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Edith Olmsted

Edith Olmsted is an associate writer for The New Republic with a Master’s degree from the Columbia Journalism School. She is based in New York City.

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July 20, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Border Czar Says ICE Made No Mistakes in Minnesota
So killing two people in Minneapolis wasn’t a mistake?
July 20, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Seeks Journalists’ Phone Records as Air Force One Tantrum Grows
Donald Trump’s administration is trying to acquire the phone records of multiple New York Times journalists and their relatives.
July 20, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Is Donald Trump Shrinking? An Investigation.
Trump accidentally revealed his real height while crashing Spain’s World Cup victory celebration.
July 20, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Is Ready for All-Out War in Iran. There’s Just One Catch.
Someone’s weapons are depleted, but it’s not Iran.
July 20, 2026
Edith Olmsted
FBI to Stop Investigating ICE After Three Fatal Encounters
ICE was involved in back-to-back deadly shootings, and then during a third confrontation, a man died as he was running from immigration agents.
July 10, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Surprise! Trump Is Renovating Even More Parts of the White House
Will there be a single part of the White House that Donald Trump leaves untouched?
July 10, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Pete Hegseth Overturns Review of Pilots in July 4 Stunt
Eight pilots flew Apache helicopters over a beach in South Carolina.
July 10, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Team Freaks Out After He’s Caught in Blatant Lie About Walmart
Donald Trump has nothing to do with Walmart lowering prices.
July 10, 2026
Edith Olmsted
ICE Killed a Man in Texas—But He Wasn’t Who They Were Looking for
Federal agents shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo dead while he was on his way to work.
July 9, 2026
Edith Olmsted
The Nightmarish Way One Man Learned ICE Had Killed His Father
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot dead by federal agents in Texas.
July 9, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Threatens NATO to Get Control of Greenland
Donald Trump is back on his Greenland obsession.
July 8, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Secretary Says Bike Lanes Are DEI
Apparently the Trump administration is just calling anything it doesn’t like “DEI.”
July 8, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Flails When Asked Why He Isn’t Flying His New Plane Home
Donald Trump made the strange decision to send his new, Qatari-provided Air Force One to England.
July 8, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump DOJ Threatens Election Officials Nationwide Over Voter Rolls
The Department of Justice threatened to take legal action over supposed noncitizen voters.
July 8, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Republicans in Two Different States Caught Committing Election Fraud
One allegedly forged signatures in order to get on the ballot, while others are accused of producing a fake guide for voters.
July 8, 2026
Edith Olmsted
MAGA Representative Drowned Out by Boos at His Own Town Hall
Representative Mike Flood tried to defend Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” and cuts to Medicaid.
July 7, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Ken Paxton Allegedly Committed Voter Fraud Six Times
The voter fraud call was coming from inside the house, it seems.
July 7, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Afghan Who Helped U.S. Died in ICE Custody From Allergic Reaction
Mohammed Nazeer Paktiawal, who worked with the U.S. military for more than a decade, died after just 24 hours in ICE custody.
July 7, 2026
Edith Olmsted
ICE Allegedly Gave Confidential Info on Asylum-Seekers to Iran
ICE forced Iranian asylum applicants to meet with an official from Tehran who had detailed knowledge of their applications.
July 7, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Insists He Has “No Concerns About Anything”
Donald Trump brushed off worries about doing Turkey and Russia a huge favor.

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