classified documents
Skip Navigation
The New Republic
The New Republic
LATEST
BREAKING NEWS
POLITICS
CLIMATE
CULTURE
MAGAZINE
NEWSLETTERS
PODCASTS
VIDEO
The New Republic
The New Republic
The New Republic
The New Republic
The New Republic
LATEST
BREAKING NEWS
POLITICS
CLIMATE
CULTURE
MAGAZINE
NEWSLETTERS
PODCASTS
VIDEO
The New Republic
The New Republic
The New Republic
classified documents
October 27, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
“F***ing Insane”: The Move That Ruined Jack Smith’s Case Against Trump
Jack Smith made one major mistake when bringing his case against Donald Trump.
October 24, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Jack Smith Agrees to Republican Demand to Testify—With a Major Catch
Jack Smith is calling Republicans’ bluff.
August 22, 2025
Robert McCoy
Trump’s FBI Just Raided the Home of One of His Most Prominent Critics
He’s called the president too dumb to be a fascist, among other things.
March 25, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Tulsi Gabbard Torched for Claiming No Classified Intel Shared in Chat
Senators Mark Kelly and Angus King grilled Gabbard over what exactly was sent in the war plans group chat.
March 11, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
USAID Ordered to Shred or Burn Classified Documents in Alarming Move
Staff at the U.S. Agency for International Development have received a troubling order on what to do with their classified documents.
February 10, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Supreme Court Immunity Ruling Just Came Back to Bite Him
Donald Trump’s sweeping immunity is actually proving a hindrance in a lawsuit.
January 29, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Trump’s Classified Documents Lackeys Are Officially Free
Donald Trump’s Justice Department has killed the last traces of the classified documents case against Trump and his allies.
January 28, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
The Trump Move That Went Too Far for Even This Senior Republican
Even Senator Chuck Grassley is pushing back against Donald Trump.
January 21, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Judge Cannon Gives Trump Massive Win on Day Two of His Presidency
Aileen Cannon just stopped the release of Jack Smith’s full report on his investigation into Trump.
July 17, 2024
Alan B. Morrison
How Merrick Garland Can Outsmart Judge Cannon and Put Trump on Trial
She dismissed the classified documents case in Florida. Well, there’s nothing stopping the Justice Department from bringing much of the case to D.C.
June 6, 2024
Matt Ford
Judge Aileen Cannon Will Entertain Any Excuse to Delay Trump’s Trial
The federal judge overseeing the classified documents case keeps coming up with increasingly ridiculous reasons not to begin the trial.
Our Writers
Kate Aronoff
Climate & Energy
Perry Bacon
Trumpism & Its Opponents
Malcolm Ferguson
Breaking News
Matt Ford
Law & the Courts
Melissa Gira Grant
LGBTQ Rights
Heather Souvaine Horn
Climate Change
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Breaking News
Jason Linkins
Power & Plutocracy
Timothy Noah
Politics & Economy
Edith Olmsted
Breaking News
Monica Potts
Politics & Class
Hafiz Rashid
Breaking News
Greg Sargent
Politics & Democracy
Grace Segers
Congress & Elections
Alex Shephard
Politics & Media
Michael Tomasky
Politics & Ideas
About
The New Republic
’s history
1