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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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President Donald Trump

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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

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.)

Tillis slams Hegseth for ‘impulsive decisions not grounded in reality’

Adam Hudacek

Hegseth again showed America why he shouldn’t be defense secretary  — and he did it on live TV

Jeff McCausland

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La.

Bill Cassidy held Trump accountable. Voters responded by humiliating him.

Hunter Woodall

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

Max Burns

A statue of President Donald Trump at Trump National Doral Miami.

Trump’s golden statue symbolizes something much more dangerous than vanity

Michael Steele

WHO declares global health emergency over Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda

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Sen. Bill Cassidy concedes defeat.

Sen. Bill Cassidy defeated in Louisiana Senate primary in a victory for Trump

Allison Detzel

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The Louisiana primaries test MAHA’s political power

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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

President Donald Trump

‘Clobbered’: Trump vowed Cassidy would lose Louisiana’s Senate GOP primary. And he did.

Adam Hudacek

In this photo shot from above, John Roberts, left, smiles and looks down as Donald Trump is seen smiling as well.

Is presidential immunity ‘dead in the water’?

Jordan Rubin

President Donald Trump and former President Joe Biden are partially obscured by a polling trend line in a photo collage illustration.

Trump’s polls just passed a historic low

James Downie

Photoillustration of Donald Trump tipping scales in his favor in front of an IRS logo.

There’s one clear way to handle Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS

Duncan Levin

Peanuts are seen in the grain cart at sunset in an open field.

Farm bankruptcies are skyrocketing — and farmers have no question about who’s to blame

Nnamdi Egwuonwu

A person on the right side of the frame, partially obscured by smoke, wears a cowboy hat and holds a large American flag over his shoulder. The Capitol is visible in the background on the left side of the frame.

GOP senator is tired of hearing about the Jan. 6 attack, but the past is not even past

Steve Benen

People, with their backs toward the camera, sit as they cast their votes.

Supreme Court rejects Virginia’s gerrymandering appeal after state court loss

Jordan Rubin

Cory Booker giving an animated speech and a statue outside of the Supreme Court building

Black leaders launch war room after voting rights ruling

Eugene Daniels

Dalton Eatherly's booking photo and a screenshot of the crypto website he uses to make money showing a market cap of $1.6 million

A racist streamer shot a Black man in Tennessee. Viewers rewarded him handsomely.

Christopher Mathias

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

Jim Jordan stands in an elevator as he looks up holding a legal pad while waiting for the doors to close.

‘That’s life’: Jim Jordan distances himself from his own comments

Steve Benen

Tina Peters wearing a red button that says her name.

Tina Peters to be freed from prison by Colorado’s Democratic governor

Steve Benen

‘We’re not going back!’: Voters protest SCOTUS voting rights ruling at Alabama capitol

‘Always dangerous’: Former CIA director on Trump’s inconsistent claims about Iran’s military strength

‘Echoes of post-Reconstruction’: Dem Senator joins protesters in Alabama to fight for voting rights

Activists to embark on 24-hour marathon live reading of the Epstein files in New York City

Former Trump supporter says he ‘fell prey to MAGA’ and explains why he walked away

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    Paul Waldman

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    Jason Collins died without seeing another NBA player come out

    Keith Reed

  3. Photoillustration split of Donald Trump, a hundred dollar bill and the seal of Iran.

    What the White House and Wall Street are getting wrong about the Iran war

    Nicholas Grossman

  4. Donald Trump goes up the stairs into the airplane, looking unpleased.

    New Trump financial records raise fresh concerns about his anti-immigrant crackdown

    Ja'han Jones

  5. Donald Trump and Xi Jinping depicted in a photo collage.

    Why Trump’s first visit to China in a decade is unlikely to go the way he wants

    Zeeshan Aleem

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

    Hayes Brown

  7. Alex Murdaugh looks down.

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

    Madeleine Lippey

  8. Donald Trump dances with one arm in the air.

    Trump’s strategy ahead of the midterms is a disaster in the making

    Zeeshan Aleem

  9. 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

    Molly McGrath

  10. An activist holds a U.S. flag during a rally on Oct. 15, 2025 in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

    I told the Supreme Court what would happen if it ruled against Louisiana’s map. And I was right

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    Maryland Senate leader needs to listen to his party on redistricting push

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