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May 28, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Judge Hands Him Major Win in Attack on Voting Rights
A Trump-appointed judge declined to block the president’s executive order limiting mail-in voting.
May 28, 2026
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Transcript: Trump Blurts Out Surprise Midterm Admission as GOP Panics
As Trump accidentally says too much about his party’s midterm travails, the author of a piece on Trump’s deepening unpopularity argues that Democrats have hidden ways to capitalize.
May 28, 2026
Alex Shephard
Affordability Politics Are Here to Stay
Even if the Strait of Hormuz reopens and gas prices fall, many Americans will still believe that the economy is terrible. Do the Democrats have a solution for this “permacession”?
May 28, 2026
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Trump Blurts Out Surprise Admission About Midterms as GOP Panic Erupts
As Trump accidentally says too much about his party’s midterm travails, the author of a piece on Trump’s deepening unpopularity argues that Democrats have hidden ways to capitalize.
May 27, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Photo Exposes Treasury Secretary’s Desperation to Keep Trump Calm
Here’s what Scott Bessent had to say as the economy tanks.
May 27, 2026
Finn Hartnett
How One Shady Firm Is Using Reflecting Pool Renovation as a Cash Grab
A National Park Service analysis reveals how one firm is fleecing taxpayers with its contract to renovate the Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C.
May 27, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
DHS Secretary Tries to Get His Wife Cushy Job Under Special Status
Markwayne Mullin is trying to make his wife a “special government employee.”
May 27, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Secret Team Focused on “Remigration” Exposed
Remigration is a far-right term that means the mass deportation of all nonwhite people.
May 27, 2026
Edith Olmsted
DHS Secretary Says Democratic Senator Deserved to Get Pepper-Sprayed
Markwayne Mullin then played dumb about ICE detainees being on hunger strike.
May 27, 2026
Finn Hartnett
CBS Ousts
60 Minutes
Reporter Who Tried to Cover Trump Deportations
Sharyn Alfonsi says she’s being punished for “refusing to sanitize factually accurate reporting.”
May 27, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Falls Asleep Again After He Says Medical Checkup Went Perfectly
This time, the president fell asleep as his Cabinet discussed war.
May 27, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Threatens to Bomb Yet Another Middle Eastern Country
Donald Trump’s warmongering is expanding.
May 27, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Republican Operatives Behind Shady Democratic Donor Group Exposed
Lead Left has ties to at least two Republican super PACs.
May 27, 2026
Greg Sargent
Trump, the Wages of MAGA Sin, and the Dream of Flipping Texas Blue
Ken Paxton is the embodiment of MAGA rage and corruption. Can James Talarico win by transcending Paxton’s Trumpy acrimony?
May 27, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump’s “Great American State Fair” Will Feature Horrid Artist Lineup
This isn’t who you want to be celebrating 250 years of American history.
May 27, 2026
Finn Hartnett
Trump Brings Pam Bondi Back to His Team Despite Epstein Fury
Trump’s widely despised former attorney general is back—this time, to work on AI.
May 27, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Here’s How Long It Will Take to Replace Weapons Trump Used on Iran
Donald Trump is burning through ammunition faster than we realized.
May 27, 2026
Right Now With Perry Bacon
Transcript: The Scary Thing Trump Might Do on His Birthday
Columbia political scientist Elizabeth Saunders says he wrongly thinks that the U.S. can easily repeat its quick overthrow of Maduro in other countries.
Video is available for this article
May 27, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Throws Temper Tantrum Over NATO Response to Iran War
Donald Trump is still furious that NATO allies won’t help clean up his mess in Iran.
May 27, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Fumes as Biden Sues DOJ to Block Audio in Special Counsel Probe
Former President Joe Biden is trying to block the Department of Justice from releasing audio used in the special counsel probe that revealed his memory lapses.
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