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May 22, 2026
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump Officials Explored Unnerving Plot to Ban All Voting Machines
The plan advanced far enough that the Trump administration was looking for a way to justify the ban.
May 22, 2026
Right Now With Perry Bacon
Why Trump Is Afraid of Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and
The View
Political scientist Meredith Conroy says that late-night shows are still politically relevant even as their audiences shrink.
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May 22, 2026
Right Now With Perry Bacon
Transcript: Why Trump Is Afraid of Colbert, Kimmel, and
The View
Political scientist Meredith Conroy says that late-night comedy shows have long played an important role in American politics.
Video is available for this article
May 22, 2026
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Transcript: Trump in Visible Panic after Truly Brutal Fox Poll Hits
As Trump publicly begs the GOP to rig the midterms, the writer of a piece on his unpopularity explains why his coalition is imploding—and why his only way out is massive cheating.
May 22, 2026
Timothy Noah
Donald Trump, Accidental Environmentalist
By driving oil prices through the roof, he’s finally giving alternative energy some badly needed stimulus. Too bad the economic benefit goes mainly to China.
May 22, 2026
Melissa Gira Grant
The Texas Court Trying to Intimidate a New York Hospital
NYU Langone used to offer gender-affirming care. Now a district court in Texas is subpoenaing it. What the hell?
May 22, 2026
Gabriel Cohen
The Election Fraudsters Who Will Follow in Tina Peters’s Footsteps
We can debate all day whether Colorado Governor Jared Polis should have commuted her sentence. Meanwhile, state and local officials are openly preparing to meddle in the midterm elections.
May 22, 2026
Matt Ford
A Rare Win at the Supreme Court for a Death-Row Prisoner
It was a limited victory, but it broke with the high court’s long-standing favor toward the death penalty.
May 22, 2026
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Trump Blurts Out Plot to Rig Midterms after Humiliating Fox Poll Hits
As Fox News releases some of Trump’s worst polling ever, the writer of a piece on his unpopularity explains why his coalition is imploding—and why his only way out is massive cheating.
May 21, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Epstein’s Assistant Names Three New Abusers in Harrowing Testimony
House Oversight Chair James Comer said Sarah Kellen’s revelation was “what we’ve been waiting for.”
May 21, 2026
Finn Hartnett
Feds Forced to Drop Case Against “Broadview Six” Anti-ICE Protesters
Federal prosecutors have dismissed all charges against the protesters after apparent misconduct.
May 21, 2026
Monica Potts
The Red Alert in the Latest Obamacare Enrollment Numbers
Yes, a lot of people dropped their insurance. But many others shifted to high-deductible “bronze” plans, which increases the risk of a medical debt crisis that could affect everyone.
May 21, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Republican Rep. Wants to Use Trump Slush Fund to Steal From Americans
Representative Andrew Clyde also wants a piece of the pie.
May 21, 2026
Finn Hartnett
Trump Tells Republicans to Defend His Slush Fund by Lying
The Department of Justice has given Republicans a list of talking points not grounded in reality.
May 21, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Republicans Flee Work Early to Avoid Voting on Trump’s Slush Fund
Republicans in the Senate went home earlier than scheduled, abandoning a key budget vote so they wouldn’t also have to vote on the slush fund.
May 21, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Says He’s Known His Son “a Long Time”
Donald Trump mulled skipping his son’s wedding in the weirdest way possible.
May 21, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
Senate Republicans in Uproar After DOJ Meeting on Slush Fund
The Trump administration is having a hard time selling the “Anti-Weaponization Fund” to Republicans in Congress.
May 21, 2026
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Where the Hell Is This Missing Republican Representative?
Representative Tom Kean Jr.’s own neighbors don’t know where he is.
May 21, 2026
Finn Hartnett
“Stupid on Stilts”: Republican Senator Rips Trump’s Slush Fund
Trump’s $1.776 billion slush fund has found yet another Republican critic.
May 21, 2026
Hafiz Rashid
DNC’s 2024 Autopsy Is Out—and It Completely Misses the Point
The Democratic National Committee has finally released its report on what went wrong in the 2024 election.
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