12 Senators—Half of Them Republican—Tell Trump to End Russia Deal NowSix GOP senators joined together with their Democratic opponents on Tuesday to rebuke President Trump’s recently announced diesel deal with Russia. Senators Mitch McConnell, Thom Tillis, Susan Collins, Alan Armstrong, Lisa Murkowski, and John Cornyn signed a letter along with six Democratic senators in opposition to the deal, which waives sanctions on…The New Republic5d agoWhole story →SecurityEconomyrussia diesel deal opposition
White House Ballroom Donor Keeps Getting Big Breaks Thanks to TrumpLast year, Russian American investor Konstantin A. Sokolov donated an undisclosed sum to President Trump’s $300 million White House ballroom project. He also gave $12 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC and hundreds of thousands to the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the Senate campaigns of Susan Collins and Pete Ricketts. Since all those…The New Republic5d agoWhole story →GovernmentEconomytrump donor favoritism
Trump Official Tries to Kill Report on Perfectly Timed Oil TradesThe Trump administration ordered federal financial regulators to retract a report flagging suspicious oil trades. Only 15 minutes before President Trump decided not to strike Iranian power plants on March 23 , a few traders sank billions of dollars into predicting that the S&P 500 would go up and oil prices would fall, making a hefty profit, Bloomberg…The New Republic5d agoWhole story →GovernmentEconomyoil trades investigation
Federal Judge Hands Trump Massive Loss Over Latest Vanity ProjectA federal judge has once again blocked President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of a public golf course in Washington. District Judge Ana Reyes issued a temporary two-week injunction Tuesday barring the National Parks Service from cutting down any more trees on the East Potomac Golf Links. The tree clearing is part of a plan to transform the public golf…The New Republic5d agoWhole story →GovernmentPlaneteast potomac golf links dispute
Why Did DOGE Exist? Now We Know.One of the nagging questions about the DOGE fiasco is why . Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency was established to cut $2 trillion from the $7 trillion federal budget. But in fiscal year 2026, which ended two weeks ago, the federal budget was $7.4 trillion, a 6 percent increase . The budget deficit, whose size was the reason to cut government…The New Republic6d agoWhole story →EconomyGovernmentdoge budget impact
This Is the U.S. Government’s Most Maddening Poverty TrapImagine that you’re one of the more than seven million low-income Americans who receive Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, from the federal government. Or maybe you are one of those Americans, in which case you’re all too familiar with the hypothetical story I am about to tell. You have $1,800 in your checking account. But on the last day of the…The New Republic6d agoWhole story →EconomyGovernment
