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Erum Salam is a breaking news reporter for MS NOW, with a focus on how global events and foreign policy shape U.S. politics. She previously was a breaking news reporter for The Guardian.

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.

Mike Johnson caves on Senate’s DHS deal, paving way to end shutdown

Kevin Frey & Mychael Schnell

Photoillustration of The Strait of Hormuz overlaid on a black-and-white photo of Trump on an orange background.

The Strait of Hormuz is the U.S.’ problem now — whether Trump likes it or not

Nicholas Grossman

This split image shows Kid Rock on the left and Pete Hegseth on the right.

Hegseth’s intervention in Kid Rock flyby fiasco is part of a more serious problem

Steve Benen

John Roberts looks off the frame toward left.

How John Roberts’ retort sums up the case against Trump’s birthright citizenship order

Jordan Rubin

Former White House official: Trump’s Supreme Court attendance could be ‘perceived as intimidation’

Sydney Carruth

Why did Trump attend today's Supreme Court arguments? Here are 2 possible reasons.

Steve Benen

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in front of the US Capitol Building.

AOC finally takes a position that makes sense on military aid to Israel

Zeeshan Aleem

Nicolle Wallace rips MAGA-friendly media for painting Trump as a ‘victim’ in Iran disaster

Allison Detzel

A photo collage depicting Pope Leo XIV and Pete Hegseth.

The gulf between Hegseth and Pope Leo’s words betrays Christianity’s true relationship to war

Matthew Gabriele

Donald Trump speaks into a microphone. A bright light is seen on the righthand side of the frame.
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Donald Trump speaks into a microphone. Behind him is a projection of the American flag.

Trump expected to tout ‘mission accomplished’ in Iran. But which mission?

Julia Jester

Sen. Elizabeth Warren during a hearing.

Trump is using trade to bully EU over tech rules, and Warren wants answers

Ja'han Jones

Hasan Piker sits on stage in front of a blue background as he looks on.

Democrats will regret buddying up to Hasan Piker

Michael A. Cohen

Donald Trump with his mouth open.

‘I don’t care about that’: Trump moves the goal posts on Iran’s uranium stockpile

Steve Benen

A small boat, right, next to a much larger boat, left, in the water.

Trump’s explanation why he let Moscow send oil to Cuba makes no sense

Zeeshan Aleem

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NASA’s Artemis II launches astronauts on historic mission around the moon

Men and women put their hands on Donald Trump's shoulders as they pray for him on stage while he is smiling.

Federal judge maintains ban on pastors endorsing political candidates

Ja'han Jones

Donald Trump points his finger at the audience as he stands in front on American flag.

Trump’s elections power-grab on mail-in voting is likely to fail, but it’s not irrelevant

Steve Benen

Compilation of affordability imagery including gas prices, egg prices, the housing market, and shipping containers.

‘Take one less trip to Starbucks’: GOP Senate candidates keep dismissing affordability concerns

Kevin Frey

President Donald Trump.

Donald Trump is the world’s worst friend

Hayes Brown

President Donald Trump displays a signed executive order in the Oval Office.

Trump signs executive order targeting mail-in ballots. But it might have no teeth.

Erum Salam

This split image shows Lindsey Graham on the left and Chris Hayes on the right.

How the architects of Trump’s Iran war are spending time as Americans suffer

Chris Hayes

A woman holds a baby in a carrier. The child, whose arm is held up by the woman, holds an American flag. The woman holds a sign in her other hand that reads, "American born children are American children."

The birthright citizenship case poses the Supreme Court’s greatest Trump-era test

Jordan Rubin

Sen. Mark Kelly slams Pete Hegseth for injecting Christian rhetoric into Iran war

Allison Detzel

Gregg Phillips during a House Appropriations Subcommittee.

Key FEMA leader doubles down, insists he’s experienced ‘teleportation’

Steve Benen

Pastor Robert Morris and President Donald Trump during a roundtable discussion.

Former Trump pastor freed from prison after serving 6 months for child sexual abuse

Ja'han Jones

A whale can be seen from above as it swims.

Trump’s ‘God Squad’ discards the administration’s supposed interest in whale protections

Steve Benen

Dan Bishop is seen speaking as he sits behind another man.

DOJ taps former congressman to launch election probes as part of 2020 crusade

Steve Benen

Jaden Ivey bends over as he looks off the frame

MAGA evangelicals cry foul after Jaden Ivey cut over anti-LGBTQ+ rants

Ja'han Jones

‘He’s been losing control’: Iran war drags Trump down to devastating new polling lows

MS NOW reporter chased by Israeli settlers while reporting on West Bank violence

GOP senate candidates keep dismissing affordability concerns

Atkins Stohr explains why the birthright citizenship case is ‘much bigger than the Constitution’

Pressure grows to bring Congress back to DC

Trump signs order targeting mail-in voting

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Understand Today’s News

  1. A silhouette of a man wearing a hat is seen during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

    CPAC’s noticeable split over this key issue spells trouble for Trump

    Zeeshan Aleem

  2. Photo illustration of young person looking sideways at collage of Supreme Court building and justices. Trans flags are overlaid.

    The timing of the SCOTUS conversion therapy ruling made it even worse

    Imara Jones

  3. Democrats flipped another GOP seat — but not for the reason you’d think

    Ryan Teague Beckwith

  4. A courtroom sketch illustrating Nicolás Maduro, his wife and their defense attorneys.

    Maduro’s legal case remains extraordinary. His judge literally said so in open court.

    Barbara McQuade

  5. Photoillustration of Tiger Woods' mugshot and a photo of him post-arrest juxtaposed with a photo of him at his prime, swinging a golf club.

    Tiger Woods is done. We should be too.

    Mike Wise

  6. Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas from below. She is looking up and holding out her arms; one hand holds a microphone.

    TLC’s Chilli will have a hard time convincing fans she isn’t MAGA

    Charles F. Coleman Jr.

  7. A person pushes a grocery cart filled with items including tomato sauce, bagels, broccoli florets and more. The photo is taken from the vantage point of the person pushing the cart.

    If anyone asks what a refugee kid on SNAP looks like, I say they look like me

    Rep. Derek Tran

  8. A person holding a tiny American flag out of the window of a car

    The No Kings protests are galvanizing Americans. But there’s something missing.

    Zeeshan Aleem

  9. An air traffic controller looking stressed at work.

    I’ve been an air traffic controller for more than 16 years. I have a simple question for Congress.

    Jack Criss

  10. A woman, seen at full frame, looks down at a binder she is holding open. Behind her are vaccine storage areas.

    She once curbed a measles outbreak with vaccines. Experts call her new proposal ‘giving up.’

    Will McDuffie

  11. Michael Flynn prepares to testify at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.

    Trump’s settlement to Michael Flynn could set a dangerous precedent

    Mary McCord

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