Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Tex.) did not mince words when reacting to the arrest of former CNN anchor Don Lemon by federal authorities on Friday. “Are you F-ing KIDDING ME?! @Donlemonbsky has been arrested by the DOJ?! Exercising your first amendment constitutionally ‘protected’
Pretti was killed not for what he did but for who he was and what he represented.
A controversial new law that could enrich some Republican senators — and a bipartisan effort to repeal the provision — is at the center of a hold by Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) that is delaying a vote on a funding package. Under the law, senators — but not House members — have
President Trump threatened to levy tariffs on “any and all Aircraft” from Canada after the country stripped certification from a U.S. jet manufacturer. In a Truth Social post on Thursday, Trump said his administration would tax all Canadian aircrafts sold to the U.S. until the
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will speak with reporters Friday morning as the Department of Justice (DOJ) continues to work its way through files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Trump administration has received criticism over how slow the
At least in some respects, this defense document breaks new ground.
A girl was injured after being hit by a car sporting a large Trump flag on Thursday afternoon. The driver of the vehicle then sped away to screams from a crowd of high school students protesting ICE. The incident took place outside Fremont High School in Fremont, Nebraska. In
Vice President J.D. Vance’s story about protesters mobbing off-duty ICE and Border Patrol officers in a Minneapolis restaurant is being challenged by local police—and the restaurant manager. On Sunday, Vance posted a story on X about officers at dinner being doxed (in this
For all his platitudes in the wake of Alex Pretti’s death, Donald Trump doesn’t seem to care about or respect the slain ICU nurse one bit. In a Truth Social post late Thursday night, the president coldly referred to Pretti as an “agitator” and claimed that his “stock has gone
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) condemned President Trump’s nomination for the next Federal Reserve chair, staying true to his word of opposing all of the president’s nominees until the Department of Justice (DOJ) halts its investigation into the central bank’s current chair. Trump
President Trump on Friday called Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old ICU nurse who was fatally shot by Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis last weekend, an “agitator, and perhaps, insurrectionist," and suggested his stock had "gone way down." His comment comes after a newly released
Nearly a dozen people close to the Trump administration skipped out on the world premiere of Melania Trump’s new documentary, Melania —even her own son. Multiple family members were no-shows at the First Lady’s big night at the Kennedy Center Thursday, including Barron Trump,
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) condemned the news that former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested Thursday evening. “Don Lemon is an accomplished journalist whose urgent work is protected by the First Amendment,” Jeffries wrote in a post on the social platform X.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) may not be a fan of Nicki Minaj's music, but he says he now considers the "Super Bass" rapper a pal. "Nicki has become a friend of mine," Johnson told ITK on Thursday, when asked if he was familiar with any of Minaj's songs before her visit to the
Overall, I am baffled by the situation my fiancée and myself find ourselves in.
Intelligence Committee Democrats are demanding Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard appear before both chambers' respective panels after she was present during the execution of an FBI search warrant at an election center in Atlanta. Gabbard was photographed at the
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will speak with reporters Friday morning as Democrats continue their push to rein in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) following two fatal shootings in Minnesota at the hands of federal immigration enforcement officials.
Federal agents detained journalists Don Lemon and independent Minnesota journalist Georgia Fort on Thursday night. Both journalists had covered an anti-ICE protest at a church in Minneapolis earlier this month. It is unclear what they will be charged with, and it appears they
The Department of Justice is wasting taxpayer dollars and hurting patients by pursuing a lawsuit against pharmacies for allegedly contributing to the opioid crisis, when it should instead be focusing on the criminals trafficking fentanyl into the country.
President Trump on Friday nominated former Federal Reserve board member Kevin Warsh to succeed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. In an announcement on Truth Social, the president touted Warsh’s resume, expressing his confidence that his nominee “will go down as one of the
Under current law, no one is accountable. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Thursday she was using the “best information we had at the time” when she initially responded to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti over the weekend, the second U.S. citizen killed by federal law enforcement officers in Minneapolis
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Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Jerome Powell as chairman of the Federal Reserve actually has a long history as an inflation hawk, not the most obvious choice for a president who keeps pushing for lower interest rates. Trump announced on Truth Social Friday morning that Kevin
Regional favorites, however, are vastly different.
