2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1450+ words) Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick thinks Trump’s $5,000 midterm bribe can be paid for with funds from the so-called “Trump Platinum Card,” which hasn’t even been launched yet. Lutnick shared this ridiculous idea with NBC News on Thursday. The Platinum Card is…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (1528+ words) The Justice Department sent letters demanding 30 states led by both Democrats and Republicans retain all 2024 election files, threatening their top election officials should they fail to do so. The letters order states not to destroy or dispose of any voting…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (158+ words) Donald Trump’s tailspinning continues. A CNN analysis finds that Trump has a lower approval rating than any of his predecessors going into midterms in this millennium. That’s worse than Joe Biden in 2022, Barack Obama in 2014 and 2010, and even George W....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1761+ words) A federal whistleblower has alleged that the development and deployment of the USPS system has been rushed and haphazard, and could result in voter disenfranchisement ahead of the general election. Despite a court order barring the Postal Service from continuing…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1418+ words) On this cusp of Labor Day, when election campaigns kick into fourth gear, I don’t want to jinx anything, but I have to say it: The voters are going to barber-strap Donald Trump in the November midterms. The first is…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1166+ words) The Trump administration is dipping its toe back in reality television. The Small Business Administration announced Tuesday that the agency’s Million Dollar Pitch Competition would be concluded with a “live finale event” in Washington D.C. on September 18. Five small…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1512+ words) The Trump administration has made it abundantly clear that refugees are not welcome to the United States—unless they’re white South Africans. Beginning October 1, each white South African entering the country as a refugee could receive $4,500 in aid from the…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1431+ words) President Trump won’t commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York because he wouldn’t be allowed to make a speech. The New York Times reports that Trump has decided to stay in Washington, D.C., and mark…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1411+ words) The following is a lightly edited transcript of the August 29 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. So here’s the question: Could what Trump is doing here make a difference and hurt Republicans in the midterms? We…...