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Judge Kicks Out Prosecutor Until He Gets Answers on Alina Habba
He then went on to attack Boasberg with similarly inflammatory language:The Courts treat Republicans, and me, so unfairly, always seeming to protect those who should not be protected. They...
Trump Says He’s “Not Afraid” of Iran War Ending Up Like Vietnam
“I’ve spoken to a certain president—who I like, actually. A past president, former president. He said: ‘I wish I did it. I wish I did.’ But they didn’t do...
Watching Hoppers With My Kid Was Moving—and Uncomfortable
But that doesn’t explain why people so frequently treat the destruction of nature and the suffering of animals as undeserving of legitimate concern. If misery and loss are bad,...
Oath Keepers Founder Abandons MAGA After Iran War
The founder of the far-right Oath Keepers said Monday that he is no longer part of the MAGA movement because of President Trump’s war in Iran. While guest-hosting for conspiracy...
Elon Musk Sued Over Grok Creating Fake Porn of Teenagers
A trio of Oklahoma teenagers are suing Elon Musk’s xAI, accusing the company’s artificial intelligence program of stealing images of them off the internet to create child pornography.The lawsuit,...
Republicans Are Pissed About TSA Shutdown—After Blocking TSA Funding
Alabama Senator Katie Britt condemned Democrats for not funding the Transportation Security Administration, just days after she voted against her Democratic colleagues’ attempt to fund the agency. “TSA officers have...
Transcript: Trump-GOP Tensions Erupt as GOPers Sound Midterm “Alarm”
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the March 16 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The...
Trump Has Brought American Paramilitary Violence Home
Unrestrained, unaccountable political violence became a recurring theme of U.S.-backed paramilitary operations. “We see way higher rates of human rights violations in conflicts [involving paramilitary units], and in particular,...
Is JD Vance Rooting for the Iran War to Fail?
Vance’s opposition may be sincere—ever since his belated conversion to the MAGA cause, he has been one of the loudest anti-intervention voices in the Republican Party—but this is a...
How Malta to Jordan, Usually About 10 Hours, Turned Into Four Days
On a personal level, of course, I became worried that my wife and I would not be able to get back home anytime soon. You Americans don’t run into...
Hegseth Quietly Admits U.S. Might Be Behind Iran Girls’ School Strike
The Shahed drones are capable of flying low and slow, a facet of their design that has made them difficult targets for U.S. air defenses. The military has been...
Kristi Noem Gave Huge Contract to Company Accused of People Smuggling
Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem gave a border wall contract to a company that illegally smuggled workers into the country, provided them guns, and ignored them when they...