TNR’s Greg Sargent takes a critical look at the day’s political news and the stories leading NewRepublic.com, and speaks to leading journalists and newsmakers.

That’s too much racket! A wealthy California town wants to ban pickleball because the constant thwack of balls hitting paddles is too noisy for neighbors. The Carmel City Council voted to permanently ...

A carport is a great, affordable alternative to a full-fledged garage, and there’s no better time to get one than now during the chillier fall months. And while the idea of setting a carport canopy up ...

The path for interest-rate cuts has been clouded by an emerging split within the central bank with little precedent during Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s nearly eight-year tenure. Officials are ...

CNBC anchor Carl Quintanilla confronted Trump White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett over inflation on Tuesday, noting it has been “increasing for 5 straight months” as of ...

President Donald Trump went on a lying spree about inflation last week. Grocery prices. Gas prices. Prescription drug prices. Overall prices. Over just three days, Trump made false claims about all of ...

Public telephones have become something of a rare sight around the world, with smartphones having replaced a lot of traditional essentials. The wind phone, while it has a strikingly similar appearance ...

After adjusting for inflation, the average net costs of college tuition at public institutions has decreased over the past decade. While news accounts often attribute a recent decline in American’s ...

Republican lawmakers are avoiding any recalibration of their stance on tariffs, despite voter frustration over inflation and the cost of living revealed in this week’s elections. While the Tuesday ...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are celebrating our second anniversary. For the most part, we’re very happy. He’s the best friend I’ve ever had. The problem is his family. They’re wonderful people who ...

Jay Powell will be remembered for many things, not least for being the Federal Reserve chair who presided over the return of inflation. But his legacy may be defined by something else: becoming a ...

Harvard students are in an uproar after the school's Office of Undergraduate Education released a report last week saying the Ivy League school is "failing to perform the key functions of grading," ...