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Ganesh Sitaraman

President Donald Trump.

New poll shows even Republicans are starting to see Trump for who he is

Philip Bump

Oil tankers sail the Maracaibo Lake on March 15 , 2019 in Maracaibo, Venezuela.

U.S. seizes another oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast, Noem says

Clarissa-Jan Lim

An illustration showing Donald Trump and Jeffery Epstein

This is why the Epstein files needed to be public

Paul Waldman

Justice Department releases documents from its Epstein investigation

After DOJ’s incomplete Epstein files release, survivors say they want full transparency

Ice agents detain a person as he exits an immigration courtroom hearing at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building.

Trump has already made us into a ‘papers, please’ country

Anthony L. Fisher

President Donald Trump wears a hat that reads "Trump was right about everything."

The five words Trump probably regrets saying right now

Eugene Daniels

A Tyson Foods worker walks through a facility on April 24, 2020, in Lexington, Neb.

The wobbly economy comes to Trump country

Rosa Flores

Members of the FBI Evidence Response Team search for evidence near Brown University.

How a Reddit page cracked the case of the Brown shooter

Julianne McShane

Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during a campaign rally in Toledo, O.H.

Vivek Ramaswamy calls out racism on the right at AmericaFest

Alex Tabet

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a news conference.

Hegseth announces ‘top-down’ changes ahead for military chaplains

Ja'han Jones

Donald Trump talks on the phone.

‘Who’s gonna stop you?’ Evidence from Trump’s Georgia case reaches the public

Steve Benen

White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller.

Stephen Miller wanted to be tough on drug boats. He may regret it.

Hayes Brown

Donald Trump shakes hands with Joe Biden at Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025 in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.

White House is still trying to rewrite recent history about the Biden-era economy

Steve Benen

Trump Media stock market trading information seen on a television at the Nasdaq Marketplace on March 26, 2024 in NYC.

Trump Media enters $6 billion deal with fusion energy company

Sydney Carruth

Women walk past a mural depicting an oil pump on April 14, 2021 in a street of Caracas, Venezuela.

Trump is done being coy about what he really wants out of Venezuela

Zeeshan Aleem

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House.

On Trump’s failures to create jobs, the White House flubs the meaning of ‘strong’

Steve Benen

President Donald Trump dances in front of troops.

As Trump touts ‘warrior dividend’ payments, be sure to read the fine print

Steve Benen

Members of the media take photographs of framed portraits part of the "Presidential Walk of Fame" on the wall of the colonnade outside the Oval Office.

Trump’s latest White House ‘renovations’ take a turn toward vandalism

Steve Benen

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer attends a news conference outside the Capitol.

Democrats slam Trump administration for incomplete release of Epstein files

Mychael Schnell

Rep. Elise Stefanik walks through Statuary Hall in the Capitol.

Elise Stefanik suspends New York governor campaign, will not seek re-election to the House

Ebony Davis

Ben Shapiro; Tucker Carlson.

Drama in MAGA world ramps up as right-wing titans clash onstage at AmericaFest

Alex Tabet

Ken Martin, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, partially obscured by reporters.

What Ken Martin is really saying when he claims the 2024 autopsy would be a ‘distraction’

Zeeshan Aleem

Justices of the US Supreme Court during a formal group photograph on Oct. 7, 2022 at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Seated from left: Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr. and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. Standing from left: Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

The Supreme Court is poised to deliver GOP wins in 2026. The question is how far it will go.

Jordan Rubin

People dance during the Brooklyn Liberation's Protect Trans Youth event in New York City.

The GOP is using its anti-abortion playbook against trans kids. It might not stop there.

Katelyn Burns

Donald Trump in the main foyer of his mansion Greenwich, CT., circa 1987.

Trump’s spent a lifetime crafting an image now working against him

Helaine R. Olen

‘Sick and tired of lip service’: Doug Emhoff on leaders’ failure to address antisemitism

‘We’ll be back in court’: Oversight Democrat says DOJ Epstein release violates judicial order

Ohio House Democrat says she was forcibly muted during vote to rename Kennedy Center

House Oversight Democrats investigating why a photo was removed from Epstein files release

Michelle Obama talks race, beauty and more in exclusive sit-down with Jonathan Capehart

‘Potentially provocative’: House Democrat on seizure of another oil tanker off Venezuelan coast

Rep. Garcia estimates DOJ has released only 10% of the Epstein files

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  1. Dried marijuana awaits curing at a cannabis dispensary in Wareham, M.A.

    How legalizing marijuana could flip Trump’s sinking popularity around

    Jeremy Berke

  2. An aerial view of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson as he holds a news conference surrounded by the checkered floor of the Capitol.

    Mike Johnson may have already lost

    Max Burns

  3. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson at a news conference at the Capitol.

    Mike Johnson’s belated health care proposal disappoints across the aisle

    Hayes Brown

  4. FBI Director Kash Patel conducts a news conference on Dec. 4 at the Department of Justice.

    Kash Patel fires far-right FBI agent for unleashing bigoted attack on him

    Ja'han Jones

  5. Michelle Obama with Jonathan Capehart in “The Look: A Conversation with Michelle Obama” on Dec. 15.

    Michelle Obama, free from politics, gets candid about race and attacks on women in exclusive interview

    Jonathan Capehart

  6. A person holds their hand up to their chest as they swear allegiance to the U.S. flag during a naturalization ceremony in Miami, F.L., on April 28, 2006.

    If you want to see how Trump has poisoned our country, go to a citizenship ceremony

    Zeeshan Aleem

  7. Head Coach Andy Reid, Travis Kelce #87 and Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs look on before taking the field against the Washington Football Team.

    The impact of Patrick Mahomes’ torn ACL will be felt far beyond the Chiefs

    Keith Reed

  8. a photo illustration of the US capitol at the bottom of a nearly expired hourglass

    The calendar lands on Mike Johnson’s growing list of enemies

    Hayes Brown

  9. A profiled view of President Donald Trump in front of a poster of the "Trump Gold Card."

    Within Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ plan is another tough truth for MAGA’s working class

    Philip Bump

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