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May 1, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Used Shady Crypto Venture to Triple His Net Worth as President
Donald Trump has gotten much, much richer during his second term—and it’s almost all thanks to crypto.
May 1, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Alabama Rushes to Eliminate Its Only Two Democrats in Congress
Another Republican governor has joined Donald Trump’s gerrymandering wars in light of the Supreme Court ruling.
May 1, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Pope Leo Appoints Bishops Who Warned America Is Regressing Under Trump
Pope Leo XIV has named three new bishops who aren’t big fans of Donald Trump.
May 1, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Says It’s Not “Constitutional” for Congress to Block Iran War
Donald Trump has hit the 60-day deadline for needing to get congressional approval on his war in Iran.
May 1, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Says Iran War Is “Terminated” as He Refuses War Powers Deadline
President Trump is now pretending the Iran war is over.
May 1, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Announces Tariffs on European Cars as Punishment
The Trump administration is somehow announcing more tariffs.
May 1, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s FBI Reassigned a Quarter of Entire Agency onto Immigration
Donald Trump’s priorities are not exactly what keeps Americans safe.
May 1, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Iran Has Damaged Bonkers Number of U.S. Military Sites
More than half of America’s military sites in the Middle East have been damaged by Iranian strikes.
May 1, 2026
Right Now With Perry Bacon
Transcript: Why Graham Platner Trounced Janet Mills in Maine
Maine reporter Alex Seitz-Wald says Janet Mills ran such a bad campaign that Graham Platner was almost destined to win.
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May 1, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Trump’s Big Medicare Project Leaked Tons of Social Security Numbers
The Trump administration’s Medicare portal has made lots of people vulnerable to identity theft.
May 1, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Alex Jones Is Finally Off the Air (For Now)
Jones issued an ominous threat in his final
InfoWars
appearance.
May 1, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump’s War Is Less Popular Than Iraq And Vietnam, Stunning Poll Shows
It took years for the Iraq and Vietnam wars to hit this low point.
May 1, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Republican Governor Refuses to Join Trump’s Gerrymandering Wars
Georgia’s Brian Kemp is refusing to take action after the Supreme Court ruling—for now.
May 1, 2026
Michael Tomasky
John Roberts Is Either Dumb or Racially Obtuse. And He’s Not Dumb.
After the Supreme Court struck down school integration, guess what happened in the schools? The same thing that’s about to happen with congressional districts.
May 1, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Sons Land Massive Pentagon Deal as They Flaunt Corruption
Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump also bought a stake in a federally contracted mining company.
May 1, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Not Even Republicans Are Buying Pete Hegseth’s New Iran War Logic
Apparently the ceasefire means Donald Trump doesn’t need congressional approval yet?
May 1, 2026
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Transcript: Fiasco for Trump as GOP Memo Warns of Midterm Bloodbath
As a new Republican memo issues a harsh warning about the elections, a writer who covers the Trump economy explains how the economic distress of ordinary people could prove decisive this fall.
May 1, 2026
Matt Ford
The Best Way to Fix the Supreme Court’s Attack on Voting Rights
If U.S. electoral politics is going to survive the high court’s attack on equal rights, the game will have to change.
May 1, 2026
Greg Sargent
Trump Has No Clue What His Supreme Court Has Just Unleashed
The Supreme Court decision on gerrymandering points in one direction only: Come 2028, Democrats have to declare a take-no-prisoners redistricting war on the GOP.
May 1, 2026
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Fiasco for Trump as Urgent GOP Memo Warns of Epic Midterm Bloodbath
As a new Republican memo issues a harsh warning about the elections, a writer who covers the Trump economy explains how the economic distress of ordinary people could prove decisive this fall.
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