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Remembering the Art Restorer Who Lifted Our Spirits

There are few career paths where a professional mishap leads to great success, but Cecilia Giménez found one. The Spanish artist, who died this week at the age of 94, rose to fame and notoriety in the 2010s for her delightful “restoration” of “Ecce Homo,

The New Republic’s Favorite Stories of 2025

Real Men Steal Countries: Inside Trump’s Absurd Greenland Obsession By Christopher Hooks An underdressed reporter journeys across icy, barren Greenland—and into Trump’s bored, nineteenth-century brain. Amy Coney Barrett Isn’t What the Conservative Legal Movement Expected By

New laws in 2026 target climate change, drunken driving

A slate of new laws will go into effect in states across the country beginning Jan. 1. From Hawaii imposing a tax on tourists to address conservation, to California raising its minimum wage by $0.40 an hour, 2026 will bring a host of policy changes. Here is what to know about

Balthazar, 1997

"The noise between the world in which we had known each other and the world I occupied now went silent, or maybe only hushed."

5 takeaways from the 2025 elections

This year’s elections offered early signs of what to expect in next year’s midterms. After much of the country shifted rightward last year, Democrats got a much-needed shot in the arm with a string of impressive victories. The elections have also underscored some of President