Upheaval among the top ranks of the Food and Drug Administration continued late Friday when Tracey Beth Høeg, the agency’s top drug regulator, was ousted. Høeg had served as acting director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) since December, and was the
The Pentagon’s policy chief announced Monday that the United States will suspend its involvement in a joint body that coordinates military consultation with Canada, pointing to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s address to the World Economic Forum earlier this year. The
Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said in a new interview that the Republican Party never got “back to sanity,” Hogan told The Washington Post that he thought the GOP would eventually get “back to sanity” after the 2024 presidential election in which President Trump won a
The Pentagon is pushing back on allegations that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is politicizing the military with his planned Monday appearance in Kentucky to campaign for the man who is challenging Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.) in Tuesday’s Republican primary. “Secretary Hegseth
Electric companies NextEra and Dominion will merge, they announced on Monday. The merger would create the world’s largest regulated electric utility, the companies said in a press release. The move comes as electricity prices have been on the rise — up an average of 6.1 percent
President Trump is scheduled to host a healthcare affordability event on Monday afternoon at the White House. Trump in January unveiled an affordability framework aimed at lowering drug prices and insurance premiums, as he seeks to address a major Republican political liability
Fox News host and former Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) on Sunday praised Spencer Pratt, a candidate in the Los Angeles mayoral race, saying he is "going to forever change how political ads are done." Pratt's campaign has pushed AI-generated ads depicting incumbent Los Angeles
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) again pinned an ongoing Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) strike on the Trump administration, continuing a days-long feud between Albany and Washington over the strike. “Let me be clear, this strike would not have been possible if the Trump
Rubio has been an active participant in Trump’s relentless campaign to prevent the U.S. from being the country he described.
MAGA Republicans are teaching a scary lesson in the wake of Senator Bill Cassidy’s weekend primary loss: Do not cross Donald Trump. South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham appeared on NBC News’s Meet the Press Sunday to spread the word. “Are you glad that Senator Cassidy is no
President Trump in a filing on Monday moved to dismiss his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over an agency contractor who leaked his tax return information to news outlets. The notice of voluntary dismissal was filed in a federal court in Miami. Trump’s civil lawsuit sought
A new poll shows Republicans trailing Democrats by double digits on a generic congressional ballot. The survey results released Monday by the New York Times/Siena poll show that 50 percent of respondents said they would vote for the Democratic candidate in their district.
The Supreme Court said Monday it will not consider whether a suburban Chicago teacher was rightfully fired over inflammatory Facebook posts in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in 2020. Jeanne Hedgepeth was a teacher at Palatine High School in Illinois for 20
Military and veteran family caregivers provide $119 billion in unpaid care annually, yet 35 percent of their households live below the poverty line, and they face a lack of support from Congress.
A CSPAN caller who identified himself as a three-time Donald Trump voter compared the president to Adolf Hitler. In a damning pulse-check on Trump’s second term, a caller, who identified himself as “Thomas from Hawaii,” told CSPAN’s Washington Journal Saturday that he regrets
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a former congressman’s bid to toss his conviction on insider trading charges. Former Rep. Stephen Buyer (R-Ind.) was convicted in 2023 on four federal charges tied to hundreds of thousands of dollars he earned trading inside
President Trump capped off a long weekend of boomer-AI shitposting on Truth Social with a bizarre picture of him walking next to a handcuffed alien. The Sunday afternoon post, made without comment, is perhaps his strangest since he posted himself as AI Jesus. And its timing
President Trump's approval rating dipped to a second-term low in the latest New York Times/Siena poll published Monday. Pollsters found Trump's approval at 37 percent, with 59 percent of respondents saying they disapprove of the president's job performance. The previous
The Supreme Court said Monday it will weigh whether federally funded school employees can privately sue over sex discrimination at their jobs under Title IX. MaChelle Joseph, a women's basketball coach, was fired from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2019 after filing a
Less than one-third of Americans think President Trump’s war with Iran was a good idea. A new poll from The New York Times and Siena University shows Trump’s decision to go to war has hurt his popularity, with his approval rating falling to a second-term low of just 37 percent.
