The New York State legislature passed a one-year moratorium on new large data centers, the first statewide ban of its kind if Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul signs it into law. Lawmakers behind the bill say it's meant to give policymakers time to understand the impact of large
An NPR reporter on Thursday accused former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) of threatening him during a heated phone call that included the phrase “a gun in your face.” NPR’s Bobby Allyn said the comments from Santos came a day after he published a report on the Justice Department
President Trump unveiled plans Thursday for a new pedestrian "promenade" connecting the Lincoln Memorial to the Potomac River, the latest in a series of high-profile projects aimed at reshaping some of Washington's most recognizable landmarks. “We’re going to call it the
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said Friday he is pausing the state’s data center tax incentives starting in July amid a push to address concerns about electricity costs and water resources that have plagued the AI infrastructure build-out nationwide. He directed state officials
Officials in Florida decided a viable unborn child has legal standing worthy of state protection. Legally, however, that creates a dangerous framework, because it transforms the pregnant woman’s autonomy into something conditional. And what gets lost in all of this is the
The announcement comes after most of the previously announced musical acts dropped out or distanced themselves from the Great American State Fair event.
House Republicans, joined by four Democrats, voted Thursday to cut food aid for pregnant women and children. The House passed a bill 213–210 that reduced funding for the Department of Agriculture and other federal agencies. The bill includes a $141 million cut to food and
An ex-girlfriend of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner is expressing her frustration with The New York Times over the way it portrayed her and others' experience dating the Democrat. Lyndsey Fifield, whom the Times quoted as part of a wide-ranging story detailing allegations
The Trump administration had plans to falsely declare 2.7 million people dead as part of the president’s cruel mass deportation efforts, The Washington Post reported Friday. A 49-page whistleblower disclosure reviewed by the Post detailed how the White House plotted to add the
John Fetterman has once again handed President Trump and Republicans a victory, as the embattled Democratic senator allowed Trump’s pick for a Pennsylvania federal judge to move along in the nomination process—waiving his right to block the nomination through the blue slip
In between beef tallow fries, raw milk, and vaccine denialism, Make America Healthy Again figureheads have set their sights on another slice of life: our clothing. "The MAHA movement doesn't stop with what we EAT - It's also about what we WEAR," Secretary of Agriculture Brooke
Americans do not want AI-enabled surveillance; we need new legal guardrails to protect us.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is moving ahead with a safety review of the abortion pill mifepristone, according to an administration official. The move marks a victory for anti-abortion groups that could pave the way for the Trump administration to restrict its use and
Where's the Trump phone? We're going to keep talking about it every week. We've reached out, as usual, to ask about the Trump phone's whereabouts. This week, I'm investigating where it might have been built - and why it definitely wasn't the US. Almost a year after its
Rapper Vanilla Ice on Thursday said that he hopes he's able to perform at President Trump’s upcoming rally in Washington, one of several events scheduled to mark America’s 250th birthday. The rally was announced after multiple artists withdrew from a planned concert at Trump’s
Masculinity once meant things like humility, fidelity, responsibility, sacrifice, and service. Somewhere along the line, we seem to have replaced those attributes with a model more suited to professional wrestling.
The Trump administration is angry that President Trump was caught sleeping on camera again. The administration’s official Rapid Response account on X took aim at a video clip from Kamala Harris’s news account @Headquarters showing the president clearly slumping back in his
President Trump’s “Great American State Fair” has grown even bleaker, as supporters will be getting a rally and listening to “Ave Maria” rather than Martina McBride—or any of the other artists who pulled out of the festival. “On Wednesday, June 24th, at 7 P.M., in magnificent
We don’t have bipartisan agreement on much these days, but we should all agree that nobody — not Elon Musk, not anyone — should be using the court system to muzzle ordinary citizens.
Pete Buttigieg is everywhere. Buttigieg, the former Transportation secretary in the Biden administration, has emerged as one of the Democratic Party’s most visible messengers ahead of the midterms, traveling to battleground districts, venturing into red states and making a
President Trump said Thursday he plans to attend an NBA Finals game at Madison Square Garden next week, after receiving an invitation from New York Knicks owner James Dolan. “The answer is yes — he’s invited me, I’m going,” Trump, a longtime Knicks fan and New York native, told
That requires more than performative resistance to Trump.
