President Donald Trump’s sweeping cuts to Medicaid are putting more than 440 hospitals at risk of closure, severing care to millions of Americans. Public Citizen , a government watchdog, reported Tuesday that 446 hospitals were at a heightened risk of closure due to the
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) on Friday vetoed a bill to rename Phoenix's State Route 202, or Loop 202, after conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated late last year. Hobbs denounced Kirk's death as "tragic and a horrifying act of violence," saying Americans
American journalist Shelly Kittleson was kidnapped in broad daylight in Baghdad on Tuesday. The Iraqi Ministry of Interior stated that Kittleson, who has covered the Middle East for various outlets, was taken by “unknown individuals.” “Security forces immediately launched an
Ledford explained that he and Cawthorn were driving when he briefly fell asleep and then woke up when he crashed into a concrete barrier on the interstate.
The Iraqi government on Tuesday said that a foreign woman journalist was kidnapped and that it is pursuing operations to track down the perpetrators and secure her release. Iraq’s interior ministry said the woman was kidnapped in the evening and that security forces pursued
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told reporters on Tuesday morning, in the fifth week of the Iran conflict, that regime change "has occurred" in Iran and echoed the president in pushing U.S. allies to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. President Trump on Tuesday lashed out at
Former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley on Tuesday praised President Trump’s ongoing military operations against Iran, saying the U.S. has "come too far to stop now." “I think you finish it,” Haley continued in an interview with CNBC. “This is not Venezuela where you
While NASA's Artemis is meant to be our return to the moon, astronauts won't actually touch the moon yet.
Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Monday called into question whether President Trump understands the "complexity" of the U.S. military operation in Iran. The host used her opening monologue on "The Ingraham Angle" to talk about how, despite the April 16 deadline set by the
Senator Ted Cruz is jet-setting in tough times again. TMZ spotted the Texas politician at the airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Tuesday, protected by a security detail composed of police officers, even as TSA agents aren’t being paid thanks to a partial government shutdown.
The US must invest in base resilience, infrastructure, and prepositioned stocks in the Indo-Pacific region to ensure that its airpower can sustain operations after the first blow lands.
A group of former FBI agents who worked on the investigation into President Trump’s alleged subversion of the 2020 presidential election sued FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday over their dismissals from the bureau. The lawsuit, filed in federal
Actor Laura Dern has been attached to star in a Sony Pictures Television series about a Miami journalist's investigative reporting into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Dern, who starred in the "Jurassic Park" franchise and late director David Lynch's "Blue Velvet,"
The Daily Mail has reported that Bryon Noem—husband of the proudly anti-LGBTQ former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem—likes to dress in drag as a large-breasted woman in his spare time. Mr. Noem has not exactly denied the report. The piece, published on Tuesday, asserts
The U.S. Treasury Department has frozen Iranian leadership bank accounts and is working with its allies to close sanctions loopholes and seize the assets of Iranian regime insiders.
E15, or unleaded 88, is typically cheaper than regular unleaded gasoline, but not all vehicles can accommodate the higher ethanol gas blend.
Italy has refused to grant the U.S. permission to land military planes at an air base in Sicily before departing to the Middle East, according to Italian media reports. Corriere della Sera reported Tuesday that “several US bombers” planned to land at Sigonella air base on their
Donald Trump promised on the campaign trail that he would sic his deportation agenda on the “worst of the worst,” but that has not been the case. Approximately 63 percent of the people arrested in Minnesota between December and February had no criminal record whatsoever,
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Tuesday that it plans to target major U.S. technology companies across the Middle East, including Apple, Microsoft and Google, on Wednesday amid the ongoing war. In a statement published by Sepah News, the IRGC’s official
Former White House press secretary Dana Perino said Monday she’s not sure that President Trump “cares that much” about midterm elections. “I don’t know what political price he could possibly pay,” Perino said during a Monday appearance on Fox News’s “The Five.” “He’s not
Donald Trump’s administration will bar green card holders (read: legal, permanent residents) from receiving small business loans, threatening to further unravel the U.S. job market. The Small Business Administration has barred green card holders from receiving SBA loans and
ICE agents will be staking out Marine Corps graduation events to find undocumented immigrants in the recruits’ families. NBC News reports that REAL IDs, U.S. passports, or U.S. birth certificates are now required to access Marine bases as part of heightened security measures
The Trump family has unveiled its AI-concept art plans for the Trump Presidential Library—a gratuitously ostentatious skyscraper in the middle of Miami that may feature at least two massive gold statues of the president. There will be massive outdoor patios with palm trees,
Trump voters across America are walking back their support for the president. Conservative opposition to the war in Iran has poured into the pro-MAGA network Real America’s Voice . On Monday, host Jack Posobiec spent nearly 10 minutes reading mail from people who claimed they
The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down Colorado’s ban against so-called “conversion therapy,” finding that it was discriminatory to the viewpoints of people who want to torment LGBTQ+ people. In an 8-1 ruling in Chiles v. Salazar , the court sided with Kaley Chiles, a
Donald Trump is going nuts that U.S. allies are refusing to join his war on Iran. Italy has denied the U.S. permission for military aircraft to land at the Sigonella air base in Sicily before going to the Middle East, saying that it did not seek authorization and failed to
The U.S. and Israel have reportedly attacked an Iranian orphanage, killing two people and injuring five others. The Monday strike targeted a newly built orphan charity complex in Fardis, a city about 25 miles west of Tehran, according to CNN , based on reporting from Fars News
Trump officials are continuing to suppress photojournalists because they don’t like how they look in the pictures. On Tuesday, Status reported that White House press secretary Karoline Leavittt hated a November photo of her, her young son, and a turkey so much that she reached
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says ending the war in Iran is up to one person and one person alone: President Donald Trump. Speaking at a press conference Tuesday morning, Hegseth refused to say how long the U.S. and Israel’s joint military campaign in Iran would continue.
