Trump’s Treasury Department says that Iran can now sell its oil, stripping decades of U.S. sanctions policy in one fell swoop—and it’s not clear that the United States is getting anything in return. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Monday that the U.S. had issued a
A plurality of respondents to a new poll believes placing prediction market bets on election outcomes should be illegal. The Politico survey found that 44 percent of 1,167 respondents believe betting on election results should be illegal. Three in 10 respondents said the
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said its military has “no restrictions” regarding its efforts to target Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israel's continued operations against the militant group have strained the U.S.-Iran ceasefire reached last week. “The directive
Outbound Senator John Cornyn is getting candid about Donald Trump. The former GOP whip described the instability fueled by the White House in a Semafor interview published Monday, lamenting about how talking with the president isn’t “particularly useful” because “he can and
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) says he no longer talks regularly with President Trump after losing his primary to a Trump-backed opponent last month, and that the president "seems to revel in chaos." In an interview with the digital news outlet Semafor, Cornyn said that talking to
This would be a massive mistake that undermines the necessary role ODNI plays in coordinating the 18 organizations comprising the intelligence community.
Fox News host Mark Levin on Saturday lashed out at the Trump administration over its tentative agreement to end the Iran conflict and hold talks to determine the future of Iran's nuclear program. The "Life, Liberty & Levin" host started his 17-minute monologue speaking directly
JD Vance blamed Iran’s “trash talk” for nearly torpedoing peace talks on Sunday, after aggressive comments from President Trump caused Iran to pause negotiations. “What we told the Iranians yesterday is that when you guys engage in what us millennials might call ‘trash talk,’
Vice President JD Vance announced Monday that International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors would be allowed back into Iran in a “major milestone and a first step in permanently ending a nuclear weapons program in Iran.” There’s just one problem. Speaking at a brief press
China added 10 companies to its export control list on Monday, blocking its exporters from selling any dual-use items to U.S. defense firms. The items range from drones to robotic hardware and swarm software used primarily for defense and national security operations in
Multiple images mocking President Trump and his cabinet have been projected onto walls and sidewalks in Washington, D.C., as the nation’s capital continues to reject the leadership on Pennsylvania Avenue ahead of the president’s Independence Day celebrations. One projection
Trump has undoubtedly done more damage to the federal government than we know. It will take a long time to identify and repair it. Democrats should tell us how they’d jump-start the process in January with control of Congress.
A federal appeals court on Friday blocked the Trump administration from immediately cutting the workforce at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted the administration’s motion to return the case to
The Treasury Department on Monday move to temporarily allow the sale of Iranian oil, issuing a 60 day “general license” that lifts restrictions normally in place on the commodity. “In line with the ongoing productive talks in Switzerland, Iran has committed to free and open
It remains to be seen whether investors will remain upbeat amid widespread criticism of the deal.
A U.S. military strike killed two men accused of being "narco-terrorists" while aboard a boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Sunday. U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) stated in a post on the social platform X that the strike was carried out as part of "Operation Southern Spear"
Barney Frank and Rahm Emanuel have warned Democrats to avoid becoming victims of cultural issues and to focus on the cost of living, jobs and public safety in order to win elections.
President Donald Trump furiously accused The New York Times of supposedly “treasonous” reporting about his disastrous peace deal with Iran. In a series of posts on Truth Social Sunday, Trump ranted about the Times after it published an analysis of the president’s war in Iran:
What began as a restoration project for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has resulted in multiple arrests. At least five people have been arrested for allegedly vandalizing the pool as of Saturday night, a Trump administration official told CBS News . Five citations were
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday he will resign as leader of the Labour Party once a new leader is elected in the coming weeks. Speaking in front of his residence at 10 Downing Street, Starmer said he will direct the Labour Party’s national executive committee to
The Senate is expected to pass a major housing bill later this evening, while voters go to the polls in New York to pick candidates for the fall in primary races where progressives and Democratic Socialists are bettling. Join The Hill's Editor-in-Chief Ian Swanson,
Our history has been marked by cycles in which concerns about the personal character of leaders were ascendant, followed by others in which a more tolerant cosmopolitan attitude has prevailed.
