President Trump on Friday morning will swear in Kevin Warsh as next chair of the Federal Reserve board before traveling to New York to campaign with GOP Rep. Mike Lawler in the 17th Congressional District. The president will then head to his golf club in Bedminster, N.J., for
Epidemiologist Dr. Neil Vora warned that the spread of the Ebola virus in several African countries “will get worse before it gets better.” Vora, who worked for the Centers for Control and Disease Prevention (CDC) during the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) 2019 Ebola
Governing parties that brought stability and coherence to electoral competition after World War II are imploding.
Papers were released after lawmakers accused Prince Andrew of prioritizing Epstein ties over Britain.
The Food and Drug Administration in recent months has approved a small number of drugs quite quickly under a new expedited review program. But Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has overstated the impact of the program by making misleading comparisons to
President Trump celebrated the end of late-night comedian Stephen Colbert’s decadelong run hosting “The Late Show” on Thursday evening, after he previously championed Paramount's decision to fire the comedian. “Colbert is finally finished at CBS. Amazing that he lasted so
[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.] The idea of “blue MAGA” or the “Democrats’ Tea Party moment” have been
In 2024, International Brotherhood of Teamsters union bosses conducted internal polling of their rank-and-file members. It showed roughly 60 percent support for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump over Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. Nevertheless, union President
Will Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin survive autopsy-gate? Is Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) now a shoo-in for Senate after President Trump‘s endorsement — and is that good news for Democrat James Talarico? Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner's past
Congress must invalidate President Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting as it is unconstitutional, politically motivated, and will disproportionately disenfranchise certain groups of voters.
In today's issue: ▪ 2024 DNC autopsy backlash ▪ Ebola concerns rise ▪ Reconciliation bill punted ▪ Lawler campaigning with Trump If yesterday’s release of the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) long-awaited autopsy report on the 2024 presidential election was meant to lower
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . You can read a transcript here . The cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s program on CBS isn’t the end of entertainment shows with a political bent on network tv. In
Moral panics are usually moral first and accurate second.
This is a lightly edited transcript of the May 21 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . This is part of Right Now’s ongoing cover of media in the Trump era, including a discussion on the temporary
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the May 22 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 just got hit
President Trump's grip on Republican primaries appears tighter than ever as a string of GOP officeholders who came under his wrath fell to defeat in contests over the past month in Indiana, Kentucky and Louisiana. Yet there’s a disconnect for the party, which is facing alarm
Just a few weeks into Trump’s return to the White House, thousands of people made their way to a Manhattan park close to NYU Langone Hospital. The rally, one of the earlier mass protests against the president’s second administration, was in defense of transgender rights. NYU
Over the last few days, everyone and their Mother Jones has been talking about Tina Peters, the convicted election fraudster, and whether Colorado Governor Jared Polis “did the right thing” in commuting her sentence last week. This debate doesn’t fall along party lines so
President Trump is heading to one of the country’s most competitive swing districts on Friday on the heels of a number of high-profile GOP primary wins, giving voters a preview of his general election message in the face of growing discontent with the economy and declining poll
Senate Republicans blasted acting Attorney General Todd Blanche Thursday over the Trump administration’s proposal to set up a $1.8 billion fund to compensate MAGA allies prosecuted by the Justice Department and made it clear that a budget reconciliation bill to fund immigration
Donald Trump calls climate change a “ hoax ,” a “ scam ,” and a “ con job .” He has (twice) withdrawn the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement , and he has pulled the plug, or tried to, on “ the Green New Scam ,” which is what he calls President Joe Biden’s extensive
A court showdown will unfold Friday to determine the fate of Alabama’s congressional map for the midterms. Alabama Republicans want to restore a map that would remove the state’s second majority-Black district and give the party a potential pickup. Republicans say the
The Supreme Court took the unusual step on Thursday of dismissing a case that it had already heard, handing a rare win to a death-row prisoner and avoiding a ruling that could make it harder for other prisoners with intellectual disabilities to avoid execution. In rare cases,
Donald Trump just got hit with an absolutely crushing poll from Fox News. Disapproval of his handling of the economy is at an all-time high. His ratings on inflation are staggeringly awful. Historically friendly voter groups —whites, rural Americans, the working class —are all
Stephen Colbert largely steered clear of politics or direct criticism of President Trump during his final broadcast of "The Late Show" on Thursday night. Colbert, who repeatedly thanked his staff and viewership for supporting him during his 11 years on CBS, read headlines of
Former White House national security adviser John Bolton on Thursday called on President Trump to end the U.S. ceasefire with Iran. "Well, I think it’s a waste of oxygen to negotiate with the Iranians," Bolton told Bloomberg's Tyler Kendall. "I don’t think they’re ever going to
Former CNN chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta on Thursday questioned whether he should receive compensation from the Department of Justice's (DOJ) "anti-weaponization" fund. "[President] Trump seized my White House press pass back in 2018, violating my First and Fifth
President Trump urged South Carolina Republicans on Thursday to vote against David Pascoe in the upcoming GOP primary for state attorney general, slamming the longtime prosecutor who switched parties last year as a “total fraud.” “There this RINO Candidate in the Palmetto State
Honda has ordered a recall affecting up to 59,887 cars across two models, according to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA).
