Caroline Sunshine, who served as an aide to President Trump during his first term, suggested Thursday that Vice President Vance was set up to take the blame for the failed memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the U.S. and Iran. “I think we know now why JD Vance was sent
While these ideas might have some visceral appeal, taxing producers is the opposite of a solution to a supply crisis.
The federal immigration agents who shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican father of three in Texas, weren’t even looking for him. When ICE agents conducted a deadly traffic stop in Houston, Texas, on Tuesday, they were looking for two people from Guatemala, two
The flight suspensions for eight Apache helicopter pilots involved in a Fourth of July flyover in South Carolina have been lifted amid pressure from Republicans and the public, chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said on Friday morning. “Effective immediately, the
Ministry leader Victor Marx is projected to win the Republican primary for Colorado governor and take on state Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) in the general to succeed outgoing Gov. Jared Polis (D), according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Marx defeated state Sen. Barbara
Whatever threats defamation cases might have posed to the First Amendment in the 18th century, the landscape is now completely different.
Eight men were indicted on federal charges Thursday for their alleged involvement in a planned drone and sniper attack on the White House’s UFC cage-fighting event last month. The indictment, which was returned in Ohio, charges the defendants in two separate plots, including
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) on Thursday blasted President Trump’s decision to fire members of the bipartisan Election Assistance Commission, accusing the president of making a “brazen attempt to seize control of our elections.” “Donald Trump said Republicans
The Maine Senate race was thrown into turmoil after Graham Platner suspended his campaign as the Democratic nominee after facing sexual assault allegations. The discussion will break down the political fallout, what his exit means for the race, and who stands to benefit. Plus,
President Trump fired the remaining Democratic members of the independent Election Assistance Commission on Thursday, the White House confirmed to The Hill. Trump fired the remaining Democrats on the commission, Benjamin Hovland and Thomas Hicks, while Republican Christy
Sustaining this work takes an investment the South has never been given.
Iran was developing a plan to kill President Trump, which Israeli intelligence shared with the U.S. earlier this week, according to reports. Trump himself said on Wednesday, as he departed the NATO summit in Turkey, that he was a target. The plot was first reported by the Wall
The Mexican man who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Houston earlier this week was not the person the agency was targeting in their probe, Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas) said Thursday. Garcia, who represents the Houston area, told MS
[Watch Whole Hog Politics live: Join us today at 9 a.m. EDT 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.] Graham Platner announced the suspension — but as of this writing, still
The democratic socialist balloon deflated this week.
“We’ve got a time problem, but we want to get a win for this country,” Rep. August Pfluger said.
A right that depends on union officials voluntarily respecting it, or on government officials deciding enforcing it, is not much of a right at all.
In today's issue: ▪ Collins’s post-Platner reelection prospects ▪ Air Force One controversy ▪ Housing bill veto deadline tonight ▪ ‘Explosive’ parasitic illness outbreak Republicans see pros and cons to Graham Platner’s last-minute decision to drop out of the Maine Senate race
The 2028 Republican presidential nomination race is already feeling stale and boring with only two choices, JD Vance and Marco Rubio, and Trump is expected to play a leading role in determining the winner.
