The Supreme Court will not take on a case aimed at rescinding press protections via libel lawsuits. The nation’s highest judiciary rejected an effort Monday by Republican megadonor Steve Wynn, declining to hear his argument for overturning New York Times v. Sullivan , a
The Supreme Court Monday turned away casino mogul Steve Wynn’s bid for the court to consider overturning its 61-year-old precedent that has protected journalists from libel lawsuits. Wynn urged the justices to use his lawsuit against The Associated Press (AP) to revisit the
Democratic voters want their leaders to raise hell, but they aren't doing it.
Greenland and Denmark are not happy with second lady Usha Vance’s planned visit to the island, with Greenlandic Prime Minister Múte Egede calling the move “highly aggressive.” Vance is traveling to the island on Thursday with Donald Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz,
The federal government could default on its debt as soon as July, a new forecast from the Bipartisan Policy Center warns, raising pressure on Congress for action. The prominent think tank forecasted on Monday that the so-called “X-Date” would likely arrive between mid-July and
President Trump in a Sunday Truth Social post said protesters who railed against Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) during a contentious town hall earlier this month were “Radical Left Lunatics,” who were paid to show up. “I just watched our GREAT Republican Congressman from North
The billionaire who is still bribing people to vote Republican is pushing wildly unsubstantiated claims about paid protesters at the Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rallies. Sanders and AOC started their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour last month, drawing large crowds at
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) stood to leave an interview this weekend when asked about the possibility of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) launching a campaign for the Senate. Sanders heaped praise on the House progressive, but declined to engage in “nonsense” questions
Large language models don't plagiarize or reproduce; they learn patterns and relationships from vast amounts of information, just as humans do.
House Republican leaders are calling on the Senate to take up the House-passed budget resolution that would tee up President Trump’s ambitious legislative agenda, saying in a joint statement Monday that they want to enact the legislation “as quickly as possible.” “The House is
President Trump said he plans to celebrate a COVIV-19 era Super Bowl win with the Kansas City Chiefs at the White House. “I look forward to having the Eagles. And one other thing, we’re going to have the Kansas City Chiefs after that, because they missed their turn because of
On every issue aside from immigration, Trump’s approval rating is negative.
A man drove his car into protesters outside a Tesla dealership in Palm Beach County, Florida over the weekend, authorities said. None of the participants in the demonstration against President Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk were hurt in the incident. It comes as protests
Liberal candidate Susan Crawford’s campaign announced on Monday that she had raised over $17 million in the month leading up to the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. The campaign said it had raised that amount of money between Feb. 4 and March 17; the campaign has hauled in over
If Democrats in Congress have a serious plan to stop President Trump from violating the Constitution and the nation's laws, they haven't shown it yet.
Former Rep. Mia Love (Utah), the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, has died at 49. “With grateful hearts filled to overflowing for the profound influence of Mia on our lives, we want you to know that she passed away peacefully today,” her family said in a post
This would mark a significant shift in longstanding IRS policy, which has traditionally kept taxpayer information strictly confidential.
The arrival came after the U.S. government reached an agreement with President Nicolás Maduro, who suspended repatriation flights earlier this month.
The Trump administration argues the current system has failed students, citing stagnant math and reading scores since the department’s creation.
Nearly two-thirds of people worry scammers will steal their personal information to file a fraudulent tax return, according to an Allstate Insurance survey.
How does your neighborhood or town stack up against the over-12,000 places listed in the study?
How can we debate these arrests if the media bury the justifications behind them?
President Trump's immigration policy have been overshadow by political and ideological agendas. But his unconventional strategy is not only saving taxpayer dollars, but most importantly helping to save lives. The new migration policy has been characterized by a multiagency
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the March 24 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here . Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Repub lic, produced and presented by the DSR network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. President Trump has
It was a night of comedy following a heavy dose of drama at the Kennedy Center, as performers honoring Conan O'Brien at the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor lined up to rebuke President Trump's overhaul of the performing arts institution. The prestigious comedy award
In today’s issue: Lawmakers are back in the Capitol this week with big ambitions, a messy calendar and a thousand potential trip wires, especially among Republicans who call the shots. House Republicans have spoken optimistically about enacting President Trump’s ambitious tax
President Trump’s unprecedented flex of executive power has sent legal challengers scrambling to courts to pump the breaks. But some of the president’s more extraordinary actions have been difficult to confront, as the administration barrels forward with an act-first,
To belabor the obvious, given the Senate Republicans’ stubbornly lockstep devotion to Trumpification, the only civic bastion potentially able to brake this flamboyantly lawless White House’s drive for unbounded power is the federal judiciary, in particular the Supreme Court.
