Democrats: This Is War. Isn’t It Time You Acted Like It?

Everyone I know is complaining about the Democrats. They’re weak. They’re divided. They’re letting themselves get steamrolled. And on and on. In...

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Michael Tomasky

Trump Tries to Hide Super Bowl Frustration by Bullying Taylor Swift

Donald Trump is once again taking shots at Taylor Swift, because it’s normal for the president to have a problem with a pop star. Both Trump and...

yesterday 3

Edith Olmsted

Republican Admits His Party Has Already “Collapsed”

Republicans may feel that they’re on the up and up, armed with Donald Trump in the White House and a trifecta at the federal level, but former...

yesterday 1

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump’s Plan for Gaza Just Got Even Worse

Donald Trump is fleshing out his idea of taking over the Gaza Strip—but it doesn’t include any long-term contingencies other than carving up the...

yesterday 1

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Kristi Noem’s Attempt to Diss Democrats Embarrassingly Backfires

A Freudian slip from the secretary of Homeland Security might have revealed her own personal take on Elon Musk’s federal takeover—and its residual...

yesterday 1

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Spent an Entire Interview Going on Weird, Nonsense Rants

Donald Trump fumbled his way through a pre-Super Bowl interview where he skirted questions about his false promises to lower inflation, and...

yesterday 1

Edith Olmsted

Trump’s Reaction to Court Order Blocking DOGE Is as Ominous as It Gets

Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans spent the weekend openly attacking the federal judiciary and, by extension, the Constitution’s separation...

yesterday 2

Hafiz Rashid

Trump’s DOJ Hits Back After Court Tries to Stop DOGE Takeover

The Trump administration is pushing back against a federal court order blocking Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing...

yesterday 1

Hafiz Rashid

Trump and His Project 2025 Chief Sued Over Sudden CFPB Shutdown

Donald Trump’s attempt to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been met with a lawsuit. The National Treasury Employees Union,...

yesterday 1

Hafiz Rashid

Musk’s Threats Suddenly Darken as Trump Legal Losses Trigger MAGA Fury

Rage is mounting among President Donald Trump’s allies over the losses that Trump’s agenda has suffered in court, which are clearly becoming a...

yesterday 50

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Transcript: Musk’s Threats Darken as MAGA Rages at Fresh Legal Losses

The 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...

yesterday 40

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Gen Zers Long for a Simpler Time They Never Knew

As far as many members of Generation Z are concerned, the future does not look as rosy as the past their parents inherited. Their youth was marked...

yesterday 20

Grace Segers

Sarah McBride’s Quiet Revolution on Capitol Hill

When you talk to Delaware’s Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, you quickly get the sense that her critics spend a lot...

yesterday 20

Alex Thomas

MAGA Has Total Meltdown Over Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show

Kendrick Lamar’s very normal Super Bowl halftime show had the MAGA faithful pearl-clutching and conspiracy theorizing. The iconic Pulitzer Prize...

yesterday 1

Malcolm Ferguson

Trump Escalates MAGA’s Anti-“Woke” Purge of Military

Trump is looking to undo decades of racial progress within the military in his first month as president. On Monday morning, the president...

yesterday 1

Malcolm Ferguson

Trump’s DHS Chief Admits DOGE Has Infiltrated Department

CNN’s Dana Bash and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem had an exasperating, circular argument on Sunday regarding Elon Musk’s Department of...

yesterday 1

Malcolm Ferguson

Trump’s Supreme Court Immunity Ruling Just Came Back to Bite Him

yesterday 90

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Hit With Major Lawsuit After Cruel Executive Order on Refugees

yesterday 3

Hafiz Rashid

Trump Just Utterly Humiliated JD Vance

yesterday 10

Edith Olmsted

Trump’s Federal Worker “Buyout” Hits Yet Another Legal Hurdle

yesterday 2

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Judge Shuts Down Trump’s Funding Freeze—and Orders Immediate Reversal

yesterday 8

Marin Scotten

Trump Takes Aim at Letitia James in Latest Wave of Revenge

yesterday 10

Edith Olmsted

Did Elon Musk’s Lame Tweet Just Cost Him in Key DOGE Lawsuit?

yesterday 10

Edith Olmsted

Trump Has Twisted Plan to Make Bribery Legal—and Make Himself Rich

yesterday 50

Hafiz Rashid

Trump Is Planning One of His Most Corrupt Pardons Yet

yesterday 10

Marin Scotten

Did Trump Quietly Kill a Sensitive Pentagon Probe into Elon Musk?