The GOP is increasingly embracing racial politics, with many of its members either expressing racist views or playing along by ignoring them, as evidenced by the recent Supreme Court ruling that dismantled protections for Black voters and the racist text groups involving young
Congress appears poised to intensify its scrutiny of major sports leagues and their gambling partners in response to a growing number of scandals involving illicit wagering that have rocked college programs and professional teams in recent months. An explosive scandal that
Republicans in the Senate are clashing over President Trump's wish for $1 billion in security funding for a White House ballroom. The battle comes as the Senate parliamentarian rules the money cannot be included in a budget reconciliation package under Senate rules. Meanshile,
Most Americans say President Trump made the wrong decision to kick off a military offensive against Iran, according to the latest New York Times/Siena poll released on Monday. The poll found that 64 percent say they think the war in Iran was the wrong decision, with 30 percent
The fight over immigration enforcement funding will take center stage in Washington this week ahead of a scheduled Memorial Day recess. Lawmakers are also racing to meet a June 1 deadline set by President Trump. One piece of the legislation that needs to be reworked is funding
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday defended President Trump’s controversial affordability remarks, describing his stance on the Iran war as his “Churchill moment” in spite of the financial hurdles faced by Americans. “That's his Churchill moment. When Churchill came into
Last Month's Los Angeles arsonry offers clearest expression of America’s class resentment since Luigi Mangione.
The Washington Nationals say the team has identified and banned at least one person who unveiled a sign espousing white nationalist ideology during a Sunday home game. Video taken from the team's stadium on Sunday showed at least two people in an Upper Deck section of the
An increasingly hostile political environment for Republicans has put the upper chamber squarely in play for Democrats.
Four crew members safely ejected from their aircraft on Sunday following a mid-air collision at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho during an event commemorating the nation's 250th birthday. Two EA-18G Growlers from the Electronic Attack Squadron 129 in Whidbey Island,
With oil and gas prices controlled by global markets, and coal and nuclear power producing dangerous wastes, renewable resources are the true path to America’s energy independence. They are the “America First” options.
Members of both parties see passing legislation as critical to combating a narrative with voters that Capitol Hill is mired in political dysfunction.
President Trump late Sunday doubled down on his efforts to oust Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), telling voters he “must be thrown out of office.” “Third Rate Congressman Thomas Massie, a Weak and Pathetic RINO from the Great Commonwealth of Kentucky, a place I love, and won big SIX
A wounded bear is dangerous. A wounded bear that believes it has no exit is far more dangerous.
In the three years since the horrific Oct. 7 massacre of Israelis, we have watched in astonishment as the most absurd and outrageous allegations against Israel have wormed their way into Western print.
In today’s issue: America’s military has growing budget problems because of the Iran war, and Congress is unlikely to help the situation anytime soon. Those were two key takeaways from Capitol Hill last week, as President Trump’s trip to China provided some distraction but
The governor’s office said multiple fires have ignited since Friday under continuing dry, hot and windy conditions.
In the same poll, 57 percent of respondents said they believed Trump’s policies “are making” them “financially worse off.”
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the May 18 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. Donald Trump doesn’t
Will 2026 finally be the year when a critical mass of Americans wakes up and realizes that Republicans always screw up the economy? I doubt it. The idea that the party of big business must surely be more trustworthy on economic policy just seems intuitively right to most
Both chambers are rushing to finalize a package that would fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol before lawmakers leave for a scheduled recess at the end of the week. Republicans are pushing the package through a special partisan process known as
The Senate is gearing up for a battle over funding President Trump’s White House ballroom, which will take center stage when senators debate a budget reconciliation package this week to fund immigration enforcement operations through 2029. Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth
In April 2023, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who holds stock in seven oil and gas companies, recused himself from voting on a cert petition brought by fossil fuel giants Suncor and ExxonMobil in Suncor v. Boulder County . Boulder is one of dozens of parallel lawsuits
Earlier this month, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. kicked off Mental Health Awareness Month with the launch of several initiatives to reduce the prescription of antidepressants. Kennedy announced the plan—which includes new clinical guidelines,
Next month marks the four-year anniversary of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , the landmark decision where the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated the constitutional right to obtain an abortion. Many Americans wondered at the time whether the court
The Trump administration is pivoting hard on vaping, taking down guardrails that have limited the industry's growth in recent years and making clear the tobacco industry’s enduring influence over Washington. In the span of two weeks, the Trump administration granted marketing
Democratic lawmakers are on the verge of passing a resolution to end President Trump’s war with Iran — with some help from a steadily growing group of Republicans. In the House and Senate, resolutions under the 1973 War Powers Act this past week saw more members of Trump’s
In her 2001 memoir, A Life’s Work, Rachel Cusk writes that “in motherhood, a woman exchanges her public significance for a range of private meanings.” Cusk’s feelings of invisibility and loneliness were met with relentless criticism . “I was accused of child-hating,” Cusk
