Did Trump Quietly Kill a Sensitive Pentagon Probe into Elon Musk?
Sat 6:00am By Greg SargentIn December, more than a month before Donald Trump took the presidential oath of office, The New York Times reported a blockbuster scoop: Elon Musk and his SpaceX company had repeatedly failed to meet federal reporting requirements designed to safeguard…DOGE Staffer Who Quit Over Racist Posts Is Already Coming Back to Work
Fri 5:00pm By Edith OlmstedElon Musk announced Friday that the Department of Government Efficiency employee who quit for a range of racist social media posts will be reinstated.Musk made a series of social media posts expressing his support for Marko Elez, the DOGE staffer who wrote in…Trump Has Disturbing Response to DOGE’s Massive Overreach of Power
Fri 4:23pm By Edith OlmstedDonald Trump doesn’t care that Elon Musk and his nerd squad have access to the private information of millions of Americans.During a press conference Friday, Trump was asked about the Department of Government Efficiency’s unfettered access to…Musk’s DOGE Teen Minion Was Once Fired for Leaking Company Secrets
Fri 4:03pm By Malcolm FergusonShocking: The 19-year old DOGE goon with a questionable résumé who goes by “big balls” online was fired from his last real gig for leaking company information online. Bloomberg is reporting that Edward Coristine was fired from cybersecurity firm Path…WTF Is DOGE Doing in Department in Charge of Nuclear Weapons?
Fri 3:46pm By Hafiz RashidThe Department of Energy on Friday tried to clarify why one of Elon Musk’s DOGE underlings was granted access to the department’s I.T. systems despite opposition from its general counsel and cybersecurity offices. CNN reports that Luke Farritor, 23, whose…Zelenskiy Puts the Ball Back in Trump’s Court on Standing Up to Russia
Fri 3:09pm By Malcolm FergusonUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has decided to play ball with the Trump administration in efforts to stop the Russian invasion. On Monday, Trump announced that if Zelenskiy wanted to keep getting U.S. military aid, Ukraine would have to fork over some…Trump Has Cringiest Reaction to That Time Magazine Cover of Elon Musk
Fri 2:29pm By Ellie Quinlan HoughtalingDonald Trump wants you to believe that he’s totally nonplussed by Time magazine’s February cover, which features Elon Musk—not the president—behind the Resolute Desk.During a press conference Friday alongside Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba,…Elon Musk to Install DOGE Crony Amid Treasury Department Takeover
Fri 1:52pm By Hafiz RashidOne of Elon Musk’s allies, Tom Krause, is going to be installed in a senior position in charge of America’s critical payment systems.Krause, a Silicon Valley executive with ties to Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, will become the…Top Trump Donor Wants Supreme Court to Revoke Key Press Protection
Fri 1:45pm By Ellie Quinlan HoughtalingOne of Donald Trump’s biggest donors is looking to the Supreme Court to limit tough press coverage of the MAGA leader’s administration. Republican megadonor Steve Wynn filed a petition with the nation’s highest judiciary on Friday to overturn New York…Trump Has Pissed Off a Key Support Group by Cutting USAID
Fri 1:33pm By Edith OlmstedEvangelicals are finally getting fed up with Donald Trump’s bad-neighbor behavior, according to an NBC News report published Friday.Trump received sweeping support from evangelicals in the 2024 presidential election, securing the votes of about eight in 10…JD Vance Petitions to Bring Back That Super-Racist Member of DOGE
Fri 1:06pm By Malcolm FergusonElon Musk and JD Vance think that a deeply racist 25-year old-deserves to have a second chance in a significant position in DOGE. Former SpaceX software engineer Marko Elez was working for DOGE to supposedly expose fraud in the Treasury Department. He resigned…Here’s What Senate Democrats Should Be Doing to Fight Trump
Fri 12:28pm By Aaron RegunbergOn December 3, South Korea’s right-wing President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law and ordered troops to block the opposition party from gaining entrance to the National Assembly. But the opposition didn’t blink. They formed human chains and broke…Trump Is Going to Blow a Fuse Over This New Time Cover With Elon Musk
Fri 12:08pm By Hafiz RashidThe new cover of Time is sure to infuriate President Trump. The February 24 issue of the magazine depicts Elon Musk as president of the United States, sitting on the Resolute Desk, which is used by U.S. presidents in the Oval Office of the White House. Trump…Chaos Erupts at Education Department as Members of Congress Locked Out
Fri 11:51am By Malcolm FergusonIn a wild scene, federal officers are blocking Democratic members of Congress from entering the Department of Education. Members of Congress gathered at the department headquarters on Friday but were denied entry. A man can be seen on video asking the crowd,…Guess Which Top Trump Adviser Took USAID Money?
