Breaking news from Washington and beyond
Breaking news from Washington and beyond | From Washington and beyond |
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| The Justice Department quietly authorized immigration agents to seize power in arresting people under the Alien Enemies Act—no warrant required. |
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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. With the new administration in place, this event will bring together influential political commentators with TNR’s most engaged readers to explore what we can do to fight back against Trump’s antidemocratic rampage. |
| RSVP before it sells out: |
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| FBI Director Kash Patel proudly announced the arrest of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan over an immigration case. |
| Donald Trump claims he’s made hundreds of deals—but won’t say with whom. |
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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. Will you help us continue to expose this authoritarian madness? |
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| Donald Trump is accelerating his attack on the judicial system. |
| Donald Trump is finding it a lot harder to end the war than he first said it would be. |
| By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling |
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| 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. |
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| Donald Trump is openly admitting his defiance of the Supreme Court on Kilmar Abrego Garcia. |
| The defense secretary is threatening everyone around him at the Pentagon as the Signalgate leaks pile up. |
| The FBI arrested a judge in Milwaukee for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant evade arrest. |
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| On April 29, Norm Eisen and Jen Rubin of The Contrarian and Michael Tomasky of The New Republic will convene leading political, legal, and media minds for a major livestreamed event—assessing the authoritarian onslaught of Trump’s first 100 days. |
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