15+ hour, 12+ min ago   (216+ words) Here’s where the biggest conflict lies, as the liberal position is generally that the Reconstruction Amendments were a second founding, not a postbellum clean-up. “In this view,” says Ford, “Congress has broad powers to ensure that there is no American…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1645+ words) The White House has admitted in court that it deliberately canceled federal grants to states that didn’t vote for President Trump. Only one month ago, Energy Secretary Chris Wright angrily insisted to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1333+ words) President Donald Trump is suddenly reneging on the terms of the Gordie Howe Bridge project after he claimed Ottawa “disinvited” U.S. officials from the Michigan–Ontario crossing’s grand opening. The Gordie Howe Bridge was the creation of a very…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1659+ words) Alaska’s effort to appease President Trump’s claims that noncitizens are voting has ended up punishing U.S. citizens. When Alaskans apply for a driver’s license, they are asked whether they want to register to vote and if they are a…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1296+ words) Measles cases in the U.S. have surpassed last year’s totals to reach a new 35-year high, and we’re only in July. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that there have been 2,318 measles cases in 2026 so far, greater than…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1509+ words) Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is literally running away from accusations of voter fraud. A bombshell report earlier this month exposed Paxton for allegedly voting in six elections while registered at an address where he does not live. On Friday,…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (15+ words) The New Republic...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1181+ words) The Department of Defense has changed the official number of U.S. military service members killed in the war with Iran from 18 to 14—and couldn’t explain why. Three military officials told The New York Times Thursday that one reason the death toll…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1171+ words) The U.S. president is on the fritz over his inability to end the Iran war. Donald Trump was overheard roaring and cursing inside the Oval Office, “unleashing a series of expletives” while referring to Iran’s leadership as “scumbags” and “lunatics,” an…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1910+ words) The following is a lightly edited transcript of the July 24 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. This whole situation has gotten weird and complex, so to really understand it, we’re talking to the great voting rights…...