As usual, Trump wants what he wants and expects his Capitol Hill colleagues to deal with the inevitable fallout. But Republicans are getting sick of being radioactive, and they certainly aren’t interested in losing their jobs in order to cape for a noxious MAGA flunky like
President Trump on Wednesday congratulated Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) for his win over Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) in the state's GOP Senate primary runoff. Despite the loss, Trump added that Cornyn "will remain my friend for a long time to come." Paxton brought in
Senate Republicans’ campaign arm quietly deleted a number of posts attacking Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) after he won the Texas Senate runoff on Tuesday against Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas). The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), which had backed Cornyn
President Trump will host the 12th Cabinet meeting of his second term on Wednesday. It's the second such meeting since the Iran war began, and a deal to end that conflict is in limbo. Texas primary runoff elections are in the rearview mirror, along with candidates Sen. John
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Trump-era restrictions that prevent faculty at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (USMA) from speaking to external groups without permission. U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel agreed with a longtime law professor that the policy likely
The signs are clear: The oldest dictatorship in the Americas is about to fall.
Former President Biden on Tuesday sued the Department of Justice (DOJ) to block the release of audio and transcripts of private interviews with a ghostwriter used in a special counsel investigation into his handling of classified documents. Biden's lawyers filed the lawsuit in
The American Bar Association (ABA) is moving closer to rolling back a key diversity initiative in an effort to hang on as the nation’s law school accreditor while the Trump administration and Republicans ramp up pressure on such DEI initiatives. In recent years, conservatives
Democrats must focus on voters and not themselves, and their campaign message strategies should not be composed by obituary writers, in order to win the upcoming midterm elections.
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Before 2015, the term "democratic socialism" was foreign to the American political lexicon. It was certainly not cool among the chattering class, to say nothing of the politically powerless. Then, something happened that thrust democratic socialism into the national limelight,
In today's issue: ▪ Dems get their desired target in Texas ▪ Trump says physical went ‘perfectly’ ▪ Cabinet meeting amid Iran negotiations ▪ Southern states’ redistricting tit-for-tat Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton may have trounced Sen. John Cornyn (R) for the GOP
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the May 27 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 just had a
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . Officials in Greenland are worried that President Trump will move forward on his push to increase the United States’s role there around the time of the president’s
Since Donald Trump’s reelection, progressive and moderate Democrats have spent a lot of time fighting over differences in their approaches to campaign messaging and strategy. But the differences that matter most are those that occur after an election, when it’s time to govern.
Some Senate Republican aides say there is growing support within the Senate GOP conference for ousting the parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, after she ruled against a proposal to provide $1 billion for the White House ballroom, a move that would drastically change how the
“The dignity of work” is a somewhat old-fashioned phrase that’s seldom uttered these days. The left tends to view it with suspicion because it sounds like a justification for mandatory work requirements for Medicaid and food stamps . The right rarely utters it because it risks
Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas , on Monday. The 42,000-word statement is being described by major media outlets as centering on the rise of artificial intelligence and the moral, spiritual, and social challenges that it poses to modern society.
QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK, Uganda — Located about 200 miles from the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in the Congo, the fears of infection here are low. Yet the anxiety over the consequences of the public health crisis is sky-high in places like Katunguru in western Uganda,
After Donald Trump attended his physical, he proclaimed his health perfect . Then the White House rapid response team — which leads the charge for Trumpworld — unleashed an extraordinary series of angry attacks on journalists. Their transgression? Reporting accurately on
Coming off his recent successes, the president could seek to oust even more not-entirely-loyal GOP lawmakers next cycle.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) became the latest casualty of President Trump’s revenge tour on Tuesday after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton easily trounced the incumbent in the Senate GOP runoff. Paxton is projected to garner about 64 percent support with more than 95 percent
Former Tarrant County GOP chair Bo French is projected to deliver an upset and defeat incumbent Jim Wright in the GOP primary for Texas Railroad Commissioner, according to Decision Desk HQ. French, a rancher and mineral owner, was backed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R)
Former Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas) is projected to defeat Rep. Julie Johnson (D-Texas) in the Democratic primary runoff for Texas’s newly drawn 33rd Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Johnson succeeded Allred last cycle after the former lawmaker vacated
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) on Tuesday said the Palmetto State’s record-breaking early voter turnout was attributed to residents' anger over Republicans’ redistricting measure. “People were upset that this was taking place. And people tend to vote when they get angry. And people
