President Trump slammed Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D) following the first debate between the Democrat and his opponent, former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers, on Thursday evening. “Mike Rogers, the great American Patriot and Republican Candidate for the U.S. Senate from
Holding a child’s attention is not the same as engaging them.
If you've never experienced a hurricane, it may seem like odd advice.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani reacted angrily toward the shooting of an immigrant by a federal officer while a child was present on Thursday. “There is no justification for what we have seen today,” Mamdani said. The mayor, a Democrat, added that he spent two hours
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) late Thursday condemned the recent shooting of a man in the city by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer. “There is no explanation for these tactics. There is no explanation for federal officers firing this many rounds
Two prominent members of the Trump administration were in Greece this week and each made major news — but for very different reasons. What do Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle tell us about the state of politics and policy in the
To transform an underperforming Congress into a highly productive legislature, we must change politicians’ electoral incentives.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Thursday slammed the recent decision by the U.S. military to livestream the upcoming execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, calling it “beyond disgusting.” “Hasan should face the death penalty, but making his execution public and
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A top House Democrat said he is concerned the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provided incorrect or fraudulent information as part of ongoing lawsuits into the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) infiltration of government information systems and wants
The progressive has long been a boogeyman to corporate America, but corporate lobbyists worry she’ll have powerful backup thanks to the surge of populist Republicans.
Are investors indifferent as to which party is in charge or are they simply tuning out all the dire projections of losses by Republicans?
Former Reps. Christopher Shays and Richard Swett argue that the Trump administration should reject proposed seasonality protections for Florida produce growers to avoid disrupting the North American food supply chain and inviting Mexican retaliation.
In today's issue: ▪ Nobel Peace Prize awarded ▪ Trump says no Iran strikes before midterms ▪ Kimberly Guilfoyle’s debt controversy ▪ Spain’s housing movement reignited The Michigan Senate debate between Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers on Thursday night
These young people borrowed money based on a promise. Now the payments are due, and the promise is turning up empty.
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the October 9 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here . Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic , produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. Donald Trump has been
This year Gavin Newsom has shown that he would be a billionaire-friendly president. Which means he shouldn’t be president at all. In short order, we will all have a huge field of Democratic presidential hopefuls to keep up with, but Newsom has done us a favor and disqualified
Democrats may come out of the midterm elections with control of the House, a small majority in the Senate and a feeling of elation they’ve been missing for years. But what comes after that may be the harder part. Even a decisive win in November would not erase the problems that
Transgender athletes are on the ballot in four states this November in efforts to expand existing bans or create new ones against their participation in school sports. Voters in Arizona, Nebraska, Colorado and Washington will make their call on the issue, a change of strategy
While some stories provide imaginative escape, others are lessons or warnings, inviting us to dive into drama so we might return to our own lives with renewed purpose and impetus to act. Two of the most anticipated films of the fall, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Digger and
If you doubt that President Donald Trump is successfully trashing the administrative state, consider a rule change that the Securities and Exchange Commission announced with little fanfare that took effect on October 2. Under the new rule, the SEC, which effectively until now
President Trump touted his administration’s investment accounts for children on Wednesday, as millions of American kids will now be automatically enrolled in the program. Flanked by administration officials, business leaders and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in the Oval Office, the
Generation Z is notoriously hard to reach. But Melat Kiros, the 29-year-old democratic socialist candidate who shocked Colorado earlier this year by defeating 15-term incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) in a primary, was able to get them. Kiros credits her success at winning
Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) leads her Democratic opponent Josh Turek for Iowa’s open Senate seat as Democratic state auditor Rob Sand holds an edge over his GOP opponent Zach Lahn in the gubernatorial contest, according to a new poll from Emerson College Polling and The Hill.
President Trump faces a scandal involving a top official, with Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle under scrutiny for allegedly soliciting debt relief in exchange for political access. That revelation follows other reported questionable conduct, including favoring a Greek
Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) activists are growing frustrated with Republican leaders following a series of what many see are serious betrayals of the movement. The growing divide between the two comes just ahead of the midterm elections, where the GOP is already facing
In Maine, as everywhere else in the country, one of this year’s biggest electoral issues is the cost of energy. The price of electricity is rising at the third-highest rate in the nation, and heating oil—which Maine relies on more than any other state— now costs a record $6 .
Donald Trump rages regularly at Fox News. But Axios now reports that there’s more behind this than meets the eye: White House and GOP operatives have privately pressured Fox for months to change how it’s covering Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. The problem? By giving
The Iowa Republican said his team is working to make withheld documents available after last month’s hearing.
There has been little movement toward installing a permanent comptroller general who could challenge Trump's funding moves before the Supreme Court.
Arlington County has filed a lawsuit to block President Trump’s proposed triumphal arch following the project's approval by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts in April. The lawsuit opposed the construction of the proposed 250-foot arch, citing concerns about the project’s impact
Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democrat Troy Jackson squared off Thursday in the second Maine Senate debate of the week, sparring over the Iran war and high prices as their battleground race barrels toward Election Day. The hourlong debate, hosted by WMTW, turned testy at
Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed's first Senate debate in Michigan turned so contentious it even extended off camera. "In 30 years of doing debates, I've never seen it continue during the commercial," WOOD TV moderator Rick Albin said. "But it did" Rogers and
President Trump said Thursday that Minnesotans should “fight back” against Somali immigrants following previous attacks against the group. “The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants. There is Violence, Murder, and Mayhem all over the State,”
The first debate for Georgia Senate on Thursday evening quickly devolved into a string of personal attacks and campaign talking points as Sen. Jon Ossoff (D) and Rep. Mike Collins (R) wrestle for voters’ support in the closely-watched midterm race. The incumbent Democrat has
The pro-Israel organization spent heavily during state’s Democratic Senate primary.
A U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and wounded a man late Thursday afternoon in New York City, Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) confirmed. The New York Police Department (NYPD) first reported a shooting "involving federal law enforcement agents" occurred at
A top aide to Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, allegedly suppressed an embassy report that was critical of the Israeli government, according to The New York Times, which cited three U.S. officials who work with the aide. One of Huckabee’s senior advisors, David
OpenAI banned several accounts associated with two propaganda operations based in Iran and Russia, respectively, it confirmed Thursday — the latter of which the tech company said had the greatest reach it has recorded since it began reporting on and disrupting such schemes. The
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Thursday the firing squad execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter former Army Maj. Nidal Hasan will be open to the public, a new revelation to the first U.S. military execution in more than six decades. Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist
The United States' execution of the Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed, anonymous officials from the Defense Department told the BBC and Associated Press. The planned execution of Nidal Hasan, the former US Army major convicted of killing 13 people at the Texas military
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The Trump administration Thursday announced it would exempt some Arctic oil and gas exploration activities from environmental reviews. The Interior Department issued a notice exempting wintertime oil and gas exploration in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska from the
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A bipartisan group of dozens of lawmakers led by Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is concerned over Google’s plan to acquire Spirit Airlines data to train its AI models. A letter from the group, sent to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Spirit CEO
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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) floated the idea of returning home to Louisiana if Republicans lose control of the House next year. “Heaven forbid, if we lose this majority or whatever, I don't know what my next chapter of life is,” Johnson told Fox News in an exclusive interview.
President Trump lashed out at the media Thursday over its coverage on his comments suggesting Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego. The president accused the media of reporting that he was “inviting” Iran to bomb the two California cities when he was talking about
Multiple ads airing in Michigan attack Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed for past statements he made, or positions he held, about policing and prisons. But the ads either omit context or exaggerate his past policy proposals. The post Republican Ads Attack El-Sayed for