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For at least the last half-century in American politics, Republicans have employed three distinct scams to hide the deeply regressive nature of their priorities and agenda from the voters.…
It doesn’t appear that the president’s “big, beautiful bill” will muster enough votes in time. Donald Trump has imposed a July 4 deadline on Congress to pass his signature legislative…
After a video recirculated of Zohran Mamdani eating food with his hands, many MAGA figures revealed their inability to engage with New York City’s Democratic mayoral nominee without being…
After a video recirculated of Zohran Mamdani eating food with his hands, many MAGA figures revealed their inability to engage with New York City’s Democratic mayoral nominee without being…
Kristen, first of all, JD Vance is lying his ass off about the scale of the problem of undocumented immigrants getting benefits—but put that aside for a sec. By citing the “minutiae” of…
The Senate just passed President Trump’s big budget bill, which will cut $1 trillion from Medicaid to fund huge tax cuts for the rich. In a remarkable series of angry tweets, Vice…
There’s a famous satirical article from The Onion whose headline reads, “Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made a Great Point.” The face of the man featured in that article has…
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 27 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and…
President Trump’s big budget bill is in some trouble after the Senate parliamentarian ruled that big chunks of it can’t pass via a simple majority. That enraged MAGA: Marjorie Taylor…
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 26 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and…
President Donald Trump and his top advisers have worked themselves up into a fury about the leaked intelligence assessment casting doubt on the success of Trump’s bombing of Iran. Defense…
Fox News’s efforts to make Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani seem like a bad influence for New York City are only making him more appealing. Following Mamdani’s shock win during…
A progressive won New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary Tuesday, sending the far-right media sphere into a tailspin. Zohran Mamdani’s campaign platform was practically the opposite of…
President Trump's anti-war MAGA base on Sunday mostly stood behind his decision to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities, but many of his staunchest supporters drew a line at further U.S.…
President Trump's decision to strike three nuclear sites in Iran could deepen a divide among some of the Republican's supporters, including high-profile backers who had said any such move…
Winning the 2024 election came with lots of benefits for Donald Trump: more Cabinet secretaries to fire via tweet, more grimacing sit-downs with foreign heads of state, and more time…
Hegseth (audio voiceover): All of these orders and what they’re sent there to do are public. They’re— Slotkin (audio voiceover): OK, So say it. So say it. Yes or no. Hegseth (audio…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced striking questioning from Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin on Wednesday. She grilled him on whether he had given an order allowing members of the…
What’s more, many Democrats oppose war with Iran. As Matt Duss argues, Trump helped pave the way to this moment by withdrawing from America’s 2015 nuclear deal with Iran; our intelligence…
The Trump administration is thinking about adding 26 more countries—most of them African—to his travel ban list. The Washington Post obtained a Trump administration memo that would give…
Vance Boelter allegedly shot and killed Democratic Minnesota state Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband Saturday. Hours later, conservatives were twisting Boelter’s political…
This week, President Donald Trump admitted on Truth Social that his mass deportations are hurting farmers and the economy. Those removals are “taking very good, longtime workers away” from…
Israel bombed several Iranian cities and nuclear sites early Friday, and Donald Trump has done nothing but inflame the situation. In a phone call with ABC News’s Jonathan Karl, the…
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 13 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and…
