Democratic Underground: Forums for U.S. Liberals and Democrats

White House says Iran deal could take days

4h The White House doesn't expect an agreement to end the war with Iran Sunday and thinks it could take several days for the deal's approval by Iran's leadership, including Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, a senior U.S. official said in a briefing with reporters. Why it matters: While U.S. officials are optimistic that a deal will be signed within days, they also acknowledge it has not been finalized and could still fall apart. "We are in a very good place — but there are ways in which t ...

BumRushDaShow

Religious leaders, lawmakers push for $1 billion to secure houses of worship

May 24, 2026 8:00 AM ET At a recent Shabbat service in West Bloomfield, Mich., Rabbi Jen Lader shared plans to lobby Congress to pour more funding into a federal program that strengthens security at houses of worship. "We are not asking Congress to just protect Jews – we are asking Congress to protect every community of Americans that gathers to pray. And we are asking with the full weight of what we have just lived through behind us," she said, referencing the March attack on her c ...

BumRushDaShow

Trump Doctor Visit Renews Health Scrutiny as 80th Birthday Nears

10h (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump’s upcoming medical examination is intensifying health-related scrutiny that has surrounded him ever since his first campaign for the nation’s highest office more than a decade ago. Trump on Tuesday is heading to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for his fourth publicly disclosed doctor’s appointment since the start of his second term. The White House has offered few details about the visit, saying it would involve “routine annual dental an ...

BumRushDaShow

Dems weaponize Epstein in anti-GOP midterm ads

6h Several top Democratic candidates in the midterms are airing scathing ads linking their Republican foes to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal — betting that the Trump administration's reluctance to release the Epstein files still resonates with voters. Why it matters: Democrats are mostly focusing on high prices, health care and Trump's war against Iran, but some also are trying to tie Republicans to the late sex offender as part of a broader message accusing the GOP of protecting the corrupt eli ...

BumRushDaShow

Former prosecutor pursued by Trump calls for crackdown on election lies: 'Lying can be held to account'

Sun 24 May 2026 07.00 EDT Last modified on Sun 24 May 2026 07.33 EDT Politicians must be held accountable if their lies damage democracy, according to a former US federal prosecutor and FBI general counsel who was pursued by Donald Trump. The US must be “as creative as possible” and introduce sweeping structural reforms if it escapes its current “mess”, said Andrew Weissmann, laying out a proposal for a legislative crackdown on election deceit. “Lying can be held to account,” argued Weissman ...

littlemissmartypants

Three Red Cross volunteers die from suspected Ebola in DR Congo as outbreak continues to spread

Three volunteers working for the Red Cross in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have died from suspected cases of Ebola in Ituri Province, the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in the country, the organisation said on Saturday. In a statement, the Red Cross said volunteers Alikana Udumusi Augustin, Sezabo Katanabo and Ajiko Chandiru Viviane were believed to have contracted the Ebola virus while managing dead bodies during a mission unrelated to Ebola. "At the time of the intervention, th ...

BumRushDaShow

Britain's navy prepares to clear mines in the Strait of Hormuz while waiting for a peace deal

Updated 8:04 PM EDT, May 23, 2026 ABOARD THE RFA LYME BAY (AP) — Aboard the RFA Lyme Bay docked off the coast of Gibraltar, hundreds of British sailors are waiting to be deployed for a mine-clearing mission to the Strait of Hormuz that is still in doubt. U.S. President Donald Trump has lashed out at allies for not doing more to support the United States’ war effort in Iran, whose chokehold on the strait has crippled international shipping and sent energy prices soaring. In March, Trump told N ...

BumRushDaShow

'People died': Officer who defended Capitol reacts to GOP lawmaker's 'disgusting' comments

May 23, 2026 5:48PM ET Former Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges, who was famously crushed in a doorway while defending the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, responded with disgust this week to a Republican congressman's claim that the deadly riot was "staged." Hodges appeared on MS NOW to discuss the Trump-created $1.8 billion slush fund that could compensate January 6 defendants. Asked about a Republican congressman's recent on-camera dismissal of the entire ...

