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Pam Bondi Fumes as Democrats Grill Her on Trump’s Ties to Epstein
Malcolm Ferguson, The New Republic
Former Attorney General Pam Bondi reportedly had a disastrous meeting with the House Oversight Committee on Friday regarding her bungling of the Epstein files release. MS NOW’s Kyle Griffin reported that Bondi “lost her temper a bit at some points and grew fr…
May 29, 2026, 6:05 PM
Trump Is Now a World-Class Kleptocrat
Jason Linkins, The New Republic
Donald Trump last year amassed one big beautiful rap sheet of scandal and criminality, with multiple instances of corruption that made Teapot Dome look quaint. But the president’s bogus new “settlement” with his own administration’s IRS, which he had sued in …
May 23, 2026, 10:00 AM
Democratic Women Say They Could Kick Trump’s Butt. And They’re Right!
Brynn Tannehill, The New Republic
Donald Trump deliberately warps reality around himself to create the image he wants. This goes far beyond simple propaganda or spin; this level of distortion literally commands everyone, to quote George Orwell’s words about the president in 1984, to “reject t…
May 23, 2026, 10:00 AM
Transcript: These Democrats Have a Real Chance of Being President
Right Now With Perry Bacon, The New Republic
This is a lightly edited transcript of the May 7 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack.Perry Bacon: Good afternoon. I’m Perry Bacon. I’m the host of The New Republic show Right Now…
May 10, 2026, 10:00 AM
Trump Ballroom Suddenly Faces GOP Opposition in Surprise Blow to MAGA
Greg Sargent, The New Republic
After a gunman allegedly attempted to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last month, Senator John Fetterman seized on the moment to accuse his fellow Democrats of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Fetterman tweeted: “Drop t…
May 9, 2026, 10:00 AM
Every Democratic Candidate Must Have an Answer for This Question
Jason Linkins, The New Republic
Recall, if you can stomach it, the late summer months of the 2024 presidential campaign. The political press was churning out (accurate) stories about how Vice President Kamala Harris was distancing herself from some of the bolder policy proposals she’d previ…
May 9, 2026, 10:00 AM
Trump Throws Temper Tantrum When Asked About Gas Prices
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic
Donald Trump either can’t or won’t face the music.The president exploded at a Black female reporter Thursday who dared to question why he was so focused on his expensive Washington vanity projects while the rest of the country struggles to fill their gas tank…
May 8, 2026, 3:05 PM
Transcript: Trump Cornered as Damning Leaks Expose Fresh War Blunders
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent, The New Republic
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the May 8 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.The Washington …
May 8, 2026, 10:56 AM
Confused Trump Openly Admits Plot to Rig Midterms as Polls Turn Brutal
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent, The New Republic
Last week, the Supreme Court gutted protections against racial gerrymandering, and Donald Trump is already urging Republicans to seize on it. Trump unleashed a Truth Social rant on Monday urging GOP state legislatures to maximize the gerrymandering, insisting…
May 5, 2026, 9:00 AM
White House Lawyers Secretly Prep Trump Team for Brutal Midterms
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic
The White House is forecasting a rough November for congressional Republicans.In private briefings, attorneys at the White House Counsel’s Office are preparing executive branch staff for a blue wave in the 2026 elections, The Washington Post reported Monday.T…
May 4, 2026, 9:49 PM
Judge Says Jan. 6 Rioters Treated Better in Jail Than WHCD Gunman
Malcolm Ferguson, The New Republic
A federal judge on Monday apologized to Cole Allen, the alleged White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter, for what his lawyers described as “excessive restrictions on his liberty that serve no justifiable purpose.”Cole Allen, who stormed into the Washington…
May 4, 2026, 8:22 PM
DeSantis Signs Gerrymandered Florida Map to Flip Seats for Republicans
Hafiz Rashid, The New Republic
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis made his state’s new gerrymandered congressional map official Monday. DeSantis signed the map that his own office specifically drew in order to capture four more Republican seats in time for November’s midterm elections, hoping t…
May 4, 2026, 6:58 PM
Trump Threatens Iran as His Plan for Strait of Hormuz Disintegrates
Malcolm Ferguson, The New Republic
The war on Iran is very much back on, and President Trump is making more genocidal threats. Iran on Monday bombed a South Korean ship and civilian sites in the United Arab Emirates, in the wake of President Trump’s announcement that the United States would be…
May 4, 2026, 6:50 PM
Has Trump Ever Actually Played UNO Before?