The White House has practically given up its initial aims for attacking Iran. Donald Trump has reportedly spoken with his aides about ending the military campaign, even if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, administration officials told The Wall Street Journal Tuesday.
“It is truly a testament to where we are as a society today that it must be said in the context of federal civil rights litigation that women don’t have penises.” I wrote those words in an amicus brief filed by the U.S. chapter of Women’s Declaration International in the case
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the March 31 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. There have been two big
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ Trump, Iran trade new threats ▪ Average gas price hits $4 per gallon ▪ Democrats’ concerns on Schumer ▪ Embassy in Caracas restarts operations The arrival of paychecks for Transportation Security
The last time the United States was preparing to invade a Middle Eastern country, there was a lot of angst around the idea that the United States was leading some kind of religious war against Islam. When then-President George W. Bush stumbled in remarks about what was being
Donald Trump has spent much of his second term using the U.S. presidency as a giant ATM for himself, his family, and his cronies. Now he’s devised a way for the cryptocurrency and private equity industries to do the same—while further lining his own pockets and putting
This is a lightly edited transcript of the March 30 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . Perry Bacon: I’m Perry Bacon. I’m the host of the New Republic show Right Now . I’m honored to be joined by
A year of disruptive and sometimes deadly deployments of ICE and other federal agents to cities around the country, paired with relatively indiscriminate and clearly racist detentions of people with and without legal status (even including U.S. citizens), has managed to turn
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . You can read a transcript here . The war between the United States and Israel and Iran has now lasted a month . The Trump administration is negotiating with Iran to
As the Supreme Court gears up for blockbuster arguments on President Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions this week, the justices still have a way to bypass deciding if it's constitutional. Much of the attention heading into Wednesday’s clash has focused on whether
The Education Department has added another curveball into the student loan changes set for this summer, telling millions of borrowers they need to get out of the Biden-era Saving on Valuable Education (SAVE) repayment plan by the end of the August. SAVE, which was officially
Dissatisfaction is emerging with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) among Democrats running for Senate seats in this year's elections. The question of backing Schumer as Democratic leader has become a new litmus test, with several candidates — even in purple and red
Fiscal hawks are airing concerns about finding cuts to offset the spending in a second GOP-only package Republicans are looking to assemble, which could include funds for parts of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the military operation in Iran and other policy
The record-setting shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is hurtling along with no end in sight and no discernable pressure point to hasten its conclusion. Congress frequently needs an outside nudge to break stubborn political logjams. And, as in past battles
Republicans in the House and Senate are in a battle over how to move forward with funding the Department of Homeland Security after the two chambers took diametrically opposed paths last week in approving bills to fund the embattled DHS. The standoff has left both sides
In 2012, in what The New York Times called “the biggest wave of job actions in the history of America’s fast-food industry,” workers in New York City walked off their jobs and held a protest demanding a $15 minimum wage. The so-called Fight for $15 was born, and over the next
Donald Trump erupted in angry threats against Iran over the still-closed Strait of Hormuz, vowing to potentially bomb electric and desalination plants. In effect, Trump is threatening war crimes due to his own failure to anticipate closure of the strait. This comes after Pete
The strongest impetus for a deal — the hourslong security lines at some U.S. airports — is already dissipating.
Eric Trump, President Trump’s son, unveiled the first renderings of his father’s presidential library and museum on Monday, which will be built in downtown Miami. The younger Trump wrote on the social platform X that he has “poured my heart and soul into this project” with his
NASA’s Artemis II test flight is set for Wednesday, a trip that will mark the first crewed mission to head toward the moon in more than five decades. The launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Fla., is scheduled for 6:24 p.m. ET on Wednesday. The onsite
The Trump administration has projected "very large refunds" for taxpayers in 2026, but some may be less than thrilled with the amount of money they get back.