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The only real surprise about the clashes in Los Angeles is that anyone is surprised by them. Of course Donald Trump, in an attempt to get his moribund deportation numbers up, sent masked goons to indiscriminately snatch undocumented immigrants from their…

Far-right groups are humming with talk of potential violence ahead of massive “No Kings” Day demonstrations that are expected to attract millions of protesters Saturday, according to The Wall Street Journal.In a Telegram channel used by groups affiliated…

A clear majority of Americans disapprove of President Trump’s militant handling of the Los Angeles protests, and his approval ratings have firmly fallen into the red. Journalist G Elliot Morris collected numbers from various major polls (YouGov/Economist,…

Despite what the White House previously said, the United States is absolutely working with Israel after it launched strikes on Iran, according to Israeli and U.S. officials.The report contradicts messaging issued by the White House late Thursday, when…

President Trump thinks that Iran will now somehow be more willing to concede to a nuclear deal after being bombed by Israel, according to Axios. “I don’t think so. Maybe the opposite,” Trump said when asked if Israel’s attack hurt efforts to close the…

Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Friday that it would not release green card holder Mahmoud Khalil, after a federal judge ordered him to be released.U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz of New Jersey had given the government a deadline of 1:30 p.m. on…

A revolt at a controversial New Jersey ICE facility morphed into a jailbreak late Thursday.Four detainees were unaccounted for at Delaney Hall detention center after about 50 captives pushed down a dormitory wall in protest of their living conditions, an…

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 farms and hotels, Trump declared, adding that those workers are…

Immigrant workers are keeping Trump’s multiple estates running even as the president indiscriminately targets them for raids and deportation. Forbes reports that Trump has used at least 1,880 seasonal immigrant workers at Mar-a-Lago and other golf clubs…

The Department of Homeland Security admitted to scrounging around for dirt on Kilmar Abrego Garcia only after he was wrongfully deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.Freshly returned from a Salvadoran prison, Abrego Garcia attended an arraignment…

Donald Trump has praised Israel’s sweeping military operation targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities and military leaders, and Republicans have already started taking up positions as faithful cheerleaders. Shortly after the strikes in Iran were first reported…

Supporting Israel’s assault on Iran has caused the president to lose some of his longest-term acolytes.One such loss apparently includes Tucker Carlson, who issued a newsletter to his audience Friday grimly titled: “This Could Be the Final Newsletter…

The Trump administration is giving the personal data of Medicaid-enrolled immigrants to the Department of Homeland Security, according to the Associated Press. The Department of Homeland Security forced the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services—which is…

MAGA seems to be split on whether continuing to fight and fund Israel’s wars against the rest of the Middle East is “America First” or not. Israel bombed multiple cities and nuclear facilities in Iran Thursday night, dragging its U.S. benefactor into a…

A federal judge blocked portions of a Trump administration order Friday that would have required voters to show proof of citizenship at the voting booth.In a 44-page memorandum, U.S. District Judge Denise Casper ordered that adding layers of difficulty to the…

In May 1856, Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner took to the floor of the Senate to deliver a speech denouncing slavery. Sumner was a fiery abolitionist; in his maiden speech on the floor of the Senate four years earlier, he had called for the repeal of the…

Israeli officials say that their country’s deadly military strike on Iran was rubber-stamped by Donald Trump, despite his claims to have had nothing to do with it. Just hours before Israel’s massive operation Thursday targeting Iran’s ballistic missile…

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 president referred to the attacks as “excellent,” remarking that Iran…

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 presented by the DSR network. I’m your host, Greg…

Four years ago, ranked-choice voting made its debut in New York City’s mayoral primary. As the city ramps up toward what’s looking to be a closely contested Democratic nomination fight, candidates and outside political organizations have found that there…

In the scant verdure of a steep, rocky landscape, a man in earthy rags sets down a bag of crude tools and picks out a single white flower, then loops its stem around the finger of a woman in a fur pelt. From our present vantage, on the other side of some…

When President Donald Trump addressed Army troops June 10 at Fort Bragg, his audience was screened for political leanings and physical appearance. “No fat soldiers,” read one unit-level message, according to Konstantin Toropin and Steve Beynon of…

Stephen Miller had a shouting match Thursday with a GOP senator over Miller’s demand for massive funds for deportations, which Republicans are debating right now. Yet at around the same time, President Donald Trump openly admitted that his deportations are…

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took to Fox News to do what he does best: spread wildly incendiary misinformation about vaccines and public health. RFK Jr. was asked about his decision to fire the entire vaccine advisory committee of…

Reactions are rolling in after Senator Alex Padilla was kicked out of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday. The California Democrat was dragged out of the room  by DHS officers as he tried to raise a…

The Department of Homeland Security is already lying about having Senator Alex Padilla forcefully removed from Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference in Los Angeles Thursday.In posts on X, the official DHS account and Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth won’t say that a judge can order him to stop using federal forces for immigration enforcement.A federal judge was set to hold a hearing Thursday after the court denied California Governor Gavin Newsom’s request for a…

California Senator Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from a press conference in Los Angeles featuring Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday. The secretary was present to discuss recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in the area.The…

California Governor Gavin Newsom has claimed that his recent interactions with President Trump regarding his deployment of troops indicate that the president has deteriorated mentally and is unfit to serve. “He is not the same person that I dealt with just…

The White House is once again defying the will of the people.Donald Trump moved to overturn California’s electric vehicle mandate Thursday, marking the second instance this week in which the president has stretched his authority to advance his political…