A federal judge temporarily blocked the government from doling out money from President Trump’s new “anti-weaponization” fund on Friday. U.S. District Judge Leonic Brinkema indicated the pause is to ensure that no funds are “irreversibly disbursed” from the fund until she can
House Oversight Committee leadership clashed over the terms of former Attorney General Pam Bondi’s closed door appearance Friday, with Democrats bashing Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) for agreeing to a voluntary interview. Bondi was subpoenaed for a deposition in March, but Comer
A Black worker in 2026 has the right to factor whether the state taxing their labor will count their vote.
A MAGA Senate candidate who wants to challenge Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff was caught lying about who actually endorses him. Representative Mike Collins, who is facing former football coach Derek Dooley in a heated GOP primary runoff, published endorsements from several local
At least five people have died, and dozens were hospitalized on after a bus crashed on I-95 in Stafford County, according to state police.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will deliver a speech at the Reagan National Economic Forum on Friday warning that decades of U.S. industrial policy have left the country strategically vulnerable. During a talk titled "While America Slept," Bessent will argue that policymakers
Choosing silence while calling on teenagers to bear the costs is simply a failure of leadership.
Donald Trump’s “ Great American State Fair ” is on the verge of having no live music at all. As of Friday, six of the nine original headliners have dropped out of the concert series intended to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary. Martina McBride, Young MC, Milli Vanilli, The
A majority of Americans say the war with Iran has made everyday costs more expensive for them, according to a new poll. In the Politico poll released Friday morning, more than 60 percent of respondents overall believe President Trump has not done enough to shield Americans from
Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorganChase, will speak at the Reagan National Economic Forum on Friday as the U.S. faces rising inflation amid the war in Iran. Dimon warned in his annual letter to shareholders last month that prolonged inflation and higher interest rates
New York lawmakers have been trying to pass the New York Health Act since 1992. Public support is overwhelming. And while most lawmakers have taken a public stance in favor of the bill, in private, many have been more reserved. The reason is simple: The act would eliminate
The top federal prosecutor in Chicago on Thursday denied reports that his office had opened a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the writer who accused President Trump of sexual assault and later won millions of dollars in her lawsuits against him. CNN first reported
What has happened between Washington and Stockholm over the past 12 months is not routine diplomatic housekeeping.
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will appear before the House Oversight Committee on Friday morning for an interview about the DOJ's release of Jeffrey Epstein files. She'll be accompanied by Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division.
Senate Democrats led by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) are pressing FBI Director Kash Patel and the Department of Justice’s acting inspector general for answers about whether Patel is using government resources for personal leisure after he took a
What do the two men have in common? First, they speak common sense to the common man. Second, they get things done. Third, their bold agendas infused new life into a moribund GOP.
Rock singer Bret Michaels has dropped out of the “Great American State Fair” set to take place later this month, becoming the fifth artist to withdraw from President Trump’s Freedom 250 concert. Michaels, the lead singer of the band Poison, announced he would no longer perform
The court should avoid the middle path of expanding executive power in theory while preserving favored exceptions in practice.
In today's issue: ▪ Iran deal awaits Trump's approval▪ Whitmer walks back 2028 comments ▪ ‘60 Minutes’ overhaul ▪ GOP in tough spot over Carroll probe President Trump has a tough road ahead as he tries to make the case that his tentative deal with Iran meets his own goals for
In Florida's upcoming Senate race, Democrat Alexander Vindman is challenging Trump-loyal incumbent Ashley Moody, with recent polls showing a competitive race between the two candidates.
Jacob Wenske allegedly threatened to bomb the upcoming event.
