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Edith Olmsted

Edith Olmsted is an associate writer for The New Republic with a Master’s degree from the Columbia Journalism School. She is based in New York City.

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July 28, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Allies Panic About Iran Ahead of His Meeting With Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu initially convinced Donald Trump to go to war with Iran.
July 27, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Senate Leader Is Having None of Trump’s SAVE Act Pressure
Senator John Thune clapped back at Donald Trump’s demands to pass the SAVE Act.
July 27, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump’s Pandemic Preparedness Team Is Just One Person
Remember how the last pandemic went? And that was with a full team!
July 27, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Team Overhauls Asylum Process to Speed Up Deportations
Asylum officers can now deny applications without an interview.
July 27, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Makes Unfortunate Word Choice in Rant About SAVE Act
Let’s hope it’s just a Watergate reference?
July 27, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Official Crashes Out When Asked About Depleted U.S. Munitions
Joe Biden depleted our munitions. But also, our munitions are not depleted.
July 24, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Ken Paxton Runs Away When Asked About His Alleged Voting Fraud
The Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate allegedly voted in six elections while registered at an address where he does not live.
July 24, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Navy Official Suspended After Calling Trump a “Narcissist” on Camera
The official was caught making the comments while being secretly recorded.
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July 24, 2026
Edith Olmsted
DOD Quietly Changes Number of Soldiers Killed in Iran War
Eighteen U.S. soldiers have been killed in strikes so far.
July 23, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Caves and Withdraws Subpoenas for New York Times Journalists
Donald Trump is targeting a group of Times journalists over leaks regarding his new Air Force One.
July 23, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Is Already Fighting With His New Homeland Security Secretary
Markwayne Mullin has only been on the job for four months.
July 23, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Accidentally Damages Monument in Renovation Rampage
There is now a hole in the German-American Friendship Garden fountain.
July 23, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Secretary Puts Americans in Danger Over “DEI Bike Lanes”
Sean Duffy has derided bike lanes as too woke, and is now stripping mentions of them from federal websites.
July 23, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Scrambles to Sell Americans on Nuclear Deal With Saudi Arabia
Donald Trump struck a controversial deal for U.S. companies to build and run nuclear power plants in Saudi Arabia.
July 22, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Shares Crazed Plan to Stop Iran Attacking Boats in Hormuz Strait
Donald Trump’s fallback plan is apparently just war crimes.
July 22, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Tries to Claim That 18 Dead Soldiers Is a Good Thing, Actually
Donald Trump made a bizarre post on Truth Social about the casualty numbers for various U.S. conflicts.
July 20, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Border Czar Says ICE Made No Mistakes in Minnesota
So killing two people in Minneapolis wasn’t a mistake?
July 20, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Seeks Journalists’ Phone Records as Air Force One Tantrum Grows
Donald Trump’s administration is trying to acquire the phone records of multiple New York Times journalists and their relatives.
July 20, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Is Donald Trump Shrinking? An Investigation.
Trump accidentally revealed his real height while crashing Spain’s World Cup victory celebration.
July 20, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Is Ready for All-Out War in Iran. There’s Just One Catch.
Someone’s weapons are depleted, but it’s not Iran.

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