Pro-Palestinian activists are facing an alarming new era in the U.S. as the Trump administration steps up efforts to crack down on views it deems dangerous, including positions sympathetic to their movement. Alarm over the government’s actions has grown in recent days after
This article was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network , an independent, nonprofit news organization. A novel solution to give Americans better access to fresh food is picking up steam across the country: government-owned, government-operated
This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part four in a four-part series. Read part one here, part two here and part three here. On any other day, David Rodriguez’s truck would have been helping extract oil, and as he sucked mud from a well beneath
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has cautioned GOP colleagues that the Senate isn’t likely to pass President Trump’s border security, energy and tax agenda until July, at the earliest, and some Republican senators are warning the bill could drag well into the fall.
A major Republican group is launching two new ads seeking to turn out Trump voters in an effort to elect conservative judicial candidate Brad Schimel in the high-stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race. The Republican State Leadership Committee's (RSLC) Judicial Fairness Initiative
Fifteen years ago, Justice Anthony Kennedy made a prediction. Writing for the majority in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission , in which the court struck down key guardrails against corporate spending in American elections, Kennedy rejected the allegation that the
Everybody’s complaining about how the Democrats have no leader, but no one as far as I can see is examining the actual institutional reason why this is the case. Basically, it’s because we don’t have a parliamentary system in the United States. In a parliamentary system—the
Congress returns to Washington on Monday after a week-long recess that featured controversial moves from the White House, raucous town halls in districts across the country and discussions about the future of the Democratic Party — all of which are expected to dominate the
Who is President Donald Trump’s most dangerous enabler? As his second term got underway, it initially appeared that this coveted title might fall to FBI Director Kash Patel, who’d vowed to investigate Trump’s enemies. Or maybe it would be Attorney General Pam Bondi, who’d
Faced with President Trump’s shakedown, the Paul, Weiss law firm agreed to a “deal” with Trump that sure looks like a ransom payment. Trump then told reporters that firms like these have the option to make similar “deals” to avoid getting targeted —a straight-up extortion
The U.S. economy will suffer unless, for some inexplicable reason, Trump can turn history on its head.
President Trump is demanding that Colorado take down it’s “purposefully distorted” painting of him hanging in the State Capitol. “Nobody likes a bad picture or painting of themselves, but the one in Colorado, in the State Capitol put up by the Governor, along with all other
The Trump administration is ending legal status for more than 500,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, according to a notice posted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DHS said it would be rescinding “categorical parole programs for inadmissible
A conservative former federal judge, J. Michael Luttig, said he believes President Trump is “declaring war” on the judicial system. Luttig, who was appointed by former President George H.W. Bush and served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit from 1991 to 2006,
The White House is looking for corporate sponsorships for its upcoming Easter Egg Roll event, prompting ethics concerns, according to CNN. Sponsorships range from $75,000 to $200,000, with the promise of logo and branding opportunities, a report viewed by CNN found. The event
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) walked back his joke about Tesla stock dropping, saying he was “being a smart-a--.” “I have to be careful about being a smart-a--, I was making a joke,” Walz said. “These people have no sense of humor. They are the most literal people.” “My point was
Second lady Usha Vance is heading to Greenland to learn about the territory’s heritage, a move that follows President Trump’s claim that the U.S. should acquire it. Vance will travel to Greenland on Thursday with her son and a U.S. delegation until Saturday, her office
President Trump said he thinks Lee Harvey Oswald killed former President John F. Kennedy and didn’t act alone. Trump spoke with Outkick radio host Clay Travis, where he was asked about the release of thousands of files related to the assassination. “Do you think Oswald killed
House Democrats vying to flip control of the lower chamber in next year’s midterm elections may face a new challenge: the exodus of battleground incumbents seeking higher office. A number of vulnerable House Democrats are eyeing runs for the Senate or other offices in a
President Trump joked with Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy about “backdating” an NCAA March Madness bracket after the college tournament has seen several upsets. Trump spoke with reporters on Friday before leaving the White House to go to New Jersey to his golf