President Trump on Thursday praised the House Energy and Commerce Committee's vote to report a bill that would make daylight saving time permanent. The committee voted 48-1 to report the Sunshine Protection Act, introduced by Florida Republicans Sen. Rick Scott and Rep. Vern
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on Thursday predicted that the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season could be below normal as El Niño intensifies amid its development. NOAA's outlook predicts a 55 percent chance of a below-normal season, with between
House Republicans are seething at the Senate’s decision to push back a vote on an immigration funding package until next month, steamrolling over President Trump’s self-imposed June 1 deadline to get the bill to his desk. The decision to punt action on the package, which
Rep. Marc Veasey (D-Texas) said on Thursday that he thought Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin should “move on” following the botched rollout of an autopsy report on the party’s 2024 election losses. “There doesn’t seem to be a plan to turn things around and
He spoke to at least two county party chairs on Thursday as attention to his undisclosed illness grew.
Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao said Thursday the U.S. is pausing a $14 billion arms sale to Taiwan because of the Trump administration’s war with Iran. Speaking during a Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing, Cao insisted the U.S. still had "plenty" of missiles
Congressional Republicans are lashing out over a nearly $1.8 billion fund created by the Department of Justice (DOJ) this week to give payouts to those who claim to have been the target of a “weaponized” government. Discontent over the fund contributed to senators abruptly
Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) is attempting to end speculation about when he may return from a mysterious months-long absence from Congress, telling a New Jersey newspaper Thursday that he plans to be back “in the next couple of weeks.” “I anticipate that in the next couple of
A federal judge is officially being tasked with deciding whether to break up Live Nation-Ticketmaster. More than 30 states are asking Judge Arun Subramanian to order a sale of the ticketing giant, a "sufficient number" of large amphitheaters, and limit its ability to tie access
His family reported that he had been hospitalized with a severe illness.
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The House punted a vote Thursday on a Democratic-led war powers resolution aimed at limiting President Trump’s military action on Iran. House Republicans appear to have pushed the vote over attendance issues. Trump and GOP leaders have argued that the president has the
Hundreds of Greenlanders took to the streets Thursday to protest the opening of the U.S. Consulate, chanting that the Americans must "go home." Protesters waved Greenlandic flags and held signs that read "USA Asu," or Stop USA," The Guardian reported. Others shouted "Greenland
Rock star Bruce Springsteen took shots at President Trump and Paramount owners Larry and David Ellison during an appearance on Stephen Colbert’s late-night show. After Colbert introduced Springsteen before his performance on the second-to-last episode of “The Late Show,”
The House on Thursday was unable to pass a bill authorizing the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum to be located within the reserve of the National Mall and outlining a framework for selecting the museum’s leadership and its content. The bill failed by a vote of
New GOP language sought to block the institution from portraying “any biological male as a female.”
Moderna’s experimental mRNA flu shot will be reviewed by a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel next month, a move that suggests a more stable approach to drug reviews after the firing of former agency head Marty Makary. The panel will meet June 18 to discuss and
Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Thursday slammed acting Attorney General Todd Blanche for accepting the Trump administration’s proposal to establish a $1.8 billion legal compensation fund for people who claim they were wrongfully prosecuted by the
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