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
“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
Trump Refuses to Explain Starlink Shutoff as Ukraine Says He’s LyingPresident Trump brushed aside questions Friday about interruptions to Starlink service for Ukraine, following complaints from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy earlier in the day. “You must know now who ordered the Starlink access in Ukraine to be restricted. Who was it?” a reporter asked Trump outside of the White House. Trump denied any…The New Republic18h agoWhole story →Security
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
Trump’s Vile Defense of “That Ad” Bodes Very Ill for the Last 12 DaysIt had to happen. On Thursday, Donald Trump defended that despicable Republican attack ad that everyone is talking about this week, writing on Truth Social: “Vivek Ramaswamy put up a very powerful Ad about a mother saying that her daughter, Amy Acton, who is running for Governor of Ohio, is a liar, and much worse.” And he didn’t stop there! He of course…The New Republic20h agoWhole story →Security
Seriously, Why Does Trump Keep Talking About Men’s Bodies Like This?President Trump went on another unprompted homoerotic tangent at a rally on Thursday, this time about military generals. “Just recently I gave all members of the United States military $1,776,” Trump said at the Iowa rally, speaking of his one-time “warrior dividend” for service members. “And everyone said, ‘Oh, it can’t be done. You can’t do it. It…The New Republic21h agoWhole story →Security
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
