Alex Shephard

In the five days since the U.S. kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and began to “run” the country—an operation that President Trump said heralded a new “Donroe Doctrine”—Trump and his administration have threatened to attack, invade, or fully c... See more

What are we doing in Venezuela? Given President Trump’s declaration that the United States will now “run” the country for the foreseeable future, the answer should be clear. It isn’t—not even remotely. In the months leading up to Saturday’s shocking invas... See more

Marco Rubio Is Not the Adult in the Room. He’s the Warmonger. Alex Shephard The New Republic Every single senator eagerly confirmed their former colleague to be secretary of state, but he is not at all the moderating force that they thought he’d be. unani... See more

Early this year, having lost their majority in the November election, Senate Democrats put up a fight over a number of President Trump’s Cabinet picks. But Marco Rubio wasn’t one of them. The Senate unanimously confirmed him as secretary of state in Janua... See more

Over the course of her decade-long career in media, Bari Weiss has really only told one story. Sure, she and The Free Press, the website she founded after publicly resigning from The New York Times in the summer of 2020, have covered a number of subjects:... See more