3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1093+ words) Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins relented on the state’s congressional maps Thursday, ending weeks of election season chaos sparked by a scheme to eke out another Republican seat in the House. “Following the United States Supreme Court’s stay, the…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1154+ words) Republicans are reportedly leaning toward Vice President JD Vance as their pick for 2028. While attending a closed-door breakfast at the Republican midterm convention Thursday, Vance was met with cheers of “48” from the crowd of delegates from key battleground states, four…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1185+ words) Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao reportedly admitted that the Iranian military “blew the hell” out of the U.S. naval base in Bahrain—a shocking claim that contradicts the Trump administration’s narrative of total destruction of Iran’s attack capabilities. While…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1481+ words) “Trump-a-palooza” is off to a disastrous start. President Donald Trump promised that the Republican Party’s midterm convention would be “sold out” Wednesday—but hours into the opening day, there were still hundreds of empty seats at the American Airlines Center…...

4+ day, 3+ min ago   (166+ words) After Canada’s reciprocal tariffs kicked in this week, Donald Trump spiraled on social media. He posted a deranged map suggesting he wants to annex all of Canada. He posted a demented visual of himself domineering over Canada’s prime minister. And…...

4+ day, 51+ min ago   (1865+ words) The following is a lightly edited transcript of the September 10 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. We’re talking about all of it with Zack Beauchamp of Vox, who recently reported deeply on the roots of Trump’s…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1252+ words) Republican Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen, a staunch supporter of President Trump’s extreme immigration crackdown, relied on undocumented Hispanic labor to build his multimillion dollar pig-farming business, according to The New York Times. As governor, Pillen has made Nebraska law enforcement…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1331+ words) The Justice Department has essentially ghosted the European law enforcement agencies investigating deceased sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, refusing to respond to their requests for assistance, according to The Washington Post. Law enforcement officials in Poland, Norway, and Latvia told the…...

5+ day, 57+ min ago   (1712+ words) The following is a lightly edited transcript of the September 9 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Amanda Marcotte: Thanks for having me. Sargent: OK, so Trump unleashes all these crazy Truth Social posts in the last…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (211+ words) Donald Trump unleashed a barrage of angry, unhinged threats over the last few days. He posted a map of all of North America—including Canada and Mexico—under conquest by the United States. He angrily threatened to cut off all…...