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Governor Greg Abbot is trying to further gerrymander Texas while his state recovers from some of the deadliest flooding in its history.On Wednesday, Abbot told state lawmakers to begin the redistricting process as he positions Republicans to maintain control…

Joe Rogan, podcaster and prominent supporter of Donald Trump’s presidential bid, is souring on the administration’s immigration agenda.The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Rogan, who dined with the president on June 30, “has discussed immigration…

Senator John Fetterman has once again turned his back on undocumented immigrants with the rubber stamp from Donald Trump. “ICE performs an important job for our country,” Fetterman wrote on X Thursday. “Any calls to abolish ICE are 💯 inappropriate and…

Texas State Senator Angela Paxton has filed for divorce from her husband, Republican state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has long faced accusations of infidelity and corruption. Senator Paxton blamed the split squarely on her husband’s cheating, while the…

Harvard just quietly dismantled its undergraduate school’s offices for diversity, equity, and inclusion amid the university’s ongoing battle with Donald Trump’s administration. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which houses Harvard College, announced…

Mahmoud Khalil is suing the Trump administration for $20 million. The 30-year-old Columbia University graduate and green card holder, whom Immigration and Customs Enforcement took as a political prisoner in March, gained his freedom just last month.On March 8,…

Former Washington Post writer Joe Davidson made sure to make his disdain for Post owner Jeff Bezos known in a scathing resignation letter.In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Davidson stated that he was stepping down from his position as the “Federal Insider”…

A new report from The Atlantic’s Nick Miroff finds morale at Immigration and Customs Enforcement is suffering as the agency, under the direction of President Trump and Homeland Security adviser Stephen Miller, targets undocumented immigrants who haven’t…

Former X CEO Linda Yaccarino suffered gross sexual harassment from none other than Grok, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence bot, shortly before she abruptly left her position. Grok went rogue earlier this week after engineers at xAI tweaked the robot’s…

Of the many ways that Donald Trump, abetted by the U.S. Supreme Court, has laid waste to the executive branch and ransacked civil society, one Trump target above all others requires our constant vigilance and hair-trigger sensitivity.That is federal…

A right-wing commentator who has possibly tweeted about Hooters more times than anyone is now Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to Malaysia. “Mr. President, thank you for the honor of a lifetime. In your America, all dreams come true. It will be my honor…

Donald Trump announced a 50 percent tariff on copper, a move that is sure to slow production and make prices skyrocket. “Copper is necessary for Semiconductors, Aircraft, Ships, Ammunition, Data Centers, Lithium-ion Batteries, Radar Systems, Missile Defense…

A federal judge on Thursday blocked Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order nationwide.Trump’s order, which seeks to deny automatic citizenship to children born on U.S. soil to undocumented immigrants or those with temporary status, was set to go…

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is refusing to take responsibility after a report found that she personally instituted a rule that created obstacles in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s response to the deadly floods in Texas over the July 4…

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the July 10 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…

U.S. permanent resident and reggaeton artist Leamsy Izquierdo has revealed that conditions in “Alligator Alcartraz,” where he is detained, are as inhumane as advertised.“There’s no water here for people to bathe. I haven’t showered for four days,…

North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis revealed that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed because one senator decided to believe his lies. During an exclusive interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper Wednesday, Tillis responded to the claim that Kennedy…

Emails provided to Congress by a whistleblower and 15-year veteran of the Justice Department reveal that administration officials went to striking lengths to prop up the claim that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was a “leader” of the MS-13 gang—even as President…

Days after flooding in the Texas Hill Country killed 27 campers and counselors at Camp Mystic—just a portion of the more than 100 already confirmed dead in Central Texas—Immigration and Customs Enforcement shut down a children’s summer camp in Los…

If there’s one thing that U.S. civics education hammers home the most—the one thing that grade school students first learn, which is one of the preeminent things international audiences know about our system of government—it’s that it is a federal…

It appears to be dawning on President Trump that he will not be ending the Russia-Ukraine war in one day as he promised during the campaign. Trump’s frustration at Vladimir Putin is rising: This week he accused Putin of hitting him with “bullshit” and…

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement official revealed Wednesday that the agency’s efforts to deport foreign students for their purportedly “radical,” pro-Palestinian beliefs relies on Canary Mission—an anonymously run website that seeks to dox and…

A provision buried deep within Donald Trump’s behemoth budget bill essentially earmarks funds for Anduril, the defense technology company heavily backed by apocalyptic prophet Peter Thiel. The Intercept reported Wednesday that a provision allocating some of…

The Trump administration is conducting a spiteful investigation against former FBI Director James Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan as retaliation for their roles in the 2016 Russian election interference scandal.The FBI reportedly launched its…

Donald Trump does not want to talk about Jeffrey Epstein. Asked on Tuesday about his administration’s refusal to release files related to the dead financier who allegedly sex-trafficked underage girls—and about Epstein’s significant ties to powerful…

At the beginning of Trump’s Wednesday “multilateral lunch” event to discuss commercial opportunities with five West African leaders, Trump asked his guests to say “a few words to the press.” But as the first spoke, Trump changed his mind,…

The president is not concerned that his underlings are independently intervening in American foreign policy without any authorization to do so.Speaking with reporters in the State Dining Room Wednesday, Donald Trump said that he hadn’t given much attention…

Donald Trump humiliated himself Wednesday in front of several leaders of African states by revealing just how little he knows about their countries. During a meeting with leaders from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal, as part of a…

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye used a tried and true method to curry favor with President Donald Trump: shameless flattery.“I know you are a tremendous golf player. Golf requires concentration and precision—qualities that also make for a great…

At least one person in the Trump administration stands to make a fortune at the National Weather Service’s deathbed.Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick oversees the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its subsidiary, the National Weather…