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic
Donald Trump has the reputation of being a bit of a card shark—but apparently, he has no idea what he’s doing at the table.The president was roasted alive on Sunday after he revealed via a photoshopped image that he doesn’t understand the rules of the popular…
May 4, 2026, 3:38 PM
Here’s a Better Idea Than Trying to Assassinate the President
Jason Linkins, The New Republic
Cole Allen, the 31-year-old California man who, by his own admission, armed himself and attempted to breach the security at this past weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, was officially charged this week with attempting to assassinate the president. …
May 2, 2026, 10:00 AM
Trump Makes It Harder to See if Drugs Are Laced With Fentanyl
Hafiz Rashid, The New Republic
The Trump administration has canceled federal funding for test strips used to find out if a substance contains fentanyl. CBS News, citing a letter from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, reports that government funds can’t be used …
May 1, 2026, 9:25 PM
Trump Claims It’s “Unconstitutional” for Congress to Keep Him in Check
Edith Olmsted, The New Republic
President Donald Trump claimed Friday it’s unconstitutional to seek congressional approval for war. Speaking to the press outside the White House, Trump whined that he should not have to comply with the War Powers Resolution of 1973, which requires the presid…
May 1, 2026, 6:19 PM
Not Even Republicans Buy Pete Hegseth’s Claim on Legality of Iran War
Edith Olmsted, The New Republic
Some Republican lawmakers aren’t buying Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s excuse to skirt congressional authorization for Donald Trump’s war in Iran.The War Powers Act Resolution of 1973 states that the president can deploy armed forces in a hostile environmen…
May 1, 2026, 12:45 PM
Trump Has No Clue What His Supreme Court Has Just Unleashed
Greg Sargent, The New Republic
Now that the Supreme Court has gutted yet another piece of the Voting Rights Act, this one concerning redistricting, here’s one thing we know for sure: Democrats will have to enter into a new era of procedural total war. That might make many of them uncomfort…
May 1, 2026, 9:00 AM
Fiasco for Trump as Urgent GOP Memo Warns of Epic Midterm Bloodbath
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent, The New Republic
Public polls are showing that Democrats now have the advantage over Republicans on the economy, a milestone. Strikingly, Politico reports that a newly-leaked memo from a GOP-aligned group actually confirms the same thing. The memo warns that the group’s inter…
May 1, 2026, 9:00 AM
Trump Press Sec Goes Full Cult as Damning War Leaks Humiliate Him Anew
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent, The New Republic
President Trump keeps boasting that a deal with Iran is at hand. But now officials leaked word to CNN that Trump’s public posturing has hurt the negotiations. One noted that by “negotiating through social media,” Trump implied Iran had agreed to things “they …
Apr 22, 2026, 9:00 AM
Trump’s Fed Pick Says There’s Only One Thing They Disagree About
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, The New Republic
Kevin Warsh, the man Donald Trump tapped to run the Federal Reserve, told Congress Tuesday that there’s only one detail that he and the president disagree on.In the midst of a heated exchange with Senator Elizabeth Warren over his previous pledges to “stand u…
Apr 21, 2026, 4:33 PM
Trump Claims He Would Have Won Vietnam War—Which He Dodged
Edith Olmsted, The New Republic
President Donald Trump claimed Tuesday it would’ve taken him just five months to end a war he refused to fight in. Speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box, Trump bragged about how quickly he ended the war in Iran—shortly after threatening to resume attacks if things do…
Apr 21, 2026, 3:27 PM
Trump and Netanyahu Have Royally Screwed Each Other Over
Alon Pinkas, The New Republic
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu share a lot of traits. They are both solipsistic, mendacious, narcissistic, and paranoid megalomaniacs who perceive themselves as victims of a cabal of elites. Now they share something else: They have lost a war together. D…
Apr 21, 2026, 10:00 AM
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