Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Tuesday called the new indictment charges against former FBI Director James Comey "surreal and absurd." Comey's second indictment is connected to a social media photo he posted last May of several seashells on a beach in North Carolina arranged to
The announcement comes as commitee Democrats had just announced a resolution to hold the ousted attorney general in contempt of Congress.
Nobody is buying the Department of Justice’s latest attempt to get revenge on former FBI Director James Comey—not even the president’s conservative allies in the media. In a scathing response published Tuesday in the National Review , Fox News contributor Andy McCarthy tore
The body blows to the First Amendment might never heal.
Allen is accused of trying to assassinate Trump and members of his Cabinet at the White House correspondents' dinner Saturday.
Fox News legal analyst Jonathan Turley said charging former FBI Director James Comey would amount to a free speech trap after the Department of Justice (DOJ) secured a second indictment against him. “Comey will now likely create a new category of protected shell speech,” Turley
Former White House attorney Ty Cobb on Tuesday criticized the Justice Department’s (DOJ) latest indictment against former FBI Director James Comey as “vindictive prosecution,” saying he expects it to be dismissed. “It’s specious. It’ll be thrown out. It’s classic, you know,
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed against Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) seeking access to his state’s voter registration list. U.S. District Judge Susan Brnovich, an appointee of President Trump, wrote that under
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine will testify before the House Armed Services Committee on President Trump's defense budget request for fiscal 2027. Hegseth has argued the $1.5 trillion price tag, a roughly 40 percent increase from
Our nation now does sit on the razor’s edge of anarchy, with seemingly countless Americans radicalized to embrace political violence. The “President’s Club” must immediately come together as one to call out such violence and insanity before it becomes unstoppable.
Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis this week is pushing his state’s GOP-dominated legislature to adopt a gerrymandering scheme that could create four new Republican U.S. House districts in the Sunshine State. If this proposal passes, it would essentially cancel out the
The Supreme Court on Wednesday morning will consider the Trump administration's efforts to curtail the Temporary Protective Status (TPS) program, which offers protections against deportation for noncitizens who cannot safely return to their home countries for a variety of
Late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel poked fun at President Trump once again Tuesday, as their ongoing feud heats up. During an episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on ABC, the host had his audience watch a clip of Trump speaking earlier in the day at an event with King Charles III and
The House Armed Services Committee has its chance to question Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine on Wednesday morning amid the Iran war as it hits 60 days with no imminent conclusion. It's their first of two days of hearings. The
A six-figure income used to be shorthand for "rich." Now, it's barely enough to get by in many parts of the country.
The upheaval of the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner by a would-be assassin has committed the Justice Department to two goals: Build a ballroom at the White House, and keep the suspect detained. Cole Tomas Allen, the alleged gunman, already faces three
Temporary protected status and broader refugee and humanitarian protections are not loopholes to be closed.
Speaker Mike Johnson will try to advance three Republican priorities today amid caucus infighting.
President Trump early Wednesday warned the Iranian regime that it “better get smart soon” as negotiations over a peace deal have largely stalled between the two sides. “Iran can’t get their act together,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “They don’t know how to sign a nonnuclear
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the April 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. This week, Donald Trump
Anyone who has actually worked presidential-level security understands this is not a close call.