BumRushDaShow

GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham, Roger Wicker blast reports of 60-day ceasefire deal with Iran

05/23/26 6:20 PM ET Key Senate Republicans are raising concerns about a reported peace deal being negotiated with Iran, arguing it would be a disaster for the United States that would make meaningless the war launched by President Trump nearly three months ago. “The rumored 60-day ceasefire — with the belief that Iran will ever engage in good faith — would be a disaster,” Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, wrote in a post on social platform X. H ...

BumRushDaShow

Alarm as GOP lawmakers hand themselves cash offer: 'Republicans in Congress did what???'

May 23, 2026 4:56PM ET Rep. Mike Levin (D-Calif.) revealed Friday that House Republicans on the Appropriations Committee voted to make themselves eligible to collect from President Donald Trump's $1.8 billion January 6th slush fund, triggering immediate outrage online. Levin took to X to announce that he had introduced an amendment to block members of Congress, the president, and the vice president from collecting any money from the controversial fund unless a court specifically orders it. Ev ...

Expand Featured Stories

Issue Forums

Region Forums

Latest Breaking News

Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing slavery

1 min ago - Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing slavery Updated: 3:20 AM PDT May 25, 2026 Associated Press VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the role the Holy See itself played in legit ... (Associated Press, via KCRA)

Oil Prices Fall Sharply on News of Possible Iran Deal

14 min ago - Oil Prices Fall Sharply on News of Possible Iran Deal By Jack Ewing Published May 24, 2026 Updated May 25, 2026, 4:43 a.m. ET Oil prices fell sharply on Monday after American officials said that the United States and Iran had agreed in principle to a ... (New York Times)

Disneyland Says It Is Monitoring Orange County Chemical Incident

15 min ago - Published May 24, 2026 at 10:49 AM EDT updated May 24, 2026 at 06:33 PM EDT Disneyland officials told Newsweek that the Anaheim resort in Orange County, California, remains fully operational and unaffected by an ongoing hazardous materials crisis jus ... (Newsweek)

Lemon urges reporters covering Trump: 'Have some dignity and a backbone'

49 min ago - 05/24/26 5:50 PM ET Independent journalist Don Lemon on Thursday called on news reporters covering President Trump to “have some dignity and a backbone,” using former late-night host Stephen Colbert as an example. Lemon, on his podcast ... (The Hill)

Republican lawmaker says Hegseth 'makes Kristi Noem seem like a 5-star recruit' in blistering takedown

1 hr ago - Sunday 24 May 2026 17:37 EDT Republican Sen. Thom Tillis slammed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s handling of the Iran war, saying that he makes “Kristi Noem seem like a 5-star recruit.”. The North Carolina lawmaker, who is retiring at ... (The Independent)

Speaker Mike Johnson Optimistically Declares 'The Kitchen Table Issues Are Going To Determine The Midterms'

2 hrs ago - May 24th, 2026, 4:51 pm Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) joined Fox & Friends hosts at the Indianapolis 500 Sunday, where the House Speaker found time to discuss some big issues affecting Americans as the country gears up for the midterm elections. Joh ... (MEDIAite)

Florida emergency chief hopes FEMA funding delays in past heading into hurricane season

2 hrs ago - 05/24/2026 04:00 PM EDT TALLAHASSEE, Florida — With hurricane season just days away, Florida’s emergency management chief Kevin Guthrie said the state is ready — and he expects the state to receive critical federal recovery funding fas ... (Politico)

Cory Booker says Democrats are 'desperate' for fresh leaders

3 hrs ago - Updated May 24, 2026, 3:38 p.m. ET The midterm elections are less than six months away, and one Democratic senator is sounding the alarm on the party’s leadership and vision for the future. Speaking to Jake Tapper on CNN’s "State of the Un ... (USA Today)

Southern California chemical tank has a crack that could possibly lower risk of explosion

