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Senator Sanders stands at a podium labeled "The Pro-Human Assembly 2026."

Emma Janssen, The New Republic Staff

What Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon Have in Common

The growing backlash to AI is creating strange bedfellows across the nation.

At a podium with flags in the background, Trump gestures with both hands open at his sides.

Trump’s Rabid Refusal to Regulate AI Isn’t Even Good for AI

The Trump administration’s wildly permissive attitude toward the AI industry isn’t just bad for the environment and public health (and maybe our collective survival). It’s bad for the companies too.

How the Midterms Could Shrink Red-State America—and Why It Matters

Pete Buttigieg and Michigan Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson holding their arms together at a Michigan Democratic Party rally in Detroit on August 7

How the Midterms Could Shrink Red-State America—and Why It Matters

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CEO and co-founder of Anthropic Dario Amodei speaks onstage during the 2025 New York Times Dealbook Summit.

There’s a Right Way to Regulate AI—and a Very Wrong Way

Trump is a fool to say no regulation’s needed. But don’t let’s leave the solution to Anthropic and OpenAI.

Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas

One of the Best Supreme Court Decisions in Years Is Still Alarming

The high court declines to let Trump blow up the midterms, but this should have been a unanimous decision.