The conflict in Iran should be a reminder of, not a cause to divert attention from, U.S. interests in the West Pacific. America’s war in the Middle East demonstrates the necessity of allies to American strategy. This is equally critical in military, economic, and technological
In today’s issue: The war between the U.S. and Iran is set to run past the 60-day mark this week, a key milestone in the War Powers Act, which some Republicans have said could be a turning point in their in their support for ongoing operations in the Middle East. The Senate is
Meta is breaching Europe's Digital Services Act (DSA) rules by failing to prevent children under 13 from using Facebook and Instagram, according to a preliminary decision issued by the European Commission. The Commission announced the ruling on Wednesday after an almost
Every few months, the Trump administration says that it will make a greater effort to denaturalize American citizens. Last week, The New York Times reported that the Justice Department plans to start the process for formally denaturalizing more than 300 current U.S. citizens,
President Donald Trump’s poor economic performance is costing him with Sun Belt voters, giving Democrats an opening to win them over ahead of the fall midterm elections—but it will be an uphill battle because these voters largely favor the Republicans right now. That’s the
As prediction markets rise in popularity and notoriety, several news outlets have recently engaged in partnerships with the most prominent of these companies, raising questions about how and why media organizations would want to become entangled with an industry essentially
The Supreme Court will weigh the Trump administration’s efforts to curtail temporary legal protections for hundreds of thousands of noncitizens on Wednesday. The oral arguments put the justices at the center of another key plank of President Trump’s immigration crackdown:
State prosecutors are turning up the heat on social media and artificial intelligence companies over their safeguards for children as federal lawmakers remain at an impasse on the issue. From new investigations to a string of settlements, verdicts and state laws, state leaders
Senate Republicans aren’t in the mood to vote on legislation to greenlight President Trump’s controversial plan to build a 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom, as some GOP lawmakers see it as a bad political move in the current political climate, especially if it would
The House Republicans’ go-it-alone approach is snarling efforts to move a series of must-pass bills through the lower chamber this week. On three major pieces of legislation — to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), extend the government’s spying powers and set farm
Voters in Virginia last week approved a new, Democratic-friendly congressional map that could tip the fight for House control in the midterms, but Florida is on track to parry with a GOP-favored map that could offset those gains. The states represent the latest fronts in a
A contentious pro-pesticide provision in the farm bill could create hurdles to the legislation moving through the House, as lawmakers aligned with the "Make America Healthy Again" (MAHA) movement rage against the measure. The language in question, which seeks to block some
For an uncomfortably long time on Monday, two lawmakers shouted at one another about climate change in a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing about the Trump administration’s proposed budget for the Environmental Protection Agency. One was EPA administrator Lee Zeldin. The
Last month, congressional Republicans introduced legislation to shield Big Oil companies from liability for their role in the climate crisis. This was just the latest in the fossil fuel industry’s efforts to escape accountability for delaying our clean energy transition through
Democrats hold a 10-point advantage over Republicans on a generic congressional ballot, according to the latest in a series of polls showing the party in a strong position ahead of November’s midterm elections. In a three-day Emerson College Polling survey, conducted this past
In today’s episode, economist Paul Krugman lays out an expansive case that Donald Trump holds a losing hand in the war with Iran. Krugman also argues that Trump can’t seem to admit that the Strait of Hormuz problem has cornered him. Krugman also details why the situation could
California gubernatorial candidates struggled to break through on the debate stage Tuesday, as Democrats look to capitalize on former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-Calif.) dramatic exit from the crowded field. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, billionaire Tom Steyer,
President Trump on Tuesday said King Charles III “agrees” that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon. “We're doing a little Middle East work right now, as you might know, and we're doing very well. We have militarily defeated that particular opponent, and we're never going to
More than 70 Democrats in the House signed on to a Tuesday letter urging President Trump to block Chinese automakers from saturating the U.S. car market. Michigan Rep. Debbie Dingell (D) led the effort with support from 73 colleagues ahead of Trump’s meeting with Chinese
The GOP agenda is running aground, and many lawmakers believe only direct presidential engagement will fix it.
Secret Service Director Sean Curran on Tuesday said the agents who responded to the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner did a “great job” reacting to the unexpected intruder. “My agents did a great job,” Curran told CBS News's Nikole Killion, while appearing for a
Republican leadership has struggled to break stalemates amid intraparty debates.
President Trump and Melania Trump will be joining Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla at a meal fit for royalty. The White House has released details of the menu for Tuesday's state dinner. The first lady "led preparations for the dinner," according to the White House.
The House is seeking to advance a biofuel bill and then procedurally tie it to the Farm Bill before sending the package to the Senate. The legislation in question enables year-round sales of gasoline with a high ethanol content, which is typically restricted in the summer due
Republican leaders snapped the House out of a state of limbo caused by GOP infighting as the House Rules Committee advanced an ambitious slate of high-profile, must-pass bills on Tuesday evening — tacking on two major sweeteners to appease corn-state Republicans and hardline
House Republicans have teed up a vote to renew the nation’s spy powers that has those on varying sides of the issue crying Groundhog's Day. The GOP is once again moving ahead with legislation to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Stalemate on a deal with Iran The Trump administration continues to pour cold water on a reported proposal by Iran that would end the two-month
Former FBI Director James Comey issued a Tuesday video response to a new indictment on two charges of making threats to harm President Trump stemming from a social media post in which he arranged seashells that read “86-47.” “Well, they're back. This time about a picture of