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Donald Trump and his top advisers are warning the DOJ to fall in line—or else.

By Malcolm Ferguson
 

Mitch McConnell is on his way out—and Donald Trump’s biggest allies are trying to bully Republican senators into backing their pick for his replacement.

By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
 

Join us on Tuesday, November 19, as The New Republic’s editor Michael Tomasky and staff writers Matt Ford, Greg Sargent, and Nina Burleigh help you digest the election results and the short- and long-term implications for our democracy, rights, and political institutions.
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Donald Trump is handing over an immense level of power to Stephen Miller this time around.

By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
 

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez asked for the stories of people who split their ballots between Donald Trump and either her or another downballot Democrat. Here’s what they said.

By Malcolm Ferguson
 
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It wasn’t the economy. It wasn’t inflation, or anything else. It was how people perceive those things, which points to one overpowering answer.

by Michael Tomasky
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The Justice Department has rejected January 6 insurrectionists’ new defense after Donald Trump’s election victory.

By Malcolm Ferguson
 

A far-right Israeli minister congratulated Trump—and then announced that now is the time to annex the West Bank.

By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
 
 

Tom Homan, who played a key role in Donald Trump’s first administration, is set to make a terrifying comeback.

By Malcolm Ferguson
 

The Russian leader is making it clear that Donald Trump has zero power to stop Russia’s deadly war on Ukraine.

By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
 

On the law in a fascist America

by Federico Finchelstein, Emmanuel Guerisoli
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