In December, more than a month before Donald Trump took the presidential oath of office, The New York Times reported a blockbuster scoop: Elon Musk...

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Greg Sargent

Is Elon Musk Serving Two Masters?

Elon 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....

07.02.2025 6

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump’s Angry Rant at USAID Instantly Undercut by Surprise Rubio Video

President Donald Trump unleashed an angry rant Thursday about the U.S. Agency for International Development. He falsely claimed billions of dollars...

07.02.2025 3

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Trump Hilariously Fails to Play it Cool Over Time Cover of Elon Musk

Donald Trump wants you to believe that he’s totally nonplussed by Time magazine’s February cover, which features Elon Musk—not the president—behind...

07.02.2025 60

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Elon Musk Is Driving Trumpworld Absolutely Insane

Even the people closest to Donald Trump are suffering under Elon Musk’s sudden takeover of the executive branch, and they’re turning to an...

07.02.2025 1

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Key Democrat Tells Trump to Screw Off After He Tries to Fire Her

A key Democrat on the Federal Elections Commission has hit back after President Donald Trump made a pathetic attempt to illegally remove her. Ellen...

07.02.2025 3

Edith Olmsted

Trump Puts Worst Person you Know in Charge of TikTok’s Next Steps

For some reason, President Trump has tasked JD Vance with handling the future of TikTok. Along with national security adviser Michael Waltz, the...

07.02.2025 1

Hafiz Rashid

The Haunting Fiction of Han Kang

A woman is walking along a cold seaside plain lined with thousands of black tree trunks. Together, the trunks create “the impression of a thousand...

07.02.2025 7

Lily Meyer

Trump’s Big Firing Spree Is Screwing the Working Class

The 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...

07.02.2025 2

Timothy Noah

There May Be Enough Supreme Court Votes to Save the Government

It probably goes without saying, but the Trump administration’s blizzard of executive orders have been more numerous, far-reaching, and cataclysmic...

07.02.2025 3

Simon Lazarus

Trump’s Gaza Plan Is Not a Distraction. It’s a Potential War Crime.

When the initial shock began to wear off from Donald Trump’s announcement Tuesday evening describing his “ beautiful ” plans for Gaza that “...

07.02.2025 2

Michael Tomasky

Transcript: Trump’s Angry USAID Rant Undercut by Surprise Rubio Video

The 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...

07.02.2025 2

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Three Key Themes in Trump’s Environmental Moves So Far

If 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...

07.02.2025 1

Heather Souvaine Horn

Trump’s Anti-Trans Order Officially Hits the NCAA

Donald Trump’s executive order this week banning transgender women from women’s sports has already found its first victim: the National Collegiate...

07.02.2025 1

Malcolm Ferguson

Zelenskiy Puts the Ball Back in Trump’s Court on Standing Up to Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has decided to play ball with the Trump administration in efforts to stop the Russian invasion. On Monday,...

07.02.2025 8

Malcolm Ferguson

Guess Which Top Trump Adviser Took USAID Money?

Donald Trump has slammed USAID as a corrupt agency whose “fraudulently” distributed funds are “totally unexplainable.” But it wasn’t clear...

07.02.2025 4

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump’s Chaotic Behavior Is Causing an Even Bigger Mess in Congress

A lack of communication between Donald Trump’s White House and Republicans in Congress is confusing the MAGA agenda, and making some lawmakers...

07.02.2025 8

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Tuberville Defends Trump’s Actions by Accidentally Defining a Dictator

Senator Tommy Tuberville seems delighted that President Donald Trump is acting as a dictator who targets transgender people. Following Trump’s...

07.02.2025 5

Edith Olmsted

Trump Is Going to Blow a Fuse Over This New Time Cover With Elon Musk

The 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...

07.02.2025 1

Hafiz Rashid

Chaos Erupts at Education Department as Members of Congress Locked Out

In a wild scene, federal officers are blocking Democratic members of Congress from entering the Department of Education. Members of Congress...

07.02.2025 1

Malcolm Ferguson

Top Trump Donor Wants Supreme Court to Revoke Key Press Protection

One of Donald Trump’s biggest donors is looking to the Supreme Court to limit tough press coverage of the MAGA leader’s administration. Republican...

