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Elon Musk Suffers Embarrassing Blow as His IRS Chief Forced Out

Gary Shapley lasted just three days.

By Marin Scotten

 

The May Issue Is Available Now

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Trump Suffers Two Major Legal Blows Back-to-Back

Donald Trump’s favorite pet projects just had a terrible day in court.

By Hafiz Rashid

 

Marco Rubio Forced to Admit Trump Might Not Actually End Ukraine War

Donald Trump had promised repeatedly to end the war in Ukraine on the first day of his presidency.

By Marin Scotten

 

RSVP Now: Resisting the Authoritarian Takeover

On May 14, TNR’s editor, Michael Tomasky, and staff writers Matt Ford, Timothy Noah, Tori Otten, and Greg Sargent will host the next in our series America in Crisis, live and livestreamed from the Atlas Performing Arts Center in D.C.

 

With the new administration in place, this event will bring together influential political commentators with TNR’s most engaged readers to explore what we can do to fight back against Trump’s antidemocratic rampage.

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Trump’s New Medicaid Chief Has Boneheaded Idea to Lower Drug Costs

Dr. Oz made the comments right after being sworn in.

By Edith Olmsted

 

Trump Responds to Dem. Meeting Abrego Garcia. You’ll Wish He Hadn’t.

Donald Trump resorted to petty insults after Senator Chris Van Hollen met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador.

By Edith Olmsted

 

How the Radical Right Captured the Culture

Blame Hollywood’s "unwokening" and the extraordinary rise of right-wing podcasters on slop: intellectually bereft, emotionally sterile content that’s shaped by data and optimized for clicks.

By Ana Marie Cox

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