Stephen A. Smith made quite the awkward on-air blunder while discussing the Houston Texans’ 30-6 playoff win Monday over the Pittsburgh Steelers. While recapping the matchup on ESPN’s “First Take” on Tuesday, the sports commentator misidentified the Texans’ star wide receiver, Christian Kirk, as the late right-wing political commentator Charlie Kirk. Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Politics: […]
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When shopping stops being a place
For years, online shopping followed a fixed path. Search bar, product grid, filters, checkout. The interface barely changed, even as everything else on the internet did. That path is now breaking. Monday 12 January, 2026, JD Sports Fashion plc (JD Group) became one of the first large retailers to let US customers search and buy sneakers […]
Read MoreTrump Celebrates as Meta Names His Former Adviser as President
McCormick, who served as deputy national security adviser in Trump’s first term, is now joining the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp. Last year, McCormick briefly joined Meta’s board of directors before leaving in December. McCormick is married to Senator David McCormick of Pennsylvania, who was elected as a Republican to the Senate […]
Read MoreThe Only Time Trump Makes News Is When He Tells the Truth
Indeed, as Kessler noted in his final Fact Check column, fact-checking is in retreat everywhere. Meta ended its fact-checking program shortly before Trump took office; Google threw in the towel six months later, and Trump’s dismantlement of the United States Agency for International Development slashes funding for fact-checkers abroad. Globally, the Duke Reporter’s Lab reported […]
Read MoreThe End Goal of Trump’s Cringey, Nonsensical Videos
We’ve come to expect such aesthetic absurdity from him. Heck, that wasn’t even his first time using “Fortunate Son” as a soundtrack to military spectacle; it played during his June 2025 military parade in Washington, D.C. Another video from the same genre, which he posted back in June, pairs a montage of stealth bombers raining […]
Read MoreJD Vance Has Temper Tantrum Over Coverage of Minnesota ICE Shooting
“‘Outrage After ICE Officer Kills US Citizen in Minneapolis,’” Vance said, reading a headline from CNN. “Well, that’s one way to put it—and that is the way that many people in the corporate media have put this attack in the last 24 hours. And I say attack very, very intentionally.” “The way that the media, […]
Read MoreJD Vance Throws Hissy Fit Over Coverage of Minnesota ICE Shooting
“‘Outrage After ICE Officer Kills US Citizen in Minneapolis,’” Vance said, reading a headline from CNN. “Well, that’s one way to put it—and that is the way that many people in the corporate media have put this attack in the last 24 hours. And I say attack very, very intentionally.” “The way that the media, […]
Read MoreWho decides the best AI?
The AI industry has become adept at measuring itself. Benchmarks improve, model scores rise, and every new release arrives with a list of metrics meant to signal progress. And yet, somewhere between the lab and real life, something keeps slipping. Which model actually feels better to use?Which answers would a human trust?Which system would you […]
Read MoreBari Weiss’s New CBS Show Immediately Goes Off the Rails
Meanwhile, Republicans seem to be on the verge of panic. Anxious about midterms, the White House has spent months trying to influence red states to gerrymander their congressional lines to turn more seats in Congress. So far, that pressure campaign has had mixed results. The MAGA leader then went on to suggest that Republicans are […]
Read MoreBari Weiss’s New CBS Project Debuts—and Is a Total Disaster
Meanwhile, Republicans seem to be on the verge of panic. Anxious about midterms, the White House has spent months trying to influence red states to gerrymander their congressional lines to turn more seats in Congress. So far, that pressure campaign has had mixed results. The MAGA leader then went on to suggest that Republicans are […]
Read MoreBari Weiss Is Dead Wrong—Good Journalism Isn’t About Being Pro-America
Writer Theodore R. Johnson uses the term “Black patriotism” to refer to Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King Jr., and other prominent African Americans who were critical of the U.S. policies of their day but deeply committed to the nation itself. People in journalism like 1619 lead author Nikole Hannah-Jones and politicians like Bernie Sanders aren’t […]
Read MoreBari Weiss—a Poetic Inspiration
One of the pleasures of working at a place like The New Republic is that every so often, something comes in over the transom that just delights us. This poem landed on my computer screen on a December Saturday. Who is this Clement Ogden Friendly? If you know anything about a) Christmas-related poetry, b) great […]
Read MoreBari Weiss Has Thrown the CBS News Killswitch
What do you think happens to the next story about immigration enforcement abuses? Or the next investigation into deportation policy? Or any story that might embarrass the White House at an inconvenient time? Some of those stories will still get pitched. Some will still get made. CBS will still do critical coverage of the administration […]
Read MoreVenezuela Is on the Verge of a Major Humanitarian Tragedy
These central truths are being unfortunately concealed by pointless distractions, most recently Trump’s dishonest account of America’s history with Venezuela’s oil industry. (Rodríguez, and others, have handily rebutted Trump’s assertions that Venezuela “stole” America’s oil. What’s more, Chevron, an American company, was still legally exporting Venezuelan oil—at least until Trump imposed the blockade.) Instead, here’s […]
Read MoreBari Weiss Issued Deranged Memo to 60 Minutes Staff on Axed Segment
The survivor noted that the Epstein Files Transparency Act included protecting the victims’ identities as a “central statutory safeguard.” At the same time, the DOJ has already been criticized for redacting many names from the files, including Trump’s, a move totally devoid of transparency. The survivor added that if the government’s decision to include their […]
Read MoreA New Era for TNW.
