menu_open Columnists

New Republic

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

Angry Trump Seethes at Media as Fox Drops Truly Humiliating Poll Data

Donald Trump’s anger at the media over his Iran fiasco is mounting. He snapped at a reporter for noting that Americans might not support spending...

latest 0

New Republic

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Trump Is Giving White South African Refugees a Gift Bag for Racists

The Trump administration wants to give white South African “refugees” an arrival gift bag with an American flag, an Android tablet, the...

yesterday 2

New Republic

Malcolm Ferguson

White House Flips Out Over Report Trump May Be on Weight Loss Drug

A White House spokesperson flipped out Tuesday after he was quoted failing to deny a report suggesting President Donald Trump may have been given...

yesterday 3

New Republic

Edith Olmsted

DHS Changes the Rules for Iran’s World Cup Team Yet Again

The Department of Homeland Security is finally allowing the Iranian World Cup soccer team to travel to match locations a day early—something that...

yesterday 0

New Republic

Malcolm Ferguson

Trump Had Bonkers Plan to Add Giant Fist to National Arch

The “Arc de Trump” could have had a giant fist attached to it.

yesterday 5

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Size of “Gash” in Reflecting Pool Keeps Changing, as Told by Trump

The size of the “slit” cut into the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool just keeps growing, according to President Trump in interviews...

yesterday 0

New Republic

Rachel Kahn

Trump Launches AI Surveillance of Reflecting Pool as Disaster Grows

Federal law enforcement agents were spotted installing AI-powered surveillance towers at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in the latest escalation...

yesterday 3

New Republic

Edith Olmsted

DOJ Dropped Charges Against Indian Billionaire After He Met Trump Jr.

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani was facing federal fraud and bribery charges in the U.S. Then he met privately with Donald Trump Jr.

yesterday 1

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Watch: Trump Spreads Six Lies About His Iran Deal in 15 Seconds

President Trump claimed Tuesday that Iran had “no missile capability”—one of six bold-faced lies that directly contradicts what he said last week.

yesterday 2

New Republic

Malcolm Ferguson

Trump, 80, Wants to Run for President Again

President Donald Trump is once again floating the idea of running for an unconstitutional third term.

yesterday 2

New Republic

Rachel Kahn

Anti-ICE Protesters Sentenced to Decades in Prison for “Terrorism”

Anti-ICE protesters in Texas were sentenced to at least 50 years in prison Tuesday on terrorism charges, The Guardian reported. The case was widely...

yesterday 2

New Republic

Rachel Kahn

Trump Frantically Begs Illinois Governor to Call Him

President Trump is practically begging Illinois Governor JB Pritzker to allow a federal takeover of Chicago.

yesterday 0

New Republic

Malcolm Ferguson

Trump Now Lying About “Record” Amount of Oil Passing Through Strait

President Donald Trump blatantly lied about how much oil is actually traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, amid growing backlash to his peace deal.

yesterday 2

New Republic

Edith Olmsted

Remember That Time Trump Said He “Probably Should” Take Ozempic?

A mysterious, well-connected 79-year-old man has gained sole access to an experimental obesity drug created by Eli Lilly.

yesterday 10

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump’s New Intel Chief Launches Firing Purge as He Takes Over

President Donald Trump’s acting Director of National Intelligence, Bill Pulte, has wasted no time purging staff members from his new office.

yesterday 3

New Republic

Edith Olmsted

Rent Stabilization Is Vital For Protecting Tenants From ICE

When 14-year-old Mehjabin Habib took the microphone at an early June meeting held by New York City’s Rent Guidelines Board in Queens, her legs...

yesterday 2

New Republic

Sam Russek

Billions More Needed for Iran War Trump Started, Pentagon Says

The Pentagon wants $80 billion from Congress, mostly to cover the cost of the U.S. war against Iran, the Associated Press reports.

yesterday 3

New Republic

Rachel Kahn

The AI Industry Is Spending an Insane Amount to Tank This NY Democrat

As New Yorkers head to the polls on Tuesday, a crowded Democratic primary in the state’s 12th congressional district could serve as a referendum on...

yesterday 2

New Republic

Emma Janssen

Trump Spirals as Iran Exposes His Lies About the Deal

Donald Trump began his Tuesday morning by melting down over the status of his agreement with Iran.

yesterday 5

New Republic

Edith Olmsted

New Book Reveals Trump’s Wild Sleep Habits

After watching President Donald Trump nod off during meetings over and over and over again, we may finally have some answer as to why.

yesterday 1

New Republic

Rachel Kahn

Trump’s DOJ Backs Off After Trying to Drag Reporters to Court

The Trump Justice Department planned to subpoena journalists at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal, attempting to force them to testify...

yesterday 3

New Republic

Malcolm Ferguson

Eli Lilly Approved Obesity Drug for Mystery 79-Year-Old Patient

A special 79-year-old man has received unparalleled access to Eli Lilly’s obesity drug.

yesterday 10

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

CBS Takes Major Nosedive After Bari Weiss’s 60 Minutes Purge

CBS News is losing heads, both in the newsroom and across America.

yesterday 4

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Rages over Reflecting Pool Fiasco—and Arrests over it Get Darker

Donald Trump’s renovation of the Reflecting Pool is a major fiasco, and it’s getting him angrier. In Truth Social posts, he raged at a journalist...

yesterday 5

New Republic

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Transcript: Trump Rages at Reflecting Pool Mess—and Arrests Get Darker

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 23 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.

