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The New Republicby Malcolm Ferguson24 Aug 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent struggled to explain how the Trump administration’s vague, toothless threat of more sanctions against Iran—which the president is calling an “economic D-Day”—was...
The New Republicby Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling24 Aug 2026
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, has become so toxic that even embattled Republicans are shying away from its donations.
The New Republicby Hafiz Rashid24 Aug 2026
Ontario Premier Doug Ford doesn’t care about President Trump’s threat to increase tariffs on cars and trucks produced in Canada.
The New Republicby Edith Olmsted24 Aug 2026
National Guard members are speaking out about their feelings of humiliation and frustration being involved in Donald Trump’s yearlong federal takeover of Washington D.C.
The New Republicby Malcolm Ferguson24 Aug 2026
A federal judge filed a temporary restraining order requiring an informant’s immediate return to the United States after he was deported three times—even after he willingly advised the Justice...
The New Republicby Hafiz Rashid24 Aug 2026
Actor Mark Ruffalo fired back Sunday against accusations of antisemitism over his criticisms of Paramount Skydance’s planned merger with Warner Bros., calling the attacks “appalling and...
The New Republicby Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling24 Aug 2026
Trade talks with Canada collapsed over the weekend after the Trump administration demanded the country curtail its culture.
The New Republicby Malcolm Ferguson24 Aug 2026
A Florida father was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol while his son serves on the now infamous USS Lincoln in the Persian Gulf. Luis Manuel Aviles, a 19-year U.S.
The New Republicby Hafiz Rashid24 Aug 2026
President Trump may have undermined his own legal argument to build a new White House ballroom. Trump is claiming that ballroom is necessary because it will also provide a secure underground...
The New Republicby Malcolm Ferguson24 Aug 2026
A private arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to rehire opinion columnist Karen Attiah—who was fired from the paper last September after she criticized gun violence and posted a racist quote...
The New Republicby The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent24 Aug 2026
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the August 24 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.
The New Republicby Michael Tomasky24 Aug 2026
There’s a new Democratic presidential frontrunner, according to the Kalshi prediction markets at least.
The New Republicby Jennifer C. Berkshire24 Aug 2026
Pease Elementary in downtown Austin, Texas, has sat empty since 2020. Formerly the oldest continuously operating school in Texas, Pease was shuttered by the Austin Independent School District to...
The New Republicby Abdullah Shihipar, Brandon Marshall24 Aug 2026
The situation is dire. Millions of people in the United States are months away from losing their health care.
The New Republicby Grace Segers23 Aug 2026
Five years ago this month, when the U.S. military withdrew from Afghanistan and Kabul fell to the Taliban, Sayed Sadat was out of the country earning his master’s degree at a university in Germany.
The New Republicby Jason Linkins22 Aug 2026
If you want to get the unfiltered skinny on how the never-ending war with Iran is going, it’s written in the dust. Responsible Statecraft’s Trita Parsi reported this week that U.S.
The New Republicby Malcolm Ferguson21 Aug 2026
The Justice Department appears to have hired a convicted election hacker to monitor elections. Democracy Docket reported that David Michael Levin appears to have joined the DOJ’s Civil Rights...
The New Republicby Hafiz Rashid21 Aug 2026
The Supreme Court is letting President Trump move forward with his expensive White House ballroom.
The New Republicby Malcolm Ferguson21 Aug 2026
President Trump is trying to sue for defamation after yet another report found that the National Guard takeover of cities across America had no significant impact on violent crime levels.
The New Republicby Hafiz Rashid21 Aug 2026
President Trump isn’t spending any campaign cash on close midterm election races, irking his fellow Republicans and putting contests like the Texas Senate seat in jeopardy.
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