The Wall Street Journal's editorial board on Monday slammed President Trump and the Department of Justice (DOJ) over its criminal subpoena to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, calling it a "fiasco." "In the annals of political lawfare there’s dumb, and then there’s the
At least four high-ranking officials at the criminal arm of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Office are quitting over their department’s refusal to investigate the ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis last week. These departures—from the division chief, the
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republican leaders will speak with reporters Tuesday morning as another government shutdown deadline inches closer. The House last week passed three appropriations bills with broad bipartisan support, moving lawmakers closer to avoiding an
The Trump administration said it would end temporary deportation protections for Somalis, targeting one of the largest immigrant communities in Minnesota. The decision, announced by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt by linking on X to a Fox News article, indicates
The Republican Study Committee has developed a plan to use the reconciliation process to pass major legislation with 51 Senate votes, providing tax relief, reducing housing and energy costs, and making health care more affordable for American families.
Renee Good, the Minnesota mother killed by ICE agents last week, is being investigated by the FBI for ties to activist groups. The New York Times reports that federal agents are looking into whether Good was involved with organizations protesting the Trump administration’s
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials will testify Tuesday morning before a House Transportation Committee panel on the U.S. Coast Guard‘s (USCG) law enforcement efforts. The hearing comes amid the Trump administration‘s strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean
A potential fresh new war crime has come out of President Trump’s lethal double-strike boat bombing in the Caribbean Sea: perfidy. The New York Times has reported that the Trump administration used an aircraft disguised as a passenger plane to extrajudicially kill 11 people in
The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hold oral arguments in two cases related to bans against transgender athletes competing on girl’s and women’s school sports teams in Idaho and West Virginia. Idaho became the first state to ban transgender girls from girl’s and women’s school
A silent reshuffle is unfolding across corporate America — the return-to-office push has become unmistakably gendered.
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said on Monday that his lawsuit against Defense Secretary Pete Hegeseth and the Pentagon is about more than just his specific case. In an interview on MS NOW’s “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell,” the former Navy pilot said he’s fighting Hegseth’s
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro claimed Monday that the Department of Justice's probe into the Federal Reserve would not have happened "if they had just responded to our outreach." "The United States Attorney’s Office contacted the Federal Reserve on
The Supreme Court will hear arguments this morning on whether states can ban transgender girls from competing on girls’ and women’s school sports teams. Listen live here. Tensions in Iran are also on the rise as President Trump weighs options in the region amid the country's
The annual inflation rate hit 2.7 percent in December, according to data released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The new consumer price index (CPI) data showed inflation holding flat in December, with prices rising 0.3 percent past month alone. Food prices
The case has an aroma of glaring political hypocrisy.
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Monday questioned the Department of Justice (DOJ) over its probe into the Federal Reserve’s renovation of its Washington, D.C. headquarters. “We need this like we need a hole in the head,” Kennedy, a senior member of the Banking Committee, told
If the law proves unable to distinguish male from female in school sports, how can we expect clarity in prisons, shelters or restrooms?
President Trump’s capture of Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro and his flirtation with using the military to capture Greenland has sparked an embrace within the MAGA movement of backing the U.S. as a global imperialist force. But the revival of “Manifest Destiny” is brushing up
Instagram issued a statement saying there was no breach in connection to the emails.
In an interview with the New York Times, President Trump surprisingly claimed that his own morality is the only thing that could limit his global power, despite his lack of honesty, integrity, respect, responsibility, and kindness.
Muhammad Ali is being honored for the first time with a commemorative U.S. postage stamp.
Anyone who purchased the dietary supplement is urged to stop taking it immediately.
A cruise ship that departed Florida has been hit by a norovirus outbreak, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It's also legal immigration.
