The Supreme Court has delivered President Trump two significant victories in his mass deportation campaign.
On Thursday, the court’s conservative majority voted 6–3 in _Mullin v. Al Otro Lado_ to approve a “metering” policy allowing Border Patrol agents to turn away migrants seeking asylum from the Mexican side of the southern border. The policy—introduced under the Obama administration and…
Republican senators proved yet again that their spines are made of pudding on Wednesday, rejecting a resolution to limit President Donald Trump’s war powers, the AP reported.
The flip-flop came after Trump blew up at GOP senators for voting “yes” on a similar bill just one day earlier. He got into a shouting match with Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy, calling him a “lunatic” for voting with…
United States President Donald Trump faced pointed criticism over the Iran war in a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans on Wednesday, shortly before his administration asked Congress for tens of billions of dollars to pay for the conflict.
Several Republicans who attended said Trump engaged in a shouting match with Senator Bill Cassidy, who said the administration needed to explain a…
A year ago, Guix migrated to Codeberg for source code hosting, issue tracking, and pull requests. This is a significant change for a project with more than 400 people contributing code each year, after more than decade hosting code at Savannah and dealing with bug reports and patches by email, tracked by a Debbugs instance. This article discusses the process that led to this change and lists some…
As some of the lowest-paid museum staff in LA, AFSCME members are pushing for hourly wage increases and other demands.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was already struggling in polls ahead of elections later this year, but his situation might get worse after Washington and Tehran agreed to a deal (pending its signing on Friday). Why the issue with ending the war? Israel ploughed resources into the war, its people suffered regular bomb…
Abdul El-Sayed ran for governor of Michigan in 2018, emphasizing his progressive views and endorsement from Senator Bernie Sanders. He didn’t gain much traction and ultimately lost by more than 20 percentage points in the Democratic primary to Gretchen Whitmer, who was backed by the party’s center-left establishment. Eight years later, El-Sayed, now seeking a U.S. Senate seat, is running the same…
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 5 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here_._
Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic , produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent.
After the House voted this week to end Donald Trump’s war in Iran, Trump exploded in fury at the four Republicans who sided with…
After the House voted to direct Donald Trump to end the Iran war, he exploded in fury at the four Republicans who turned against him, terming them “grandstanders” who “should be ashamed of themselves.” This comes as _The New York Times_ reports that extensive internal war games among military officials established that Iran would react to an attack by closing the Strait of Hormuz—which Trump…
****Lebanon and Israel agreed to a new ceasefire on Wednesday, but there’s just one (ongoing) problem: Israel isn’t fighting “Lebanon.” Rather, it’s fighting the Iran-backed Lebanese militants of Hezbollah, who are beyond the Lebanese military’s control and who have rejected the ceasefire because it would require them to evacuate much of south Lebanon.…
President Lee Jae-myung is set to mark his one-year anniversary in office with an excellent showing in Wednesday’s local elections that were viewed as a referendum on his presidency. Exit polls suggest that his left-leaning Democratic Party is set to win 11 of 16 municipal leadership races, while the conservative People Power Party (PPP) will win…
Utah’s signature wobbling dessert is getting a cleaner recipe.
Known for its neon-colored jiggle, Jell-O has long been a staple on Utah tables and at neighborhood potlucks. Now, the brand is launching a new line free from synthetic dyes and artificial ingredients amid growing consumer demand for more natural products.
On Tuesday, Kraft Heinz unveiled Jell-O Simply, a line of ready-to-eat…
South Carolina has decided not to get involved in President Donald Trump’s redistricting war.
The state Senate voted 24–20 Tuesday to leave their House districts alone for the upcoming midterm elections. Twelve Republicans broke ranks to join all Democrat state senators in the decision, which will likely save the state’s one blue seat held by Representative James Clyburn.
A few Republican…
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A push by Red Hat employees to create a Fedora "AI Developer Desktop" with support for out-of-tree kernel drivers and AI toolkits has been met with objections from some long-time members of the Fedora community. After more than a month of sometimes heated discussion, the Fedora
Council had voted to approve the initiative; however, a last-minute change to vote against the proposal by council…
Plus, the latest on Obamacare enrollments.
Plus, the status of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.
Tokyo announced on Tuesday that it will remove restrictions on arms exports to countries with which it already has defense agreements, including the US, the United Kingdom, other NATO members, and the Philippines. Japan’s arms exports had previously been restricted to defense-only equipment, but now Tokyo will sell lethal weapons too.…
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Monday · 6 April 2026
DEZ DPL Germany quietly reactivated Cold War travel-approval authority over all male German nationals 17–45
Frankfurter Rundschau 3 Apr · Augen gerade aus 3 Apr · Welt 4 Apr · ZDF 4 Apr · Tagesspiegel 4 Apr · IMI 4 Apr · Reuters 6 Apr · §3 WPflG · Bundestag 5 Dec 2025 ·
Since 1 January 2026, all male German nationals…
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump overstepped his authority when he signed an executive order last year that blocked funding from going to the Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio.
When Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman was elected in 2023, the Democratic Party thought it might have a new kind of leader. The gruff, hoodie-wearing Fetterman was able to win over the working class in the country’s most important swing state and defeat his Republican challenger, Mehmet Oz, despite suffering a stroke in the middle of the campaign.
As it turns out, the Democratic establishment…
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The House Oversight Committee voted Wednesday to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi over her handling of the government’s release of files relating to Jeffrey Epstein.
Five Republicans joined every Democrat on the committee to approve of the summons: Representatives Tim Burchett, Lauren Boebert, Nancy Mace, Michael Cloud, and Scott Perry. The Department of Justice has been under fire from…
James Talarico won the Texas Senate primary by infusing his Christianity with an economic populist message. (Jordan Vonderhaar /…
While some other Bay Area cities are facing dire budgetary situations, the City of Alameda is in the enviable position at tonight's City Council of reviewing a mid-year budget with a surplus in the city's General Fund and relatively stable revenue streams.
But last week as reported by Politico, the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association (HJTA) submitted sufficient signatures to qualify a state-wide…
Maryland Governor Wes Moore has spent months pleading with Democrats in Maryland’s state Senate to adopt a redistricting plan that would likely result in Democrats winning all eight of the state’s U.S House seats, instead of their current seven. National Democratic groups and congressional Democrats such as Jamie Raskin have been making the same case. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries even…
Governor Kathy Hochul is failing the millions of New Yorkers who need public power sources because their energy bills are too high. (Angelina Katsanis / Bloomberg via Getty…
Spoiler, it was Elon Musk, who violated Georgia election law by mailing out thousands of prefilled absentee ballots applications, in violation of state law.
Can we lock him up at the El Paso camp?
If Donald Trump’s administration really wants to find evidence of foreign interference in Georgia’s elections, then they need look no further than the president’s old friend Elon Musk and his shady…
If Donald Trump’s administration really wants to find evidence of foreign interference in Georgia’s elections, then they need look no further than the president’s old friend Elon Musk and his shady super PAC.
Members of the Georgia State Elections Board voted Thursday to issue a formal letter of reprimand to Musk’s America PAC over the billionaire technocrat’s illegal scheme to get Trump…
The lone Democrat in the Senate to vote to keep the Department of Homeland Security funded was none other than Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman.
The progressive turned Trump sympathizer voted to advance a bill funding DHS for the next year, using the justification that he opposes government shutdowns for any reason. Every other Democrat in the Senate, including centrists such as Maine’s Angus King,…