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Kristi Noem “Completely Made Up” Story of ICE Deporting a Cannibal
Edith Olmsted, The New Republic
Surprise, surprise: Homeland Security Kristi Noem completely made up that far-fetched story about deporting a cannibal, multiple federal law enforcement officials told The Intercept. Speaking to Fox News’s Jesse Watters in June, Noem recounted a terrible tale…
Feb 23, 2026, 4:58 PM
Kash Patel Defends His Partying With U.S. Men’s Olympics Hockey Team
Hafiz Rashid, The New Republic
FBI Director Kash Patel is unapologetic after being caught celebrating with the U.S. Men’s Hockey Team after their Olympic gold medal victory in Milan, Italy, Sunday. Patel posted on X Sunday that “yes, I love America and was very humbled when my friends, the…
Feb 23, 2026, 2:10 PM
Violence Erupts in Mexico as U.S. Helps in Killing of Cartel Leader
Malcolm Ferguson, The New Republic
Violence broke out in parts of Mexico on Sunday after government security forces killed Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, or “El Mencho,” the country’s most wanted drug kingpin—with “intelligence support” from the United States. El Mencho was killed in a …
Feb 23, 2026, 1:58 PM
The Judges and Juries Saving the Republic From Trump
Matt Ford, The New Republic
The Supreme Court has enabled many of the Trump administration’s worst abuses over the past 14 months, particularly when it comes to his mass deportation plans. The justices’ shadow docket has largely served as a Pez dispenser for injunctions to stay the most…
Feb 23, 2026, 11:00 AM
The Real State of the Union: Millions of Americans Are Just Disgusted
Michael Tomasky, The New Republic
This Tuesday night, America will bear witness to Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address of his second term. I know—the mere thought of it rots a little piece of our souls that we’re never getting back. At least you can skip it; I have to watch it. Wh…
Feb 23, 2026, 11:00 AM
The Paranoid Style of Jeffrey Epstein Has Come for Us All
Ana Marie Cox, The New Republic
The scope of Jeffrey Epstein’s reach into the byways of global power has been revealed to be so thorough and dark that it presents a real challenge for even seasoned conspiracy theorists to keep up. Spanning borders both geographic and partisan, his web of in…
Feb 22, 2026, 11:00 AM
There’s Only One Way to Eradicate Trumpism for Good
Jason Linkins, The New Republic
One of the weirder journalistic spectacles of the Trump era has been watching mainstream news organizations parachute into the hinterlands to try to understand the voters who ushered in, and continue to support, this age of cruelty in America. A recent classi…
Feb 21, 2026, 11:00 AM
Trump Appoints CDC Critic as Temporary Agency Head
Edith Olmsted, The New Republic
Jay Bhattacharya has been tapped to run the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—after spending years criticizing its pandemic response. Bhattacharya will continue his role as the director of National Institutes of Health, as well as lead the CDC on an …
Feb 18, 2026, 8:35 PM
Notorious Drug Trafficker Got Five-Star Treatment After Trump Pardon
Finn Hartnett, The New Republic
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was given special treatment and provided with a room in a luxury hotel after Donald Trump pardoned him in December, ProPublica reported Wednesday.Hernández, a member of Honduras’s right-wing National Party, was…
Feb 18, 2026, 4:01 PM
The Four Ways Trump Plans to Delegitimize this Fall’s Elections
Harry Litman, The New Republic
Even as diversionary battles flare across the political landscape—immigration raids, diplomatic blunders, legal losses in court, and the lingering Epstein fallout—Donald Trump is making his move where it matters most: elections.The administration is pressing …
Feb 18, 2026, 11:00 AM
Trump Blames Popular Black Democrat for Potomac River Sewage Spill
Malcolm Ferguson, The New Republic
President Trump is blaming Maryland Governor Wes Moore for sewage pollution in the Potomac River, something Moore has no control over. “There is a massive Ecological Disaster unfolding in the Potomac River as a result of the Gross Mismanagement of Local Democ…
Feb 16, 2026, 9:43 PM
The Pentagon Just Sent a Terrifying Message to AI Companies
Edith Olmsted, The New Republic
Donald Trump’s so-called Department of War is threatening to cut ties with Anthropic because it won’t help the Pentagon conduct mass surveillance on Americans or make fully autonomous weapons that the administration can use however it likes.A senior Trump adm…
Feb 16, 2026, 9:05 PM
George W. Bush Torches Trump in Presidents’ Day Message
