 Conference

The rest of the world has realized the United States is no longer a dependable partner or ally—and they’re moving closer together without us...

The New Republic

June 11, 2025

Masked ICE Agents Detain U.S. Citizen Who Is Nine Months Pregnant

The federal agents detained a U.S. citizen during their crackdown on Los Angeles.

The New Republic

June 11, 2025

Trump’s Fury at Gavin Newsom Backfires—and Reveals His Own Weakness

The media has it wrong. Trump is not coming across as fearsome and strong. Instead, his watch-me-play-fascist-on-TV routine is self-evident...

The New Republic

June 11, 2025

Yiyun Li’s Unsparing Memoir of Life After Two Sons’ Suicides

In Things in Nature Merely Grow, the Chinese-American author writes past grief’s clichés.

The New Republic

June 11, 2025

Donald Trump’s Dirty Self-Dealing: The Audacity of His Rapacity

The first term was historically corrupt. But this time Trump has grabbed billions already—and by the time he’s done, he may make off with te...

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June 11, 2025

Trump Is Expanding His Thuggish War on Union Leaders

First, they came for Lelo Zeferino. Now—amid the administration’s escalations in Los Angeles—the administration is prosecuting David Huerta.

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June 11, 2025

Trump’s Angry, Violent Outbursts Go Nuclear as Poll Delivers Bad News

As Trump’s eruptions grow more violent and a new poll finds disapproval of his use of troops in California, a data analyst explains why Trum...

The New Republic

June 10, 2025

World Bank: Trump’s Trade War Could Destroy the Global Economy

The World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects report sounds a dire warning about tariffs.

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June 10, 2025

Trump’s Move to Send Troops to L.A. Will Cost Taxpayers Exorbitant Sum

So much for cutting government spending.

The New Republic

June 10, 2025

Pentagon Rushes to Create New Rules as Trump Sends Marines to L.A.

The Pentagon didn’t have guidance for sending troops to a major American city.

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June 10, 2025

Why in the World Was John Fetterman Dining With Steve Bannon?

The Democratic senator was spotted having dinner with far-right MAGA leader.

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June 10, 2025

“Disturbing”: Trump’s Threats to Use Troops in Cities Just Got Darker

As Trump’s talk about unleashing the military on American streets grows more menacing in its specifics, a former federal prosecutor explains...

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June 10, 2025

Americans Are Pissed About Trump’s Handling of L.A. Protests

A new poll finds double-digit disapproval of Trump’s decision to send in the Marines.

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June 10, 2025

The Tiny Border Town Getting Battered by Trump’s Tariffs on Canada

On America’s northern border, Trump’s trade war is already causing devastation in communities like Point Roberts—and the economic and cultur...

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June 10, 2025

Science Badly Needs Defending Right Now. It Doesn’t Need Your Belief.

Smug assertions of “believing in science” have only contributed to the problem. We’ve got to make a better pitch.

The New Republic

June 10, 2025

The Los Angeles Protests Are an Act of Self-Defense

Residents of L.A. aren’t merely protesting ICE; they’re attempting to protect their communities from ICE’s raids.

The New Republic

June 10, 2025

Trump’s Version of Federalism Is a Perverse Death Trap

Call it “Make America Dead Again”: If it’s a peaceful anti-ICE protest, send in the Marines. If it’s a hurricane, no disaster aid for you!

The New Republic

June 10, 2025

Mike Johnson Escalates War Against Newsom After Trump Arrest Threat

Johnson says the California governor should be “tarred and feathered” over his response to the L.A. protests.

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June 10, 2025

Trump Issues Horrifying Threat to Parade Protesters

The president said that anyone who protests his birthday parade on Saturday will be met with “very heavy force,” even if they’re being peac...

The New Republic

June 10, 2025

It Sure Seems Like One Key GOP Vote Regrets Appointing RFK Jr.

Bill Cassidy, who is also a doctor, voted to make Robert F. Kennedy Jr. the head of the Department of Health and Human Services after the va...

The New Republic

June 10, 2025

Man Impersonates ICE Agent, Ties Up Immigrant, and Robs Her Blind

This is what happens when federal authorities are allowed to seize people without identifying themselves.

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June 10, 2025

LAPD Slams Trump’s Decision to Send Marines to City to Crush Protests

The Los Angeles Police Department does not want the Marines in the city.

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June 10, 2025

Stephen Miller Is Invading Los Angeles

Miller reportedly engineered the raids that sparked the protests that have engulfed the city in recent days—likely because he wanted a prete...

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June 10, 2025

Trump’s California Crackdown Is a Sign of Weakness

While the administration’s escalations in the Golden State are fear-inducing, they are mostly indicative of a White House that is failing to...

The New Republic

June 9, 2025

Would Trump and Hegseth Have Protesters Be Shot? See What They’ve Said

The weekend’s events in Los Angeles bring us face-to-face with a possible reality that until this year seemed unimaginable in the United Sta...

The New Republic

June 9, 2025

I’ve Been RIF’d at USAID, but I Still Swear an Oath—to Democracy

We must all recognize that being a citizen of a healthy democracy requires us to take the oath that our office of being an engaged citizen i...

The New Republic

June 9, 2025

American Politics Only Pretends to Work

The most underappreciated obstacle to political change is the dreary doom loop of institutional process that only bolsters a broken status q...