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) on Tuesday pledged to support the Republican ticket after losing his Senate primary runoff to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R). "I've spent most of my time in the Senate building the Republican Party in Texas and in the U.S. Senate, and I've
A new poll found South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette (R) and Attorney General Alan Wilson (R) are in a dead heat with one another in the Palmetto State’s crowded gubernatorial race. Survey results from the Trafalgar Group show Evette with 19.9 percent support from likely
The nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report shifted its rating of the Texas Senate race toward Democrats on Tuesday, from “likely Republican” to “lean Republican,” after state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) defeated Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) in the marquee
Democrat Johnny Garcia is projected to win his House primary runoff in Texas, defeating a candidate that came under fire for remarks seen as antisemitic, according to Decision Desk HQ. Garcia, a public information officer for the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, cemented his
Texas state Sen. Mayes Middleton (R) is projected to defeat Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) in a primary runoff for the GOP nod to succeed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), according to Decision Desk HQ. Though loyalty to President Trump was a major factor in the race, the rivals
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), with a last-minute endorsement from President Trump, is projected to beat incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) in the bitter Republican runoff for Senate in the Lone Star State, according to Decision Desk HQ. Tuesday's results ensure that
The Trump administration on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the University of California for alleged “deliberate indifference” to harassment against Jewish and Israeli students at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). It follows a previous lawsuit against UCLA for
Former oil and gas executive Alex Mealer, who was backed by President Trump, is projected to defeat state Rep. Briscoe Cain and win the GOP primary for Texas’s newly drawn 9th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Mealer, who was supported by some House GOP
Rep. Christian Menefee (D-Texas) is projected to defeat Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) in a Democratic primary runoff for the Houston-based 18th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Menefee, the 37-old-lawmaker who won a special election to fill the remainder of the
President Trump on Tuesday said it was “critically important” for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to maintain exclusive authority over prediction markets, following several lawsuits against states for attempting to either ban or enact regulations for betting
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Trump boasts physical at Walter Reed went ‘perfectly’ President Donald Trump underwent his third medical checkup in a little more than a year Tuesday at Walter Reed National Medical Center,
A fierce battle is underway to shape public perceptions of a deal to end the war in Iran — even though no such agreement has been arrived at and progress toward it was called into question by fresh U.S. attacks on southern Iran on Monday. Despite those strikes, serious
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A major defense policy bill released by House Republicans Tuesday looks to maintain limits on how many U.S. troops can be moved from Europe and South Korea and bars construction of the first “Trump-class” battleship until the Navy can prove it has the technology to make it. The
U.S. consumer confidence in May saw its first drop after three months of gains as Americans grapple with rising prices and inflation, both driven up by the U.S.-Israeli conflict in Iran, the monthly consumer confidence index report said Tuesday. Confidence dipped 0.7 points to
Tensions are rising between Washington and Tehran, putting an emerging peace plan that would have opened the Strait of Hormuz and offered relief to skyrocketing oil and gas prices at risk. The U.S. struck southern Iran late Monday amid a clamor over negotiations for a framework
President Trump is raising the U.S. refugee admission limit by 10,000 people—but only for white South Africans. A signed presidential determination from May 21 obtained by Reuters declared that the U.S. will be giving white South Africans, who are mostly still benefiting from
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The Energy Department may allow up to five companies to use its surplus plutonium — which it has historically been used in nuclear warheads — as fuel. The department has selected the firms for “advanced negotiations regarding the potential allocation of surplus plutonium
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney took a swing at an upcoming vote on Alberta’s independence, calling it a “dangerous bluff.” “In these separation issues, it is often advanced that, ‘Vote for this and it's a free option,’ ‘Vote for this and we will strengthen your — our hand
An American journalist and author is facing federal charges after being accused of working as an agent for the Chinese government for the past at least seven years. Thomas Weir Pauken II, the son of former Texas Workforce Commission Chair Thomas Pauken (R), was arrested in
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Saturday said she plans to return to Venezuela before the end of 2026 and run for president again. Speaking at a gathering of fellow Venezuelan opposition leaders in Panama, Machado said the opposition remains committed to a
A Florida judge on Tuesday blocked an effort to temporarily halt the use of a new Republican-favored House map in the Sunshine State, delivering another blow to Democrats after another judge denied a separate bid to halt a new GOP-friendly map in Tennessee. Florida Circuit
Voters in Texas are weighing in on a handful of House primary runoffs Tuesday. Former Rep. Colin Allred will face off against Rep. Julie Johnson in the 33rd Congressional District’s Democratic primary. Johnson succeeded Allred last cycle after the former lawmaker vacated his