James Talarico seems to know what he needs to do in order to keep the Senate race in Texas competitive in the long, hot summer. The question is whether Ken Paxton does. The same woke sensibilities that made Talarico, an Austin lawmaker, a darling to the progressives in the
Here and there, it’s been a good month for humanity—or “magnificas humanitas,” as Pope Leo XIV calls us poor featherless bipeds. On May 25, the pope published his encyclical letter “on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence.” It made a stern but
President Trump’s surprise demand for Gulf and Arab countries to normalize ties with Israel as part of Iran peace talks has run into a complicated reality in the Middle East. Pakistan, which has been mediating talks between the U.S. and Iran, outright rejected the idea of
More than one year into the second term of President Trump, who declared he would be the “fertilization president,” experts say becoming a parent hasn’t become easier and the number of people who want children has only continued to go down. During the 2024 campaign, Trump
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 rapid adoption of generative artificial intelligence is reshaping business, education, and other sectors of life, including
Many governors across the country, Democrats and Republicans alike, are making a point of mentioning childcare these days. In fact, nearly half of them mentioned it in their 2026 State of the State addresses, according to a tally released this week by the Center for American
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was handed a decisive victory in this week's Senate primary in the Lone Star State. But as the general election against state Rep. James Talarico (D-Texas) begins to take shape, Republicans are scrambling to understand why turnout in one of
Media reports that the Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating E. Jean Carroll — who won an $83 million lawsuit against President Trump in 2024 — is creating a major headache for Senate Republicans, who will likely be forced to defend the controversial probe on the Senate
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will appear before House Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigators Friday, a victory for the panel after the Department of Justice (DOJ) argued she should not have to answer questions about the Epstein files. It’s an unusual
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Black death-row prisoner in Mississippi on Thursday who claimed that he had been denied a fair trial because prosecutors had struck all but one of the Black potential jurors during jury selection. Justice Brett Kavanaugh, writing for a 5–4
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the May 29 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. Markwayne Mullin, the new
For days, activists have been protesting terrible conditions at an ICE facility in New Jersey. In response, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is now threatening to pull Customs and Border Protection officers from airports in sanctuary cities, which could halt
The ousted former attorney general is scheduled to answer questions Friday from the House Oversight Committee on how she handled the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
President Trump is asserting that the U.S. maintains the upper hand in ongoing talks to end the conflict in Iran because joint U.S.-Israeli strikes have weakened its military, even as he called the Iranians “very good negotiators.” “They’re very good negotiators, they're
Country singer Martina McBride shared on Thursday that she will not be participating in a massive concert on the National Mall next month to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, claiming she was misled about the nature of the event. “I was presented with an opportunity to
Vice President Vance said on Thursday that the U.S. was “very close” to finalizing an agreement with Iran, but a few sticking points remained. The two sides have reached a tentative deal that would extend the already-fragile ceasefire for 60 days, reopen the Strait of Hormuz
Americans' savings rate fell to 2.6% in April — the first time it's dipped below 3% since June 2022.
The White House is mocking the idea of the U.S. retaining secrets involving alien encounters by launching a space-themed website that touts the arrests of immigrants unauthorized to live in the U.S. The website, launched on Thursday, opens with a crawl similar to the one seen
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) hit back on Thursday at a comment from the top Democratic challenger in Maine's Senate race about her past support of U.S. military foreign intervention. Graham Platner, a Marine veteran and oyster farmer, told The New York Times earlier this month
A tentative agreement has been reached between the U.S. and Iran to extend a fragile ceasefire in the three-month conflict by 60 days, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and establish a framework for broader talks on Tehran’s nuclear program, according to U.S. sources. Negotiators
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The Democratic candidates in Michigan’s Senate race squared off in a combative Thursday debate, clashing over foreign and corporate campaign donations. Rep. Haley Stevens (Mich.), state Sen. Mallory McMorrow and Abdul El-Sayed, a former Wayne County Health, Human and Veteran
A viral video shows the moment a woman in Palm Beach County, Florida, was pulled over for allegedly holding her phone in her right hand while she was driving. But when she was pulled over, the woman raised her arm to show the deputy her alibi: she doesn't have a right hand.