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Alex Shephard

Alex Shephard is senior editor of The New Republic, where he has covered politics and culture since 2015. His work has also appeared in New York, GQ, The Atlantic, The Nation, and other publications.  

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June 30, 2023
Will Rudy Giuliani Flip on Trump?
The slavishly devoted Giuliani just met with Jack Smith. How worried should Donald Trump be?
June 29, 2023
How Worried Should Democrats Be About 2024?
The presidential election may come down to just three states.
June 29, 2023
What Is Robert F. Kennedy Doing in the Democratic Primary?
Republicans love him. Democrats? Not so much.
June 29, 2023
The Soapbox
Trump’s Emotional Insecurity May Be Why He Endangered National Security
The damning audiotape demonstrates how pathetic and abject the former president really is.
June 28, 2023
After a Week in Limbo, Turner Classic Movies Seems Safe
Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Paul Thomas Anderson will help curate content for the network.
June 27, 2023
The Soapbox
The Failed Wagner Revolt in Russia Vindicates Biden
The U.S. seems likely to stay cautious and deliberate.
June 26, 2023
Fox News Enters Its Post–Tucker Carlson Era
Its ratings have rebounded, and it has finally found its Tucker Carlson replacement.
June 24, 2023
Critical Mass
He Made a Mess of CNN. Now He’s Ruining Turner Classic Movies Too.
David Zaslav, whose Chris Licht hire butchered CNN, is vandalizing TCM, a beloved cultural institution.
June 22, 2023
The Soapbox
Even Kevin McCarthy Knows Impeaching Biden Is a Bad Idea
Republican hard-liners are endangering their swing-district colleagues.
June 20, 2023
The Soapbox
The Media Cares More About the Titanic Sub Than Drowned Migrants
U.S. media has largely ignored a shipwreck with hundreds of migrant deaths but has focused intently on a missing submersible full of rich people.
June 20, 2023
Donald Trump Could’ve Gotten the Hunter Biden Deal
The former president thinks his successor’s son got off with a “traffic ticket.” He could have too—if he had listened to his lawyers.
June 19, 2023
There Is No Democrat’s Case for Ron DeSantis
A Orlando Sentinel op-ed falls into familiar traps in making the case for Florida’s governor.
June 19, 2023
Don’t Debate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Elon Musk and Joe Rogan aren't interested in the "truth" about vaccines. They just want a circus.
June 16, 2023
DeSantis Super PAC: The Trump Campaign is “Obsessed With Men’s Genitalia”
The DeSantis-Trump feud keeps getting weirder, grosser, and more intense.
June 16, 2023
It Turns Out Being Indicted is Not Good for Donald Trump
A growing number of Independents—and Republicans—are concerned by the former president's handling of classified information.
June 16, 2023
The Soapbox
Trump Was Begging to Be Indicted
He passed on opportunities to bury his classified documents scandal, and now he’s paying for his mistake.
June 15, 2023
The Soapbox
Kevin McCarthy Is Losing His Grip on House Republicans—and Power
The far right thinks it has a “power-sharing agreement” to control the House, a terrifying prospect.
June 13, 2023
Cormac McCarthy, One of America’s Greatest Novelists, Has Died
He takes his place with Melville, Faulkner, and Twain in the pantheon.
June 13, 2023
The Soapbox
Democrats Are Letting a Perfectly Good Indictment Go to Waste
The party is sitting on its hands instead of pressing the case that the Republican Party’s leader is a brazen criminal.
June 12, 2023
Magazine
The Rise of Independent Voters Is a Myth
A recent poll found that nearly half of Americans identify as independent. But they’re hiding the real truth about how they vote.

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