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This GOP Rep. May Have Lied About Trans Activist Attacking Her

Republican Representative Nancy Mace called the police on a transgender activist for physically attacking her. But eyewitnesses say that’s nowhere close to what happened.

By Hafiz Rashid

 

Elon Musk’s Stunning $250 Million Favor to Trump Should Wake Up Dems

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 Greg Sargent

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Why RFK Jr. Really Wants His Daughter-in-Law to Lead CIA

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly wants to use the CIA to investigate one very specific conspiracy theory.

By Malcolm Ferguson

 

Sinema Finally Shows Up to Work to Deal One Last Blow to Labor Rights

Senator Kyrsten Sinema, with the help of her buddy Joe Manchin, took one final chance to help out Republicans and give them control of the NLRB.

By Hafiz Rashid

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Alina Habba Rushes to Brush off Tulsi Gabbard’s Syria Ties

Apparently palling around with a dictator isn’t such a big deal.

By Edith Olmsted

 

Trump Celebrates FBI Director’s Resignation in Bonkers Rant

Christopher Wray announced he will step down in January 2025.

By Edith Olmsted

 

Trump’s Plan to Turn the IRS Into a Grifter’s Paradise

Billy Long, an anti-tax huckster who doesn’t think the IRS should exist, makes his living promising to cut your tax bill 40 percent.

By Timothy Noah

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Trump’s Corruption Business Officially Expands in Saudi Arabia

A new Trump Tower has launched just weeks before Donald Trump is set to return to office.

By Hafiz Rashid

 

Senior GOP Senator Secretly Refusing to Bend the Knee to Trump

Incoming Majority Leader John Thune has a plan to defy Donald Trump.

By Edith Olmsted

 
 

Trump Has Sick Plan for Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division

Donald Trump’s team is prepared to use the Justice Department for its "war on woke."

By Malcolm Ferguson

 

Trump May Have Just Cost Himself a Bunch of Allies

Donald Trump will avoid accountability. But will his alleged partners in crime?

By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

 

The New Republic’s Books of the Year

A far from exhaustive guide to the books that our critics most admired in 2024

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