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic
Former President George W. Bush won’t defy the “code of silence” that prevents ex-U.S. leaders from publicly chastising their successors, but he’s apparently not opposed to throwing shade.In a Presidents’ Day essay published Monday by the pro-democracy instit…
Feb 16, 2026, 8:48 PM
Kansas Mayor Who Voted for Trump as Noncitizen Faces Felony Charges
Hafiz Rashid, The New Republic
A small-town Kansas mayor is in trouble for voting illegally as a noncitizen—but he has the support of his town. Joe Ceballos was recently reelected mayor of Coldwater, Kansas, by a comfortable 101-20 margin. But just hours before the results came in, Ceballo…
Feb 16, 2026, 8:24 PM
Judge Orders Trump Admin to Restore Slavery Exhibits It Took Down
Malcolm Ferguson, The New Republic
A judge ordered Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Monday to restore a slavery-related exhibit at the President’s House in Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. Burgum ordered the National Park Service last month to remove the Philadelphia exh…
Feb 16, 2026, 7:36 PM
Steve Bannon, Who Called Epstein “God,” Finally Responds to Files
Hafiz Rashid, The New Republic
Former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon once called Jeffrey Epstein “God” during a text message exchange, newly released government files reveal. In May 2018, the two men were having a discussion about currency trading, in which Bannon praised Epstein’s fina…
Feb 16, 2026, 6:15 PM
Hakeem Jeffries Plays Dumb on Abolish ICE: “I Don’t Understand”
Malcolm Ferguson, The New Republic
Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries still refuses to engage with growing calls to abolish ICE, even as the agency is in the nadir of its popularity.The Left Hook podcast host Wajahat Ali read Jeffries a list of facts when they appeared together F…
Feb 16, 2026, 5:31 PM
Trump Celebrates President’s Day by Declaring Himself “the Hunter”
Edith Olmsted, The New Republic
Donald Trump’s White House is posting about President’s Day in the creepiest way possible.In honor of the holiday, the White House Monday posted a menacing picture of Trump accompanied by the quote: “I was the hunted, and now I’m the hunter.”That particular c…
Feb 16, 2026, 5:28 PM
Bondi Blasted After Adding Elvis and Marilyn Monroe to Epstein List
Hafiz Rashid, The New Republic
Attorney General Pam Bondi tried to pacify critics of the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files by sending Congress a letter Saturday with a list of 130 names—which for some reason, included dead celebrities.The list contains some absurd …
Feb 16, 2026, 3:11 PM
Food Used to Be Democrats’ Territory. What Happened?
Jane Black, The New Republic
Last month, with great fanfare, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unveiled the new dietary guidelines for Americans. The advice was muddled—eat more meat but not more saturated fat!—and likely shaped by the very industry influences that Kennedy has vowed to curb. Never m…
Feb 15, 2026, 11:00 AM
ICE Is Gearing Up to Build “Mega” Jails
Edith Olmsted, The New Republic
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to spend tens of billions of dollars on mega-prisons where the agency can disappear thousands of people. In a memo shared with New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte, ICE outlined its $38.3 billion plan to launch a…
Feb 13, 2026, 10:42 PM
Alex Pretti Died Defending an EMT. ICE Wouldn’t Let Her Treat Him.
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic
ICU nurse Alex Pretti was shot and killed by a swarm of ICE agents in Minneapolis moments after he assisted a couple of women. One of them, according to new reports, was also a health care professional—who was denied the chance to help Pretti in his final mom…
Feb 13, 2026, 10:02 PM
Trump Dodges When Asked About Land Strikes: “Don’t Worry About It”
Malcolm Ferguson, The New Republic
After kidnapping Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, threatening to cut off aid to Colombia, and calling for U.S. troops in Mexico all within the last few months, President Trump’s message to people concerned with further escalation is simply “don’t worry ab…
Feb 13, 2026, 7:55 PM
Ruben Gallego Wants You to Get Paid More for Working on Holidays
Monica Potts, The New Republic
This past Christmas, Yuliia Moshkova had to hurry to open presents with her family before her work shift started at 8 a.m. She works from her home in Louisiana as a Russian-to-English interpreter for LanguageLine Solutions, a call-in translation service that …
Feb 13, 2026, 6:49 PM
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