The New Republic

1 day ago | newrepublic.com | Elizabeth Spiers

In 2018, I briefly worked on a state Senate campaign in south Brooklyn, and the field organizer was Zohran Mamdani. He was charismatic, indefatigable, and could talk to anybody, and as I watched him fire up a crowd of volunteers before they set out to canvass the district, I remember thinking, that guy should be running for office. This was no knock on the candidate we were both supporting, but Mamdani was in a different class.

3 days ago | newrepublic.com | Phillip Maciak

Paige Bueckers, the superstar guard who, in early April, led the storied UConn Huskies women’s basketball team to their twelfth national championship, had a made-for-TV spring. Bueckers is a smooth player. In the fluidity of her shots, the calm precision of the way she picks apart opposing defenses, there’s an ease to her game. It can be frustrating to see her pass up scoring opportunities, to defer when we might want her to attack. But once she gets going, she’s almost impossible to stop.

4 days ago | newrepublic.com | Adrienne Varkiani

Iran announced Monday that it has begun its retaliation against the United States after Donald Trump bombed three nuclear facilities over the weekend. Iranian missiles flew toward U.S. bases in both Qatar and Iraq, while sirens were also heard in Bahrain and Kuwait. Israeli sources said Iran fired 10 missiles at Qatar and one missile at Iraq, CNN reported. The Qatar-bound missiles targeted the Al Udeid air base, which houses U.S. troops.

5 days ago | newrepublic.com | Michael Tomasky

Are you surprised? If you’resurprised, frankly, you’re a fool. You understand nothing about politics andinternational affairs, and you bought into obviously dishonest propaganda aboutwho Donald Trump is. As of the morning of Friday the 13th,as fate would have it, it was about 90 percent likely that the president wasgoing to join Israel’s war on Iran.

6 days ago | newrepublic.com | Jason Linkins

In the end, I was only on hold with the Trump Mobile customer service line for about 13 minutes. I’d been offered the opportunity to simply leave a number for an agent to call me back, due to “unprecedented demand,” but my extreme reluctance to give anyone affiliated with the president my contact information left me listening to a limp jazz instrumental loop for what I felt was a perfectly precedented amount of time.