The New Republic

House Speaker Mike Johnson ultimately retained his gavel Friday afternoon.The Louisiana Republican was able to convince Representatives Ralp...

If the first vote for House Speaker is any indication, even if Representative Mike Johnson is reelected Friday to lead Congress, his trouble...

Those who worked tirelessly for President-elect Trump during campaign season may not get the coveted administration jobs they were promised,...

Donald Trump’s incoming “border czar,” Tom Homan, claimed that there was likely a “terrorist connection” between Wednesday’s Cybertruck expl...

Far-right voters are waking up to the fact that Donald Trump and his MAGA acolytes don’t have voters at the forefront of their mind.White su...

Chief Justice John Roberts wrapped up 2024 by once again issuing his annual year-end report. Though often brief and dry, it is often notable...

On its face, The Icon and the Idealist is not a book about abortion. Thanks to advances in technology and medical knowledge, Americans have...

First DEI and now the southern border—Republicans have been remarkably quick to blame the attacks in Las Vegas and New Orleans this week on...

Our incoming national security adviser thinks we should respond to the attack that killed 14 in New Orleans, and the seemingly unrelated Cyb...

Extending Donald Trump’s 2017 tax plan—as his MAGA acolytes want to—could raise the national deficit by as much as $5 trillion. In response,...

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts echoed Donald Trump while hitting back at critics who’ve suggested that federal judges may have pol...

Conservatives are somehow blaming the horrific New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans on DEI, or “diversity, equity, and inclusion” initiative...

Apparently nothing is above politics for Louisiana Senator John Kennedy, who chose a terrorism press conference for the deaths of 15 people...

An Islamic State–inspired U.S. Army veteran killed 15 people when he drove a pickup through New Orleans’s crowded Bourbon Street on New Year...

Embattled House Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to make it a lot harder for his colleagues to get rid of him. House Republicans unveiled a ne...

“There’s a lot of unemployed philosophers around,” the philosopher told me. “But how many of them want to go work for the military?” I’d rea...

In his 1987 book, The Art of the Deal, Donald Trump let readers in on a promotional strategy of his. “I play to people’s fantasies,” the rea...

Rudy Giuliani’s efforts to keep his witness list top secret just blew up in his face.U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman said on Monday that...

Democrats lost the White House, the House, and the Senate—but that’s apparently not enough cause for them to rejigger their playbook.Earlier...

Two more House Republicans have voiced their reluctance to back House Speaker Mike Johnson in his bid to hold on to his leadership spot.Duri...

Donald Trump claimed Monday that he’s already begun making moves toward making Canada the fifty-first state, and nobody’s excited. Trump sha...

Donald Trump has two words for his controversial Cabinet nominees: Be quiet.The president-elect’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, issued a fran...

Normally, just like everyone else, I just resolve to spendmore time at the gym. But as the first Trump inauguration loomed, in earlyJanuar...

Elon Musk has been “renting” a place to stay at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort and he didn’t leave until Christmas, according to recent re...

Laura Loomer still isn’t done with Elon Musk.Appearing on Steve Bannon’s War Room, the anti-immigration activist on Monday torched the billi...