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Marjorie Taylor Greene Sends Sick Message After Pope Francis Death

MTG, true to form, seems to be celebrating the death of Pope Francis.

By Malcolm Ferguson 

 

RSVP Now: Resisting the Authoritarian Takeover

On May 14, TNR’s editor, Michael Tomasky, and staff writers Matt Ford, Timothy Noah, Tori Otten, and Greg Sargent will host the next in our series America in Crisis, live and livestreamed from the Atlas Performing Arts Center in D.C.

 

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Pete Hegseth Flips Out Amid Second Signal Group Chat Scandal

The defense secretary shared war plans in another group chat that included members of his family.

By Malcolm Ferguson

 

Trump Sends the Economy Tanking Over Fight With Fed Chair

Donald Trump has made it clear he wants to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

By Edith Olmsted

 

Trump’s Power Grab Has Begun. Help Us Expose It.

Trump is breaking laws, purging watchdogs, and fast-tracking Project 2025—a plan to seize control and silence dissent. We’re tracking every move, but we need your support to keep going.

 

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Pope Francis Gave JD Vance a Serious Lesson Just Hours Before He Died

The historically progressive pope had a clash with JD Vance about the MAGA agenda.

By Hafiz Rashid

 

Bukele Has Cruel Plan to Make Trump’s Mass Deportations Even Worse

The president of El Salvador has a new idea for what to do with Venezuelan deportees from the U.S.

By Marin Scotten

 

Decades Later, the Truth Behind a Grisly Mass Murder in El Salvador

The 1980 execution of four American churchwomen was one of the most shocking human rights crimes of the twentieth century. No one has ever really gotten to the bottom of it—until now.

By George Black

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Stephen Miller Calls for Reparations in Deranged Anti-Immigrant Rant

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller lost it when asked a simple question about wrongly deported immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

By Hafiz Rashid

 

Trump Makes Fresh Threat Against Harvard as He Tries to Make It Cave

Donald Trump is escalating his war on Harvard University.

By Hafiz Rashid

 

Did JD Vance Kill the Pope? An Investigation.

Pope Francis passed away shortly after meeting with Vice President JD Vance.

By Edith Olmsted

 

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