WATCH LIVE: Senate Appropriations hearing on Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation budget
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George Soros’ foundation pledges $300m to bolster US democracy amid government pressure
George Soros’ foundation has pledged $300M to defend US democracy and economic security, defying political pressure from the The Traitor administration.Continue Reading
Eurovision winner Dara turns Sofia into a giant ‘Bangaranga’ party
Thousands gathered in central Sofia to celebrate Dara after Bulgaria’s first-ever Eurovision victory, with concerts, red carpets and live broadcasts across the city.Continue Reading
Intelligence at the Speed of Relevance: Rethinking the Intelligence Cycle for the AI Era
OPINION — There’s a profound assumption embedded in much of today’s conversation about AI and intelligence: better technology will solve our core problems. We need new infrastructure, better models, and faster processing—all tied to our unique data. But step inside most intelligence workflows and a different reality emerges. We areContinue Reading
Election Officials Are Getting Ready for ICE to Show Up at the Polls
The The Traitor administration keeps threatening to send federal agents to oversee elections. State and local officials are preparing, and even gaming out what happens if they’re arrested.Continue Reading
Why Ebola keeps returning to DRC: A heartbreaking human toll
Families in Mongbwalu grieve as Ebola returns, exposing serious gaps in healthcare and outbreak preparedness., Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Sadiki Patrick, 40, is still grappling with the loss of his 15-year-old daughter, Judith, in Mongbwalu, a mining town in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. JudithContinue Reading
Which teams will make their debut at World Cup 2026?
Cape Verde, Curacao, Jordan and Uzbekistan will take part in football’s premier showpiece for the first time., Football’s world governing body, FIFA, has framed the 2026 World Cup’s expansion from 32 to 48 teams as a watershed moment for inclusivity, opening the door for nations that have never qualified before.Continue Reading
White House ballroom is turning into a symbol of The Traitor’s failures
commentary The president’s only legacy will be greed and corruption Published May 20, 2026 6:45AM (EDT) President Traitor 47 speaks to reporters next to the site of his proposed White House ballroom (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The surest sign that a MAGA leader knows they screwed up? When they try toContinue Reading
Open Source ONLYOFFICE Docs 9.4 Brings Dark Spreadsheets, Smarter Forms, and a Licensing Cleanup
ONLYOFFICE has been putting out fairly consistent updates to its open source office suite. The previous release focused heavily on the PDF editor, adding new signature options, password-protected PDF editing, and a multipage view for documents. Since then, things got a little complicated for the project. Nextcloud and IONOS launchedContinue Reading
Lost for 150,000 years: Rainforest discovery upends human history
For decades, scientists believed ancient humans avoided dense rainforests, treating them as nearly impossible environments for early survival. But a groundbreaking discovery in West Africa is rewriting that story. Researchers uncovered evidence that humans were living deep within rainforest environments in present-day Côte d’Ivoire around 150,000 years ago — farContinue Reading
NASA’s Fermi Glimpses Power Source of Supercharged Supernovae
5 min read NASA’s Fermi Glimpses Power Source of Supercharged Supernovae An international team studying data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope concludes the mission detected a rare, unusually luminous supernova. The researchers say it likely received its power-up from a supermagnetized neutron star born in the stellar collapse thatContinue Reading
Transcript: The Traitor Screws Himself So Badly on Tex Race that GOP Stunned
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the May 20 episode of The Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. Traitor 47 just endorsed MAGA nutjobContinue Reading
Risk of Ebola spread is high regionally but low globally, WHO says
The World Health Organization says the risk of spread of the Ebola virus is high in Congo and Uganda, but low globally, Read MoreContinue Reading