T he following is a lightly edited transcript of the January 13 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 a lot of
Plus: US citizens urged to leave Iran and Supreme Court hears trans rights case
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday declared President Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget a “message to the world” in its reestablishment of the U.S.'s military might. Speaking to employees at Lockheed Martin’s facility in Fort Worth, Texas, Hegseth declared
Anti-abortion groups fear President Trump is softening on some of their key policy priorities, creating a rift on the right one year into his second term. Following an initial flurry of executive orders a year ago, leaders of the anti-abortion movement expressed optimism that
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. By the end of last year, President Trump was declining politically , with his poll numbers plunging and members of the Republican
Whether it’s threatening to invade an American ally or a sudden bromance with New York’s socialist mayor, President Trump’s aim is the same: to remain ungovernable. The president always and everywhere leaves every possibility open so that neither his friends nor his enemies can
I initially assumed that kidnapping Venezuela’s president and imprisoning him in Brooklyn was Trump’s way of distracting us all from America’s affordability crisis. After all, it’s not unusual for an American president to invade another country when he’s worried about his
This is a lightly edited transcript of the January 12 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
Donald Trump’s fixation on seizing Greenland has generated plenty of confusion, hand-wringing, and alarm. But one question has always stood at the center: Why? Why has Trump perseverated so heavily, and so suddenly, on this distant island, with its few people and even fewer
The stock markets didn’t crash after all — but that doesn’t mean President Trump is out of the woods after the shock revelation that his Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. On Monday, there was some skittishness on the financial
Millions of Iranians have spent every day of the last two weeks protesting against the Islamic Republic—and against the 47 years of oppression they have had to endure. The situation is dire: The regime has shut off the internet in the hopes that it might violently crack down
The Supreme Court on Tuesday will take on whether states can ban transgender girls competing on girl’s and women’s school sports teams. At the high-stakes oral argument, Idaho and West Virginia will defend their bans against challenges from transgender athletes. “We are here
Virginia Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger (D) is endorsing former Rep. Tom Perriello (D) is in his comeback bid for Virginia’s 5th Congressional District, currently held by Rep. John McGuire (R). “I’m proud to support Tom Perriello to represent Virginia’s Fifth District,”
Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) already fragile GOP majority is hanging by a thread, as the death of Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.) and the departure of former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) narrow the party’s razor-thin margin. LaMalfa’s death and Greene’s exit leave Johnson
The fatal shooting of an unarmed woman in Minneapolis by a federal law enforcement officer is threatening to blow up fragile negotiations over government spending that will be coming to a head later this month, creating challenges for leaders in both parties. House lawmakers
Iran is once again at the center of a familiar and dangerous dynamic: mass protests met with lethal state repression at home and escalating threats of U.S. military action from abroad. As security forces crack down on demonstrators across major cities, President Donald Trump
The horrors and misdeeds committed by the United States government almost daily are directly caused by people like Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller, JD Vance, and of course, Donald Trump. But Republicans outside of the administration you’ve heard of, such as House Speaker Mike
Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) is touting a more than $9.5 million haul in the fourth quarter of fundraising of 2025, easily outpacing former Republican National Committee (RNC) chair Michael Whatley’s haul in the North Carolina Senate race, according to figures
The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement’s crusade against pesticides is creating divisions in the Republican Party, as some members back the industry while others stand with MAHA activists. As the MAHA movement, spearheaded by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert
Three dozen states are set to hold races for governor across the country this November, with a handful offering a test of the national mood halfway into President Trump’s second term. Six of the seven battleground states will hold gubernatorial elections, with several
There have been some ugly developments around the horrific killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis by an ICE agent. Donald Trump offered a vile new excuse for the shooting, claiming the victim was “disrespectful” to law enforcement. Meanwhile, a damning Wall Street Journal report
Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.) on Monday took a swing at his Democratic congressional colleague Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) over Iran. In an earlier interview on “CNN News Central,” the network’s Kate Bolduan pressed Fetterman about possible American military action in Iran. “The
The Australian ambassador to the U.S. will be leaving his role in March -- an announcement made a few weeks after President Trump slammed him. “It is with deep appreciation for his tireless contribution to our national interests over the last three years in Washington that we
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} View Online Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump mulls military options for Iran President Trump’s top national security officials are set to brief him Tuesday with options for