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May 27, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Threatens to Bomb Yet Another Middle Eastern Country
Donald Trump’s warmongering is expanding.
May 27, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Republican Operatives Behind Shady Democratic Donor Group Exposed
Lead Left has ties to at least two Republican super PACs.
May 27, 2026
Greg Sargent
Trump, the Wages of MAGA Sin, and the Dream of Flipping Texas Blue
Ken Paxton is the embodiment of MAGA rage and corruption. Can James Talarico win by transcending Paxton’s Trumpy acrimony?
May 27, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump’s “Great American State Fair” Will Feature Horrid Artist Lineup
This isn’t who you want to be celebrating 250 years of American history.
May 27, 2026
Finn Hartnett
Trump Brings Pam Bondi Back to His Team Despite Epstein Fury
Trump’s widely despised former attorney general is back—this time, to work on AI.
May 27, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Here’s How Long It Will Take to Replace Weapons Trump Used on Iran
Donald Trump is burning through ammunition faster than we realized.
May 27, 2026
Right Now With Perry Bacon
Transcript: The Scary Thing Trump Might Do on His Birthday
Columbia political scientist Elizabeth Saunders says he wrongly thinks that the U.S. can easily repeat its quick overthrow of Maduro in other countries.
Video is available for this article
May 27, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Throws Temper Tantrum Over NATO Response to Iran War
Donald Trump is still furious that NATO allies won’t help clean up his mess in Iran.
May 27, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Fumes as Biden Sues DOJ to Block Audio in Special Counsel Probe
Former President Joe Biden is trying to block the Department of Justice from releasing audio used in the special counsel probe that revealed his memory lapses.
May 27, 2026
Finn Hartnett
Republicans Scramble to Erase Anything Bad They Said About Ken Paxton
Republicans are frantically deleting their past comments on Paxton after his Senate primary win in Texas.
May 27, 2026
Joe Cirincione
Trump’s “Deal” Looks a Lot Like … the One Obama Struck 11 Years Ago
It’s not “unconditional surrender” by a long shot. In fact, it’s almost exactly the same as the deal he denounced and tore up in 2018.
May 27, 2026
Perry Bacon
Some States Are More Antidemocracy Than Others. Guess Where They Are?
At every level of government, Southern GOP pols are routinely stripping Black leaders and people of power and agency. Simply put, the South is not a democracy.
May 27, 2026
Edith Olmsted
The Shady Way Trump’s Board of Peace Is Collecting Money
The fund’s official account is empty. But its JPMorgan account?
May 27, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
“Slush Fund for Crooks”: Republican Town Hall Erupts in Boos
Representative Mike Flood had a tough time in his town hall, as voters pressed him on what exactly the president is doing.
May 27, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Kash Patel Fires Senior Analyst in Revenge for Decade-Old Report
The initial report on a shooting at a 2017 congressional baseball game angered Republicans lawmakers.
May 27, 2026
Edith Olmsted
DHS Secretary Makes Bonkers Threat to Blue Cities’ Economies
The Department of Homeland Security is looking for new ways to punish sanctuary cities.
May 27, 2026
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Transcript: Trump Is Weak, Unpopular, and Deteriorating in Plain Sight
As Trump propagandists rage at journalists for covering his physical decline, a writer who focuses on the president’s weaknesses explains why covering up his frailty is backfiring spectacularly for him.
May 27, 2026
Right Now With Perry Bacon
The Scary Thing Trump Might Do on His Birthday
Columbia political scientist Elizabeth Saunders says that Trump’s threats against Iran, Cuba, and Greenland show a president who wrongly thinks that the U.S. can easily repeat its quick overthrow of Maduro.
Video is available for this article
May 27, 2026
Timothy Noah
Pope Leo’s Vital Message About Work in the Age of AI
In his new encyclical, Leo revives the importance of the dignity of labor.
May 27, 2026
Aaron Regunberg
Zohran Mamdani Gets It. Abigail Spanberger Does Not.
The New York City mayor has spent the beginning of his term delivering on one promise after another. The Virginia governor, meanwhile, has been busy vetoing progressive legislation.
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