ICE Sparks Chaotic Fight After Trying to Arrest Mom Holding Her Baby

Residents of the town surrounded ICE agents in an attempt to stop them from arresting the woman.

By Hafiz Rashid

**Donald Trump’s Biggest, Dumbest Lie Is … Really Big and Really Dumb**

The president is peddling hot nonsense on what tariffs can do for America—and the person he’s conned the most seems to be himself.

By Michael Tomasky

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Trump’s Supposed U.K. Trade Deal Gets Trashed by Surprising Person

Even the far-right knows Donald Trump’s deal is garbage.

By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

ICE Arrests Democratic Mayor Trying to Check on Detention Facility

A Democratic mayor in New Jersey was arrested after attempting to visit an ICE detention facility that suddenly popped up in his district.

By Hafiz Rashid

Exiling Americans? This Isn’t Legal. It’s Not Even Close.

Trump is openly floating the idea of banishing "homegrowns" to Salvadoran prisons, with zero legal basis. This isn’t "deportation." It’s the kind of fascist lunacy that should be laughed out of the room—except his administration is actually considering it.

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Karoline Leavitt Snaps When Asked About Trump Profiting Off Presidency

Donald Trump is using various schemes to line his pockets while in the White House.

By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Cognitive Decline? Try to Decipher Trump’s Rant on Taxing the Rich

Donald Trump rambled on about raising taxes (or not?) on the wealthy.

By Edith Olmsted

Next Week: 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 Washington, D.C.

With Trump’s antidemocratic rampage underway, this event will bring together influential political figures and commentators to explore what we can do to fight back. Guests will include Senator Amy Klobuchar; Everett Kelley, national president of the American Federation of Government Employees; Leah Greenberg, co-founder and co–executive director of the Indivisible Project; Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi; Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward; Representative Veronica Escobar, and many more.

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