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May 29, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Why Is a House Democrat Making Nice With El Salvador’s President?
Vincente Gonzalez, a Texas moderate, has regularly praised Nayib Bukele, who has emerged as one of Donald Trump’s most important international allies.
May 29, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Is the Trump Administration Lying About His Birthday Parade?
Early signs suggest that the parade will cost far more than the already exorbitant $45 million in taxpayer funds budgeted.
May 29, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Karoline Leavitt Has Bonkers Response to RFK Jr. Citing Fake Studies
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited multiple made-up studies in a new report.
May 29, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Karoline Leavitt Freaks Out After Two Brutal Tariff Losses in 24 Hours
Donald Trump’s press secretary snapped when asked why countries should even bother negotiating with the U.S.
May 29, 2025
Timothy Noah
A Trade Court Stopped Trump’s Tariffs. Why Didn’t Congress?
The law is clear, and the legislature’s powers are unambiguous. But Republicans in Washington have fully knuckled under.
May 29, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Economic Adviser Insists Tariff Situation Is Under Control
Kevin Hassett insisted that Donald Trump is guaranteed to win his legal battles over the tariffs.
May 29, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
RFK Jr. Just Made Another Pandemic Even More Likely
The Health and Human Services Department has ended a crucial vaccine research contract.
May 29, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Vladimir Putin Is Playing Trump Like a Fiddle
The president has gone to extraordinary lengths to encourage his Russian counterpart to end the war in Ukraine. None of it is working.
May 29, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Marco Rubio Just Opened a New Front in Trump’s War on Higher Education
The Secretary of State said he and his allies would be “aggressively” revoking the visas of Chinese nationals.
May 29, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Harvard Scores Huge Win in Escalating War With Trump
Donald Trump is trying to target one of Harvard’s main sources of income: international students.
May 29, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Stephen Miller Sets Terrifying Goal for Daily ICE Arrests
Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff also issued a chilling warning about what to expect.
May 29, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Surprise! New “MAHA” Report Is Full of Junk Science and Fake Studies
The latest Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s “Make America Healthy Again”
May 29, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Elon Musk Tried to Sabotage a Trump Deal With a Rival Company
Elon Musk blatantly used his proximity to Donald Trump to boost his own businesses.
May 29, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
It’s Happening Again: Town Hall Crowd Boos GOP Rep for Backing Trump
Iowa’s Ashley Hinson was booed and jeered when she backed President Trump on Wednesday.
May 29, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Kash Patel Flails Trying to Defend Failure to Do His Actual Job
Kash Patel has yet to submit the FBI’s budget for fiscal year 2026.
May 29, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Just Invented an Outcome in His Lawsuit Against Pulitzer Board
A judge ruled the case could proceed. Donald Trump issued his own ruling.
May 29, 2025
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The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Transcript: Trump Rants About Harvard Darken Amid Brutal Loss in Court
As Trump’s anger at Harvard goes off the rails amid a big legal setback, a writer who tracks MAGA argues that Trump is waging a kind of psychological war on the American people.
May 29, 2025
James Robins
There Is Nothing “Humanitarian” About Israel’s New Gaza Aid Plan
Yes, Israel is letting some food into Gaza. But only so it can more efficiently brutalize its people.
May 29, 2025
Katherine Stewart
The MAGA War on Science Is Deadly—and It’s Just Getting Started
The administration’s anti-science posture has three different sources. Each is as extremist as the last.
May 29, 2025
Grace Segers
Trump’s DOJ Has Put Reproductive Health Clinics Under Threat
With the administration’s refusal to enforce a key law for protecting clinics, abortion providers are bracing for increased disruptions.
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