Every weekday, The New Republic’s Greg Sargent brings you a fresh way of thinking about the biggest political stories of the moment, offered up in an entertaining, information-packed conversation with a leading lawmaker, journalist, or newsmaker. We go deep into the stories behind the headlines leading TNR and other news outlets—while making it fun and fast.
Trump Rages over GOP Bill Fiasco as Elon Musk Admits to Its Core Scam
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President Trump has been tweeting wildly and angrily over the fate of his “big, beautiful bill.” He’s been lashing out furiously at Democrats and at GOP Senators alike over their opposition, suggesting Senate passage may be in seri...
Trump Press Sec’s Vile Rants on Fox Show How He’s Screwing MAGA Voters
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President Trump really wants the Senate to pass the “big beautiful bill” that has now gotten through the House. But a number of GOP Senators are, for now, speaking uncomfortable truths about that massive budget measure: It would balloon the deficit and slash spendin...
Trump Arrest of Immigrant Triggers Shock and Regret in Small MAGA Town
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Ming Lee Hui, who goes by the name of “Carol,” has lived for 20 years in the town of Kennett, Missouri after coming here from Hong Kong. She has been raising a family there and works as a waitress, and as The New York Times reports in a piece featuring quotes f...
MAGA Fury Erupts as Trump’s Epic Legal Loss on Tariffs Slowly Sinks In
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President Donald Trump’s advisers are raging over a court ruling that temporarily blocked many of Trump’s tariffs. Stephen Miller called it “judicial tyranny.” Another top adviser called the judges “globalist.” And press secretary Karoline Leavitt seethed&...
Trump’s Rants about Harvard Get Darker as He Loses a Big One in Court
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In a series of rants to reporters, President Trump’s rage at Harvard took a sadistic and unhinged turn. He made it clear that only total subjugation to him on Harvard’s part will satisfy him. This comes as a judge just blocked another one of his ...
Humiliated Trump’s Anger at Putin Grows as GOPers Start Breaking Ranks
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In a series of public remarks, President Trump has lashed out at Vladimir Putin for keeping up his attacks on Ukraine in defiance of Trump’s stated desire for peace. Trump has called Putin “crazy,” has admitted he has no idea what Putin is thinking, a...
Trump’s Odd Ramblings to Media Accidentally Wreck His Own Tariff Scam
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After President Donald Trump threatened to single out Apple with tariffs, he offered remarks to reporters that undercut his case. First he seemed to say this would apply to many iPhone makers, but then reiterated he’d said this straight to Apple ...
Trump’s Angry New Attack on Harvard Is Already Blowing Up in His Face
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After raging at Harvard earlier this month, President Donald Trump is now revoking the university’s right to receive foreign students. The administration sent an unhinged letter to Harvard making the announcement while demanding extensive in...
Trump Unravels in Crazed Rants to Media as Poll Reveals Fresh Weakness
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President Trump’s presser on Wednesday flew off the rails. He raged at a reporter for questioning his acceptance of a luxury jet from Qatar. He snapped when asked why he’s resettling white Afrikaners but no other refugees. And he tried to humiliate th...
“Chilling”: Trump’s Fury at Bruce Springsteen Just Got Much Darker
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President Trump has raged at Bruce Springsteen for days, demanding investigations as retaliation against him for criticizing the president. This is easy to dismiss as the usual lunacy, but Rolling Stone reports that there’s a genuine idea at work here...
Trump’s Angry Walmart Tirade Backfires, Wrecking His Own Tariff Scam
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President Donald Trump’s feud with Walmart is intensifying. After the retail giant warned that its prices will go up due to Trump’s tariffs, he erupted on Truth Social, and even threatened Walmart to get it to “eat” the costs of his levies. Then White...
Trump’s Threats to Defy Courts Darken as MAGA Fury over Losses Grows
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President Donald Trump has been ranting wildly at the Supreme Court. In a pair of tweets after oral arguments over his effort to end birthright citizenship displeased him, Trump raged that the people are on his side, a dark hint that he will wield the wrat...
Trump Rages Over Qatar Jet Fiasco as GOP Angst Worsens: “Humiliating”
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President Donald Trump has been growing angry over the criticism of his decision to accept a $400 million luxury jet from Qatar. He snapped at a reporter who questioned him about it, and erupted over it on Truth Social. Now The Atlantic repo...
MAGA Senator’s Stunning Admission: GOP Is Badly Screwing Trump Voters
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The House GOP is forging ahead with its massive domestic policy bill implementing President Donald Trump’s agenda. And it’s becoming clear that it will seriously screw over Trump voters. But don’t take our word for it. Senator Josh Hawley, a staunch ally of Tru...
