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June 1, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Kash Patel’s 27-Year-Old Girlfriend Sues Over Report She’s Using FBI
Alexis Wilkins is suing over a report on how FBI agents were forced to help her and her friend after a night of partying.
June 1, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Trump Rages as Already Horrible Concert Turns Into Disaster
Amid a wave of cancellations that have left Flo Rida and Vanilla Ice as the only performers for the “Great American State Fair,” Trump is threatening to hold a boring political rally instead.
June 1, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Election Denier Tina Peters Asks Trump for a Job After She Walks Free
MAGA darling Tina Peters has been released from prison.
June 1, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Iran Axes Peace Talks With U.S. as Trump Spirals
Remember when Trump claimed he was close to a deal?
June 1, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Doctors Expose Major Holes in Trump’s Medical Report
The White House says the report proves the president is in “excellent health.” Doctors say there’s key information missing.
June 1, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Iran War Success Story Gets Blown to Pieces
Satellite images reveal the true scope of Iran’s attacks on U.S. military sites.
June 1, 2026
Edith Olmsted
Democrats Are Starting to Fight Back Against Trump’s MAGA Slush Fund
Senate Democrats introduced a bill that would end Trump’s $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund before it doled out cash to insurrectionists and other losers.
June 1, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
U.K. Confirms Entry Ban on Hasan Piker and Cenk Uygur
The ban on the left-wing commentators has shocked many across the political spectrum.
June 1, 2026
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Transcript: Trump Epstein Scandal Takes Damning Turn as MAGA Cracks Up
As Trump’s travails cause MAGA to fracture and GOP defenses to crumble, a historian of the right explains how all the turmoil reflects growing awareness that Trump is passing from the scene.
June 1, 2026
Grace Segers
The Trumpian Machismo Infecting the Texas Senate Race
Ken Paxton’s attacks on James Talarico are intended to make him appear more feminine in an effort to appeal to socially conservative voters.
June 1, 2026
Timothy Noah
How Trump Is Wrecking the Agency That Protects Workers’ Labor Rights
In his first term, Trump’s NLRB issued bad decisions. In his second, it’s being dismantled.
June 1, 2026
Melissa Gira Grant
The DOJ’s No-Holds-Barred Mission to Quell ICE Protest
The failed case against Chicago’s Broadview Six shows a federal government willing to go to almost any lengths to punish people for showing up for their neighbors.
June 1, 2026
Michael Tomasky
Trump’s America vs. Springsteen’s: I Know Which Is the “Real America”
While the president is crashing out over his concert cancellations, The Boss is rallying the majority.
June 1, 2026
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Trump Epstein Leaks Worsen as MAGA Cracks Up: “He Lame-Ducked Himself”
As Trump’s travails cause MAGA to fracture and GOP defenses to crumble, a historian of the right explains how all the turmoil reflects growing awareness that Trump is passing from the scene.
May 31, 2026
Magazine
Jordan Heller
How Trump Made Penn Quake in Its Boots
Fearful of being labeled antisemitic, the University of Pennsylvania has acquiesced to the demands of a punitive Trump administration and vindictive donors—and it’s chilling speech both inside and outside the classroom.
May 29, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Judge Orders Trump to Take His Freaking Name off the Kennedy Center
A federal judge is ending Trump’s dreams of taking over the Kennedy Center.
May 29, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Humiliating Detail About Trump’s Birthday UFC Fight Exposed
Donald Trump has to pay people to hang out with him on his birthday.
May 29, 2026
Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani
Louisiana Republicans Complete Their Racist Redrawing of Voting Map
Louisiana is eliminating a majority-Black district and handing Republicans another seat in Congress.
May 29, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Anti-ICE Protesters Found Guilty in Case That Guts Free Speech Rights
Three protesters were convicted of federal conspiracy charges.
May 29, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Has Accidentally Strengthened the EU
Donald Trump’s saber-rattling over Greenland has made other European nations nervous.
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