My name is Alexandru Stan, and this article continues the dialogue I began following the acquisition of TNW. Following the recent transaction, TNW Spaces remains with the Financial Times, while we continue the mission of the website, the events, and the global community. We already have a dedicated team at tekpon operating the platform, events, […]
Read MoreBari Weiss Doubles Down After Backlash Over Scrapped 60 Minutes Story
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson continued: By releasing thousands of pages of documents, cooperating with the House Oversight Committee’s subpoena request, and President Trump recently calling for further investigations into Epstein’s Democrat friends, the Trump Administration has done more for the victims than Democrats ever have. And while President Trump is delivering on his promises, […]
Read More60 Minutes Staff in Uproar After Bari Weiss’s Pro-Trump Censorship
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson continued: By releasing thousands of pages of documents, cooperating with the House Oversight Committee’s subpoena request, and President Trump recently calling for further investigations into Epstein’s Democrat friends, the Trump Administration has done more for the victims than Democrats ever have. And while President Trump is delivering on his promises, […]
Read More60 Minutes Staff in Uproar After CBS Kills Trump Deportations Segment
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson continued: By releasing thousands of pages of documents, cooperating with the House Oversight Committee’s subpoena request, and President Trump recently calling for further investigations into Epstein’s Democrat friends, the Trump Administration has done more for the victims than Democrats ever have. And while President Trump is delivering on his promises, […]
Read More60 Minutes Staff in Uproar After CBS Kills Story on Trump Deportations
White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson continued: By releasing thousands of pages of documents, cooperating with the House Oversight Committee’s subpoena request, and President Trump recently calling for further investigations into Epstein’s Democrat friends, the Trump Administration has done more for the victims than Democrats ever have. And while President Trump is delivering on his promises, […]
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Erika Kirk and Bari Weiss’s Weird Pro-Israel Religious Revival
So, since you probably missed it, here’s what the town hall was: a religious revival disguised as a news event. It was also a holy mission statement by Weiss, the editor in chief of CBS News, and David Ellison, the owner of its parent company, Paramount Skydance. All was revealed in a remarkable sermon by […]
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FCC Scrubs Its Website of Any Hint It’s an Independent Agency
“We kept yelling, ‘She is pregnant, she’s pregnant,’” resident Tonika Deutch told Murphy. “They put their knees on her. We kept telling them, ‘She can’t breathe, let her up, let her up.’” The woman was then dragged by one arm, as the crowd continued to yell and plead with the ICE agents. Bystanders threw snowballs, […]
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FCC Chair Says Trump Is His Boss—and Then Refuses to Answer Follow-Ups
“We kept yelling, ‘She is pregnant, she’s pregnant,’” resident Tonika Deutch told Murphy. “They put their knees on her. We kept telling them, ‘She can’t breathe, let her up, let her up.’” The woman was then dragged by one arm, as the crowd continued to yell and plead with the ICE agents. Bystanders threw snowballs, […]
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Transcript: America’s Three Media Crises and How to Fix Them
Pickard: That’s right. And we know that’s a problem. Again, most democracies refer to this as media pluralism. In the United States, we’ve called it media diversity. This idea that if you have just a few people controlling so much of what we see and hear and read in our media, that’s not good for […]
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The MAGA Crack-Up Is Overrated. MAGA Is Here to Stay.
Some will point to Republican politicians bucking Trump as a reason to believe that the whole circus tent is about to collapse. Marjorie Taylor Greene is leaving Congress, and it is rumored that Nancy Mace (who seems to be struggling with mental health issues) will soon follow. There are Trump’s health concerns, and the obvious […]
Read MoreLetter from the Editor-in-Chief
Not long ago, like many of you, I read what I feared might be The Next Web’s final article. In late September, TNW’s co-founder announced that the tech conference and news site would be winding down, no more events, no new stories. It felt like the end of an era; the news hit hard! Yet, […]
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Pulitzer Board Demands Trump’s Tax and Psych Records in Lawsuit Twist
“How this vile, disgusting, and immoral behavior has become normalized in the United States is something our descendants will study in school, to the shame of our generation,” Moore’s post read in full. Though Moore has been a longtime open critic of Trump, he wasn’t alone this time. Even some right-wing supporters of the president […]
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Smart TV Games From Samsung And Play.Works Boost Audience Engagement
A family of fans mother father and children watching a football match and celebrating goal on TV at home getty After decades of searching for the holy grail of “interactive TV,” the growing attraction of games on smart TVs appears to have cracked the code. From TV manufacturing giants like Samsung to nimble and innovative […]
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The Reason Why Glenn Beck Made a Weird AI George Washington
Beck asks his AI Washington what he thinks America’s biggest problem is. Washington starts to answer in a formal tone about dangers to the republic, but Beck cuts him off. “Could you just dumb it down a little bit?” The AI explains it has 29 documented points to share. Beck interrupts again: “Just speak in […]
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All Trump Wants for Christmas is a “Triumphal Arc”
Trump’s “triumphal arc” (yes, “arc”) is the latest construction project on his list, which also includes the 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom he’s tearing down the East Wing of the White House for, and his Rose Garden renovation, in which he paved paradise and put up a parking lot—sorry, a “club.” “I put Vince in charge […]
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MAGA and Silicon Valley Are Battling for Influence in the White House
In response, a bipartisan committee came up with some recommendations: a coin featuring Frederick Douglass to represent abolition, one with a “Votes for Women” flag to honor women’s suffrage, and a coin featuring 6-year-old Ruby Bridges, who helped desegregate her school in 1960. But Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who has ultimate say, did not follow […]
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