The Pentagon said Monday that it has received “serious allegations of misconduct” against Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and has initiated a “thorough review” of the allegations. It comes days after the senator, along with a handful of other lawmakers, called on U.S. service members
One area in particular is in the worst of times: the political environment in which both sides cannot agree on common sense governing.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent thinks that people struggling with rising inflation should simply move from a blue state to a red state. “I can tell you.... You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state,” Bessent declared on
A federal appeals court panel seems likely to side with President Trump in his battle with the Associated Press, paving the way for the president to exile reporters from key White House spaces if he disagrees with their opinions. The three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of
There’s no way anyone had this on their bingo cards: Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s had enough of childish antics. The former die-hard Donald Trump fan took a moment on Monday to call out her critics—who now include the president she’d once pledged her loyalty
Congress is debating labor law reforms to empower workers in the 21st century economy, with some lawmakers pushing for more union control and others advocating for more worker choice and flexibility.
Trump got the Supreme Court’s message that he needn’t exercise “undue caution.”
Democratic activists are looking to overhaul the party’s presidential primary process with ranked-choice voting. Proponents of the idea have privately met with Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin and other leading party officials who want to see ranked-choice voting
More than 200 state lawmakers are urging Congress to reject a potential provision in an annual defense bill that would preempt state laws regulating AI. In a letter to both the House and Senate, the bipartisan group argued Monday that states need to retain the ability to act
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s abrupt resignation announcement has only revealed even more cracks in the GOP’s foundation. Punchbowl News reports that even more Republican representatives are considering resigning in the middle of their term due to what they see as the
First lady Melania Trump is scheduled to welcome the official White House Christmas tree early Monday afternoon. The tree, which will be posted in the Blue Room, is a 25-foot concolor fir from Korson's Tree Farms in Michigan, according to the White House. Watch the North Lawn
The government's inability to quickly and efficiently implement infrastructure projects is due to excessive regulations, delays, and costs, and can be fixed by modernizing the permitting system and investing in the necessary resources.
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson (Wis.), a leading fiscal hawk in the Senate, says the country “can’t afford” President Trump’s proposal to send out $2,000 tariff “dividend” checks to working-class Americans to help them afford higher living expenses. “Look, we can't afford it. I
Countries around the world have agreed to put more money toward fighting climate change as this year’s COP30 climate summit concludes in Brazil. A formal decision released over the weekend said the nations will seek to mobilize at least $1.3 trillion per year by 2035 to help
The U.S. top military officer is visiting Puerto Rico on Monday for the second time this year to meet with service members of the U.S. Southern Command (Southcom), where the administration has established a massive military presence and as President Trump weighs military action
President Trump’s approval on the economy is down 15 points since March, according to a CBS News/YouGov survey released Monday. The poll, conducted late last week, shows 36 percent of Americans approve of Trump’s handling of the economy, down from 51 percent in a poll released
Multiple international airlines have canceled flights to Venezuela in the wake of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) advising pilots to exercise caution while flying in the country's airspace. Six carriers — TAP, LATAM, Avianca, Iberia, Gol and Caribbean — have
For me, Trump 2.0 certainly qualifies as a hard time.
President Trump is waging his own cultural crusade, begging billionaire Larry Ellison—whose son owns Paramount—to bring back iconic 1980s and ’90s action comedies like the Rush Hour franchise, according to Semafor. Trump’s affinity for Rush Hour isn’t just because it’s a
Scott Bessent’s latest baffling defense of President Donald Trump’s tariffs suggests the treasury secretary doesn’t really understand how they work. During an interview on NBC News’s Meet the Press Sunday, host Kristen Welker pressed Bessent on Trump’s decision to scale back
On Oct. 5, 2025, Russia launched a wave of 549 drones and missiles at Lviv, just 35 miles from Ukraine’s border with Poland, that killed five people and left tens of thousands without electricity. While those weapons were most likely produced in an arms factory 500 miles east
A federal appeals court over the weekend declined to lift a lower court order barring the Trump administration from using expedited removals to rapidly deport migrants without a court hearing. The administration earlier this year looked to expand the use of such proceedings,
In a move that will only raise the prospect of conflict, the Trump administration has formally designated Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his government allies as members of a foreign terrorist organization. The White House is targeting the “Cartel de los Soles,” which
President Trump on Monday suggested that an end to Russia's more than three-years-long war in Ukraine is in sight after Secretary of State Marco Rubio led talks in Geneva over the weekend. “Is it really possible that big progress is being made in Peace Talks between Russia and
Secretary of State Marco Rubio reportedly revealed that President Donald Trump’s disastrous 28-point peace plan for Ukraine is really just Russia’s “wish list”—and not a U.S. plan at all. It suddenly makes so much more sense why the plan appeared to be translated from Russian !