President Trump attacked Fox News pundit and former Republican White House aide Karl Rove saying the network should "get rid" of him. "Fox News should get rid of sloppy RINO Karl Rove," Trump wrote Thursday in a Truth Social post, referring to acronym for "Republicans in name
Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner (D) is facing fresh scrutiny after a report from The New York Times detailed new allegations from women about his past behavior in relationships. He has pushed back on the most serious claims and brushed off suggestions he would withdraw from
The Senate pulled an all-nighter Thursday, voting just before dawn to pass the $69.5 billion budget reconciliation package that funds immigration enforcement operations through 2029. The night was not without GOP defections on various amendments, from trying to prohibit
Six Republican senators sided with Democrats early Friday to vote against advancing the extension of warrantless spy powers set to expire next week, complicating efforts to keep it alive. The procedural vote failed by a vote of 47 to 52 after Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Mike Lee
[Watch Whole Hog Politics live: Join us today at 9 am ET at TheHill.com as Chris Stirewalt and host Bill Sammon break down this week’s political news and answer questions from a live online audience.] Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) raised eyebrows this week when he tweeted an
If our children grow up only hearing the most damning reviews of our nation, they won’t develop the patriotism that glues our country together and demands the sacrifices made, especially, in time of war.
FBI Director Kash Patel told NewsNation it is up to local authorities if they want to accept FBI help.
"You can’t address a problem unless you're honest about a problem."
In todays issue: ▪ Votes highlight GOP breaks with Trump ▪ Trump sows doubt as California counts votes ▪ Hezbollah torpedoes Lebanon ceasefire ▪ Trump says Pulte won't stay long as DNI Marathon votes in the Senate that continued overnight offered a clear sign of the political
Everyone says that renting is "throwing your money away." But the data don't support this at all.
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 5 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. After the House voted this
Senate Democrats early Friday morning blocked a motion to begin debate on extending the nation's enhanced surveillance authorities, which are due to expire in a week, to protest President Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte to serve as acting director of national intelligence.
Section 702 foreign surveillance authority is set to lapse June 12.
The Trump administration on Friday is set to make its case before a federal appeals court on why it believes it has authority to build the White House ballroom without further approval from Congress. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has agreed to allow
NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) is riding a wave of Knicks mania as the city’s storied basketball team makes its strongest run at an NBA championship in a generation. Much of the time, Mamdani’s expressions of enthusiasm for the Knicks have been playful,
As soon as Hollywood could talk, it could sing. Marketed as the first “talkie,” 1927’s The Jazz Singer centers on the son of a rabbi (Al Jolson) choosing between the family business and a life on the stage. He picks the latter, embracing modernity and finding his voice as a
For more than two weeks, around 300 immigrants locked up at Delaney Hall, an immigrant detention camp in Newark, New Jersey, have been on a hunger and labor strike, refusing to eat and refusing to work maintaining the prison for its operators, the GEO Group. They are not alone:
I love the summer. Growing up, it meant family vacations, beach days, block parties—really, what’s not to like? But for millions of Americans, the meaning of summer has been shifting . In many parts of the country, excitement for the upcoming season has turned into anxiety over
Even Crystal S. Carey, Republican general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, or NLRB, the federal agency that adjudicates labor-management disputes, thinks President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are screwing up her agency. Carey, who before Trump
After the House voted to direct Donald Trump to end the Iran war, he exploded in fury at the four Republicans who turned against him, terming them “grandstanders” who “should be ashamed of themselves.” This comes as The New York Times reports that extensive internal war games
The Senate voted early Friday morning to pass a $69.5 billion budget reconciliation package to fund immigration enforcement operations through 2029, overcoming the concerns of several Republicans who were upset the bill did not include language barring the Trump administration
House passage is the last step before President Donald Trump can sign the measure into law.
The president is personally working the phones to lobby lawmakers on ending the twice-yearly clock-changing ritual across the United States.
Voters have not been especially excited to promote members of an unpopular and dysfunctional institution.
Six Republican senators voted early Friday morning with Democrats for an amendment sponsored by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) to block the Trump administration from reviving a $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund to pay MAGA allies who feel they were prosecuted by the Biden-era
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) late Thursday passed the annual Defense policy bill, sending the mammoth, nearly $1.15 trillion measure to the full House after debating a chunk of some 900 offered amendments for 14 hours. The measure, known as the fiscal 2027 National
Republican and Democratic senators say that Thursday’s vote-a-rama — a marathon series of votes on amendments to the budget reconciliation package — is dragging on because Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) is trying to perfect language to drive a stake through President Trump’s