A former Department of Homeland Security spokesperson was reportedly directly involved in awarding federal funds that ended up with her husband’s company, in the latest installment of the $220 million scandal that got Kristi Noem fired . Tricia McLaughlin, who served as the
Friday will mark two weeks since a retired Air Force major general who previously oversaw a base associated with UFO lore was last seen in Albuquerque, N.M. The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) issued a Silver Alert for William “Neil” McCasland the day he went
The federal government spent approximately $186 billion in improper payments in 2025, which is more than the combined budgets of the Department of State, Department of Justice, and Department of Commerce, and could be reduced by implementing proven private sector verification
Donald Trump issued a veiled threat to Iran Thursday, but not one directly related to the war: It concerns their men’s national soccer team. “The Iran National Soccer Team is welcome to The World Cup, but I really don’t believe it is appropriate that they be there, for their
A Costco shopper in Illinois has sued the retail giant in an attempt to secure refunds for U.S. customers after the Supreme Court struck down the bulk of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs last month. The proposed class action lawsuit seeks to prevent what is described as
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt pushed back on an ABC News report that the FBI warned police departments in California that Iran wants to retaliate over the U.S. military operation in the country, saying “no such threat from Iran to our homeland exists, and it
The Senate on Thursday passed a landmark housing bill by a massive bipartisan margin and sent it to the House, where it faces an uncertain future as lawmakers fume over being shut out of the negotiations by the upper chamber. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which is
Iran has systematically destroyed U.S. missile defense systems across the Middle East over the last 13 days, opting to surgically dismantle the eyes and ears of America’s regional defense systems rather than go toe-to-toe with the country’s raw firepower. The Pentagon confirmed
Julian Hernandez, 25, passed away earlier this month.
A United Nations panel issued a Wednesday decision condemning hate speech from President Trump and raising concerns with his administration’s immigration policies. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination warned that hate speech from political leaders
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Wednesday went after President Trump over a post calling dyslexia a “mental disorder.” In a post on his Truth Social platform Wednesday evening, Trump said that Newsom “said, in a speech, he was dumb, had low Boards, can’t read, has dyslexia,
A gunman is dead after injuring two people at Old Dominion University Thursday morning, according to officials at the Virginia school.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp thinks his AI technology will lessen the power of “highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat” while increasing the power of working-class men. “This technology disrupts humanities-trained—largely Democratic—voters, and makes their
The Safer Supervision Act is the natural next step in that strategy.
President Trump is insisting the Iranian men's soccer team is welcome to travel to the United States for this summer's World Cup, though he acknowledged safety risks the players could face as the U.S. military operation in the Middle East continues this week. "The Iran National
The Pentagon estimates that it spent more than $11.3 billion in the first week of Donald Trump’s illegal war in Iran. And every cent of that was spent without congressional approval. During a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Pentagon officials told lawmakers that
Former national security adviser John Bolton urged the U.S. on Wednesday to seek out defectors in Iran as President Trump continues to push for regime change nearly two weeks into the conflict. “They need to look for defectors. People who, at this very fractured time at the top
In his first statement, Iran's new supreme leader said Thursday morning, "The Strait of Hormuz must remain closed. American bases in the Middle East must be closed. Iran's other military and regional capabilities will be activated if necessary." The Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei's
Congress has attempted to terminate the U.S. military involvement in Iran by passing a concurrent resolution, but the president has opposed it and the Congress's only real power is in exercising its power of the purse.
Donald Trump is trying to spin skyrocketing oil prices caused by the war in Iran as good for the U.S. “The United States is the largest Oil Producer in the World, by far, so when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post Thursday morning,
A 35-year-old rapper turned mayor, Balendra Shah, popularly known as Balen, looks set to become Nepal’s youngest-ever prime minister . His party, Rastriya Swatantra, or RSP, secured a landslide victory in the March 5 election—the first since deadly Gen Z–led protests last year,
FBI Director Kash Patel announced on Wednesday that his agents will be training with UFC fighters, further solidifying the sport’s connection to the right wing and raising more questions as to what exactly Patel does all day. “I’m thrilled to announce this historic seminar
Having Iranian sleeper cells floating around the country is apparently no big deal to the president. Donald Trump told reporters Wednesday that he was well aware of the foreign chaos agents’ locations, though he didn’t express any immediate plans to do anything about it.