European officials expressed optimism regarding talks Sunday between the U.S. and Ukraine regarding the Trump administration’s peace proposal to end the war with Russia. Finnish President Alexander Stubb said on the social platform X that “steps were taken toward a just and
Chris, a NASA astronaut and grandson of Panamanian immigrants, is set to embark on an eight-month mission to the International Space Station, representing America in the heavens and inspiring his family to continue dreaming about what's possible in America.
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) slammed the 28-point peace proposal for Russia and Ukraine that the U.S. presented last week as a “complete capitulation" of Kyiv. “This peace plan that was given to Ukraine is just a complete capitulation of Ukraine. It’s awful. And
Six Democratic lawmakers posted a video reminding members of the military of their obligation not to follow illegal orders. Their act was patriotic, not seditious.
If the midterms were tomorrow, Democrats would likely win, and win big. Indeed, a slew of new polls suggests that the 2026 midterms may resemble 2018, when Democrats gained a historic 41 House seats. Democrats lead by 14 points (55 percent to 41 percent) in a generic
The Trump administration is designating Venezuela's Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization, the latest measure to ramp up pressure on President Nicolás Maduro. The State Department formally announced the designation in the Federal Register on Monday, giving the
A Wisconsin woman who admitted to nearly stabbing a classmate to death at age 12 to please the online horror character Slender Man has been found in Illinois after she cut off an electronic monitoring device and left a group home, authorities said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky underscored his appreciation to the country’s allies for their help in working toward a resolution to end the war with Russia, hours after President Trump rebuked the leader of the war-torn country for having “zero gratitude” for the U.S.
President Trump suggested Monday that progress could be imminent in his stalled effort to end Russia's war in Ukraine. “Is it really possible that big progress is being made in Peace Talks between Russia and Ukraine???” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social early Monday. “Don’t
The U.S. Postal Service has outlined its plans for “new competitive prices” on shipping services.
For reasons that psychologists have yet to explain, there are still people in the world who refuse to accept that global warming is a clear and present danger.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is warning that President Trump calling Democratic lawmakers “traitors” is “reckless, inappropriate, irresponsible” Paul on Sunday offered one of the strongest denunciations of Trump’s attacks on Democratic colleagues, including Sens. Elissa Slotkin
Former Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is warning President Trump and his senior foreign policy advisers that “appeasing” Russia, which he says is the “aggressor” in Ukraine, will not bring peace, offering a critical view of an emerging U.S.-brokered peace
“Friendly” proliferation jeopardizes not just our alliances, but America itself.
▪ Republicans fear midterm blowout ▪ Greene's exit raises stakes in Tennessee▪ House leaders face discharge dilemma▪ Israel strikes Beirut Secretary of State Marco Rubio emerged from a turbulent weekend of diplomacy expressing optimism over the prospects of Ukraine and Russia
Democratic lawmakers keep adopting positions so demented that even their supporters refuse to believe they’re real.
T he following is a lightly edited transcript of the November 24 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. Suddenly, a bunch of
The fight over who will lead the University of Virginia (UVA) has now drawn in the Trump administration and both the current and future governors of the state. After former UVA President James Ryan released a 12-page letter last week alleging some on the school's board worked
The Holocaust happened. George Washington was the first president of the United States. Vaccines do not cause autism. Climate change is real. The earth is round. There is no life on the moon. The 2020 election was not rigged. I have no direct evidence to support any of these
Frontline areas in Ukraine resemble the Battle of the Somme, if it were a deadly laser-tag game from hell. All the accoutrements of twentieth-century war are there, just with a modern twist. The tanks wear wire cages like hats and resemble something out of Mad Max . The roads
GOP lawmakers are growing increasingly concerned over signs that the 2026 midterm elections could be a wipeout for Republicans that could cost them control of the House and shave down their Senate majority by two or three seats. Republican senators say the off-year elections in
Democrats are going all in on a Tennessee special election next month, teeing up one last test of their electoral strength ahead of 2026 after enjoying a string of victories in November. Former Vice President Harris and Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chair Ken Martin in
From time to time, one of my old high school friends who is MAGA posts something like the following on Facebook: “Hey, libtards, you keep saying Donald Trump is dumb, but if he’s so dumb, how come he got elected president twice, overcoming your relentlessly corrupt attempts to
Suddenly, media outlets seem to have figured out that President Donald Trump is really, really unpopular. There’s been a palpable shift in the discourse: The New York Times reports that Republicans are quietly looking beyond Trump, suggesting he’s losing his grip on the party.
Thanks to a coalition of Democrats and disgruntled Republicans, more discharge petitions have succeeded in the past two years than the prior three decades combined.
