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James Van Der Beek poses for a photo.

James Van Der Beek died with crushing medical debt. His family’s response is too familiar.

Dr. Omer Awan

Jim Jordan has his hands in his pockets while speaking to the reporters.

On Epstein files surveillance, Jim Jordan struggles with the basics of hypocrisy

Steve Benen

In a close-up shot, Joe Klecko's face is seen through his helmet.

Trump pardons 5 ex-NFL players, ‘pardon czar’ announces

Julianne McShane

Police officers stand on the side of the capitol building with their bikes.

White House nears DHS shutdown rather than restrict mass deportation agenda

Akayla Gardner

GOP voters support ICE — until a new detention center comes to town

Hayes Brown

It’s not just Bannon: Republican lawmakers want ICE agents at local voting precincts

Steve Benen

Corey Lewandowski stands in a doorway. Blurred in the foreground, people work at their desks.

Longtime Trump adviser Lewandowski sought to carry a firearm at DHS, alarming officials

Laura Barrón-López & Didi Martinez

People and law enforcement stand behind strands of yellow caution tape.

DOJ investigating whether ICE officers lied about migrant’s shooting

Julianne McShane

A female protestor shouts as she carries a flag in the foreground where others follow her during a daytime demonstration.

The Trump administration bet Americans shared its bigotry. It bet wrong.

Chris Hayes

People raise a rainbow flag on a pole in a park. A crowd is gathered behind, watching and filming.

The Trump administration is now trying to erase gay history, too

Eugene Daniels

Don Lemon looks on as people protest behind him.

Don Lemon pleads not guilty in First Amendment case in Minnesota

Ebony Davis

A close-up of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaking into a microphone.

RFK Jr. concedes ‘targeted cuts’ at HHS ‘would have been better’

Will McDuffie

FBI headquarters sign is seen between two American flags.

Concern rises within FBI that conspiracy theories spurred search of election office

Ken Dilanian

Andrew Ferguson, chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), during a television interview.

Trump’s FTC presses Apple News to push pro-MAGA articles as his unpopularity grows

Ja'han Jones

A customer places United States Postal Service (USPS) priority mail packages into a drop-off bin.

Trump falsely claims that the U.S. is ‘the only country that has mail-in ballots’

Steve Benen

Supporters of immigrants' rights march in downtown Washington, D.C. holding sign that reads "Immigrants Makes America Great."

Six charts that prove immigrants are an asset, not a liability, to American prosperity

Allison Detzel

Donald Trump speaks into a microphone at a podium. The website "TrumpRx.gov" is on the wall behind him.

New report from Democrats: TrumpRx drugs could cost thousands more than generics

Kevin Frey

Donald Trump, from below.

He was a U.S. attorney for four hours. Trump fired him.

Fallon Gallagher

Jeremy Carl looks on in a right frame.

Accused of being a white nationalist, State Dept. nominee faces bipartisan pushback

Steve Benen

A statue depicting President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands on the National Mall on Oct. 2, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

Despite reality, Trump claims he has been ‘100% exonerated’ in the Epstein scandal

Steve Benen

The Texas State Capitol dome peeks out from behind two trees.

Even a Trump-appointed judge could see through this Texas law

Jessica Levinson

Mark Kelly smiling; Pete Hegseth looking down.

Pete Hegseth’s campaign against Mark Kelly is extraordinary. And this federal judge noticed.

Lt. Col. Rachel E. VanLandingham (ret.)

Russell Vought walks in daytime, followed by other people.

Russ Vought helped gut USAID — then reportedly used its money for his security

Ja'han Jones

Students are seen on the campus of Columbia University.

Columbia University admits ‘irregular process’ for Epstein girlfriend as files rock academia

Ja'han Jones

AOC's face seen in a very tight photo.

AOC puts focus on working class on foreign policy stage in Munich

Ebony Davis

A plane flies over El Paso International Airport.

FBI: CBP shot laser at Valentine’s balloons it thought were drones

Ken Dilanian & Sydney Carruth

Pete Hegseth looks down.

After a judge sided with Mark Kelly, what happens to Pete Hegseth’s crusade?

Steve Benen

Don Lemon speaks after pleading not guilty: ‘I will not be silenced’

‘This did not go well for them’: Mayor Frey reacts as Minneapolis ICE surge ends

DHS expected to shut down as immigration talks stall

Trump’s approval drops to 36 percent in new polling

FBI increases reward to $100K in Nancy Guthrie case, releases new suspect details

Jared Kushner emerges as focus of intel whistleblower complaint about Gabbard

Steve Rattner: Immigration is fundamental to maintain a growing population

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  1. People in focus in the background raise their hands; Pam Bondi out of focus in the foreground looks down.

    What Pam Bondi’s performance in the Epstein hearing obscured

    Duncan Levin

  2. Federal agents hold a person by their arms and legs in the street.

    Trump’s self-inflicted poll catastrophe

    Michael A. Cohen

  3. Pam Bondi behind a microphone, partially obscured by the desk in front of her.

    The moment from Pam Bondi’s hearing that could come back to haunt her

    Michael Steele

  4. An illustration of a black military style book breaking a judge's gavel

    Trump appears to be conducting an experiment to test the limits of lawlessness

    Zeeshan Aleem

  5. President Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson during a press conference on April 12, 2024, in Palm Beach, FL.

    The House’s Canada tariff vote sent a message to Trump. But it won’t stop him.

    Marc Wheat

  6. Juan Pablo Guanipa, center, stands in the street, holding a Venezuelan flag up with one hand. He is surrounded by people on motorcycles.

    Venezuela’s rearrest of opposition figures should set off alarm bells in Washington

    Retired Amb. James Story

  7. Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

    Why Congress deposed Maxwell knowing she wouldn’t talk

    Duncan Levin

  8. Noam Chomsky (left) with wife Valeria Wasserman and Jeffrey Epstein (right) in an undated photo.

    The uncomfortable truth about Noam Chomsky’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein

    Zeeshan Aleem

  9. People are silhouetted before a screen that reads "AIPAC" and shows a visual of the American flag and the Israeli flag.

    The warning for AIPAC in Tom Malinowski’s primary loss

    Paul Waldman

  10. A person grabs a stack of mail-in ballots from a United States Postal Service tray of ballots.

    What’s really behind Pam Bondi’s bad-faith attempts to obtain state voter rolls?

    Hayes Brown

  11. Rumeysa Ozturk looks at the woman speaking at the podium.

    The chilling impact of Trump’s failed attempt to deport Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk

    Eli Thompson

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