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Trump Celebrates His Fraud Crackdown in Blue States as Arrests Begin

Donald Trump’s so-called fraud crackdown will soon be coming to a (Democrat-led) state near you.

yesterday 1

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Finn Hartnett

Iran Abruptly Shuts Down Peace Talks Due to Trump’s Demands

Iran is no longer entertaining a potential peace deal with U.S. negotiators.

yesterday 4

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

This Is Trump’s Only Comment as Second U.S. Plane Crashes in Iran War

President Trump has made only one comment as reports of yet another U.S. combat plane going down directly contradict his constant comments that...

yesterday 1

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Malcolm Ferguson

Military Archbishop Says There’s No Way God Is Sponsoring This War

The conservative leader of Catholics in the U.S. military had some damning words for Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump’s holy war on Iran.

yesterday 3

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Edith Olmsted

Nearly Two Dozen Democratic States Hit Trump With Elections Lawsuit

Officials from 23 different states (and the District of Columbia) are taking Donald Trump to court over a brazenly unconstitutional executive order...

yesterday 1

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Finn Hartnett

Iran Mocks Trump as He Remains Mute on Missing Pilot in Fighter Jet

Iranian officials are trolling President Donald Trump’s abysmal leadership amid an ongoing search for the pilot of a U.S. F-15 fighter jet that was...

yesterday 2

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Edith Olmsted

GOP Candidate Tells Black Man Asking Questions He Should Be Lynched

James Fishback—the right-wing Groyper currently sitting near the bottom of Florida’s list of GOP gubernatorial candidates—told a Black man he...

yesterday 2

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Malcolm Ferguson

Trump Resurrects Dumbest Idea—and Wants to Cut Health Care to Fund It

The Trump administration is asking Congress for $152 million to transform Alcatraz into a “state-of-the-art secure prison facility,” as part of...

yesterday 2

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

The Trump Dictatorship Is Cracking Up

Almost without exception, those who enjoy the great honor of serving President Donald Trump have ultimately collided with two all-consuming dictums....

yesterday 1

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Greg Sargent

Trump Hasn’t Destroyed Nearly as Much of Iran’s Arsenal as He Claims

The Pentagon has been misleading Americans about the destruction of Iran’s military arsenal, casting doubt on Donald Trump’s timeline for ending...

yesterday 2

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Edith Olmsted

Obama’s Lead Iran Negotiator Just Had Her Account Hacked

Former President Obama’s lead Iran negotiator, Wendy Sherman, admitted her X account was hacked Friday after posting a strangely worded message...

yesterday 1

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Malcolm Ferguson

Trump’s Top Aide Freaks Out About What He’s Being Told on Iran War

The White House’s “Ice Maiden” has been unnerved by the lack of information reaching the president regarding the reality of the Iran war.

yesterday 1

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Suggests Decimating NIH to Give Military Even More Money

The Trump administration officially sent Congress its 2027 budget proposal on Friday, and while the largest story that emerged from the mammoth...

yesterday 2

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Finn Hartnett

Pete Hegseth Blocks Promotions in Middle of War for Dumbest Reason

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s rampant racism and sexism extend further than we previously knew.

yesterday 8

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Edith Olmsted

Iran Tells People to Hunt Missing Pilot on Shot-Down U.S. Fighter Jet

A U.S. fighter jet was reportedly shot down by Iran on Friday. Iran is offering a “precious prize” to anyone who captures the pilot alive.

yesterday 2

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Malcolm Ferguson

Brutal Jobs Report Revision Reveals Just How Bad Trump’s Economy Is

For what was meant to be the Golden Age of America, it’s sure looking like a recession could be on the cards.

yesterday 2

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Finn Hartnett

Trump Prepares to Fire More Cabinet Members After Pam Bondi

A massive overhaul is in the cards among the higher echelons of the Trump administration.

yesterday 7

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Threatens War Crimes in Iran After Double-Tap on Major Bridge

President Donald Trump is bragging about committing war crimes in Iran—and promising to commit even more.

yesterday 7

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Edith Olmsted

Trump Tells Congress How He Plans to Give Military Largest Budget Ever

President Trump is seeking the largest military budget in this country’s modern history for 2027, even as a multitude of domestic issues—from...

yesterday 2

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Malcolm Ferguson

Pam Bondi’s Replacement Reveals He’s Worse on Epstein Than She Was

The man tapped to fill Pam Bondi’s shoes isn’t any better at handling the Epstein files than she was.

yesterday 6

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Transcript: Trump War Tirade Backfires as GOP Panics: “What the Hell?”

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the April 3 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.

yesterday 7

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The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

How Low Can Donald Trump’s Approval Rating Go?

Since the launch of his political career more than a decade ago, President Donald Trump has always been sensitive to his approval ratings. His...

yesterday 3

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Grace Segers

The Supreme Court Might Still Screw Up Birthright Citizenship

The Supreme Court appears likely to strike down President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship. At Wednesday’s oral...

yesterday 9

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Matt Ford

The Drama Has a Big Reveal—and a Strangely Anodyne Effect

Films don’t come much more self-consciously provocative than Norwegian writer-director Kristoffer Borgli’s The Drama. It’s a cautionary tale...

yesterday 1

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Adam Nayman

Trump Is Silencing Government Warning Signals of an Economic Crash

If the United States economy is headed off a cliff, better that we receive no warning in advance. That may not be the stated goal of the Trump...

yesterday 9

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Timothy Noah

Trump Blurts Out Damning War Admission as GOP Panics: “What the Hell?”

