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It used to be that the president of the United States tried to persuade the public to go to war. Franklin Roosevelt’s speech asking Congress to enter World War II produced one of the most famous phrases in American history: “December 7, 1941—a date which…

On Labor Day 2026, the outlook for workers can seem grim. The Trump administration is rolling back workplace protections, and corporations act as though they have a free pass to do whatever they want. But viewed through another lens, this is an optimistic…

For a little while there, I became very interesting. Not more accomplished, so far as I could tell, and certainly not more experienced. I had not added a degree, been instrumental in a startup’s exit, written a bestseller or otherwise improved my LinkedIn…

I confess that the vast majority of what I know about political influencer Hasan Piker came from this April interview he did with TNR contributor Aaron Regunberg. I’m constitutionally unsuited for that Twitch life, which isn’t a knock on livestreaming. And…

A Thursday report from the Inspector General states that former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer went to a strip club while on the job, even forcing her driver to rain dollar bills on one of the dancers. The report further details just how sloppy and…

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You’re reading The TNR Blue Book. Get daily scoops, strategy, and developments inside the liberal ideas factory delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for free.Inside Washington President Donald Trump’s efforts to restrict mail-in voting have grabbed…

New details from Maria Bartiromo’s sudden firing from Fox News reveal internal upheaval that resulted in her being completely isolated at work, as her own staff was banned from speaking to her and her primary producer was fired alongside her. Puck News’s…

Donald Trump’s administration has made a game of the president’s deadly crackdown on immigrants.The White House launched a new arcade website Thursday that hosts a series of retro-style video games touting the administration’s policy…

On this cusp of Labor Day, when election campaigns kick into fourth gear, I don’t want to jinx anything, but I have to say it: The voters are going to barber-strap Donald Trump in the November midterms. I’ve been wrong before, of course. On the other hand,…

Embattled Democratic Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman blew off meetings with disabled veterans, the families of slain police officers, children’s hospital officials, and countless constituents in his past two years in Congress—once again displaying his…

President Donald Trump admitted that he’s just building monuments to himself. In a sprawling dispatch Friday, New York Magazine’s Ben Terris asked Trump what he made of a viral barb from Jon Ossoff, a Democratic senator from Georgia who suggested in June…

Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo was fired for leaking information about her employer to the White House, Status reported Thursday.Bartiromo’s sudden termination stemmed from President Donald Trump’s incendiary prime-time speech in July baselessly accusing…

President Donald Trump crashed out on Thursday night after the Missouri Supreme Court struck down Republican redistricting efforts ahead of midterm elections—changing the House map after the primary and before November in an unprecedented move. “The…

This primary season, most of the energy and attention on the Democratic side has been on progressive candidates who overperformed in races around the country, sometimes despite steep funding disadvantages. Beltway moderates are ready to fight back: In August,…

Happy Labor Day! (Well, almost.) There’s no better time to assess President Donald Trump’s labor market and labor policies in advance of November’s midterm elections.Let’s start with the labor market. It’s shrinking, and it’s weak.The weakness…

It isn’t every day that Republicans admit that Donald Trump is harming their midterm hopes. After all, that would require an admission of Trumpian fallibility, which is unacceptable to MAGA. But on Thursday, Kentucky Representative James Comer dropped a…

The global decline in fertility is one of the major stories of the twenty-first century—maybe even the major story. It is built into our brains, bones, and infrastructure that we live in a growing and expanding world, with a few older people scattered around…

It’s been slow coming, but news coverage of climate change may at last be turning a corner. For years, reporting on climate-related disasters—the superstorm Hurricane Helene that blasted the Southeastern U.S. in 2024, the mega-fires that torched Los…

Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee have accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Pentagon of trying to steal funds from the National Institutes of Health to make up for the record amount of taxpayer money they’ve spent in the war on…

Flock Safety, the company behind the dystopian surveillance systems popping up in U.S. cities, is training law enforcement officers to use its products to surveil “No Kings” protests, 404Media reported Thursday. In November, Caity Peak, Flock’s director…

One of America’s largest newspapers made an elementary-level error in its obituary for Gloria Steinem.Thousands of readers who learned of the trailblazing feminist’s death via The Washington Post’s social media notifications Thursday were met with an…

Vice President JD Vance thinks Americans should be more grateful that gas prices aren’t higher.Speaking to the press at the White House Thursday, Vance said that the U.S. was the only country capable of ensuring that world energy markets “continue to stay…

The Pentagon on Thursday took down recently published clinical guidance for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s mandatory testosterone screening requirements for troops.Before Thursday, the Pentagon’s website showed a link for “Clinical Guidance for Health…

President Donald Trump is taking extraordinary efforts to keep protesters out of his eyeline. Trump officials will present plans Thursday to install permanent fencing around Lafayette Square Park in Washington D.C., a historic gathering place for protesters,…

Walmart has pulled a Nazi costume from its inventory after facing a typhoon of public blowback.The outfit was made by Orion Costumes and marketed as a “German Army Soldier Adult Costume” that included a jacket, trousers, attached boots, a belt, and a hat.…

A U.S. military widow whose husband was killed in the Iran war claims that she is being denied death benefits.Libby Klinner, the widow of U.S. Air Force Major John “Alex” Klinner, who died in a crash in Iraq in March, said on Instagram Sunday that she had…

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has been charged by federal prosecutors with lying about the shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minnesota earlier this year.The Associated Press, citing an unnamed source, reports that officer Christian Castro, who…

On Thursday, 33 Democrats joined Republicans to pass a law that would take federal funding away from academic institutions involved in any kind of boycott of or divestment from Israel. The legislation passed 237–169.The Protect Economic and Academic Freedom…

This is a lightly edited transcript of the September 2 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. Perry Bacon: This is Right Now on The New Republic. I’m Perry Bacon, I’m the host. I’m joined by Natasha Warikoo. She’s a professor of sociology at Tufts…