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May 18, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Just Hit a Pathetic New Low
A new poll from
The New York Times
and Siena University shows that the president is massively unpopular—and that voters hate the Iran war.
May 18, 2026
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Transcript: Trump Rages Wildly at Journo—and Exposes Big Iran Blunder
As Trump’s tirade reveals his biggest Iran mistake of all, a political scientist explains how his pathologies undermine him abroad—and why his international failures are producing worsening autocracy at home.
May 18, 2026
Aaron Regunberg
Samuel Alito Has a Corruption Problem
The justice has significant—and familiar—conflicts of interest in an upcoming Big Oil case. The question is: Will he recuse himself?
May 18, 2026
Grace Segers
RFK Jr.’s War on Antidepressants Could Have Dire Consequences
As the Department of Health and Human Services encourages “deprescribing” of certain medications, the impact on mental health treatment could be severe.
May 18, 2026
Matt Ford
Making Sense of the Supreme Court’s Mifepristone Ruling
A recent shadow docket decision suggests that the court isn’t hungry for further legal restrictions on abortion. But there are two familiar holdouts.
May 18, 2026
Michael Tomasky
When Will Americans Realize the Truth? Republicans Wreck the Economy.
Donald Trump is different in many ways from the Republican presidents who preceded him. But there’s one way he’s exactly the same.
May 18, 2026
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Trump Rages Wildly at Journo—and Accidentally Exposes Big Iran Blunder
As Trump’s tirade reveals too much, a political scientist explains how his pathologies badly undermine him on the global stage—and why his failures abroad are producing worsening autocracy at home.
May 16, 2026
Jason Linkins
The Democrats Just Laid Down Their Arms. Again.
Abigail Spanberger’s response to the court decision that overthrew the will of voters on redistricting is a worrying sign of surrender.
May 15, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
MAGA is Reeling as Trump Welcomes Chinese Students to the U.S.
. “I respect President Trump, but if he brings 500,000 Chinese students to Florida colleges, I will raise tuition on them to $1,000,000/year,” wrote Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback.
May 15, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Posts Price Chart Full of “Breathtaking” Lies
Costs are still going up—but you wouldn’t know it from the chart Donald Trump’s team shared.
May 15, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Group That Escaped Trump’s Kennedy Center Takeover Is Thriving
The Washington National Opera is having a great season. The Kennedy Center, not so much.
May 15, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
The GOP Is Fuming After the Pentagon Abruptly Pulls Back from Europe
The Trump administration called off the deployment of thousands of troops to Poland without explaining its decision to Congress.
May 15, 2026
Edith Olmsted
JD Vance Humiliates Himself as Crowd Stays Silent During His Speech
The vice president used a memorial service to try to score political points.
May 15, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Mike Johnson Says He Has No Clue Trump Is Ready to Betray Taiwan
Donald Trump is suddenly caging on whether he’ll go through with a planned arms sale to Taiwan.
May 15, 2026
Edith Olmsted
ICE Charges Ahead With Building Megaprisons
The Department of Homeland Security is converting warehouses into detention centers.
May 15, 2026
Greg Sargent
Trump’s $10 Billion Shakedown of IRS Takes Unnervingly Corrupt Turn
The president’s “settlement” with the IRS appears set to give him a slush fund of $1.7 billion to dole out to allies. How unconstitutional is it? Jamie Raskin counts the ways.
May 15, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Jim Jordan Can’t Keep His Lies About Inflation Straight
The Ohio representative dismissed concerns about high gas prices—and then tried to claim he didn’t.
May 15, 2026
Michael Tomasky
How Do We Know the China Summit Was a Failure? Because Trump Did It.
Everything he does on the world stage is disastrous, and the U.S. is reviled globally. How much longer will some idiots believe this “Art of the Deal” garbage?
May 15, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
The DOJ Thinks Anyone Opposed to Trump’s Ballroom Is “Deranged”
According to a filing from acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, the ballroom is a “gift to the American people.”
May 15, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Democrat Announces Resignation After State GOP Destroys His District
State Republicans aggressively redrew voting districts to eliminate the lone Democratic seat.
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