Meta is in breach of the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA), a preliminary investigation has found, over the "addictive" design of Instagram and Facebook. It's likely to be forced to redesign both apps and could face a fine of up to $12 billion. The European Commission said Meta
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the July 10 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. A 52-year-old man named
Over the last two days, the United States has struck nearly 200 sites in Iran and killed 14 people, according to Iranian state authorities. Iran, meanwhile, is back to lobbing missiles at military sites in Jordan, Qatar, and Kuwait. The Strait of Hormuz is all but closed. The
Many commentators, myself included, perceived a different headline to the Supreme Court’s rejection in Trump v. Barbara of Trump’s executive order in the birthright citizenship case. The real gobsmacking detail was not the court’s holding, which was broadly signaled in oral
The Atlantic is a magazine about the imminent loss of all that we hold dear. That’s a business model likely pitched to older readers, whose keener understanding of their own mortality can sometimes make them project it onto the world around them. The median age of an Atlantic
In 2012, as a 33-year-old staff writer at The American Prospect in D.C., I had the opportunity to travel around the country, looking for stories that would show how real people were connected to the decisions made by politicians inside the Beltway. On a trip to Colorado, while
Republicans are growing increasingly frustrated that weeks of legislative gridlock have brought much of their agenda at a standstill, leaving lawmakers with a thin list of accomplishments to tout on the campaign trail. Hardliners, irked that the SAVE America Act is stalled and
Democrats say there are lessons to be learned from Graham Platner's rapid rise and quick demise in the Maine Senate race. In their search to run someone “different” as part of their rebuilding efforts following significant losses in the 2024 election, Democrats found Platner,
Democrats’ chances of taking back control of the Senate have suffered with recent developments in Maine and Michigan, complicating their chances of winning the two critical battlegrounds. The implosion of Graham Platner’s campaign in Maine has left Democrats scrambling for an
Big developments on the immigration front: First, ICE killed a 52-year-old undocumented immigrant in Texas this week. ICE’s account was already suspect . But now a representative for the man’s family says that the three other men driving with him — who are likely witnesses to
The exceedingly down-home Louisiana senator is getting attention and using it to help his colleagues.
Michigan’s three leading Republican candidates for governor traded jabs at one another during Wednesday night’s heated primary debate, hurling accusations at opponents battling for an edge less than a month before the primary election. Criticism was directed at Rep. John James
Israel recently shared intelligence with the U.S. that reportedly indicted a new plot from Iran to assassinate President Trump, according to a Wall Street Journal article published Thursday. The report, which cited people familiar with the matter, said Israeli officials warned
President Trump’s proposal to build a 250-foot triumphal arch in Virginia across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., cleared an initial federal review Thursday, allowing the plans to proceed despite pushback from historic and architectural preservationists. The National
Freshman House Rep. John McGuire III (R-Va.) on Thursday introduced the Birthright Citizenship Clarification Act to codify President Trump’s executive order seeking to limit birthright citizenship by striking down the jus soli or “right of the soil” legal principle that grants
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The decision to have President Trump fly part of the way home on an old Air Force One instead of his newly refurbished and gifted plane from Qatar is raising questions about just how secure the new Air Force One really is. The White House largely brushed off the decision,
In his first public comment since POLITICO's report, the top strategist says he advised Graham Platner to drop out after learning of the sexual assault allegation against him.
Former Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) supported growing calls from voters across the country for a younger generation of political leaders in a new interview released Wednesday. “I basically think people who are 80 and above really should not be running the world or running the
A note from the alleged Charlie Kirk assassin was revealed in court on Thursday outlining an alleged confession amid other evidence tied to the accused killer. Tyler Robinson, 23, allegedly wrote a letter to his roommate and romantic partner that read “Luna, If you are reading
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GOP Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) sent a warning out to his party that Democratic state Rep. James Talarico actually has a shot at flipping the Texas Senate seat in November. “Unfortunately, I do think he has a real chance,” Cruz told Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), who guest-hosted Sean
Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has privately pressed FBI Director Kash Patel over whether he has reimbursed the government for his personal travel, according to new information obtained by Democrats and revealed on Thursday. Patel was the subject of
"We cannot turn a blind eye to the Mexicans who have died."
A key government agency is proposing to lessen the scope of environmental reviews for nuclear reactors, limiting public input and exempting some reactors altogether. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on Wednesday announced that it is narrowing review under the National
Several news outlets, including The New York Times, asked a judge Thursday to sanction OpenAI for allegedly withholding evidence in a copyright dispute with the ChatGPT maker. The newspapers, which have accused the AI firm of improperly using their copyrighted work to train its
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to make it easier for people to get compensated for injuries they claim came from COVID-19 vaccines. A rule being prepared by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) would allow the agency to compile a
An Afghan national accused of shooting two National Guard members who were on duty in the nation’s capital last year has been hospitalized after refusing to eat in jail, according to federal court filings. The Justice Department requested limited access to Rahmanullah
In 2021, Wally Funk traveled to space with Jeff Bezos aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard, becoming the oldest woman to travel in space.