In today's issue: ▪ Iran war on the ballot in South Carolina ▪ Mormon backlash forces Pentagon update ▪ Trump formally nominates Blanche for AG ▪ First family and Albania’s ‘Flamingo Revolution’ The Iran war is on the ballot in South Carolina, where GOP primary voters will
Diablo Canyon's resurgence shows California has reimagined environmentalism. It is time for legacy groups to reimagine it, too.
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 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. Over the weekend, Donald
“It is a death sentence for us if larger nations continue to open new fossil fuel projects,” Feleti Teo, the prime minister of Tuvalu, said in 2024. Located roughly halfway between Australia and Hawaii, Tuvalu is a nation of extremely low-lying reef islands and atolls. Sea
With the Supreme Court’s next slate of decisions for this term not coming until Thursday, it is worth looking ahead to some of the top cases that the justices will hear next term. One of them, St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy , could significantly reshape the relationship
The South Carolina Republican gubernatorial primary on Tuesday will offer another key test of President Trump’s influence after the president suffered his first major statewide primary loss last week. Trump endorsed Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette (R) over the rest of a crowded GOP
The looming deadline to renew the nation's warrantless spy powers is clashing with a pressure campaign on the White House to yank the appointment of Bill Pulte, a controversial figure tapped to lead the intelligence community. A growing number of Democrats have said they will
A year into the second Trump administration, trust in federal health institutions, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in particular, has declined considerably while also becoming deeply partisan, according to a new poll. The poll, conducted by the Harvard T.H.
Democrats are feeling a mix of anxiety and unease heading into Tuesday's primary in Maine when it comes to Graham Platner, the oyster farmer and political neophyte whose campaign has been plagued by a series of controversies. While the revelations about Platner's past have
The U.S.-Iran war appears to have no end in sight, as it hit its 100-day mark over the weekend despite President Trump’s campaign promises to keep the U.S. out of long-term foreign conflicts. Trump denied ever promising not to start any new wars and disputed that Washington's
It’s a quiet Tuesday morning in Sacramento. On any given weekday this past year, the City of Trees is normally bustling with state workers heading to their offices, construction workers hammering away at the new Capitol Annex, or City Parking Enforcement Officer Grant Nakamura
Republican lawmakers are crying foul over progressive Democratic candidate Nithya Raman’s remarkable comeback in the Los Angeles mayor’s race, where Republican candidate Spencer Pratt appeared to be solidly in second place when the in-person polls closed on June 2 but then saw
A famous figure who lives a very long life risks outliving his fame. That was the case for Robert Coles, the celebrated child psychiatrist and social critic, who died earlier this week at age 97 . From the 1960s through the 1990s, Coles was revered by succeeding generations of
A single exchange in last Friday’s DC Circuit argument laid bare the Trump administration’s strategy in a series of recent cases: push through deeply unpopular and frequently illegal measures and make certain the public can’t do a thing about it. The exchange concerned Trump’s
As of this writing, Republican Spencer Pratt is running third in the officially nonpartisan primary for Los Angeles mayor. It would not be in any way surprising for a Republican to finish out of the running in Los Angeles. Indeed, Pratt’s current 27 percent of the vote would
OpenAI, the artificial intelligence firm that birthed ChatGPT, is struggling to distance itself from pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future and its Silicon Valley backers as the industry faces backlash over its midterm election donations. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is facing new
Over the weekend, Donald Trump exploded during an on-air interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker. He called her “crooked” and “stupid” and abruptly ended the interview in a fury. This was ostensibly because she questioned his claims that California’s ongoing vote counting is rigged
Rep. Jay Obernolte could see a hearing on his proposal by the end of the month.
Vice President Vance said Monday that the recent result of the Los Angeles mayoral election primary appeared “pretty shady to me,” with two Democrats set to face off in November. “The problem here with this whole thing is, how is it that you had, you know, Karen Bass was in
Los Angeles Councilmember Nithya Raman (D) is set to battle Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D) in the city’s mayoral race later this year, a race that is likely to feature intraparty tension amid a broader discussion about the future of the Democratic Party. According to Decision
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins said Democrats “are not willing to work with us.”
The president has interviewed other potential intelligence directors as lawmakers seek off-ramp.
