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The DSA Reckons With a Leader Going Viral for All the Wrong Reasons

The verdict was swift and unequivocal: Megan Romer’s interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick was a disaster for the Democratic Socialists of...

20.08.2026 10

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U.S. Postal Service Bends the Knee to Trump on Vote by Mail

In an already alarming moment for voting rights, the U.S. Postal Service wants to make things so much worse.

24.06.2026 10

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Judge Demands Answers From Trump on Giant Tarp at Kennedy Center

Donald Trump totally isn’t bitter about having his name removed from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Nevermind the fact that his...

24.06.2026 10

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“Bolshevik Revolution”: Republicans React to NY Democrats’ Primary

State and national Republican groups have developed a new midterm strategy after the left’s big wins in New York City on Tuesday: fearmongering...

24.06.2026 20

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Republicans Scramble After Trump Refuses to Sign Landmark Housing Bill

Republicans can’t catch a break at the minute, and it’s all due to their mad, senile king.

24.06.2026 10

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The Nuclear Reactors Coming to a Small Town Near You

Parsons, Kansas, is larger than the “haphazard hamlet” Truman Capote visited to write In Cold Blood, but not by much. With a population of about...

16.06.2026 20

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Trump’s Biggest Supporters Are Pissed About His Iran Deal

After nearly four grueling months, President Donald Trump is trying to end the war he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu kicked off in...

15.06.2026 20

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How Trump Made Himself Much, Much Richer by Stock Trading as President

President Jimmy Carter putting his peanut farm in a trust to avoid a conflict of interest feels like a long time ago.

15.06.2026 20

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AI Fake or Real Leak? Eric Trump’s Texting Scandal Over UFC Fight

The strangest storyline emerging from the UFC fights on Sunday night came not from the White House lawn but from a former UFC fighter’s Twitter...

15.06.2026 20

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Social Security Is Running Dangerously Low on Cash

A fund used to support Social Security retirement benefits is expected to expire in 2032, according to a new trustees report released by the Social...

09.06.2026 10

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MAGA Group Runs Horrific AI-Generated Ad Attacking James Talarico

With high gas prices caused by an unnecessary war in the Middle East and a floundering economy, the GOP seems to realize they aren’t going to win...

09.06.2026 20

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Iran Snubbed Over World Cup in Pettiest Way Possible

The U.S.-Israeli war in Iran is still ongoing, and while a worldwide soccer tournament played mostly in America should be an opportunity to promote...

09.06.2026 20

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Johnson Says California Election Fraud Is Real—There’s Just No Proof

Asked whether he thought the Los Angeles mayoral election was rigged, House Speaker Mike Johnson did what he does best: steer away from facts and...

09.06.2026 20

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RFK Jr. Is Totally “Checked Out” as Global Health Concerns Grow

Despite deadly disease outbreaks, a fractured dynamic among members of his staff, and myriad public health institutions being stripped of funds,...

08.06.2026 20

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How Kash Patel Cobbled Together a Conspiracy to Help Trump

FBI Director Kash Patel’s incessant desire to uncover a “deep state” conspiracy against Donald Trump ruined multiple federal employees’...

08.06.2026 20

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Ken Paxton’s Own Lawyer Gives Him Middle Finger Over Senate Race

Texas turning blue wouldn’t have been on any Democrat’s bingo card back in November 2024, when President Donald Trump took the state with 56.2...

08.06.2026 20

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Scott Pelley Exposes How Bari Weiss Tipped the Scales for Trump

Scott Pelley is going scorched earth on former boss Bari Weiss.

08.06.2026 20

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Reporter Reveals George Santos Threatened Him Over Betting Fraud Story

On Tuesday, NPR’s Bobby Allyn reported that the Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission were investigating George Santos...

05.06.2026 20

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Missing Republican Rep. Is Somehow Still Introducing Legislation

The case of the missing New Jersey representative continues to baffle constituents, and the fact that Tom Kean Jr. is submitting legislation in...

05.06.2026 20

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Senate Republicans Refuse to Fund Trump’s Ballroom in Spending Bill

Senate Republicans decided not to allocate federal funds to Donald Trump’s ballroom project in the latest draft of their budget reconciliation bill...

03.06.2026 20

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Ivanka Trump’s Private Island Dream Faces Massive Blowback

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner want to plop down a luxury resort off the coast of Albania, and the locals aren’t too happy about it.

03.06.2026 10

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How One Shady Firm Is Using Reflecting Pool Renovation as a Cash Grab

The amount of fraud the Trump administration has packed into every aspect of its reign is honestly starting to become impressive.

27.05.2026 20

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CBS Ousts 60 Minutes Reporter Who Tried to Cover Trump Deportations

Half a year since a 60 Minutes segment on torture in Salvadoran prisons was cut last-minute by CBS News boss Bari Weiss, the journalist reporting the...

27.05.2026 20

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Trump Brings Pam Bondi Back to His Team Despite Epstein Fury

Everyone’s favorite federal prosecutor is back in the White House, albeit in a far less important role.

27.05.2026 20

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Republicans Scramble to Erase Anything Bad They Said About Ken Paxton

Texas attorney general and MAGA rabblerouser Ken Paxton won the Republican Senate primary on Tuesday over incumbent John Cornyn. Paxton now advances...

