MAGA Official Barely Avoids Contempt Charge for Trying to Steal Seats
The New Republicby Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling·10 Sept 2026
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins relented on the state’s congressional maps Thursday, ending weeks of election season chaos sparked by a scheme to eke out another Republican seat in the...
Navy Secretary Casually Admits Iran “Blew the Hell” out of U.S. Base
The New Republicby Malcolm Ferguson·10 Sept 2026
Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao reportedly admitted that the Iranian military “blew the hell” out of the U.S.
The Supreme Court Hits a Limit With Missouri’s Election Map Mess
The New Republicby Matt Ford·10 Sept 2026
The Supreme Court rejected a brazen plot by Missouri Republican officials to hold the state’s upcoming congressional elections under an illegal map on Thursday morning, ending a weeklong jumble of...
Trump Tries to Raid Treasury for Obamacare Rebates as Questions Swirl
The New Republicby Hafiz Rashid·10 Sept 2026
President Trump says he’ll give $500 rebate checks to about one million people enrolled in the Affordable Care Act in 30 states, claiming they were overcharged by the Biden administration.
Charlie Kirk’s Group “Livid” Trump Hijacked Death Anniversary
The New Republicby Edith Olmsted·10 Sept 2026
“Trump-a-palooza” is already tearing MAGA apart. Top brass at Turning Point USA were “livid” that Donald Trump’s ramshackle midterm convention in Dallas was scheduled for Thursday, the anniversary...
Seven Republicans Try to Stop Trump’s Sweeping Attack on Mail Ballots
The New Republicby Hafiz Rashid·10 Sept 2026
President Trump’s executive order cracking down on mail-in voting is running into resistance in some Republican-led states.
DOJ Threatens Charges Against State Officials Not Caving on Voter Data
The New Republicby Malcolm Ferguson·10 Sept 2026
The Justice Department sent letters demanding 30 states led by both Democrats and Republicans retain all 2024 election files, threatening their top election officials should they fail to do so.
Ban Rudy Giuliani From the 9/11 Ceremony—Not Zohran Mamdani
The New Republicby Edith Olmsted·10 Sept 2026
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani says current Mayor Zohran Mamdani should skip the national 9/11 memorial service—but in light of recent revelations, it seems like Giuliani’s the one who...
The Crucial Senate Race Dems Are Forgetting About
The New Republicby Emma Janssen, The New Republic Staff·10 Sept 2026
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MAGA Celebrates After Fetterman’s Surprise Video at GOP Convention
The New Republicby Hafiz Rashid·10 Sept 2026
Republicans are celebrating Democratic Senator John Fetterman making a cameo at the midterm GOP convention Wednesday night.
Supreme Court Blocks GOP Attempt to Steal Seats in Missouri—for Now
The New Republicby Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling·10 Sept 2026
The Supreme Court has blocked a federal judge’s decision about Missouri’s voting map, further throwing the state’s election into chaos.
Trump Brags About Convention Crowd Size to Half-Empty Room
The New Republicby Edith Olmsted·10 Sept 2026
“Trump-a-palooza” is off to a disastrous start. President Donald Trump promised that the Republican Party’s midterm convention would be “sold out” Wednesday—but hours into the opening day, there...
Even MAGA World Isn’t Buying Trump’s Free Money Promise
The New Republicby Malcolm Ferguson·10 Sept 2026
Even conservatives are skeptical about President Trump’s massive Hail Mary to give everyone $5,000 if Republicans win the midterms. “Only I can make this promise to you....
Jimmy Kimmel Exposes Trump’s Latest Censorship Attack Over Talarico
The New Republicby Hafiz Rashid·10 Sept 2026
President Trump is attempting to censor late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel. At the start of his show Wednesday night, Kimmel revealed in his monologue that his interview with Texas Democratic Senate...
Transcript: Trump Fury at Canada Gets So Unhinged Even GOPers Rattled
The New Republicby The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent·10 Sept 2026
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the September 10 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.
A Veteran Critic’s Indictment of the Movies
The New Republicby Scott Bradfield·10 Sept 2026
It’s hard to keep loving the movies when we realize how much damage they’ve done. In A Sudden Flicker of Light: A Revisionist History of Movies, longtime critic David Thomson takes a far warier...
Canada and Iran Have Found Trump’s Achilles’ Heel
The New Republicby Alex Shephard·10 Sept 2026
Canadian officials aren’t being coy about it: The retaliatory tariffs imposed Tuesday against the United States were deliberately chosen to hurt vulnerable Republicans before the midterm elections.
The Final Battle for America’s Democracy
The New Republicby Michael Luttig·10 Sept 2026
Donald Trump instigated a war against America’s democracy on January 6, 2021. He and his Republican allies would have crippled America’s democracy that day had his own vice president not refused to...
The White House’s Latest Dumb Idea: A Trad Wife Bonus
The New Republicby Liza Featherstone·10 Sept 2026
When Republicans are faced with an affordability problem, they eagerly try to turn it into a culture war issue, every time.
Lindsay Clancy’s Lawyer Could Teach Trump a Thing or Two About the Law
The New Republicby Virginia Heffernan·10 Sept 2026
Kevin Reddington’s media appearances this week Tuesday capped off a big summer for him. Reddington, who has practiced law in Massachusetts for 50 years, won sudden fame for his swashbuckling...
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