The AI image posted by President Trump on his Truth Social platform depicting himself as Jesus Christ appears to have been removed from his account. The link where the image previously was posted on Sunday, which was Orthodox Easter, now reads "This resource could not be found”
There is still a long way to go in changing European and many U.S. perceptions of the first branch of its government.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that the Trump administration reports to him every day about Iran. In a meeting with Israel’s Cabinet ministers, Netanyahu said , “I spoke yesterday with Vice President J.D. Vance. He called me from his plane on his way back
The Cook Political Report adjusted the ratings Monday for four Senate battles in favor of Democrats, as President Donald Trump’s leadership has resulted in an “increasingly sour national environment for Republicans.” In Georgia, the crop of conservative primary candidates have
Why did an Oxford-educated journalist say something so transparently foolish?
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), who on Sunday suspended his campaign for California's governor amid sexual assault allegations he has denied, is now facing pressure from fellow congressional Democrats to leave his seat in Congress. In a post on the social platform X, Rep. Teresa
So much for an independent judicial branch of government!
America’s allies will actually not be joining the White House’s Strait of Hormuz blockade. NATO has no intention of cooperating in the military endeavor, despite Donald Trump’s repeated insistence that “many other countries” plan to help U.S. forces take control of the vital
More than 1,000 professionals in the entertainment business are voicing their opposition to a planned mega merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, which are eyeing a deal that would deliver a major shake-up to the TV and movie business. In an open letter,
President Donald Trump’s new budget proposal exposes the emptiness of his claims to put Americans first.
A federal judge has tossed out President Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over their reporting on his salacious birthday letter to infamous sex predator Jeffrey Epstein. The Journal successfully argued that Trump “fail[ed] to adequately allege that
President Donald Trump’s troubling prediction for the upcoming midterm elections appeared to shock Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo. “So, do you believe the price of oil and gas will be lower before the midterm elections?” Bartiromo asked the president during a phone interview
Donald Trump’s negotiators scuttled talks with Iran at the last minute, according to Iran. In a post on X Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that his country “engaged with U.S in good faith to end war.” “But when just inches away from ‘Islamabad MoU’, we
Iran is taunting the Trump administration over gas prices in the U.S. and threatening ports on the Persian Gulf after President Trump announced a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday. Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian parliament, told the U.S. in a post
Boos and jeers erupted at New York Representative Mike Lawler’s town hall as he faced constituents frustrated with the Trump administration—and with his support for the chaotic , expensive U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Lawler, who claims to be a moderate but legislates as a MAGA
A federal judge tossed President Trump’s defamation suit against The Wall Street Journal on Monday over a story it published detailing a letter Trump allegedly sent to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday. Trump denies writing the letter and claims it
When a child could die tonight from a preventable disease, no family cares about shaving a fraction of a degree from global temperatures a century from now.
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Sunday called on President Trump to release government files on aliens and unidentified anomalous phenomena, often known as UFOs. Speaking on Fox News "The Big Weekend Show," Burchett urged Trump to “peel back the layers of that onion, let America
MAGA treated Donald Trump like a messiah. Now they’re mad he’s comparing himself to Jesus Christ. Trump leapt into hot water with his Christian fans Sunday, when he posted an AI-generated image of himself as literal Jesus on Truth Social. In the image, Trump appeared dressed as
The Holy See will continue to speak out against war, despite challenges from Donald Trump. Pope Leo XIV brushed off the U.S. president’s verbal attacks Monday, telling journalists aboard a papal flight to Algiers that he’s not afraid of the Trump administration and uninterested
Congressional Republicans are being criticized for their silence on President Trump's erratic behavior and potential cognitive decline, as they previously scrutinized President Biden for similar behavior.
