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Trump Interrupts Cabinet Meeting to Ask About Statue of Himself
In February, mortgage rates slipped below 6 percent for the first time in three years, before the spiraling conflict in the Middle East rattled the global economy.Mortgage rates are...
Sending ICE to the Airports Is Trump’s Dumbest Idea Yet
A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies, or IPS, takes a deep dive into the battery of corporations they call the “Low Wage 20”: 20 firms that...
Transcript: Leavitt Goes Full Cult as War Leaks Humiliate Trump Badly
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the March 26 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The...
Video: How Kharg Island May Change the Trajectory of the Iran War
new video loaded: How Kharg Island May Change the Trajectory of the Iran WarKharg Island exports 90 percent of Iran’s crude oil. It has also become a potential U.S....
Trump’s DOJ Makes Shocking Settlement With Michael Flynn
It was one of three pieces of legislation signed by Sherrill to protect immigrant rights across the state and push back against Trump’s unlawful immigration agenda, a promise she...
Meta and Google Found Liable in Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial
Marc Andreessen, the egghead, Twitter-obsessed co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. His net worth is estimated at $1.9 billion. Interestingly, Andreessen generally voted Democrat until 2024, when...
Video: What Soaring Fuel Costs Mean for Your Air Travel
new video loaded: What Soaring Fuel Costs Mean for Your Air TravelThe price of jet fuel has almost doubled since the start of the war. Our reporter Niraj Chokshi,...
Hegseth: We Negotiate With Bombs
“Instead of sharing information, federal authorities took exclusive possession of evidence that had been collected, and they denied Minnesota investigators access to key information,” the lawsuit reads. The state...
Venezuelan Man Sues U.S. Over “Total Hell” He Endured in CECOT Prison
Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel, a 28-year-old Venezuelan man deported by the Trump administration to CECOT prison in El Salvador, is trying to make sure what happened to him will...
The Pentagon Is Directing Companies to Censor Iran War Information
The Pentagon is working with private companies to control what we know about Donald Trump’s reckless military campaign in Iran.Leaked U.S. military guidance obtained by independent journalist Ken Klippenstein...
A Shocking Third Report Gives U.S. Democracy Another Terrible Score
That’s the bad, and really horrendous, news. There is some good news, though. V-Dem says in 70 percent of the cases where a country was becoming more autocratic, that...
Trump, 79, Falls Asleep in Memphis Task Force Meeting
President Donald Trump was spotted struggling to stay awake even while his sycophants showered him with praise.While attending a crime-stopping task force Monday aimed at curbing crime in Memphis,...