Congress needs to exercise its oversight responsibility and take a close look at funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
President Trump addressed his decision not to nominate National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett to chair the Federal Reserve, saying he did not want to move him from his current role. “[There] was great speculation that highly respected Kevin Hassett was going to be
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested by federal authorities in Los Angeles late Thursday night, according to his attorney. Lemon, now an independent journalist and a frequent critic of President Trump and his allies, had drawn scrutiny from the administration in recent days
President Trump signaled Thursday that his administration would not pull back immigration enforcement efforts in Minnesota, contradicting comments made earlier in the day by border czar Tom Homan about a "draw down" of federal officials in the state. “We keep our country safe.
President Trump on Friday morning announced his choice to succeed Jerome Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve, naming Kevin Warsh to the role. “I have known Kevin for a long period of time, and have no doubt that he will go down as one of the GREAT Fed Chairmen, maybe the
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . President Trump is plunging in the polls, and many of his policies are being defeated, either legislatively or through the courts . That’s worth celebrating, says
[Watch Whole Hog Politics live: Join us today at 9 a.m. 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.] What was Tulsi Gabbard, the nation’s highest-ranking intelligence official,
After months of Trump administration officials forecasting "very large refunds" in the 2026 filing season, early taxpayers may be wondering when that money will hit their accounts.
Newsom has made California smaller, poorer and less politically powerful. His many failings should be taken seriously; his presidential ambitions should not.
More than 10 years after its delivery, warnings from Donald Trump’s June 2015 presidential candidacy announcement continue to resonate. He decried the high cost of the Affordable Care Act medical insurance subsidies. He sounded a warning about the federal debt, then at $18
This is a lightly edited transcript of the January 29 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . Perry Bacon: Good morning. I’m Perry Bacon. I’m the host of The New Republic’s Right Now . I’m honored
While the Midwest and East Coast huddled against the snow, American families watched in horror as Border Patrol agents disarmed, tackled and unloaded a full clip into Alex Pretti, an American citizen and intensive care nurse with the Veterans' Administration. Moments later,
President Trump early Friday nominated former Federal Reserve board member Kevin Warsh to be the central bank's next chair. "I am pleased to announce that I am nominating Kevin Warsh to be the CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM," Trump wrote on
Trump's Fed chair pick, ICE rollback in Maine, ACA enrollment drop, and Senate deal to avoid government shutdown faces delay.
T he following is a lightly edited transcript of the January 30 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here . A clip on Trumpworld sinking into finger-pointing is here . Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic , produced and presented by the DSR
At an all-staff meeting on Tuesday, CBS News’s editor in chief Bari Weiss—perhaps the record-holder for the fastest the word embattled has ever been appended in front of a new job title—laid out her vision for the network she had taken the reins of only a few weeks earlier .
Have you heard about the proposed First National Bank of Trump? I get paid to know such things, but this kleptocratic scheme tiptoed past me earlier this month while I was distracted by our invasion of Venezuela , the phony criminal investigation of Jerome Powell , the
It was hardly a surprise to anyone when, in December, Bloomberg broke the news that Warner Bros. president and CEO David Zaslav had agreed to sell the historic studio. Ever since Zaslav took over the company in 2021, the former cable television lawyer showed seemingly no
In 2022, Charlotte Gainsbourg brought her mother, Jane Birkin, to her deceased father’s apartment in Paris’s 7th arrondissement and recorded the visit in her documentary, Jane by Charlotte . She was preparing to transform the residence into a museum—which is now open to the
So far, 23 states have joined the new federal tax-credit program that allows individuals to donate to organizations that give scholarships for private school tuition or extra support services for public school students. With mostly Republican states joining the program,
Democratic donors say that the fatal shootings by federal agents in Minnesota this month have not only generated outrage in key fundraising circles but have compelled many to open up their checkbooks. In more than half a dozen interviews with The Hill, major Democratic
President Trump and the GOP are in a growing panic over ICE. Trump’s advisers are sinking into recriminations. Republican officials are publicly admitting that his immigration agenda “seems to be not working” and that the GOP is “losing” the political battle over it. Others are
The Senate’s race to avert a shutdown hit the skids late Thursday night as Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) placed a hold on the government funding package, forcing leaders to punt the vote. Senators had been hoping to vote on the so-called minibus after leaders struck a deal