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Under Kash Patel, “FBI” Means Foolish, Belligerent, and Incompetent
From J. Edgar Hoover authorizing extensive surveillance of Martin Luther King, Jr. to James Comey relaunching a misguided investigation of Hillary Clinton days before the 2016 election, many of...
Karoline Leavitt Is Fascism’s Lead Mouthpiece
In her debut briefing as White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt already had her hands full. President Trump had signed an executive order pausing all federal funding, which was...
Marco Rubio Is Not the Adult in the Room. He’s the Warmonger.
Early this year, having lost their majority in the November election, Senate Democrats put up a fight over a number of President Trump’s Cabinet picks. But Marco Rubio wasn’t...
Who Is JD Vance? (No, Seriously. Who Is He?)
At the Turning Point USA conference at the University of Mississippi in October, an audience member asked Vice President JD Vance about the tension between his interracial, interfaith marriage...
The 12 Worst MAGA Monsters of 2025
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Kristi Noem Is the Villain DHS Was Made For
Before the 2024 election, the idea that Kristi Noem would someday head the Department of Homeland Security seemed beyond unlikely. But her cruelty once handed this power was foreseeable....
Mike Johnson: The Man Who Knew Too Little
When all non-essential government services were suspended at the beginning of October, that also seemed to include the House Speaker Mike Johnson’s brain-processing power. But unlike the rest of...
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Cognitive Decline? These Were Trump’s 11 Most Senile Moments This Year
For the last year, the nation has witnessed President Trump’s rapid physical and mental decline. The 79-year-old president has repeatedly lost track of his thoughts, his whereabouts, and even...
A Very Bari Christmas
One of the pleasures of working at a place like The New Republic is that every so often, something comes in over the transom that just delights us. This...
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
Shortly after the raids on Home Depot parking lots and car washes began in L.A., civil and immigration rights groups filed a lawsuit accusing the administration of racially profiling...
The Right-Wing Campaign to Bring Back Gender Segregation in Schools
When the Heritage Foundation released its priorities for 2026, much of the critical attention was focused on the familiar: the organization’s plans for deregulation, executive power, immigration, and building...