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It is tempting, and perhaps correct, to be fatalistic about Donald Trump’s catastrophic reelection. The simplest, clearest explanation is th...

In his most recent piece documenting the slow and steady rise of the right-wing media Wurlitzer and its impact on the 2024 election, TNR edi...

Donald Trump has his eye on yet another unqualified lightweight to lead a key agency, as the president-elect reportedly is considering loyal...

House Republicans are trying to push through a bill that would give President-elect Donald Trump powers as president to designate nonprofit...

He is the most influential anti-vaxxer in the world, one of the “Disinformation Dozen.” He is an AIDS denier who has revived old conspiracy...

U.S. Ambassador to Japan and former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is floating the idea of running for chairman of the Democratic National Commi...

Elon Musk is starting to seriously annoy some in Donald Trump’s inner circle.Musk has been hanging around Mar-a-Lago ever since his million-...

Donald Trump’s controversial picks for his upcoming Cabinet have rattled right past the American public and on to damaging Wall Street.In th...

Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of health and human services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is drawing opposition from former Vice President M...

Donald Trump has nominated his attorney D. John Sauer, whom you may remember as the lawyer who argued that the president should be able to k...

West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin may be putting his weight behind Democrats’ final push to approve Joe Biden’s pending judicial nominees.Ea...

No one on the right seems to want to criticize Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks—even if they desperately warrant questioning.Several major conse...

Fox & Friends co-host Pete Hegseth, who was nominated by Donald Trump to be the next secretary of defense, was previously investigated for s...

Fox & Friends co-host Pete Hegseth, who was nominated by Donald Trump to be the next secretary of defense, was previously investigated for s...

Historically, presidential cabinet picks are background checked by the FBI—but Donald Trump’s administration has instead opted to rely on pr...

In the scramble to understand the numerous cultural currents that are constantly running through the United States, one of the most instruct...

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the November 15 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.Greg Sargent: This is...

We’re now in Day Two of an extraordinary GOP meltdown over Donald Trump’s pick of Matt Gaetz for attorney general. Numerous Republican Senat...

Elon Musk is apparently trying to broker some kind of agreement between the United States and Iran. The tech mogul and world’s richest man m...

Even America’s most spineless senator doesn’t want Matt Gaetz to be attorney general.In a Thursday Newsmax appearance, Texas Republican Ted...

Elon Musk’s Tesla stock is falling on Thursday after Reuters reported that the Trump transition team plans on axing Biden-era tax credits on...

It looks like there is at least one person who is happy about Matt Gaetz’s nomination to be the next attorney general: Representative Marjor...

Donald Trump tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday, effectively handing the rei...

Elon Musk is holding open auditions for employment at his Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Applicants simply must be willing to...

Senate leadership seems all mixed up about giving Donald Trump the power to straight up bypass Congress and appoint Matt Gaetz as his attorn...