The Supreme Court held in Trump v. Barbara that the 14th Amendment grants citizenship to nearly everyone born on American soil, including the children of parents who are here unlawfully or with temporary legal status. But the court did not decide whether birthright citizenship
President Donald Trump raked in more than $86 million last year from suing media companies. Trump’s annual financial disclosure revealed just how lucrative the president’s pastime of lobbing lawsuits at media companies has become. In 2025, the president made a total of $86.5
Babies born in the U.S. during America’s 250th birthday celebration will be given a first-of-its-kind commemorative Social Security card, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced Wednesday. Millions of newborns born between July 2 and Dec. 31 will receive
Control of the Senate is up for grabs this November, according to new polling that shows Democrats highly competitive in six key upper chamber battleground states. The New York Times/Siena Polls survey found Democrats leading the Senate races in North Carolina, where Democrat
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is narrowly leading Democratic candidate Graham Platner in the Maine Senate race, according to a new survey. The Fox News poll, released Tuesday, shows Collins with a 3-point advantage over Platner. The Lumber State Republican garnered 50 percent
The Supreme Court ruled in NRSC v. FEC that political parties can spend unlimited amounts of money in direct coordination with their own candidates, further increasing the influence of money in politics and drowning out the voices of ordinary citizens.
President Trump said Wednesday he told acting Director of National Intelligence Bill Pulte to “declassify almost everything” while he’s in the position. “Bill is there just for a fairly short period of time. But while he’s there, I said you can declassify whatever you want,”
Anyone who’s bought a flight, a concert or sports ticket, or a vacation stay recently knows that the price they thought they were paying is not always the price they end up paying. After settling on the desired option, you encounter the onerous and daunting process of checking
Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Tuesday said Russian President Vladimir Putin is "not quite sure what to do" after a Ukrainian drone strike hit Moscow earlier in the day. The drone strike hit Dubna Satellite Communications Centre, used by Russian officials to gather
Artificial Intelligence is already improving everyday life and has the potential to further strengthen America, but it must be harnessed to reflect American values of freedom and human rights, and to ensure that the American workforce is prepared for the challenges ahead.
Despite a sizeable number of Americans expressing financial concerns, Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) boasted Tuesday of his plans to eat lobster tails and rib-eye steak this Fourth of July weekend. “Affordability — what are you talking about?” Nehls told reporter Pablo Manríquez on
Vice President Vance is delivered remarks Wednesday from Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Va. The event was part of the Trump administration's events commemorating the nation's 250th anniversary and is expected to focus on honoring the U.S. military and its service
Two federal judges on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from implementing new restrictions on a student loan forgiveness program that would have barred public service workers from receiving debt relief if their employers are deemed to have a “substantial illegal
The Pentagon will appeal a decision from a federal judge to temporarily remove a requirement for all journalists visiting the military complex to be accompanied by an official escort, according to Defense Department spokesperson Sean Parnell. Parnell said in a Tuesday
MAGA world is practically apoplectic over the Supreme Court’s birthright ruling. Speaking with Fox News late Tuesday, deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller suggested that the nation’s highest court had decided to “suicide” the country by upholding the Fourteenth Amendment.
MAGA raged at first lady Melania Trump after she posted a statement in support of the LBGTQ+ community. Following the Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday to uphold state laws banning transgender women and girls from competing on sports teams that align with their gender, Melania
Firms should be required to publicly disclose which jobs are being eliminated as soon as it happens.
Senator Mitch McConnell was found unconscious before he was rushed to the hospital last month. Punchbowl News reports that the former Senate majority leader, who is retiring after his current term ends in January, lost consciousness at his Washington, D.C., home at 8:36 a.m. on
FBI Director Kash Patel is providing an update Wednesday on a Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. The group has been at the center of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, with officials designating the gang as a
A ship ran aground in the Strait of Hormuz early Wednesday, according to The Associated Press. Citing Iranian state television, the AP reported the foreign container ship was using a route not approved by Tehran. As of Wednesday morning, 42 vessels were in the key waterway,
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 . If they regain power, it’s not enough for Democrats to pass good economic policies and focus on affordability, says Adam Gurri ,
This is a lightly edited transcript of the June 30 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . Perry Bacon: I’m Perry Bacon. I’m the host of Right Now on The New Republic . I’m joined by Adam Gurri. He’s
President Donald Trump took some time out of his morning to announce his very first trip on the Qatari jet he was gifted last year, bragging about the Air Force One replacement he claims was “free” while dodging questions about how much it actually costs. “Air Force One was 35,
President Trump on Wednesday distanced himself from his recently released personal financial disclosures showing more than $1 billion in revenue from cryptocurrency sales and other ventures. "I don't get involved in my personal. We have funds that run my money,” Trump told
For a president known to have little sympathy for, much less interest, in constitutional niceties, the details of the veto power may mean little to Trump. But they mattered to the country’s Founders, and therefore surely to us.
