The Mueller Report’s Lasting Damage to Trump
When transcripts of Richard Nixon’s Oval Office tapes were released during Watergate, they were punctuated by the White House with the prissy editing notation: “Expletive Deleted.” As edited by...
View ArticleLiving Off the Grid and Safe From Hurricanes in Puerto Rico
When Noemi and Carlos Chaparro peered outside on September 21, 2017, they gasped at the destruction. Hurricane Maria, which had made landfall the previous day, had uprooted the gracious old palm and...
View ArticleThe Oligarch Battle Behind Ukraine’s Presidential Election
If Ihor Kolomoisky wants to buy Ukraine’s presidency, as his critics allege, can you really blame him?A lifelong “raider,” as he calls those skilled at exploiting opportunity, Kolomoisky in his youth...
View ArticleDemocrats Are Hoping You Don’t Understand What “Impeachment” Entails
The 1974 vote in the House of Representatives to give the Judiciary Committee broad subpoena power for its investigation into whether or not President Richard Nixon committed any impeachable offenses...
View ArticleWho Will Say No to Trump Now?
Over the past two years, many Americans feared that President Donald Trump would trigger a constitutional crisis by firing special counsel Robert Mueller and shutting down the Russia investigation....
View ArticleJoe Biden’s Biggest Weakness (No, Not His Hands)
It’s finally unofficially official: Joe Biden will announce that he is running for president on Wednesday, according to a report from The Atlantic’s Edward-Isaac Dovere. Biden enters the race with...
View ArticleCongress Is Failing Hurricane Michael’s Victims
The federal government would like to issue a correction. Hurricane Michael, the historic storm that devastated the Florida Panhandle in October 2018, was not actually a Category 4 storm when it made...
View ArticleAdd Trump’s Yemen Veto to Obama’s Spotty War Legacy
Donald Trump loves to present himself as the anti-Obama. But this week, when he handily vetoed a congressional resolution directing him to end U.S. military support for the Saudi-led coalition war in...
View ArticleRules of Engagement
Jesse Singal, who has gained notoriety on the left for his frequent tweeting and writing on trans issues, says he just wants to talk. When readers get angry with him, which happens often, he sees them...
View ArticleIn Praise of Bill Weld, a Decent Republican
Last week’s release of the redacted Mueller report, which has jump-started talk of impeachment among congressional Democrats, represents the greatest peril the Trump presidency has faced thus far. But...
View ArticleI Work With Suicidal Farmers. It’s Becoming Too Much to Bear.
I’m wearing out. Again.The first time was around Christmas. For several weeks I just couldn’t write my weekly column for the newspaper. Eventually I published an explanation, and pointed out to readers...
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The People’s Emergency
In France, the neon-yellow vests known as gilets jaunes are like proverbial opinions: Everyone has one, or at least every motorist does. In case of a breakdown, drivers are supposed to don these...
View ArticleGame of Thrones: The White Walkers Are Coming
Each Monday, members of The New Republic staff will discuss the latest episode of Game of Thrones, now in its eight and final season. Join Josephine Livingstone, Alex Shephard, and Ryu Spaeth as they...
View ArticleWhy Did Ukrainians Just Elect a Comedian President?
“He managed to be many things to many people at the same time,” one journalist and political commentator tells me. “I’ve met him,” said one NGO official and election observer. “He’s very smart, but...
View Article“Russia, If You’re Still Listening...”
Rudy Giuliani is known for making outlandish remarks. As the public face of President Donald Trump’s legal team, he spent the last year serving up a smorgasbord of madcap talking points about the...
View ArticleShould Democrats Impeach Trump? Wrong Question.
Hours after the Mueller report was released, Majority Whip Steny Hoyer—the second-highest-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives—appeared to slam the door on impeachment. “Based on what we...
View ArticleAnother Big Victory for Labor
On April 12, Senator Elizabeth Warren pulled into the parking lot of a Stop & Shop in Somerville, Massachusetts. She delivered coffee and a box of Dunkin’ Donuts to striking employees holding signs...
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The Canonization of Richard Holbrooke
If anyone questioned the sureness of Richard Holbrooke’s media touch during his lifetime—when he was persona very grata on cable news shows, dated Diane Sawyer, and set-designed the Dayton Accords on a...
View ArticleWhat’s the Best Way to Keep Incendiary, Violent Content Offline?
In early April, in the anxious days of mourning after the massacres at two New Zealand mosques, the Australian government passed what it called the Sharing of Abhorrent Violent Material bill. The...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren, the Long-Distance Runner of the 2020 Race
Amid all the chatter about whether the old white dudes of 2020—Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, and Wafflin’ Joe Biden—are too long in the tooth to be running for president, it’s been remarkable, and...
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