President Trump is facing a conservative backlash from some of his supporters after posting an image created with AI depicting himself as Jesus healing sick people. The image, posted Sunday on Truth Social, shows him in a religious garb with his hand on a sick man’s head. In
Facing backlash from his supporters President Trump removed a controversial social media post on Monday that portrayed him as Jesus in an AI-generated image. The post landed as he's lashed out against Pope Leo XIV, who has registered his opposition to the war in Iran since the
In 2017, journalist Priscilla Villarreal did what good journalists ordinarily do. She was working on two stories — one about the suicide of a border agent and the other about a serious car accident. To confirm the names of the people involved in those incidents, Villarreal
The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) PAC announced Monday that it’s backing state Rep. Chris Rabb (D) ahead of the May Democratic primary for Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District. “Pennsylvania state Representative Chris Rabb is a social justice activist, an
Pope Leo XIV shot back at President Trump after the president went after him Sunday on Truth Social, saying he does not fear Trump. “I’m not afraid of the Trump administration or of speaking out loudly about the message of the Gospel, which is what the Church works for,” the
The political consequences for President Trump and congressional Republicans are far from over.
President Trump and Vice President JD Vance treated Hungary’s election like it was a U.S. Senate race in the United States. Vance flew to Budapest to campaign alongside Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. He even called Trump at one of Orbán’s rallies, and while on speakerphone, the
Democrat Janelle Stelson’s campaign announced on Monday that the former broadcast journalist hauled in over $2.1 million in the first quarter of fundraising this year as she eyes a rematch against Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) this November, according to figures first shared with
A new survey from a Democratic group that backs moderate candidates shows Iowa potentially in play for Democrats in November.
The real national emergency is the prospect that Trump, his administration and his supporters will declare an electoral emergency and either rig or try to overturn the midterm results. The history of midterm elections and Trump’s tanking poll numbers are motivation.
Republicans just want to talk about Tax Day, but complicating that is a host of pressing scandals and policy squabbles.
Will the constitutional promise of equal protection under the law be meaningfully enforced, or quietly set aside?
In today’s issue: President Trump’s threatened blockade on the Strait of Hormuz is set to come into force at 10 a.m. EDT on Monday, a maneuver meant to disrupt Iran’s chokehold on the crucial corridor for global energy trade. Trump announced the plan on Sunday, after no
Once or twice might be bad luck. More than that, however, and it begins to look like a trend.
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the April 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. Donald Trump’s Truth Social
Peter Hujar’s most famous photograph, Candy Darling on Her Deathbed , looks like an Old Hollywood melodrama transposed to a hospital room in 1970s New York. The Warhol superstar was in the final stages of lymphoma, a fact the image itself nearly disavows. Darling stretches
The Trump administration is holding up some National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) grant funding. Earlier this month, the University of Colorado released a statement saying that a federal pause on grant funding has put scientists who collect data about the
Lawmakers are returning to Washington after a two-week recess to a packed and politically fraught agenda. The weekend saw a growing wave of bipartisan calls for Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) to resign from Congress amid sexual assault allegations, which he has denied. Rep. Anna
Bipartisan furor over sexual misconduct allegations against Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) is cascading into calls to expel not only him, but three other members — two Republicans and a Democrat — accused of wrongdoing. The dynamic could upend the House in the coming weeks with
Sudden outrage over a long-shot bipartisan immigration reform bill sparked a public battle among House Republicans, fueled by an onslaught of online activists, that’s putting GOP divides over immigration policy squarely into the spotlight. The bill in question, the Dignity Act,
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, reportedly being considered to replace Pam Bondi as attorney general, is not the most polarizing member of the Trump administration, not by a long shot. Yet he’s one of the most dangerous. In contrast to the mutant
In a small corridor near the governor’s office at the Idaho State Capitol earlier this month, state and local police officers stood in formation, blocking the public from approaching a public restroom. Inside, two state police officers had taken up a position beside two white
I started hearing the swirling Eric Swalwell rumors a couple of weeks ago. There were stories coming, and they were going to be bad. Well they came, all right—and they were very bad indeed. The excellent San Francisco Chronicle article detailing Swalwell’s alleged sexual
It will be more expensive than ever to attend World Cup matches held in the United States this summer, a trend that has soccer fans in the U.S. and around the world frustrated about who will have access to watch historic clashes on the pitch in person. The record-breaking
Donald Trump’s Truth Social feed can get awfully revealing. He just unleashed numerous posts that open a new window on the man and his presidency: the transactionalism; the amorality; and the utter, buffoonish incompetence. In one, he attacked his MAGA allies in a way that
The benefits of the ‘big, beautiful bill’ are at risk of being swamped by rising energy prices.