President Trump departed for North Dakota on Wednesday on the new jet gifted by Qatar, marking the new Air Force One’s first official use carrying a sitting president. Trump is set to visit the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, N.D., ahead of its public opening
IVF’s production of excess embryos is a problem in states that ban abortion as a means of protecting “unborn children.”
“This is Citizens United 2.0,” Representative Greg Casar said Tuesday about the Supreme Court’s ruling allowing political party campaign committees to coordinate directly with campaigns without a cap on spending. Republicans praised the decision, while Democrats issued dire
Former GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) said she is contemplating creating a new political party following her public split with the Republican Party. “I think there’s a group of us that if we decide to align, we could launch a true America-focused party that doesn’t fall
President Trump is heading Wednesday to North Dakota for events marking America's 250th anniversary. He will first take a ride on the Freedom250 train before attending the opening ceremony for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, N.D. It will mark his first
President Trump’s 927-page 2025 financial disclosure shows that he made over $2 billion during his first year back in the White House, thanks to cryptocurrency, foreign real estate, stock trading, and more. The disclosure, released on Tuesday by the U.S. Office of Government
The primaries on Tuesday in Colorado weren’t a sweeping victory for the Democratic left like last week’s in New York, where three very progressive candidates won, knocking out two incumbent members of Congress along the way. But the defeats of Representative Diana DeGette and
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on Monday criticized fellow GOP Rep. Tom Kean Jr. for his four-month absence from Congress after the New Jersey lawmaker returned to the Capitol. “I think it’s embarrassing,” Boebert told TMZ on Capitol Hill. Earlier in the day, Kean returned to
She would not be reinstated to her former position under the settlement, which still needs approval from the governor and attorney general.
If we are to live up to the promise of the American experiment, the people must come together and stop our national collapse before the light of our democracy flickers out.
E. Jean Carroll is wasting no time collecting the $5.8 million President Trump has to pay her after the Supreme Court refused to hear his effort to overturn his defamation verdict. Following the court’s decision Monday, Carroll immediately moved to collect from the bond Trump
A JetBlue plane and a United plane have had near collisions or near misses with drones in the last couple of days.
President Trump celebrated the life of Victor Willis, the singer of the band Village People, after he died on Tuesday. Willis was 74. The president, who often used the band’s signature hit, “Y.M.C.A.,” at his presidential campaign rallies, credited these events with reviving
Chavista military forces did not arrive at the disaster zone with shovels and pickaxes, but with pistols and rifles.
“Who needs Democrats when you have your own party derailing the Trump agenda,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis said Tuesday.
Americans should ask how we became so confused that such a ruling was necessary.
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the July 1 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. Donald Trump lost a big one
The United States is bracing for another heat wave . More than 180 million people across the Plains, Midwest, and Southeast were under “major” or “extreme” heat warnings as of Tuesday morning. Temperatures are expected to peak above 100 degrees on the East Coast over the
This week’s Supreme Court ruling giving President Donald Trump a free hand in firing government regulators is less about Trump than it is about President Woodrow Wilson. In the text of Trump v. Slaughter and its various concurrences and dissents, I count 15 Trump mentions
“There are tons of people here,” said Dr. Mehmet Oz, the former TV quack who now runs Medicare and Medicaid, at the Great American State Fair on Monday. He was speaking with Dean Cain, another former TV man—he played Superman on ABC in the 1990s—who has acted as a kind of hype
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is locked in a contest for influence with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) over the future of the Senate Democratic caucus as the two battle to shape the outcome in this year’s primaries. Warren, a progressive who has been outspoken
She made history as the first openly transgender member of Congress, and now a documentary is giving an inside look into the 2024 run that landed Rep. Sarah McBride (D-Del.) in the Capitol. "State of Firsts," McBride told ITK, details the highs and lows of the campaign trail,
The Trump administration's request for OpenAI to delay the release of its new models is sparking more confusion over White House AI policy and keeping private firms on their toes. The government asked OpenAI and Anthropic to delay or suspend their newest models this month, just
Iran is flexing its leverage in the Strait of Hormuz, putting the U.S. on its back foot as it looks to resume shipping through the key passageway and curb Tehran's nuclear program. Tehran ratcheted up tensions this weekend in the strait, through which around 20 percent of the