2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1321+ words) The contractor President Trump hired to renovate the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is taking full responsibility for the pool’s torn blue paint and lining. The New York Times reports that Atlantic Industrial Coatings told the White House that its own…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1066+ words) While giving remarks at the National Medal of Honor Museum in Texas Thursday, President Trump complained to a room full of medal recipients that he can’t have one. But the president has never seen a trophy or award that he…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1154+ words) Republicans are reportedly leaning toward Vice President JD Vance as their pick for 2028. While attending a closed-door breakfast at the Republican midterm convention Thursday, Vance was met with cheers of “48” from the crowd of delegates from key battleground states, four…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1337+ words) President Trump says he’ll give $500 rebate checks to about 1,000,000 people enrolled in the Affordable Care Act in 30 states, claiming they were overcharged by the Biden administration. “The relief begins with refunding everyone who was overcharged and the rebates are going…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1481+ words) “Trump-a-palooza” is off to a disastrous start. President Donald Trump promised that the Republican Party’s midterm convention would be “sold out” Wednesday—but hours into the opening day, there were still hundreds of empty seats at the American Airlines Center…...

5+ day, 10+ min ago   (1321+ words) Never forget? Senator Ted Cruz suggested that President Donald Trump may not be able to remember what happened on 9/11. CNN’s Kaitlan Collins asked the Texas Republican Tuesday night what he made of Trump’s widely publicized—and decontextualized—comments at his…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1712+ words) The following is a lightly edited transcript of the September 9 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Amanda Marcotte: Thanks for having me. Sargent: OK, so Trump unleashes all these crazy Truth Social posts in the last…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (211+ words) Donald Trump unleashed a barrage of angry, unhinged threats over the last few days. He posted a map of all of North America—including Canada and Mexico—under conquest by the United States. He angrily threatened to cut off all…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1398+ words) While golfing over the weekend, President Trump appeared to have some concerning bruises on his arm. Trump spent Labor Day weekend at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club, and while he hit the links in his usual white polo shirt,…...

6+ day, 8+ min ago   (1478+ words) President Trump has drawn the ire of Iceland after posting a map depicting the country as part of the United States. Along with Iceland, the image also included Canada, Greenland, Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean draped in the U.S. flag....