Fans at Madison Square Garden booed President Trump during the National Anthem performance before Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs. Some cheers could also be heard throughout the arena as the crowd reacted to Trump’s presence in the
Former state Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) and former Fox News host Steve Hilton, a Republican, are projected to advance to the general election for governor of California, according to Decision Desk HQ. Hilton had coalesced GOP support with the help of President Trump's
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Airline fuel costs jump 78 percent in past year As the war in Iran passes the 100-day mark, the cost for America’s airline industry is mounting. © Greg Nash On
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s open defiance in striking Iran against President Trump’s demands for a ceasefire adds to growing divisions between the U.S. and Israel over the way forward on the war in the Middle East. Trump and Netanyahu have moved in lockstep in
Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner went after Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Sunday during a town hall, calling the Pennsylvania senator “an a--hole.” “The Senate really is a place of — it's a lot about relationships, and ... I don't want to go down there and
GOP lawmakers are coalescing around a list of priorities for their third party-line policy package.
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Pentagon policy ruffles feathers among Mormons, prompts changes The Pentagon has reworked a list of religious designations troops can register as
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care The Big Story Insulin legislation gains steam Bipartisan legislation to cap insulin at $35 a month for people with private insurance is gaining momentum. The bill, introduced in March, picked up four more co-sponsors
When Apple put child safety front and center at WWDC on Monday, its stated goal was helping parents fine-tune their kids' online experiences and avoid excessive screen time. But amid a global debate over internet regulation, its latest updates also looked like a defensive move
President Trump’s favored candidate to become Los Angeles mayor looks like he won’t even make the runoff — a reality that has provoked a barrage of unsubstantiated claims of fraud from the commander in chief. Votes are still being counted in the nation’s second-largest city,
OpenAI has confidentially filed paperwork to go public, the company announced Monday. It is one of three leading AI companies preparing for an initial public offering (IPO), alongside SpaceX and Anthropic, which have both filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On Tuesday, the Seattle City Council will vote on whether to enact a one-year moratorium on new data centers - just two months after several companies proposed building five large-scale centers in the city. Among the moratorium's fiercest supporters are current employees from
Susie Wiles, President Trump’s chief of staff, denied that she will soon leave the White House in response to the Daily Mail reporting on Friday that she is departing after the midterms. “After an accomplishment filled week by President Trump, I have the pleasure of reading a
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Monday that numerous medical school accrediting organizations and assessors have agreed to increase nutrition requirements for U.S. medical education. HHS said in a release that eight medical school organizations had
The acting attorney general’s fate now lies in the hands of a Senate Republican caucus that has locked horns with Trump recently.
Los Angeles's registered Democrats waited until "the last minute" to cast their ballots in the June 2 primary election as they sorted out their options for California governor. And that down-to-the-wire vote had consequences in how the mayoral race results were reported,
Fewer Americans are saying that democracy is central to U.S. identity ahead of the country’s 250th birthday, according to a new poll. In The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll, 66 percent of respondents said that “a democratically elected government”
Residents in the nation’s capital are leaning toward voting for City Councilmember Janeese Lewis-George, a Democratic socialist, to serve as its new mayor according to a recent polling. Lewis-George has served on the city council for six years and is leading former City
FBI Director Kash Patel’s incessant desire to uncover a “deep state” conspiracy against Donald Trump ruined multiple federal employees’ careers and turned judges against the Justice Department, The New York Times reported Monday. Patel first announced last summer on Joe
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Judge axes Trump guidance restricting green credits A federal judge over the weekend struck down a Trump administration effort to restrict tax credits for wind and solar energy. © AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said conversations are taking place over President Trump's appointment of Bill Pulte as acting national intelligence director as the GOP leader seeks to rally senators to extend a key spy powers law, Section 702 of the Foreign
ProPublica reports that the federal government was looking into violations of the Clean Water Act from Southern Coal and other affiliated mining operations controlled by West Virginia Governor Jim Justice and his family. In the past, the companies have been sued numerous times
Bovino has remained critical of DHS strategies, insisting mass deportation is the only solution to illegal immigration
Annual appropriations legislation for the Department of Homeland Security aims to halt collection of the $45 fee.
President Trump on Monday formally nominated Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to fill the role permanently, tapping his former personal criminal defense attorney to lead the Department of Justice (DOJ). Blanche, previously the No. 2 at the DOJ, has led the department for
The African continent’s top referee has been banned from entering the United States ahead of the FIFA World Cup. Omar Artan was set to make history as the first Somalian to officiate the World Cup before he was allegedly denied entry at Miami International Airport despite
House Democrats have privately met for months to hammer out the specifics of legislation to lower costs.
President Trump’s immigration czar, Tom Homan, is pledging a rapid surge of immigration agents in New York City. Homan told Fox News Monday that he is reviewing plans to rapidly increase ICE activity in the city, deploying “more ICE agents than you’ve ever seen,” claiming that