yesterday 10

New Republic

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Democrats Are Missing a Huge Opportunity to Win Working-Class Voters

Working-class Americans are worried that AI will eliminate jobs, including their own, and they want the government to step in with a massive...

yesterday 1

New Republic

Monica Potts

Ten Years After Brexit, Every Grim Prediction Has More Than Come True

“It was Game of Thrones,” says George Osborne. The former Tory chancellor of the exchequer was talking about the fateful referendum 10 years ago,...

yesterday 2

New Republic

Geoffrey Wheatcroft

The Supreme Court Looks to Expand Its Empire of Impunity

It’s one of the Supreme Court’s most palpable fears: Somewhere, somehow, a government official might one day be held personally accountable in...

yesterday 9

New Republic

Matt Ford

Judge Smacks Down Trump’s Attempt to Get Maryland’s Voter Rolls

President Donald Trump has struck out nine times in court in his quest to obtain voter registration data from states, reports Democracy Docket.

previous day 3

New Republic

Rachel Kahn

Trump Moves to Make It a Whole Lot More Expensive to Become a Citizen

The Department of Homeland Security has proposed a massive increase in citizenship application fees, as the Trump administration continues to upend...

previous day 1

New Republic

Edith Olmsted

Judge Quashes Trump’s Revenge on Minnesota’s Democratic Leaders

A federal judge has killed the Trump administration’s attempt to subpoena Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and other state...

previous day 3

New Republic

Malcolm Ferguson

Trump Appointee Suggested Seizing Greenland to Help Out Red Lobster

The White House has insisted that acquiring Greenland is necessary for America’s national security—but it seems that some Trump officials believe...

previous day 4

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Not So Fast: Iran Says It Didn’t Agree to Nuclear Inspections

Despite Vice President JD Vance’s claims, Iran’s state media says it will not allow nuclear inspectors into the country, complicating the...

previous day 4

New Republic

Rachel Kahn

Judge Blocks Trump’s “Voter Database” of Americans and Their SSNs

A federal judge has blocked the Department of Homeland Security from continuing to “haphazardly” create a database of millions of Americans it...

previous day 1

New Republic

Edith Olmsted

Democratic States Want No Part of Trump’s “Great American State Fair”

More states are pulling out of President Trump’s “Great American State Fair,” citing financial constraints.

previous day 2

New Republic

Malcolm Ferguson

Republicans Ready to Give Up on Defunding Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood is on the path to having its funding restored thanks to Republican chaos in Congress.

previous day 3

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

ICE Agents Do Donuts With Their Cars to Celebrate Father’s Day Raid

On the morning of Father’s Day, seven cars of ICE agents barreled through Santa Barbara, California, and detained anywhere from nine to 11 people,...

previous day 3

New Republic

Rachel Kahn

Trump Threatens Prison Time as Reflecting Pool Disaster Gets Worse

Anyone caught tampering with Donald Trump’s Washington-area restoration projects could be on the hook for significant prison time.

previous day 3

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Team Trump Quiet Over Explosive Tulsi Gabbard Cult Revelations

Former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard may have been taking orders on political decisions from Chris Butler, the leader of a group...

previous day 0

New Republic

Rachel Kahn

Trump Threatens to Defund States That Don’t Make His Election Changes

The Trump administration is holding millions of dollars of Homeland Security funds hostage unless states agree to stop using electronic ballots and...

previous day 2

New Republic

Malcolm Ferguson

Ousted Republican Senator Says Trump Likes to “Revel in Chaos”

Outbound Senator John Cornyn is getting candid about Donald Trump.

previous day 3

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Hands Iran Unbelievable Sanctions Win in Exchange for Promises

Trump’s Treasury Department says that Iran can now sell oil, stripping decades of U.S. sanctions policy in one fell swoop—and it’s not clear...

previous day 4

New Republic

Edith Olmsted

D.C. Hit With Prank Projections Ahead of Trump’s July 4 Celebrations

Multiple images mocking President Trump and his cabinet have been projected onto walls and sidewalks in Washington, D.C., as the nation’s capital...

previous day 3

New Republic

Malcolm Ferguson

Vance Claims Nuclear Victory in Iran Deal—But There’s One Big Problem

Vice President JD Vance announced Monday that International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors would be allowed back into Iran in a “major milestone...

previous day 3

New Republic

Edith Olmsted

JD Vance Whines About Iran’s “Trash Talk” of Trump

JD Vance blamed Iran’s “trash talk” for nearly torpedoing peace talks on Sunday, after aggressive comments from President Trump caused Iran to...

previous day 4

New Republic

Rachel Kahn

Arrests Grow Over Trump’s Reflecting Pool Renovation Disaster

What began as a restoration project for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has resulted in multiple arrests.

previous day 3

New Republic

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Calls New York Times Treasonous, Threatens to Expand His Lawsuit

President Donald Trump furiously accused The New York Times of supposedly “treasonous” reporting about his disastrous peace deal with Iran.

previous day 3

New Republic

Edith Olmsted

Transcript: Krugman on Trump Mental Breakdown and a Nation in Decline

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 22 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.

previous day 3

New Republic

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Democrats Begrudgingly Agree That It Is Good to End a War They Oppose

The United States and Iran have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, or (MOU), to end an Iran War that—when it began—Congressional Democrats...

previous day 10

New Republic

Kate Aronoff

Nobody Here Wants the Data Center: An Oral History

While some are worse than others, the stories people tell about how data centers invade and disrupt their communities follow the same contours. The...

previous day 2

New Republic

J.j. Anselmi