Josh Hammer on the Civil War Inside the GOP

Last month, our publisher, Henri Mattila, was joined by Newsweek's senior editor-at-large, Josh Hammer. During the conversation, the lawyer-turned-pundit shares his characteristically pointed views on a range of topics, especially on the escalating feud over the future of the Republican Party.

If a time traveler had told me five years ago the following two facts about 2026, I don't know which one of these would have been more unbelievable: that Bari Weiss is the editor-in-chief of CBS News or that the GOP is in the midst of a civil war.

Josh Hammer, whom I interviewed in February, has played a unique part in both of these developments.

Timeless reading in a fleeting world.

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