Fri 11:49am By Ellie Quinlan HoughtalingDonald Trump has slammed USAID as a corrupt agency whose “fraudulently” distributed funds are “totally unexplainable.” But it wasn’t clear on Friday if that statement included Starlink—the international internet project founded by one of Trump’s…Tommy Tuberville Has Bonkers Defense for Trump’s Dictatorial Actions
Fri 11:27am By Edith OlmstedSenator Tommy Tuberville seems delighted that President Donald Trump is acting as a dictator who targets transgender people.Following Trump’s executive order Thursday banning transgender women from women’s sports, Tuberville appeared on Newsmax, where he…Trump’s Chaotic Behavior Is Causing an Even Bigger Mess in Congress
Fri 10:42am By Ellie Quinlan HoughtalingA lack of communication between Donald Trump’s White House and Republicans in Congress is confusing the MAGA agenda, and making some lawmakers downright angry, NOTUS reported Friday.Trump’s whirlwind reentry into the executive branch has seen the president…Trump’s Anti-Trans Order Finds Its First Target: The NCAA
Fri 10:37am By Malcolm FergusonDonald Trump’s executive order this week banning transgender women from women’s sports has already found its first victim: the National Collegiate Athletic Association.The NCAA updated its rules Thursday to only allow people assigned female at birth to…Trump’s Gaza Plan Is Not a Distraction. It’s a Potential War Crime.
Fri 10:33am By Michael TomaskyWhen the initial shock began to wear off from Donald Trump’s announcement Tuesday evening describing his “beautiful” plans for Gaza that “everybody loves,” two schools of thought emerged.The first was that we can’t possibly take this seriously. The…Trump Puts Worst Person You Know in Charge of TikTok’s Next Steps
Fri 10:21am By Hafiz RashidFor some reason, President Trump has tasked JD Vance with handling the future of TikTok.Along with national security adviser Michael Waltz, the vice president has been given the job of handling the social media platform’s possible sale to an American entity,…Key Democrat Tells Trump to Screw Off After He Tries to Fire Her
Fri 9:37am By Edith OlmstedA key Democrat on the Federal Elections Commission has hit back after President Donald Trump made a pathetic attempt to illegally remove her. Ellen Weintraub, an opponent of corporate dark money who has served as a commissioner on the FEC panel for 20 years,…Elon Musk Is Driving Trumpworld Absolutely Insane
Fri 9:30am By Ellie Quinlan HoughtalingEven the people closest to Donald Trump are suffering under Elon Musk’s sudden takeover of the executive branch, and they’re turning to an unexpected savior to intervene: White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.In an interview with MSNBC’s Ali Vitali,…Transcript: Trump’s Angry USAID Rant Undercut by Surprise Rubio Video
Fri 7:54am By The Daily Blast with Greg SargentThe following is a lightly edited transcript of the February 7 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.President…Is Elon Musk Serving Two Masters?
Fri 6:00am By Ellie Quinlan HoughtalingElon Musk’s overwhelming grip on Donald Trump’s executive branch has sparked criticisms that the world’s richest man is serving as a de facto U.S. president. But some of Musk’s purported campaigns to cut government waste, including working to nix…There May Be Enough Supreme Court Votes to Save the Government
Fri 6:00am By Simon LazarusIt probably…The Haunting Fiction of Han Kang
Fri 6:00am By Lily MeyerA woman is walking along a cold seaside plain lined with thousands of black tree trunks. Together, the trunks create “the impression of a thousand men, women, and haggard children huddling in the snow.” Surely, she tells herself, this is a graveyard. If it…Three Key Themes in Trump’s Environmental Moves So Far
Fri 6:00am By Heather Souvaine HornIf you’ve found it impossible to keep track of all the news in the past two weeks, you’re not alone. Here’s a brief rundown of where things stand on the environmental front, two weeks into Donald Trump’s second term—and a few themes that might not be…Trump’s Big Firing Spree Is Screwing the Working Class
Fri 6:00am By Timothy NoahThe theory of the unitary executive is being put into practice by Donald Trump, and the field experiment isn’t going well. The theory states that the president has the right to fire, at will, any executive branch official who does not enjoy civil service…Trump’s Angry Rant at USAID Instantly Undercut by Surprise Rubio Video
Fri 5:00am By The Daily Blast with Greg SargentPresident Donald Trump unleashed an angry rant Thursday about the U.S. Agency for International Development. He falsely claimed billions of dollars had been stolen there to fund pro-Democrat media. But only hours later, CNN posted video of Secretary of State…Trump Sues His Least Favorite City Over Immigration
Thu 5:52pm By Malcolm FergusonThe Justice Department is suing the city of Chicago and the state of Illinois for not caving to the Trump administration’s performative, fear-inducing immigration raids. The DOJ wants to stop the city from enforcing its sanctuary city laws that they say…
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