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May 28, 2026
Alex Shephard
Affordability Politics Are Here to Stay
Even if the Strait of Hormuz reopens and gas prices fall, many Americans will still believe that the economy is terrible. Do the Democrats have a solution for this “permacession”?
May 27, 2026
Greg Sargent
Trump, the Wages of MAGA Sin, and the Dream of Flipping Texas Blue
Ken Paxton is the embodiment of MAGA rage and corruption. Can James Talarico win by transcending Paxton’s Trumpy acrimony?
May 27, 2026
Joe Cirincione
Trump’s “Deal” Looks a Lot Like … the One Obama Struck 11 Years Ago
It’s not “unconditional surrender” by a long shot. In fact, it’s almost exactly the same as the deal he denounced and tore up in 2018.
May 27, 2026
Matt Ford
Pope Leo XIV Takes on the Silicon Valley Oligarchy
His new encyclical pulls no punches in attacking tech billionaires—and the politicians who enable them.
May 26, 2026
Harry Litman
Whatever Trump Does Is Corrupt, but the Slush Fund Is the Worst of All
The president and the acting attorney general have pulled a heist on the American people. We can’t let it disappear into the pile of Trump outrages that benumb us.
May 26, 2026
Michael Tomasky
Stop the Presses—Donald Trump Actually Did Something Good for Once
He is against private equity buying up single-family homes. Democrats should take note—and do him one better.
May 26, 2026
Kate Aronoff
Trump Twisted a Climate Debate Beyond Recognition
Researchers concluded that one future climate scenario is unlikely to happen. Right-wingers went wild.
May 24, 2026
Grace Segers
SNAP Cuts Threaten to Cut Young Adults Off at the Knees
Tightened work requirements and cost shifts could result in students and former foster youth losing their nutrition benefits.
May 23, 2026
Brynn Tannehill
Democratic Women Say They Could Kick Trump’s Butt. And They’re Right!
Republican men, in contrast, are more likely to say Trump could beat them up—just further proof of the MAGA reality-distortion field the president has created.
May 23, 2026
Jason Linkins
Trump Is Now a World-Class Kleptocrat
The president’s demand for a slush fund to pay billions of dollars to his cronies places him among the planet’s most infamous political criminals.
May 22, 2026
Alex Shephard
Gaza Wasn’t the Biggest Omission in the Democrats’ 2024 Autopsy
Two other issues went unmentioned in the report—and were even more decisive in the party’s loss to Donald Trump.
May 22, 2026
Greg Sargent
Even Fox News Admits It: Trump’s Presidency Is in Free Fall
A threshold has definitely been crossed in these last couple weeks as Trump shrinks his MAGA base down to its molten core.
May 22, 2026
Timothy Noah
Donald Trump, Accidental Environmentalist
By driving oil prices through the roof, he’s finally giving alternative energy some badly needed stimulus. Too bad the economic benefit goes mainly to China.
May 22, 2026
Gabriel Cohen
The Election Fraudsters Who Will Follow in Tina Peters’s Footsteps
We can debate all day whether Colorado Governor Jared Polis should have commuted her sentence. Meanwhile, state and local officials are openly preparing to meddle in the midterm elections.
May 21, 2026
Timothy Noah
Trump’s IRS Deal Is a Massive Test for Congress and the Courts
The president’s slush-fund-and-tax-penalty “settlement” is brazenly criminal. If our governing institutions can’t block it, America will officially be a banana republic.
May 21, 2026
Matt Ford
Trump’s January 6 Slush Fund Is a Criminal Enterprise
The president has long been operating under the assumption that he is immune from prosecution. His latest scheme, however, may be a step too far.
May 20, 2026
Alex Shephard
The Trump Administration’s Iran Plan Is Even Crazier Than We Thought
A bonkers new report suggests that the U.S. and Israel attempted to install Holocaust-denying former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran’s leader.
May 20, 2026
Bryce Covert
New Trump Rules Will Make Meat Processing a Lot Deadlier
The industry spent big to get faster line speeds. Experts say it will increase injuries to workers and make the food you eat less safe.
May 20, 2026
Perry Bacon
Thomas Massie’s Defeat: Trump Reigns for Now, but November Is Coming
The MAGA base proves again in Kentucky that Trump’s blessing is everything. But beyond that base, it’s the kiss of death.
May 19, 2026
Greg Sargent
Trump’s Angry Jan. 6 Tirade Accidentally Hands Dems Midterm Weapon
Democrats will seek to force Republicans to vote on Trump’s toxic new slush fund for January 6 rioters, Representative Jamie Raskin tells TNR in an interview. Democrats shouldn’t let up.
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