Thursday

May 22, 2025

As Trump’s latest presser goes awry in multiple ways, a careful observer of public opinion on Trump argues that the anti-MAGA majority is finally reconstituting itself—and explains how Trump himself made it happen.

By The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent

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The high court is stretching an interpretive philosophy to the breaking point to avoid confrontations with Trump.

By Matthew Wollin

A psychoanalyst trains her attention on the act of breathing, and it no longer seems quite so simple.

By Rachel Connolly

The GOP is struggling to pass a budget bill that would threaten millions of poor Americans’ livelihoods and health care—to the benefit of the wealthy.

By Grace Segers

Representative Thomas Massie broke ranks to warn his party on the absolute disaster of their tax bill.

By Hafiz Rashid

House Republicans just passed their disastrous tax bill.

By Malcolm Ferguson

Elon Musk has left the White House an utter failure.

By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Medicaid was once a little-regarded program. It is now a policy heavyweight—and with an enrollment larger than Medicare’s, it’s very, very popular.

By Timothy Noah

Undoubtedly, Donald Trump is a threat to American democracy; but the bigger threat is the obscene wealth gap that allowed his rise. This event on Tuesday, June 24 will build on our special reporting and polling about the concentration of wealth in America.

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