January 5, 2023
The Speaker Fight Makes Congress Look Like Parliament, and That’s Not a Pretty Sight
American liberals’ enthusiasm for parliamentary governance was dwindling already. This should finish it off.
January 5, 2023
The Anti-McCarthy Right Has No End Goal Other Than Humiliating Him
The fringiest members of the House Republican caucus aren’t mounting a coup d’état, they’re staging a coup de vibes.
January 4, 2023
January 6 Was Donald Trump’s Most Successful Business Venture in 40 Years
Trump lost the election, but he raised $250 million to fight it. And the $100,000 of it that went to Melania’s fashion designer is only the beginning.
January 3, 2023
Get Ready
for the Most Chaotic, Do-Nothingest Congress in Modern History
Buckle up, we’re about to find out how strange the GOP has become.
December 30, 2022
Why Didn’t the IRS Finish Its Trump Tax Audit?
The release of the former president’s returns raises questions about the agency’s failure to apply the same scrutiny to which other chief executives have been subjected.
December 30, 2022
Three Quick Takeaways From Donald Trump’s Long-Awaited Tax Returns
One reason he might have been eager to keep these records under wraps is that they don’t exactly paint the picture of a business genius.
December 29, 2022
December 30 Is Tax Day (For Donald Trump)
The former president's personal and business returns will finally be released to the public in one of the last acts of the Democratic Party-controlled House.
December 28, 2022
What Are You Doing for New Year’s Eve, Jair Bolsonaro?
Brazil's losing presidential candidate might be ditching his wife and skipping Lula’s inauguration to hang out at Trump’s resort.
December 28, 2022
The Latest January 6 Revelation About Mark Meadows Is Both Literally and Figuratively Incendiary
Score one for everyone who thought the Trump administration was like the Coen Brothers movie “Burn After Reading.”
December 28, 2022
Right-Wing Flop of the Year: Dinesh D’Souza’s 2000 Mules
The election denial propaganda film was praised by the likes of Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene—and utterly tanked at the box office.
December 27, 2022
Who Said It: Donald Trump or Norma Desmond?
They’re both increasingly isolated and adrift from their glory days, but only one is a former president.
December 27, 2022
Why 2023 May Be the Year That Fate Finally Catches Up With Donald Trump
At long last, are the doors closing in on him?
December 23, 2022
Now Let’s Prosecute Donald Trump for His Crimes
The January 6 committee’s damning final report makes clear that the former president sought to steal the 2020 election by force. Will Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice take the baton?
December 22, 2022
Clarence and Ginni Thomas Are The New Republic’s 2022 Scoundrels of the Year
The Supreme Court justice and his right-wing activist wife are working hand in hand to destroy American democracy.
December 21, 2022
The IRS Wasn’t Auditing Trump’s “Extremely Complex” Taxes After All
Donald Trump repeatedly claimed he couldn’t release his tax records while he was president because he was under audit. But a new House report says that wasn’t really true.
December 21, 2022
Nimrod of the Year: Elon Musk
Tesla’s CEO was long portrayed as a business genius. His incompetent rule of Twitter proves he’s really just a thirsty, right-wing dimwit.
December 19, 2022
The January 6 Committee Did Its Job: Trump Will Live in Infamy
The House committee made the case for multiple criminal charges against the former president. Now it’s up to the Department of Justice to prosecute him.
December 19, 2022
Trump May Be the Figurehead, but the Rot of January 6 Permeates the Republican Party
The final hearing of the January 6 committee showed that the former president was far from alone in fomenting the insurrection.
