Republicans are proposing to hand out even more taxpayer dollars, with President Trump proposing a $2,000 dividend for eligible individuals. Republicans, who previously criticized the Democrats' American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for being fiscally irresponsible, are now
Former Texas Rep. Colin Allred (D) on Monday explained why he dropped his Senate bid after talking with Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas), who later joined the race. Allred told CNN’s Dana Bash that after a “professional, friendly conversation” with Crockett, he’d chosen to
A federal judge has asked for testimony from a Justice Department whistleblower who alleged leadership appeared to lie to the court when they said they were unaware of pending flights that sent more than 100 men to a Salvadoran mega prison. The inquiry comes as U.S. District
If we don’t own this story, fossil fuel lobbyists will.
Texas officials announced Monday they are partnering with Turning Point USA, the conservative organization whose co-founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated earlier this year, to put a club in every high school in the state. Gov. Greg Abbott (R), Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) and Josh
Related video — DC Bureau: Tariff Assistance for Farmers President Trump on Tuesday argued that national security is at risk if the Supreme Court decides to rule against his sweeping tariff agenda. “The biggest threat in history to United States National Security would be a
More than 200 attorneys formerly employed in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division bashed the Trump administration Tuesday for turning its “core mission upside down” as it took a series of moves to gut the agency. The open letter, signed on the 68th anniversary of the
President Trump declined to encourage the retirements of Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, the Supreme Court's two oldest conservatives, in an interview released Tuesday. “I hope they stay, ’cause I think they’re fantastic, OK?” Trump told Politico's Dasha Burns, when
An immigration judge on Monday ordered the release of the mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's nephew. Bruna Ferreira, a 33-year-old immigrant from Brazil, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last month in Revere, Mass., according to
Information without choice is powerless. Choice without information is meaningless. Together, they create the foundation of a functioning market.
In a recent visit to the White House, Paramount CEO David Ellison promised President Trump that he would completely rehaul CNN if the president allowed them to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery instead of Netflix, as reported by The Wall Street Journal . Ellison’s father,
A federal judge on Tuesday granted the Department of Justice's (DOJ) request to publicly release scores of records from a sex-trafficking case against Ghislaine Maxwell, the accomplice of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer’s ruling comes
President Trump’s approval rating increased to 41 percent in a survey released Tuesday, buoyed by rising Republican support for his handling of the economy. The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll found Trump's overall approval ticked up 3 points from the 38 percent recorded late last
President Trump did not rule out sending U.S. troops to Venezuela in an interview released Tuesday as tensions between Washington and Caracas rise. “I don’t comment on that. I wouldn’t say that one way or the other,” Trump told Politico’s Dasha Burns when asked if there could
In extending pardons, even English kings showed some rationality, but Trump’s policies have gone from a breeze to a tornado.
The Honduran attorney general on Monday announced an international arrest warrant against Juan Orlando Hernández, the country’s former president who was recently pardoned by President Trump and released from prison. Johel Antonio Zelaya Alvarez, attorney general of Honduras,
MAGAworld is on the fritz. Far-right influencer Tim Pool dialed up his critique of his fellow conservative influencers during a livestream Monday, claiming he was “fucking done” with the political caucus while branding its own as “scumbags” and “psychopaths.” Pool, who rose to
President Donald Trump once again threatened to increase tariffs on one of the United States’s biggest trading partners, Mexico. Hours after his roundtable meeting Monday to announce a $12 billion aid package for farmers hurt by his own policies , Trump took to Truth Social to
The acknowledgment that real estate contracts are shaping policy represents a critical moment in the evolution of work. The lease has become a tail wagging the dog of corporate flexibility.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday morning will consider a GOP challenge seeking to strike down federal restrictions on political parties' spending in coordination with candidates. The GOP's House and Senate campaign arms pushed back on limits under the First Amendment's free speech
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday designated the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organizations, following the lead of Texas, which took a similar step last month. DeSantis posted the executive order, “Protecting
White House chief of staff said President Trump will be a constant presence on the campaign trail ahead of next year’s midterm elections, saying in an interview on Monday that he will campaign like it’s 2024. “Typically in the midterms it’s not about who’s sitting at the White
A major campaign finance battle will be heard by the Supreme Court on Tuesday, as the justices weigh whether to strike down federal restrictions on coordinated spending between political parties and their candidates. Vice President Vance was one of the challengers. When he
President Trump said in a new interview that Ukraine should hold elections despite being locked in war with Russia. “They’re using war not to hold an election. I would think the Ukrainian people should have that choice,” Trump told Politico. “They talk about having a democracy
President Trump in an interview published Tuesday railed against what he called "weak" leaders from Europe, complaining that they did not know what to do on migration and trade. Trump sat down with Politico after the outlet declared him the most influential person shaping
The Trump administration's bombing of a small boat in the Caribbean, which killed 11 people, was more complicated than first revealed, and the second strike was condemned as a "war crime" by some Republicans and Democrats alike.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday is taking up another pivotal case, with oral arguments regarding campaign spending limits. The administration is pushing for the court to overturn a 2001 ruling on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and
President Trump gave the economy under his second administration an “A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus” ahead of his trip to Pennsylvania to sell his efforts to bring down inflation on Tuesday. The president made the comments during an interview with Politico that was conducted on
Kyiv and Washington have established a framework for catalyzing investment in Ukraine.
