37+ min ago  (1913+ words) The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 24 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. So he needs to produce results in Iran fast. But as international relations professor Nicholas Grossman argues in a good…...

37+ min ago  (224+ words) The Greatest Moments in American History1. Constitution and Bill of Rights2. Declaration of Independence T-3. Victory in World War IIT-3. Abolition of slavery/Thirteenth Amendment5. Lee surrenders at Appomattox T-6. Moon landing T-6. Victory in the Cold War Most Important Americans in Public Life Who Never…...

37+ min ago  (318+ words) 1. James Madison The Father of the Constitution. Shows the payoff for taking copious notes. The ugly side: He owned more than 100 enslaved people. 2. Thomas Jefferson And at number two, the author of the American theory of law-based, anti-divine rule. A…...

37+ min ago  (548+ words) 1. Henry Clay'The Great Compromiser," Clay held just about every major political job except president: senator, House speaker, and secretary of state at various times. 2. William Jennings Bryan A three-time nominee for president, Bryan mainstreamed populism in the Democratic Party with…...

37+ min ago  (651+ words) FDR's "eyes, ears, and legs," she traveled the country during the Depression, returning with information about how her husband's New Deal programs were working. Later a delegate to the U. N. , she was key to establishing its Universal Declaration of Human Rights…...

37+ min ago  (1233+ words) A quarter of a millennium has passed since the Founders declared our independence and established a nation based on radical ideas'which they deemed "self-evident'regarding individual equality, consent of the governed, and rule of law tempered by "inalienable rights. We have…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago  (207+ words) Donald Trump's anger at the media over his Iran fiasco is mounting. He snapped at a reporter for noting that Americans might not support spending $80 billion more on the war {as the Pentagon has requested) given widespread economic distress. Trump…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (638+ words) Trump's own desire for personal revenge hardly needs a complex psychological explanation. His emotions are on full display. "I hate my opponent," he declared at the Charlie Kirk memorial, an event where revenge against "the left" was a prominent theme,…...

13+ hour, 45+ min ago  (907+ words) President Donald Trump is once again floating the idea of running for an unconstitutional third term. At a speech in Macungie, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, Trump fell back on one of his favorite talking points: winning elections. "We won it by…...

13+ hour, 45+ min ago  (1130+ words) Federal law enforcement agents were spotted installing AI-powered surveillance towers at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in the latest escalation of President Donald Trump's weird obsession. In one video shared by TMZ Tuesday, U. S. Marshals escorted an LVT Mobile Security Unit…...