Ken Paxton’s Ties to Convicted Fraudster Exposed via Blind TrustTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, state Senator Angela Paxton, invested $600,000 into a business run by a man convicted of fraud. The Texas Tribune reports that the Paxtons gave the cash to a construction materials business run by Scott Sherman, a home builder who pleaded guilty to mortgage fraud in 2014, through what was presented to the…The New Republic15h agoWhole story →BuildJustice
45-Year-Old Republican Candidate Sued by His Own ParentsA 45-year-old Republican candidate in Iowa is being sued by his parents for $275,000 in unpaid rent. The Des Moines Register reported that the parents of lieutenant governor nominee Derek Wulf allege that he stopped paying rent two years ago on the farmland he rented out from them. A court petition filed Tuesday demands repayment and also accuses him of…The New Republic16h agoWhole story →BuildJustice
Federal Judges Rule ICE Can Keep Detaining People IndefinitelyA federal appeals court on Friday stripped due process rights from hundreds of immigrants held by Immigration and Custom Enforcement. In a 10–7 en banc decision , the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that ICE detainees with pending immigration hearings are not entitled to receive a bond hearing, where a judge could assess their dangerousness and…The New Republic16h agoWhole story →Justice
“Nonsense”: Trump DOJ Charges Former FBI Officials Over Hunter BidenThe Justice Department charged two former FBI agents Friday with lying to Congress during the Hunter Biden laptop investigation. Former intelligence analyst Nikki Floris, who ran the intelligence division at the Washington Field Office, and Bradley Benavides, a former deputy assistant director for counterintelligence, surrendered on arrest warrants…The New Republic17h agoWhole story →SecurityJustice
White House Directly Intervened to Shut Down Epstein Files ProbeThe White House was involved in the FBI’s Epstein files cover-up all along. The FBI’s July 2025 Epstein files memo immediately blew up in the bureau’s face. Its declaration that there was no “client list,” no punishable co-conspirators, and no grounds for further investigation both infuriated the president’s MAGA voter base and started the long domino…The New Republic18h agoWhole story →Justice
Trump Snaps at Reporter Asking If It’s OK to Ignore Sexual AbusePresident Donald Trump blew up at a reporter Friday who questioned his vile defense of Vivek Ramaswamy’s ugly attack ad featuring Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton’s estranged mother. Speaking to reporters, Trump struggled to defend the campaign ad featuring Donna Arthur, who lost custody of Acton after years of documented issues,…The New Republic18h agoWhole story →FoodSecurity
Jared Kushner Threatens to Sue Over Damning Phone Hack ReportJared Kushner threatened to sue Vanity Fair for publishing an excerpt of a forthcoming book describing how the president’s son-in-law oversaw foreign slush funds filled by the leaders of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. In the new book Princes and Thieves: Jared Kushner and Mohamed bin Zayed’s Secret Plot to Remake the Middle East , author…The New Republic19h agoWhole story →EconomySecurity
The Most Important Divide in America Isn’t Republican vs. DemocraticYou can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . You can read a transcript here . Woke versus MAGA, Democrat versus Republican, liberal versus conservative, and pro-democracy versus authoritarian/far-right are all important divides in American politics today. But author and writer Hamilton…The New Republic1d agoWhole story →Economy
The California Billionaire Tax Just Scored Mark Zuckerberg a RaiseShould we send Mark Zuckerberg a T-shirt that says “I Got My Raise From the California Billionaire Tax”? I’m on record opposing this proposed wealth tax , not because I hesitate to expropriate oligarchic fortunes but rather because past attempts to create big wealth taxes in countries more progressive than ours haven’t been very successful. Before…The New Republic1d agoWhole story →Economy
