Federal prosecutors attempted to persuade a grand jury to tack a third felony charge onto a failed indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) last week but fell short, court filings show. The sought charge was making a false statement to a financial institution,
Nourishing food should be a top national priority at every life stage and setting.
A Reddit post from an unidentified user led police to the suspect in the Brown University shooting, which left two dead. An individual, who has been referenced as “John” on Providence police affidavits, reported seeing alleged gunman Claudio Neves Valente ahead of Saturday's
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Department of Justice (DOJ) would not be releasing the full Epstein files to Congress Friday as required under new legislation, instead sending over a partial batch. Blanche told Fox News that the Justice Department would release
This terrorist group refuses to die, even after its defeat in Syria and Iraq.
Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith criticized President Trump on Thursday for prolonging the release of files tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, suggesting the president was seeking to protect “very influential people.” “I think that exists on both sides of the
Erika Kirk, the chief executive of Turning Point USA and the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, announced on Thursday that she’s endorsing Vice President Vance for president in 2028. “For both 2026 and 2028, we’re investing in states and not just in races,” Kirk told
We used to worry about Hollywood. Now, every kid with a smartphone can access gambling, hardcore porn, and drugs.
Our predecessors believed they could force their climate agenda upon Americans and remove consumer choice.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem thinks that the diversity immigrant visa program, commonly known as the green card lottery, was responsible for the Brown University shooting and is pausing the program. Noem announced on X Thursday night that “[a]t President Trump’s
President Trump said Thursday he was not ruling out the possibility of war with Venezuela amid his administration's escalating pressure campaign against the country and its leader, President Nicolás Maduro. "I don’t rule it out, no," Trump told NBC News in an interview. "I
TikTok on Thursday signed a deal to spin off its U.S. business, bringing to a close a monthslong saga to keep the popular social media app available in the U.S. Nearly 50 percent of the assets — or 15 percent each — will be held by three American companies, Oracle, Silver Lake
It’s an intellectual, political and moral failure of the first order — and they should pay dearly for it in next year’s midterm elections.
President Trump on Thursday suspended the green card lottery program, which was used by the suspected gunman in the Brown University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology shootings to enter the U.S. The suspect, Claudio Neves Valente, a Portuguese national, entered the
Texas has been taking us all on a wild ride for the midterm elections. There’s obviously the gerrymandering wars that were touched off in Austin by the GOP’s mid-decade land grab. We’re a long way from done with that one as court challenges and statehouse fights across the
Democrats’ fear-mongering about the Trump economy is looking more and more like sour grapes.
The Justice Department (DOJ) on Friday hits the deadline set by Congress to release documents related to the investigations into and death of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed last month, orders Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all
Julie Chrisley says she wants the show to be authentic and wants to cook things that people can actually make.
Suppressing scientific debate does not protect young people with gender dysphoria. Rather, it endangers them.
Let’s examine four of those “dangerous trends” our founders would not have celebrated.
Plus: Brown, MIT shooting suspect found dead; Trump move blows up funding deal; DNC keeps 2024 postmortem private.
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . Democrats are increasingly discussing affordability and blaming high costs of goods on President Trump. But Brian Beutler and Will Stancil, two liberal political
T he following is a lightly edited transcript of the December 19 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. President Trump’s
The White House is trying to rein in President Trump, using a primetime address to keep him on script and focused on domestic policy amid slumping poll numbers and campaign-style speeches that tend to veer off-course. Trump touted on Wednesday his administration’s work in its
Earlier this month, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed a bill that would, among other things, establish clearer and more severe civil liabilities for immigration agents and their collaborators violating state law by, for example, arresting people at or on their way to state
You’d need a full-screen infographic with live updates to keep track of all the MAGA infighting these days. President Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, is trashing him in a new Vanity Fair interview. Stephen Miller wants to get rid of Kristi Noem. Marjorie Taylor Greene has
There are no working artists in Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus . Carol Sturka (Rhea Seehorn), the show’s protagonist, used to be a successful romantasy novelist, but then a virus of unknown origin swept across the globe, killing millions and uniting its infected survivors into a
Trump gets a lot of things wrong when he talks about cognitive tests. He recently bragged to journalists that he “aced” one, and said the doctors at Walter Reed told him no president had taken a cognitive test before. That would be forgetting at least two other times Trump has
Republicans in Congress are jumping off the ObamaCare cliff as they leave Washington without a deal to extend enhanced subsidies for millions of Americans. But the door to a bipartisan deal hasn't been completely shut, and it may not be too late to reverse that increase if a
The highly anticipated November inflation report showed prices appearing to grow at a far slower rate, surprising analysts and markets after a year of stubbornly rising costs. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.7 percent annually as of November, far slower than the 3.1
The former special counsel’s attorneys also want the full videotape of Smith’s deposition to be released.
