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Alex Shephard

Alex Shephard is senior editor of The New Republic, where he has covered politics and culture since 2015. His work has also appeared in New York, GQ, The Atlantic, The Nation, and other publications.  

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April 19, 2017
Alex Shephard
Bill O’Reilly is finished at Fox News.
April 19, 2017
Alex Shephard
Is Donald Trump the reason Jason Chaffetz just made the surprise decision to not run for re-election?
April 19, 2017
Alex Shephard
Will Bill O’Reilly’s book publisher continue to stand behind him?
April 19, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump is declaring victory in Georgia’s special election. Nothing could be further from the truth.
April 18, 2017
Alex Shephard
Can Republicans keep Donald Trump away when they don’t want him around?
April 18, 2017
Alex Shephard
By calling a snap election, Theresa May is underscoring Jeremy Corbyn’s weakness.
April 17, 2017
Alex Shephard
The Chris Christie comeback no one asked for is almost here.
April 17, 2017
Alex Shephard
Is Donald Trump’s threat to preemptively strike North Korea yet another bluff?
April 14, 2017
Alex Shephard
Feel the Freezer Bern
April 14, 2017
Alex Shephard
The Trump administration isn’t even going to pretend to be transparent.
April 14, 2017
Alex Shephard
What Just Happened?! A Review of President Trump’s Twelfth Week.
This week was pretty bad. But next week will be worse.
April 14, 2017
Alex Shephard
Trump’s budding North Korea strategy is scary as hell.
April 13, 2017
Alex Shephard
The extent of the Carter Page-Paul Manafort grift is coming into focus.
April 12, 2017
Alex Shephard
Will Donald Trump have abandoned all of his campaign promises by the 100-day mark?
April 12, 2017
Alex Shephard
Predictions of a new Cold War may have been premature.
April 12, 2017
Alex Shephard
The good news for Republicans is that they won the Kansas special election. The bad news is everything else.
April 12, 2017
Alex Shephard
Remember the Trump-Russia story? It’s back.
April 11, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump is a hawk now.
April 10, 2017
Alex Shephard
Prizes awarded.
April 10, 2017
Alex Shephard
The United video is just the latest proof that airline monopolization is bad.

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