07.02.2025 50

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

JD Vance Petitions to Bring Back That Super-Racist Member of DOGE

Elon 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...

07.02.2025 40

Malcolm Ferguson

Here’s What Senate Democrats Should Be Doing to Fight Trump

On December 3, South Korea’s right-wing President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law and ordered troops to block the opposition party from gaining...

07.02.2025 2

Aaron Regunberg

DOGE Staffer Who Quit Over Racist Posts Is Already Coming Back to Work

Elon Musk announced Friday that the Department of Government Efficiency employee who quit for a range of racist social media posts will be...

07.02.2025 30

Edith Olmsted

Elon Musk to Install DOGE Crony Amid Treasury Department Takeover

One 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...

07.02.2025 20

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Democrats: This Is War. Isn’t It Time You Acted Like It?

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Trump Tries to Hide Super Bowl Frustration by Bullying Taylor Swift

Edith Olmsted

Republican Admits His Party Has Already “Collapsed”

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump’s Plan for Gaza Just Got Even Worse

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Kristi Noem’s Attempt to Diss Democrats Embarrassingly Backfires

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Spent an Entire Interview Going on Weird, Nonsense Rants

Edith Olmsted

Trump’s Reaction to Court Order Blocking DOGE Is as Ominous as It Gets

Hafiz Rashid

Trump’s DOJ Hits Back After Court Tries to Stop DOGE Takeover

Hafiz Rashid

Trump and His Project 2025 Chief Sued Over Sudden CFPB Shutdown

Hafiz Rashid

Musk’s Threats Suddenly Darken as Trump Legal Losses Trigger MAGA Fury

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Transcript: Musk’s Threats Darken as MAGA Rages at Fresh Legal Losses

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Gen Zers Long for a Simpler Time They Never Knew

Grace Segers

Sarah McBride’s Quiet Revolution on Capitol Hill

Alex Thomas

MAGA Has Total Meltdown Over Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show

Malcolm Ferguson

Trump Escalates MAGA’s Anti-“Woke” Purge of Military

Malcolm Ferguson

Trump’s DHS Chief Admits DOGE Has Infiltrated Department

Malcolm Ferguson

Trump’s Supreme Court Immunity Ruling Just Came Back to Bite Him

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Hit With Major Lawsuit After Cruel Executive Order on Refugees

Hafiz Rashid

Trump Just Utterly Humiliated JD Vance

Edith Olmsted

Trump’s Federal Worker “Buyout” Hits Yet Another Legal Hurdle

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Judge Shuts Down Trump’s Funding Freeze—and Orders Immediate Reversal

Marin Scotten

Trump Takes Aim at Letitia James in Latest Wave of Revenge

Edith Olmsted

Did Elon Musk’s Lame Tweet Just Cost Him in Key DOGE Lawsuit?

Edith Olmsted

Trump Has Twisted Plan to Make Bribery Legal—and Make Himself Rich

Hafiz Rashid

Trump Is Planning One of His Most Corrupt Pardons Yet

Marin Scotten

Did Trump Quietly Kill a Sensitive Pentagon Probe into Elon Musk?

Greg Sargent

Is Elon Musk Serving Two Masters?

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump’s Angry Rant at USAID Instantly Undercut by Surprise Rubio Video

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Trump Hilariously Fails to Play it Cool Over Time Cover of Elon Musk

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Elon Musk Is Driving Trumpworld Absolutely Insane

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Key Democrat Tells Trump to Screw Off After He Tries to Fire Her

Edith Olmsted

Trump Puts Worst Person you Know in Charge of TikTok’s Next Steps

Hafiz Rashid

The Haunting Fiction of Han Kang

Lily Meyer

Trump’s Big Firing Spree Is Screwing the Working Class

Timothy Noah

There May Be Enough Supreme Court Votes to Save the Government

Simon Lazarus

Trump’s Gaza Plan Is Not a Distraction. It’s a Potential War Crime.

Michael Tomasky

Transcript: Trump’s Angry USAID Rant Undercut by Surprise Rubio Video

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Three Key Themes in Trump’s Environmental Moves So Far

Heather Souvaine Horn

Trump’s Anti-Trans Order Officially Hits the NCAA