Senator John Fetterman appeared not to understand why Democrats want to investigate the deadly strike that killed dozens of Iranian children. During an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Wednesday night, Fetterman was asked to explain why he hadn’t signed onto a letter from
Donald Trump’s call with G7 leaders Wednesday left them confused about what the president wants from the Iran war. Trump sent mixed signals to the leaders of the world’s seven leading economies in a video call hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron, unnamed sources told
Former slumlord President Donald Trump reportedly told Speaker Mike Johnson that “no one gives a [bleep] about housing.” Punchbowl News reported that Trump told Johnson this in private conversation earlier this week, and the House speaker then relayed it to a small committee of
Early jockeying over another GOP party-line bill comes as House Republicans are still struggling to find a way forward.
The bill's ultimate fate remains dire — as does the GOP trifecta’s ability to make any legislative progress on affordability before the midterms.
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the March 4 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. For Donald Trump, the news
In 2019, Aparna Raj was living with five friends in a group house in Washington, D.C., that had no shortage of problems. Half the house lost electricity for a time. Worse, there were rats running around. She said her landlord refused to do anything about it. “He couldn’t fix
The health care industry has offered a rare bright spot for a struggling labor market, growing at dramatic rates even as employment flags in other sectors. It’s not only hospitals and medical facilities that are hiring more: Demand for home health care workers has spiked over
When I was 16, I was interviewed by The Mercury News at my first-ever protest. I was standing outside of San Jose City Hall with other high school students in 2018, calling on Congress to protect immigrants brought to the United States as children. The story ran with my name.
One Saturday afternoon in December 1984, a man got onto the number 2 train going downtown at West 14th Street in Greenwich Village. Blond, glasses-wearing, and scrawny, he did not fit anyone’s stereotype of a dangerous man. But he was carrying, under his waistband, an illegal
A popular Washington game is to oversell tax cuts to lower-income people. Republicans have excelled at this for half a century. Now Democrats want to play too. In the most familiar version of the game, a Republican president promises to slash income taxes but ends up mainly
For Donald Trump, the news is getting worse on his war against Iran. The New York Times reports that the Trump team badly miscalculated Iran’s response to the American invasion, leading to a developing energy fiasco. The Times also reports that some officials are pessimistic
The former Justice Department attorney who complained to a federal judge about being overwhelmed by the caseload resulting from the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations announced on Wednesday that she is running for Congress. Julie Le, who is running as a
Canadian investor Kevin O’Leary addressed the issue of spiking oil prices on Wednesday amid the U.S.’s ongoing military operations against Iran, saying it will be the “granddaddy issue” in the midterms. O’Leary made the remarks to Fox News’s Martha MacCallum ahead of Trump’s
President Trump endorsed Texas Republican Brandon Herrera in the race to replace outgoing Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) on Wednesday evening. Gonzales dropped out of the race under pressure from GOP leadership after it became public that he had an affair with a former staffer
Pentagon officials told lawmakers during a briefing on Tuesday that the approximate cost of war against Iran is more than $11.3 billion in the first six days of action, a source briefed on the figure told The Hill on Wednesday. The figure was relayed to senators during a
President Trump called Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) a "racist" on Wednesday evening, in a continuation of his long-standing feud with California's top official. The president reacted to a comment Newsom made during a stop on his book tour last month, calling it "the most
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday condemned the strikes on an Iranian elementary school amid growing discontent from European leaders about ongoing joint U.S.-Israeli military operations in Iran. In a speech in front of the country’s Parliament in Rome, Meloni
Among other complaints, renters said when they moved out they were charged for normal wear-and-tear, pre-existing damage and even renovations.
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story GOP senator moves to revoke abortion pill approval Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced a bill on Wednesday to remove approval for the abortion pill mifepristone, claiming that instances of
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story US, other countries plan to use oil reserves Countries that are members of the International Energy Agency (IEA) will release the largest-ever amount from their oil stockpiles to alleviate price spikes caused
Senators from both sides of the aisle and witnesses expressed alarm at the rising national debt during a Senate Finance subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, warning that future generations of Americans will pay the price for bloated budgets. “Although both sides claim to be
President Trump used his first campaign-style rally since the U.S. launched strikes against Tehran to knock Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) in his own district and laud what he called an "excursion" in Iran. "We did an excursion. You know what an excursion is? We had to take a
Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s (R-Okla.) confirmation hearing to become the next Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary is scheduled for next Wednesday. President Trump appointed the lawmaker to take over the role at the end of March after firing DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
An embattled former Democratic mayor is running for an open county commission seat in Georgia as a Republican. Tiffany Henyard, the former mayor of Dolton, Ill., is running as the lone Republican in the Fulton County Commission race to represent southern portions of the county
President Trump lashed out at Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.) on Wednesday, accusing the seven-term Republican of opposing the president’s agenda and urging Kentucky voters to replace him in Congress. In a visit to a packaging plant in Hebron, Ky., which lies in Massie’s 4th