Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Wednesday said President Trump compared his federal immigration crackdown in the North Star State to the U.S. military operation in Venezuela that ousted President Nicolás Maduro. "He told me that he doesn’t understand what’s wrong with
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that relatives of children should donate to their new “Trump accounts” as opposed to buying them a toy. “Relatives, rather than giving a toy for a birthday, for a holiday, they can contribute to these accounts,” Bessent said on
Affordable Care Act (ACA) enrollment dropped by more than a million after enhanced subsidies expired last year, causing monthly insurance premiums to skyrocket. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reported Wednesday that 23 million people signed up for open
But while progressive politicians may constantly carp about Buckley, Citizens United and money in politics generally, they haven’t been shy in using the few remaining tools at their disposal to undermine the political speech protections established by the courts.
Some Republicans are skeptical of a plan to split off and renegotiate Homeland Security funding.
You'll still get the payments you're owed, but maybe not on the day you expected them.
Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) went after the Trump administration Wednesday, saying it is “out of control” and accusing officials of “running around like they are kings.” “They are running roughshod through our own country and through others. And Donald Trump and his cruel,
House Republicans unveiled a sweeping elections reform bill Thursday that would mandate long-sought requirements like presenting photo ID when voting and citizenship verification to register to vote. Dubbed the Make Elections Great Again Act, the bill is led by House
The Trump administration is moving to limit obligations on certain upwind states to cut smog pollution from their power plants that can flow to downwind states. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday proposed “phase 1” of its rollback of the Biden-era “Good
Rapper Nicki Minaj said Wednesday she received a “gold card” from President Trump, hours after praising the president during an event touting his administration’s child investment accounts. Minaj posted a photo of the immigration card, emblazoned with Trump’s face on it, to
President Trump's threat to take over Greenland was reversed after being challenged by European leaders, and Congress must now intervene to ensure that any future Arctic security agreement is overseen and does not violate international law.
People in the United States are living longer than ever before, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A report released Thursday by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) found that the life expectancy of a person
President Donald Trump has said on multiple occasions in recent months that he takes a “large” dose of aspirin to prevent cardiovascular disease. His comments could perpetuate a common misperception, so we wanted to clarify the current science and what the recommendations are.
Some people marry to obtain U.S. citizenship, while others undergo a complex and pricey naturalization process. For Nicki Minaj, it was a simple matter of panhandling the Trump administration. The Trinidadian rapper turned MAGA activist has been begging for citizenship for
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) on Thursday unveiled legislation that would require prescription drug labels to include information about where medications originated from. Scott's bill, shown first to The Hill, is titled the "Consumer Labeling for Enhanced API Reporting and
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Wednesday shared Reuters's photo of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard during the FBI's search of 2020 voting records at the Fulton County, Ga., elections office, questioning why she was there. "Why is Tulsi Gabbard at an FBI raid on an
National leadership at the Department of Veterans Affairs initially blocked a memorial planned for Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old ICU nurse who was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis. In an email obtained by The New Republic , officials at the Minneapolis VA claimed
Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala on Wednesday condemned the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Olympic Winter Games after weeks of violent incidents with U.S. citizens in Minnesota. “ICE’s image is terrible,” Sala told The Washington Post. His words echo
Spending hundreds of billions on new nuclear weapons would not make Russia, China or the United States more secure.
Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) on Wednesday suggested President Trump is “certainly” to blame for the recent attack on Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar (D). A man, later identified as 55-year-old Anthony Kazmierczak, was tackled to the ground and arrested Tuesday evening after spraying Omar
Minnesota's chief federal judge backed off his threat to potentially hold the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in contempt for violating court orders but scorched the agency's conduct amid the Trump administration's crackdown in the state. Chief U.S.