27.05.2026 20

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12 Republicans Break Ranks to Deal Major Loss to Trump

South Carolina has decided not to get involved in President Donald Trump’s redistricting war.

26.05.2026 20

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Feds’ Failed Case Against “Broadview Six” Somehow Gets Even Messier

The “Broadview Six,” the anti-ICE protesters whom the federal government tried to slap with felony conspiracy charges carrying a maximum sentence...

26.05.2026 20

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Did Trump Write This Strange, Typo-Filled DOJ Defense of His Ballroom?

Either Donald Trump himself wrote the Justice Department’s latest court filing, or whoever did is a big fan of his writing style.

26.05.2026 20

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“No One Asked You, Bro”: White House Lashes Out at GOP Over Iran Deal

The Iran war continues to divide Donald Trump’s social media cultists.

26.05.2026 20

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Trump Gives Away Game for Why He Backed Ken Paxton in Texas Primary

To be a Donald Trump–endorsed political candidate, you must possess many qualities: integrity. Empathy. Intelligence. A love of the United States...

26.05.2026 20

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Trump Tells Republicans to Defend His Slush Fund by Lying

Ahead of a meeting with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, the White House sent a document to GOP senators on Thursday explaining why President...

21.05.2026 20

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Feds Forced to Drop Case Against “Broadview Six” Anti-ICE Protesters

The charges against the remaining “Broadview Six” protesters were dropped Thursday, in a win for anyone who has protested ICE activity under the...

21.05.2026 20

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“Stupid on Stilts”: Republican Senator Rips Trump’s Slush Fund

Thom Tillis, who has represented North Carolina in the Senate for more than a decade, is retiring at the end of the year, and in recent months the...

21.05.2026 20

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Turns Out a Massive Bribe Was Behind the FDA’s Vaping Decision

Donald Trump just wants to let the kids vape.

21.05.2026 20

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Democrats Move to Force Republicans on the Record on Trump Slush Fund

Democrats are moving quickly to force congressional votes on President Donald Trump’s ridiculously corrupt slush fund.

20.05.2026 30

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Republicans Forced to Abandon Latest Tactic to Fund Trump Ballroom

President Donald Trump’s proposed ballroom, which would boast lavish golden interiors and is totally needed for, uh, security reasons, is beginning...

20.05.2026 20

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Democrats Move to Subpoena Top Officials Behind Trump Slush Fund

Democrats are doing what they can to stop President Donald Trump’s weaponization of the Justice Department and his self-serving use of taxpayer money.

20.05.2026 20

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Trump’s $1.8 Billion Slush Fund Finds Its First Shady Applicant

Donald Trump’s allies are racing to get a piece of his $1.8 billion slush fund.

20.05.2026 30

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Trump Gets DOJ to Ban IRS From Ever Investigating Him Again

One of the first of Donald Trump’s many presidential scandals was in 2016, when he refused to release his tax returns as previous presidents and...

19.05.2026 30

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Greenland Gives Trump Envoy the Literal Middle Finger

Call it a Nordic hello.

19.05.2026 30

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DHS Sec. Tells Religious Groups They’re on Their Own After Shooting

In an interview on Fox News, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin blamed Democrats’ refusal to fund ICE for the mass shooting at the Islamic...

19.05.2026 30

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Trump Brags About How Skinny He Is in Unhinged Ballroom Tour

In a brilliant metaphor for the state of our country, billionaire and septuagenarian President Donald J. Trump stood next to a massive hole in the...

19.05.2026 30

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Trump’s Ballroom Quest Gets Even More Unhinged

The Senate parliamentarian is a nonpartisan referee for the legislative branch that has quietly existed for almost a century. So of course Donald...

19.05.2026 30

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Trump Is Bringing Back His Strait of Hormuz Plan After Just 48 Hours

America’s latest terribly named and extremely risky military operation is back, baby.

07.05.2026 20

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WTF Happened With Trump’s Meeting With Brazilian President?

Donald Trump was scheduled to meet Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva—usually referred to as Lula—at 11:15 a.m. Thursday in front of...

07.05.2026 20

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ICE Abducts Disney Cruise Staff Right Off of Ship in Horrific Raid

Disney likes to say it makes dreams come true, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement is making life a nightmare for its workers.

07.05.2026 70

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The 9 Democratic Primaries to Watch Closely This Year

As a New Republic reader, you’re well aware that 2026 is a midterm year. But unless you’re a political junkie—or a voter in a handful of...

04.05.2026 30

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Epstein May Have Left a Suicide Note—and DOJ Didn’t Mention It

Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 death—ruled a suicide by a New York City coroner—has been pored over by conspiracy theorists. The financier was arrested...

30.04.2026 20

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Republicans Desperately Try to Ignore Damning Inflation Report

As inflation hit 3.5 percent in March—its highest rate in three years—congressional Republicans are urging Americans to cover their eyes and ears.

30.04.2026 20

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Hegseth Accuses Troops of Lying as He’s Faced With Facts on Iran War

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is continuing to lie about an Iranian drone strike that killed six U.S. service members in early March, and now he’s...

29.04.2026 20

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