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Divya Karthikeyan is the editorial lead at Queer Kentucky, the state's only LGBTQ newsroom.

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Todd Blanche purses his lips as he sits in front of a microphone during his testimony.

Acting AG Todd Blanche testifies before Congress on nearly $1.8B fund tied to Trump allies

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Sarah Kellen, left, and Ghislaine Maxwell in a photo from 2005.

Epstein assistant’s role in abuse divides House members ahead of interview

Sydney Reynolds

President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White Hous.

Trump endorses Ken Paxton over John Cornyn in Texas GOP primary

Sydney Carruth

In this tight shot, Donald Trump looks down and off the frame on the right side.

Trump’s astonishingly brazen stock trades suggest we still don’t understand the scale of his corruption

Michael A. Cohen

Details of Team Trump’s ‘slush fund’ make the mess look even more brazenly corrupt

Steve Benen

Trump’s nearly $1.8 billion ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ is simply indefensible

Ray Brescia

Vladimir Putin looks on as her speaks, sitting down.

Democrats slam Trump over ‘dangerous and indefensible gift to Vladimir Putin’

Steve Benen

Donald Trump is seen from behind in front of Marine One.

Trump reportedly eyes new helipad as his list of distractions grows even longer

Steve Benen

Thomas Massie; Ed Gallrein.

The hateful ads pervading Thomas Massie’s reelection race

Divya Karthikeyan

Photoillustration of Thomas Massie and Donald Trump over a tan background.

Thomas Massie hasn’t actually run away from Trump. He’s doing something more damaging.

Matt Fuller

Photoillustration of Josh Shapiro, Bob Brooks and Bernie Sanders in front of a tan background with Pennsylvania election assets.

House Democrats’ campaign arm waded into Pennsylvania’s primary. Republicans loved it.

Hunter Woodall

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Lt. Gov. Burt Jones and health care executive Rick Jackson.

Georgia Republicans have defied a key MAGA trend. Tuesday’s primary tests that theory.

Nnamdi Egwuonwu

Photoillustration of Josh Shapiro over election-related assets.

Josh Shapiro should be a top GOP target. Instead he’s gliding to re-election.

Hunter Woodall

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Polls open for key primaries in Kentucky, Georgia and Pennsylvania

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Steve Bannon is seen sitting at a stage in front of a blue background.

Steve Bannon and others in MAGA world beg Trump to control AI

Ja'han Jones

In this tight shot, Bill Cassidy, right, hugs a female supporter with a somber expression on his face.

Trump got his revenge against Cassidy. Will Cassidy get his revenge on Trump?

Steve Benen

President Donald Trump looks on during a proclamation signing in the Oval Office of the White House.

Trump says he postponed scheduled strike on Iran after Gulf allies’ request

Ebony Davis

In this photo shot from below, Andrea Lucas speaks into a microphone behind her name tag, wearing a blue top.

Trump’s EEOC looks to move race, gender data into shadows

Ja'han Jones

Joe Scarborough: Trump’s Poland troop withdrawal is part of a troubling pattern

Allison Detzel

Attendees raise their hands in prayer during Rededicate 250: A National Jubilee Of Prayer, Praise & Thanksgiving on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

As Christian nationalists gather in D.C., polling shows broad opposition to far-right vision

Steve Benen

Agents walk by the Islamic Center of San Diego's security office. An officer outside a gate talks to another on the inside.

3 killed at San Diego mosque shooting, police say 2 suspects also dead

Erum Salam & Ebony Davis

President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House.

On charitable donations, Trump adds to his long list of broken promises

Steve Benen

Harvey Weinstein's face half cut off by the right side of the frame.

This second Harvey Weinstein hung jury should serve as a message

Madeleine Lippey

Police official in Arizona is fired after trying to stoke violence at anti-ICE rally

Ja'han Jones

Alex Murdaugh wipes his nose with a tissue while wearing an orange prison uniform and handcuffs.

Seeking death penalty in Alex Murdaugh retrial could cause prosecution more problems

Jordan Rubin

A person with their back toward the camera holds a cardboard sign that says "Trans Women are Women" with a blue, pink and white heart.

Texas orders a children’s hospital to open a ‘detransition clinic’

Dr. Jack Turban

‘A societal failure’: Ex-FBI official reacts to latest mass shooting horror

Selma native Rep. Terri Sewell on GOP’s new voting rights assault: ‘We have to mobilize & organize’

Trump’s Epstein nightmare deepens: Prison guard testifies as Congress eyes DOJ failures

Cuba reportedly acquires drones to possibly use on U.S.

Ebola outbreak declared a global health emergency by WHO

Rev. Sharpton calls out ‘exclusionary theology’ of White House-backed prayer event at National Mall

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  1. In this diagonal closeup shot, Donald Trump is seen looking away while the reflection of his face is visible adjacent to him.

    Trump’s surprising admission shows his ‘Art of the Deal’ is dead

    Zeeshan Aleem

  2. Sen. Mark Kelly stands in front of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, superimposed over a green classified document page.

    If the Pentagon can shut down a sitting senator, it can shut down all of us

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

  3. Bill Cassidy rides an escalator, his reflection visible on the glass side.

    Why this conservative Republican senator asked Democrats to vote for him

    Kevin McGill

  4. Photoillustration of a politician at his desk. His face is covered with a large orange dot.

    Reps. Wilson and Kean are the latest congresspeople to engage in this disturbing trend

    Max Burns

  5. Alex Murdaugh looks down.

    The bone-chilling disregard for prosecutorial conduct that led to Murdaugh’s overturned conviction

    Madeleine Lippey

  6. Jason Collins, pictured in 2014, looks on.

    Jason Collins died without seeing another NBA player come out

    Keith Reed

  7. Xi Jinping, left, smiles at Donald Trump on the right side of the frame while an out of focus yellow mark covers the left half of the frame.

    Trump wanted China to bail him out. That was never going to happen.

    Daniel R. DePetris

  8. JD Vance, seen close up.

    There’s a telling pattern in JD Vance’s fight against ‘fraud’

    Paul Waldman

  9. The words "the separation of church and state is good for both" is projected onto the side of a building. the US Capitol is seen in the distance

    250 years in, and Christian nationalism is attacking the Constitution on the National Mall

    Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons

  10. Gas prices displayed at a Mobil station on May 04, 2026 in Los Angeles.

    How Trump is trying to fool Americans with his gas tax holiday idea

    Hayes Brown

  11. A person with their back toward the camera holds a small sign that says "LEAVE MEMPHIS ALONE" in the Tennessee state Capitol.

    Voters across the American South are showing what dissent looks like

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