The new head of artistic programming at the Kennedy Center, Kevin Couch, has resigned after just weeks on the job, according to several reports. The Kennedy Center announced on Jan. 16 that Couch, the former programming head for a UK-based theater owner and production company,
Mayor Jacob Frey (D) defended Minneapolis’ sanctuary city policy on Wednesday evening, saying the decision was made out of a concern for safety. “We want people who are undocumented to have the confidence to call 911 without the fear that they’ll get deported in doing so,”
The mayor of Los Angeles is imploring President Trump to send a message of acceptance to soccer fans who will flock to her city from around the globe for this year's World Cup. "I am sure [Trump] is not going to interfere with that, but I do think that message has to come from
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) signaled Wednesday that he's not at all bothered by President Trump labeling him a “loser." “I am thrilled about that. That makes me qualified to be [Department of Homeland Security] secretary and senior advisor to the president,” Tillis told CNN's
President Trump on Thursday morning will hold a Cabinet meeting at the White House as the administration faces scrutiny over its immigration enforcement tactics. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has taken on the brunt of the criticism after she
Republicans have repeatedly failed to successfully field an alternative to ObamaCare, but their new "Great Healthcare Plan" released in January offers some promising ideas, such as price transparency and redirecting subsidies to health savings accounts, while also including
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz revealed President Donald Trump brought up the military operation in Venezuela when discussing the situation in Minnesota. Speaking to MS NOW Wednesday night, Walz described his conversation with Trump earlier this week, which the president had
President Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, on Thursday publicly acknowledged internal changes made to federal immigration operations in Minnesota following the shooting deaths of two U.S. citizens at the hands of federal officers, saying President Trump wants to “fix”
The Argentina loan is proof positive that this pivot is both effective and advantageous to the U.S.
For some reason, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was at the FBI’s raid at an election office in Fulton County, Georgia, Wednesday. Gabbard was photographed at the raid while boxes of documents (and ballots) seized by the bureau were being loaded onto trucks.
The Education Department said Wednesday that San José State University violated Title IX by allowing a transgender woman on its women’s volleyball team. The department began its investigation last February, concluding the policies allowing the transgender athlete into
A nonpartisan election handicapper shifted its rating of Sen. Jon Ossoff’s (D-Ga.) reelection bid from a “toss-up” to “leans Democratic” in a new analysis on Thursday. Kyle Kondik, managing editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball from the Center for Politics at the University of
A narrow majority of Virginia voters support mid-cycle redistricting, new polling shows, as Democrats in the state work to put forward an amendment this spring. The Wason Center for Civic Leadership at Christopher Newport University found 51 percent of Virginia voters backed a
MAGA is using a new clip of an earlier interaction between Alex Pretti and federal agents in Minnesota to justify him being shot 10 times while defenseless. In the video that emerged Wednesday evening, Pretti is seen yelling at agents in an SUV before kicking the vehicle’s
A man is in custody after driving his car Wednesday night into the world headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in New York. New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Wednesday at a press conference that officers observed a vehicle strike the rear
Trump’s anti-climate policies have already been damaging to the Arctic and global climate protection. Now his deeply misguided plans for Greenland and the rest of the Arctic, if allowed to occur, would increase the chances of disastrous, runaway climate change, threatening the
An FBI operation to capture former Olympian turned suspected cocaine trafficker Ryan Wedding in Mexico has shaken relations between the U.S. and its southern neighbor. Last week, the U.S. deployed the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team to Mexico to capture Wedding, who once was
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and President Trump are moving toward a deal to separate Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding from five other House-passed appropriations bills in hopes of avoiding a partial government shutdown this weekend, according to a
The big unknown is how long markets will stay calm in the face of growing geopolitical uncertainty.
Border czar Tom Homan will speak with reporters Thursday morning in Minneapolis, as the city reels following two fatal shootings involving federal immigration authorities. President Trump sent Homan to Minnesota earlier this week to oversee the administration's ramped up
Trump administration border czar Tom Homan said at a press conference Thursday morning that the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis will be done "by the book" as President Trump looks to "fix" it. “I do not want to hear that everything that has been done here has been perfect.
Protecting youths online will be the defining internet policy battle of 2026.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced Thursday that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has informed her that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ceased enhanced operations in Maine, something Collins had repeatedly discussed with Noem in recent days. “I can report
New video revealed Wednesday appears to show Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse who was shot and killed over the weekend by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, in an altercation with federal authorities over a week before his death. The footage, taken on Jan. 13, shows an
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Thursday officially threw her hat in the ring to run for governor of Minnesota. "Minnesotans, we’ve been through a lot," she wrote on the social platform X. "And I believe this moment calls for grit, resilience, and faith in each other. I believe
This month marks one year since President Trump began rolling out some of the most sweeping immigration restrictions in modern U.S. history, particularly targeting immigrants from developing countries. The administration has implemented more than 500 policy changes which, taken
T he following is a lightly edited transcript of the January 29 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. Sargent: Two Republican
Ford and GM recently got the green light to launch banks. Here's what that could mean for car buyers.