6 hrs ago - By PHILIP MARCELO Updated 8:24 PM CDT, May 24, 2026 Leer en español A damaged chemical tank in Southern California has a crack, potentially lowering the risk of a cataclysmic explosion, though an evacuation order remains in effect for some 50 ... (AP)

Netanyahu told Trump Israel will remain free to act against threats, Israeli source says

10 hrs ago - May 24, 2026 9:23 AM EDT Updated 11 hours ago JERUSALEM, May 24 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. President Donald Trump Israel would remain free to act against threats in Lebanon during a phone call about an emer ... (Reuters)

Douglas McCain, the eldest son of Sen. John McCain, dies at 66

10 hrs ago - Washington — Douglas McCain, the eldest son of the late Sen. John McCain, has died, his family announced. He was 66. "I am deeply saddened to share the news of my brother Doug McCain's sudden passing," Meghan McCain said in a post on social med ... (CBS News)

Rep. Thomas Massie warns GOP will be 'very vulnerable' in the midterms

10 hrs ago - May 24, 2026, 10:15 AM EDT Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., warned in a Sunday interview on “Meet the Press” that the Republican Party will be “very vulnerable” during the midterm elections. Asked whether the GOP was starting to break w ... (NBC News)

WH Spox Excoriates Trump's Fmr. Secretary of State for Criticizing Iran Deal: 'No Idea What the F*ck He's Talking About!

10 hrs ago - May 24th, 2026, 8:18 am White House Communications Director Steven Cheung ripped President Donald Trump’s former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for criticizing the newly-announced, still-to-be-finalized peace deal with Iran. In a fiery post on ... (MEDIAite)

Trump Doctor Visit Renews Health Scrutiny as 80th Birthday Nears

11 hrs ago - 10h (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump’s upcoming medical examination is intensifying health-related scrutiny that has surrounded him ever since his first campaign for the nation’s highest office more than a decade ago. Trump on Tuesday ... (msn/Bloomberg)

Navy chief undercuts Trump and Hegseth on Taiwan, Iran

11 hrs ago - by Ellen Mitchell - 05/24/26 12:00 PM ET Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao’s insistence this week that the Pentagon had paused a $14 billion arms sale to Taiwan over a munitions review has undercut the Trump administration’s narrative on both ... (The hill)

Religious leaders, lawmakers push for $1 billion to secure houses of worship

12 hrs ago - May 24, 2026 8:00 AM ET At a recent Shabbat service in West Bloomfield, Mich., Rabbi Jen Lader shared plans to lobby Congress to pour more funding into a federal program that strengthens security at houses of worship. "We are not asking Congress to ... (NPR)

White House says Iran deal could take days

13 hrs ago - 4h The White House doesn't expect an agreement to end the war with Iran Sunday and thinks it could take several days for the deal's approval by Iran's leadership, including Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, a senior U.S. official said in a briefing wi ... (msn/Axios)

Former prosecutor pursued by Trump calls for crackdown on election lies: 'Lying can be held to account'

13 hrs ago - Sun 24 May 2026 07.00 EDT Last modified on Sun 24 May 2026 07.33 EDT Politicians must be held accountable if their lies damage democracy, according to a former US federal prosecutor and FBI general counsel who was pursued by Donald Trump. The US must ... (The Guardian)

UTA sues employee union, alleging it hasn't agreed to required safety plans

14 hrs ago - By Jose Davila IV | May 24, 2026, 7:00 a.m. Hundreds of millions in federal money that could help expand Utah Transit Authority services is at risk because the agency’s frontline employee union hasn’t signed required safety documents, UTA a ... (The Salt Lake Tribune)

Hasan Piker And Medea Benjamin Served Subpoenas For Their Trip To Cuba: Report

14 hrs ago - May 24, 2026, 12:20 PM EDT | Updated an hour ago The Treasury Department has sent subpoenas to leftist Twitch streamer Hasan Piker and CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin over their March trip to Cuba, according to Fox News. “the american govt w ... (Huff Post)