THE NEW REPUBLIC MAGAZINE: The latest issue features a cover story analyzing the president’s mental fitness alongside reporting on administration impacts on higher education, energy, and agriculture. The issue also explores social issues, including the anti-abortion movement, the rise of digital misogyny, and cultural critiques of television and literature.

Donald Trump Is Finally Cracking Up for Real

His recent tirades confirmed what more than half of America now believes: The president is mentally unfit. How will we survive two and a half more years of this? And what’s he got in store for us?

Trump’s January 6 Slush Fund Is a Criminal Enterprise

The president has long been operating under the assumption that he is immune from prosecution. His latest scheme, however, may be a step too far.

Losing It

Seriously – 2 1/2 more years of this?

The Election Fraudsters Who Will Follow in Tina Peters’s Footsteps

We can debate all day whether Colorado Governor Jared Polis should have commuted her sentence. Meanwhile, state and local officials are openly preparing to meddle in the midterm elections.

Why Trump Is So Afraid of Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and The View

Political scientist Meredith Conroy says that late-night shows are still politically relevant in as their audiences shrink.

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Who Were Those Gullible People Who Believed Donald Trump’s Bullsh*t?

His campaign promises, from peace in Ukraine to “beautiful” tariffs, were truly unbelievable. And yet, somehow, many people believed him.

Will Trump Finally Kill the Bretton Woods System?

For better and often for worse, the U.S.-led IMF and World Bank have dominated the post–World War II international economy. Project 2025 and the Trump administration could change that.