On Thursday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told the world that the Kennedy Center has now been renamed after President Donald Trump. Her announcement of this great honor was bizarrely obsequious, mimicking phrases Trump himself uses and slathering him with
Under Hakeem Jeffries, the minority party has kept GOP leaders on the back foot since September.
The suspected gunman authorities believe to be responsible for the Brown University shooting was found dead on Thursday in a New Hampshire storage facility, according to officials. Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound,
The U.S. military struck two alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific on Thursday, killing five “narco-terrorists” and bringing the total number of people killed in the Pentagon's ongoing campaign to over 100. Three people were killed on the first boat and two
A Wisconsin judge was found guilty late Thursday of obstruction for helping a Mexican immigrant evade federal authorities after learning of his imminent arrest but acquitted of concealing him. After six hours of deliberation, dragging into the night, a jury returned a split
A potential deal to fund large swaths of the federal government, including the Departments of Defense and Health and Human Services, collapsed on Thursday night after Colorado senators demanded that Congress stop President Trump’s efforts to dismantle a key climate agency. A
The Senate on Thursday greenlighted 97 lower-level nominees, marking the third tranche advanced by Republicans since they changed the chamber’s rules in September and one of their final acts of the year before departing for the holiday break. Senate Republicans voted 53-43 to
Former President Obama on Thursday shared his yearly favorites in books, movies and music with his followers online. “As 2025 comes to a close, I'm continuing a tradition that I started during my time in the White House: sharing my annual lists of favorite books, movies, and
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump picks up where Biden left off on marijuana President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to speed up the rescheduling of marijuana from Schedule I to the less severe Schedule
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Thursday released a 14-minute video explaining what Americans can expect if the Department of Justice (DOJ) does or does not disclose all of its information on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on its Friday deadline. "Let's start with how
Former North Carolina Gov. Jim Hunt (D) died Thursday at the age of 88. “It is with deep sadness that I share the passing of my beloved daddy and hero, former Governor Jim Hunt,” his daughter, Lt. Gov. Rachel Hunt (D), wrote in a statement on social platform X. “He devoted his
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story SPEED act passes House after anti-wind demands The House on Thursday passed a bill that aims to speed up infrastructure and energy projects —and was expected to include new anti-wind amendment in order to get
Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) said on Thursday that he has seen “no evidence of war crimes” committed during the U.S. military’s Sept. 2 strikes against an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean, and he indicated that his panel does not
President Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law Thursday, establishing spending at the Pentagon and other priorities for the coming year. The bill approves a record $901 billion in military spending for fiscal 2026, roughly $8 billion more than
Presented by the Bank Policy Institute — {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy PRESENTED BY THE BANK POLICY INSTITUTE The Big Story November inflation slowdown surprises experts The consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.7 percent over the 12-month span ending in
A group of Democratic senators introduced legislation to reverse gun tax credits in the Republicans’ summer spending bill and use the repurposed funding for Medicare. The Medicare Investment and Gun Violence Prevention Act aims to strike credits for silencers, shotguns and
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday to reclassify marijuana for "legitimate medical uses" and was set to sign the massive Defense funding bill passed by Congress in recent days. The Kennedy Center's board, which is composed of Trump allies, voted Thursday to
President Donald Trump blitzed through a prime-time address to the nation on Dec. 17, but while short, Trump's speech contained a number of inaccurate or misleading claims, many of which he has repeated in public speeches for months. The post FactChecking Trump’s Rapid-Fire
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Senators introduce bill to sunset tech liability shield Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) introduced the Sunset Section 230 Act, which would repeal the tech liability shield within two years. © J. Scott