A new poll shows that most Americans are skeptical of President Trump's memorandum of understanding toward a final deal between the U.S. and Iran. The latest CBS News/YouGov poll released Sunday found growing uncertainty about the deal's future, with 57 percent of Americans
Josh Turek holds a slim lead over GOP rival Ashley Hinson, as some Republicans have acknowledged concerns about Iowa.
Vice President Vance on Monday morning reported notable progress in talks with Iranian negotiators in Switzerland. The first day of talk, Sunday, “was a very, very good day. We made a lot of good progress. We did exactly what we wanted to do,” he said. It was unclear how long
American households still find themselves in a financial crunch when it comes to the cost of housing, healthy food, healthcare, and more. But there is at least one major household expense moving in the opposite direction: internet service. Broadband access is no small matter in
Tim Tebow is best known as a Heisman Trophy winner, college football national champion and sports broadcaster. But in recent months, the athlete turned activist has spent time with lawmakers on Capitol Hill as he stares down what he says is the toughest opponent he’s ever
Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho has submitted his resignation to the district and members of the Board of Education, district officials have confirmed to Nexstar's KTLA.
Video from the home shows the Tesla speeding across the lawn and colliding with the building.
The nation's fertility rate has dropped by more than 20% since 2007.
Vice President Vance hailed what he said was a major progress during direct negotiations between Trump administration officials and their Iranian counterparts at the Burgenstock ski resort in Switzerland on Sunday. “Yesterday was a very, very good day. We made a lot of good
The man was attending a Goose concert with his wife, authorities confirmed.
New research suggests GLP-1 drug tirzepatide may increase brown fat activity, helping the body burn more calories beyond reducing appetite.
A study finds combining apitegromab with tirzepatide may help preserve lean muscle while supporting weight loss in people with obesity.
The fate of legislation to revive the government’s warrantless spying powers remains murky after President Trump last week called for a Senate Intelligence Committee nomination hearing for Jay Clayton, his pick to serve as director of national intelligence, to be postponed.
The alleged drone plot targeting last week’s UFC event at the White House is a reminder that the next security challenge may not arrive through a gate, a tunnel, or a parking lot entrance. It may come from a direction nobody was looking.
House GOP leaders are tentatively planning another senior-level reconciliation meeting for Wednesday.
New research suggests GLP-1 drugs may improve male fertility by boosting testosterone and sperm health in men with obesity.
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 22 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. It’s now becoming clear that
Alan Greenspan, who served five terms as chair of the Federal Reserve, died on Monday at the age of 100. Greenspan’s wife, longtime NBC News journalist Andrea Mitchell, said in a statement to the network that her husband died from complications of Parkinson’s disease. “He was
The Global War on Terrorism Memorial echoes the Bush administration’s discredited justifications for the war.
In today’s issue: The deal to stop fighting between the United States and Iran was showing new signs of life Monday morning after a head-spinning weekend, with negotiators expressing optimism about a path toward reaching a permanent deal to end the conflict after their first
This White House is exactly as inept as advertised.
Add David Hearn to Donald Trump’s ever-growing list of enemies of the state. The Bethesda man was out for a bike ride in Washington, D.C., last Friday and decided to spin over to the Reflecting Pool see how its new, Trump-ordained “American flag blue” color struck him. He
President Trump’s relationship with key Senate Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), is crumbling after repeated clashes over strategy on an array of issues. The two sides are splitting further apart as the midterm election nears and GOP lawmakers
For the past 18 months, nearly all of the efforts to demolish America’s anti-corruption architecture have come from one source: the White House. Under President Trump, it was the White House that announced both the elimination of task forces specifically tasked with tackling
While some are worse than others, the stories people tell about how data centers invade and disrupt their communities follow the same contours. The tech company and their swarm of contractors are in town before you know it, and they’re already scheming with local leaders. In no
Republicans are embracing allegations that data center opposition in the U.S. is being fueled by foreign actors, raising questions over how influence operators are contributing to one of the fiercest debates in the tech policy space. Reports, including from OpenAI, recently
The United States and Iran have signed a memorandum of understanding, or MOU, to end an Iran war that—when it began—congressional Democrats widely denounced as a reprehensible and illegal “ war of choice .” One might logically expect those same Democrats to welcome a diplomatic
A grand state fair highlighting American culture is set to kick off on the National Mall this week ahead of the country’s 250th anniversary, but several states have publicly said they will not attend the event. At least seven states led by Democratic governors have opted not