During Donald Trump’s speech on Iran this week, he revealed too much. In a line that sounded partly ad-libbed, he declared that the Strait of Hormuz...

yesterday 6

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The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Trump’s New Budget Cuts More Health Care to Pay for More Wars

Donald Trump is preparing to release a budget plan that sets aside more than $1 trillion for defense spending in 2027, a sum that will be at least...

previous day 2

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Edith Olmsted

Trump’s Ballroom Plans Get Approved—but He Can’t Do Anything About It

The National Capital Planning Commission, or NCPC, issued final approval for Donald Trump’s White House ballroom Thursday, a key goalpost for the...

previous day 2

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Puerto Rico Falls Victim to Trump’s War on Solar Power

Nearly 40,000 poor and working-class people in Puerto Rico were promised accessible solar panels and battery storage from the U.S. government...

previous day 2

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Malcolm Ferguson

Who Will Trump Pick to Replace Pam Bondi?

President Donald Trump has to nominate someone to replace Attorney General Pam Bondi and, big surprise: His options are all bad.

previous day 2

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Edith Olmsted

Trump Is Waging War on Our Elections. These People Are Fighting Back.

Months before the midterm elections, President Trump once again is trying to take over voting in America, claiming power he doesn’t have. His latest...

previous day 2

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Michael Waldman

Pam Bondi’s Firing Is a Sign of Trump’s Increasing Weakness

President Trump wanted his Department of Justice to prosecute and put in jail former FBI Director James Comey, New York Attorney General Letitia...

previous day 3

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Perry Bacon

Pete Hegseth Ousts Top General in Middle of Iran War

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the highest-ranking Army officer in the country in the middle of the U.S. war on Iran.

previous day 2

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Malcolm Ferguson

It Sure Seems Like Pam Bondi Isn’t Escaping That Epstein Subpoena

Despite being fired by President Trump on Thursday, outgoing Attorney General Pam Bondi may still have to respond to a congressional subpoena and...

previous day 2

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Hafiz Rashid

Pam Bondi’s Firing May Not Have Had Anything to Do With Epstein

Pam Bondi is out of the Trump administration—and some insiders believe the underlying reason is due to an odd connection to California...

previous day 2

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Webcam Model Tells All After Discovering Bryon Noem Was Her Client Too

On Wednesday, representatives for Kristi Noem said that the former homeland security secretary was “devastated” and “blindsided” by the news...

previous day 3

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Malcolm Ferguson

Trump’s Spiritual Adviser Faces Backlash After Comparing Him to Jesus

Donald Trump’s spiritual adviser Paula White-Cain compared the president to Jesus Christ during an Easter lunch at the White House Wednesday...

previous day 3

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Hafiz Rashid

“Cover-Up”: Pentagon Is Downplaying Troop Casualties Under Trump

The Pentagon appears to be engaged in a “casualty cover-up” of U.S. soldiers killed as a result of Donald Trump’s military onslaught in Iran, a...

previous day 3

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Edith Olmsted

The Question That Torpedoed Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Case

A combative line of questioning from Justice Amy Coney Barrett could have been the death knell for Donald Trump’s scheme to undo birthright...

previous day 1

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

House GOP Decides Not to Vote on Shutdown Deal They Say They Want

Despite Speaker Mike Johnson claiming on Wednesday that he’d accept the Senate’s bipartisan deal to end the government shutdown, House Republicans...

previous day 3

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Hafiz Rashid

Pam Bondi Fired as Epstein Files Backlash Catches Up to Her

President Trump has fired Attorney General Pam Bondi after more than a chaotic year marked by her indignant congressional hearings and woeful...

previous day 2

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Malcolm Ferguson

Surprise: Iranian Ex-Official Involved in Peace Talks Was Just Bombed

The United States and Israel bombed the home of Iran’s former Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi, killing his wife and leaving him “gravely...

previous day 3

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Malcolm Ferguson

Blind Refugee’s Death Thanks to Border Patrol Ruled a Homicide

The death of a blind Rohingya refugee who was abandoned by Border Patrol agents in a parking lot has been ruled a homicide, the Investigative Post...

previous day 3

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Edith Olmsted

White House Accidentally Uploads Quite a Damning Trump Speech

The White House mistakenly uploaded Donald Trump’s remarks at an Easter lunch, which was supposed to be closed to the press, to YouTube Wednesday,...

previous day 3

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Hafiz Rashid

Trump Wildly Insists He Doesn’t Need to Reopen Strait of Hormuz

Now that the situation in Iran is thoroughly complex—enough that it could take months or even years to solve, according to some analysts—Donald...

previous day 2

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Is Ready to Throw JD Vance Under the Bus Over Iran

President Donald Trump said that if there’s no deal with Iran, then he’ll blame Vice President JD Vance.

previous day 10

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Edith Olmsted

Trump Eyes Two High-Profile Firings as His Struggles Mount

Two more members of Donald Trump’s Cabinet could soon be on their way out.

previous day 7

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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Transcript: Angry Trump Unravels as Polls Worsen and Legal Losses Grow

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the April 2 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.

previous day 3

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The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Trump’s Corrupt Pardons May Well Be the Most Corrupt Thing About Him

Joseph Schwartz had a multistate nursing home empire. Through negligence and fraud, including deaths of patients in his facilities, it unraveled,...

previous day 3

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Madeleine Dean

The Iran War Is Forcing an Energy Transition. But What Kind?

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung is losing sleep. That’s what he told a crowd on Juju Island earlier this week while discussing the...

previous day 3

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Kate Aronoff