The GOP wants additional work requirements for SNAP and Medicaid beneficiaries in the debt ceiling deal, despite evidence that shows they are ineffective.

An ever-increasing field of candidates is circling the fray—and smelling the Florida governor’s blood.

And it’s entirely possible if he becomes president.

He means a world in which Putin is on top and abandoned U.S. allies potentially start arming themselves with nukes. Some “peace.”

9/11 was supposed to usher in an era of catastrophic jihadist attacks. Instead, we’re living in fear of a different kind of mass violence.

Trans kids are kids—and they deserve to be able to dress up and dance.

Party leaders thought they had set a trap for Republicans. It hasn’t worked out that way at all.

Maybe it’s time to stop making fun of the Texas senator and start taking him seriously.

The justice’s vision of the judiciary’s role in public health may be more dangerous than any Covid-era restriction.

The Florida governor is a true believer. It makes him dangerous. But it also makes him vulnerable.

The political press bears a share of the blame for the fact we are once again on the precipice of default.

As Governor Greg Abbott prepares to sign a law banning gender-affirming care, teens face the possibility of being detransitioned against their will.

The sexual assault lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani is chock-full of other shocking allegations.

Asylum-seekers barely noticed the end of Title 42. But that’s only because the rules seem to change every day.

Last year, the staffs of 17 House Democrats unionized. Things are moving much, much slower in the Senate—and now that the GOP has the House, things are weird there too.

The South Carolina senator’s presidential run will allow Republicans to demonstrate—briefly—that they aren’t racists.

Because the 2024 elections start now

The high court’s ruling on the nature of “transformative” works of art could have major ramifications for artists working today—as well as the A.I. enthusiasts looking toward tomorrow.

PLUS: Lawmakers eye A.I., and a quick and dirty election round-up.

In magisterial books and sharp essays—many of them for The New Republic—Steel, who died recently at 92, became one of the most vital foreign policy voices of his age.