Trump Tariff Fiasco Worsens as Brutal New Reports Reveal a Fresh Scam
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The White House has been boasting that President Trump’s partial pause in the trade war with China is a historic breakthrough. But two new reports, one from The New York Times and the other from the non-liberal Wall Street Journal&...
Jamie Raskin’s Harsh Takedown of Trump’s Qatar Jet Scam Hits the Mark
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Over the weekend, the news broke that President Donald Trump is accepting a luxury jet from the country of Qatar for presidential travel. This extraordinarily brazen act may well violate the Emoluments Clause, which bars foreign gifts to officials unless expressly a...
Trump Press Sec’s Fawning over Him to Media Takes Scary, Cultlike Turn
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In her most recent media briefing, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt went full North Korea with a number of worshipful monologues about Trump. Yet at around the same time, another journalist’s criticism of Trump caused him to expl...
MAGA Rage Erupts as New Pope’s Views of Trump Prove Unexpectedly Harsh
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Right after the news broke that Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the new Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, the internet produced lots of evidence that he has promoted articles critical of JD Vance and Donald Trump, and even expressed sympathy for George F...
Trump Erupts as GOPers Quietly Nix Key US Attorney Pick, Enraging MAGA
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President Donald Trump erupted on Truth Social this week when it became clear that MAGA loyalist and insurrectionist Ed Martin’s nomination for U.S. Attorney for Washington D.C. is in trouble. Trump even called GOP Senators to demand their support. Bu...
Trump’s Odd New Tariff Musings Show How Badly He’s Screwing His Voters
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Thanks to President Trump’s policies, a confluence of events is set to absolutely clobber rural America. First there’s Trump’s trade war. On Tuesday, Trump unleashed a bizarre set of ramblings that indicated he’s fine with letting it drag on forever, our exporters b...
Trump Seethes as Karl Rove Delivers Harsh On-Air Warning about Polls
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President Donald Trump is angry at longtime GOP strategist Karl Rove. That’s because Rove delivered Trump a stern on-air warning about his sliding approval ratings. What caught our attention, though, is what Rove said about immigration in particular. Rove ...
Trump’s Rage at Fox News over Bad Poll Signals Coming Fiasco for MAGA
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President Trump has recently been erupting at Fox News over its new poll finding him with 55 percent disapproval. Trump described Fox’s pollster as “Trump hating” and demanded that the firm be “investigated.” Stephen Miller subsequently...
Trump’s Arrests Hit by Major Legal Setback as Stephen Miller Seethes
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Big news: A federal judge just ruled that President Donald Trump’s renditions under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act are illegal. It’s a crucial moment in the battle against Trump’s lawlessness. Meanwhile, Stephen Miller ranted wildly at the media for ...
Trump Rages Wildly over Humiliating GDP Data as Aides Calm His Fury
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We just learned that President Donald Trump’s economy contracted in the first quarter. Trump unloaded twice over this bad news, attempting to blame Joe Biden for it. Meanwhile, some of Trump’s aides went full North Korea, bowing down&nb...
“He Was Pissed”: Trump’s Vile New Threat over Tariffs Takes Scary Turn
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After the news broke that Amazon might publicly clarify the costs that President Trump’s tariffs are imposing on its products, Trump instructed his White House press secretary to publicly threaten the company. Trump also called Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to express h...
Trump’s Fury at Bad Polls Goes Nuclear as Allies Rush to Calm Him Down
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President Donald Trump is growing angrier over polls that keep showing him tanking. On Monday, he raged that polls sponsored by media outlets are “COMPROMISED AND CORRUPT.” He even quoted one of his own pollsters saying that surveys from The New York ...
Trump’s Fury over Abrego Garcia Case Darkens as Crushing New Polls Hit
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Over the weekend, President Trump raged on Truth Social at judges who are ruling that Trump must follow the law in the case of wrongfully-deported Kilmar Abrego Garcia and others illegally deported to prisons in El Salvador. Trump again threatened to dispense w...
Trump’s Surprise Admission about Putin Wrecks “Great Dealmaker” Scam
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President Donald Trump just made some new public statements about the Russia-Ukraine war, and they were thoroughly unimpressive. At one point, he seemed to get angry at Vladimir Putin over a massive new Russian attack on Ukraine, calling on Putin to “STOP.” But then...
Trump Suddenly in Retreat on Many Issues as Poll Reveals Key Weakness
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Suddenly, President Donald Trump appears to be retreating or getting knocked back on multiple fronts. Trump is considering whether to slash his tariffs on China. Elon Musk is stepping back from the administration. Federal scientists are admitting ...
“Madness”: Trump Tariff Fiasco Suddenly Worsens amid Brutal Poll Drop
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On Tuesday, largely due to President Trump’s tariffs, the International Monetary Fund downgraded its projections for economic growth in a big way. Meanwhile, we’re already starting to see layoffs. All that comes as new polls show Trump cratering ...
