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Donald Trump joins the rest of the world in wanting to know what on Earth is wrong with Elon Musk. In his new book All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America, author Michael Wolff wrote that Trump was bewildered by the bafflingly lame behavior of the…

Donald Trump got into an argument with the Maine Governor Janet Mills, a Democrat, during an address Friday to the nation’s governors in the White House dining room. During his remarks, Trump referenced his executive order banning transgender women from…

Donald Trump seems to have bought into a health conspiracy that encourages Americans to live more like the Pennsylvania Dutch Amish.“The autism stat—and you hear different numbers, but it’s thousands. They say between 10 and 20 thousand,” Trump said…

Elon Musk is throwing big bucks behind the Republican candidate in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race, in an effort to ensure that the state, which swung narrowly for Donald Trump, remains steered by conservatives. Musk’s America PAC dropped $1 million to…

The French far-right has decided to actually take a stand after Steve Bannon made what appeared to be a Nazi salute similar to the one Elon Musk did weeks ago. Bannon performed the salute yesterday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) after…

Donald Trump’s plans to make cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency are starting to worry his fellow Republicans. GOP politicians in Congress fear that these cuts could hurt disaster response, and they aren’t clear about what exactly the…

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is hacking and slashing the federal government to size down the budget, but in doing so, they seem to have let go of a few mission-critical employees—despite the agency’s promises against it.Some of…

Trump posted through the pain after a series of devastating national polls showed his approval rating quickly plummeting after his first month in office. “I won the Presidential Election in a landslide, won ALL SEVEN SWING STATES, THE POPULAR VOTE, AND ALL…

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is once again lying about how much money it’s saving for American taxpayers, The Intercept reported Friday. DOGE’s wonky wall of receipts claimed that it saved $231,864,794 by cancelling an I.T. contract…

The Trump administration’s Federal Aviation Administration firings are much worse than they initially let on. Politico has reported that the 130 terminated FAA workers last month included critical employees who directly and indirectly reinforce all of the…

Now that he’s back in office, Donald Trump is looking to finalize one of his former agenda items: nixing the United States Postal Service.The president is expected to issue an executive order “as soon as this week” that would dissolve the Postal…

A Republican member of Congress thinks that Donald Trump’s executive order spree has gone too far. Representative Troy Balderson, whose district comprises areas in central and southeastern Ohio, said Thursday that the president’s orders are “getting out…

Representative Robert Garcia hit back at threats from the Department of Justice and criticized the agency for trying to “silence” lawmakers speaking out about Elon Musk.Earlier this week, Garcia received a letter from the DOJ regarding comments he’d made…

A Republican congressman was booed and heckled incessantly at his own town hall Thursday, as Trump’s sweeping federal cuts have begun to hurt the very same Republican constituents who voted for them. At his town hall in Suwanee, Georgia—in a district Trump…

Even the nation’s most salacious conservative tabloid can’t get behind Donald Trump’s recent Kremlin talking points.The New York Post issued a front page rejection Friday to the president’s recent claim that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy—a…

At the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday, Elon Musk appeared on stage in oversized sunglasses, a black gothic MAGA hat, a thick gold chain around his neck—and wielding a chainsaw. Ha ha. Over at Politico’s Playbook, the new team may not…

At the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday, Steve Bannon decided to perform a Roman salute, commonly associated with Nazi Germany. Bannon subtly made the gesture during his speech at the conference, raising his right arm with his palm…

Just one month into his presidency, Donald Trump appears to be imagining an extended stay at the White House.Speaking at the Republican Governors’ Dinner Thursday night, Trump underscored the significance of the 2026 midterm elections and claimed that he’d…

No matter how many times he tries, Donald Trump just can’t seem to get this one geography question right. During an address Thursday evening at a dinner for Republican governors, Trump once again exposed just how geographically challenged he is. “How about…

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the February 21 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.Three…

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If America was built on one thing, it’s compromise. The politics of the half-loaf have always tempered more extreme factions in the republic and ensured the public good. Steady, thoughtful, and incremental change is the surest path to protecting liberty. In…

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Last week, new data dropped showing that inflation has hit a seven-month high, driven in no small part by rising food, gas, and housing costs. Egg prices alone jumped 15.2 percent from December. But coffee and other items have also grown more expensive.As…

You’ve probably seen the warning posts and memes: Women! The United States Congress is coming for your vote! This is Project 2025! Welcome to Gilead! The rumors are true: The proposed Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE Act, now considered a…

As President Donald Trump ridicules Volodomyr Zelenskiy as a “dictator” who spent “$350 billion dollars ... to go into a war that couldn’t be won,” it’s obvious that his administration is shifting resources away from Ukraine, where U.S. aid has…

Three new national polls—from CNN, Gallup, and The Washington Post—show that President Donald Trump’s job approval is decidedly underwater. Importantly, the polls also show majorities rejecting Trump’s authoritarian governance. And Elon Musk, who’s…

A federal judge has just cleared the way for Trump to continue his federal employee purge. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper decided against the National Treasury Employees Union and multiple other unions who sued the Trump administration…

Donald Trump’s Department of Justice has sent a threatening letter to Representative Robert Garcia after the California Democrat mocked Elon Musk last week. Garcia joined other House Democrats at the first House Delivering on Government Efficiency…

A prosecutor who works for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Dallas, Texas. has been outed as running a racist, white supremacist X account. The Texas Observer reports that the “GlomarResponder” on X is run by James Rodden, an assistant chief counsel…