The Movement is a weekly newsletter tracking the influence and debates steering politics on the right. Sign up here or in the box below. Republicans in Congress are on a path to letting enhanced ObamaCare subsidies expire at the end of the year, a result that could amount to a
President Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky must begin making concessions in the effort to bring its nearly four-year war with Russia to an end. In a Monday interview with Politico’s Dasha Burns, Trump was asked at what point he accepts Zelensky’s resistance to
Bill Gates is reacting to the wreckage of ideology from its collision with the laws of physics.
One in four Americans today is a family caregiver – someone who helps an aging parent, a spouse, or a loved one with a disability live as independently as possible. They manage everything from meals and doctor's visits to bills and daily care, often while juggling jobs and
The reconciliation process should again become a route to fiscal responsibility, not partisan budget-busting.
T he following is a lightly edited transcript of the December 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. Pete Hegseth’s defense
(KTLA) – The family of a California man who died aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit accusing the company of over-serving him alcohol and using excessive force that they say led to his death. Michael Virgil, 35, died Dec. 13, 2024,
President Trump is attempting to shift the narrative on affordability with a speech in Pennsylvania, while Supreme Court hears a campaign finance case, Jasmine Crockett targets Trump with Senate bid, and voters head to polls in Miami and Albuquerque.
Wegmans says the affected products were sold at its locations across the Northeast and North Carolina.
Waymo is hitting the brakes on its robotaxi software and issuing a voluntary recall after school bus safety concerns came to light earlier this year.
Swing-state Republican senators who are up for reelection are scrambling for political cover as the Senate prepares to vote on a Democratic bill to extend health insurance tax credits, even as the GOP struggles to coalesce behind a plan. Senate Majority Leader John Thune
President Trump is set to travel to Pennsylvania on Tuesday to deliver a speech on the economy, a tacit acknowledgment that he and the White House must do more to address voters' concerns about heightened costs for Americans. Trump has so far in his second term made sparingly
In an interview with POLITICO, the president offered no reassurance to America's allies about Russia and vowed to reshape their politics.
This is a lightly edited transcript of the December 8 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . Perry Bacon: I’m Perry Bacon. I’m the host of The New Republic show Right Now. I’m joined by Andrea
President Trump and Education Secretary Linda McMahon have spent the first year of the second Trump administration working hard to fulfill his campaign promise to close the Education Department. From mass layoffs to moving programs to other federal agencies, McMahon is doing
Trinidad and Tobago's military comprises fewer than 6,000 soldiers, placing it among the smallest on the South American continental shelf. Still, located just 7 miles from Venezuela at their closest point, the tiny dual-island nation is playing a key role in President Trump's
Two key AI provisions were left out of the final text of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) after failing to overcome Republican divisions, while a pair of measures restricting investments and contracts with China made it into the must-pass defense bill. The
It’s hard to remember that there was a Republican presidential nominating contest last year, but it really did happen. The reason it is so easy to forget is that the front-runner and inevitable winner didn’t really participate. Donald Trump shrewdly mostly ignored the likes of
Rural America knows the truth long before the rest of the country feels it. Nothing collapses all at once. It just stops working in small places first while everyone else calls it local hardship. That’s why wood banks—like a food bank but for fuel—are important. They’re the
As Republicans and Democrats look ahead to next year’s midterms, both parties are keeping an eye on a series of state and local special elections to close the year out. Democrats are seeking to score more victories after a successful off year during President Trump’s second