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Inzamam Rashid is a MS NOW contributor and Monocle’s Gulf Correspondent based in Dubai. He has previously reported for Sky News and the BBC

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Joe Biden looks down as he participates in the first presidential debate of the 2024 elections with Donald Trump.

Jill Biden feared husband had stroke during 2024 presidential debate

Erum Salam

Pam Bondi leaves a press conference at the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

Pam Bondi undergoing treatment for thyroid cancer

Erum Salam

Members of the National Guard walk down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

No-bid contract for Reflecting Pool reportedly shows inflated profit margin

Steve Benen

Pope Leo’s pointed rebuke of JD Vance is sure to sting

Mollie Wilson O’Reilly

Almost two dozen state attorneys general skip Vance’s anti-fraud meeting

Julianne McShane

Doug Burgum jabs Pope Leo for sounding the alarm on AI

Ja’han Jones

This closeup photo shows Donald Trump as he speaks.

Trump: ‘I don’t care’ about Iran war’s impact on midterms after primary wins

Inzamam Rashid & Julianne McShane

Markwayne Mullin stands behind Donald Trump who is standing in the foreground, out of focus. Mullin looks very serious.

DHS’ Mullin eyes plans to sabotage airports in so-called ‘sanctuary cities’

Steve Benen

Ken Paxton speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference.

Paxton won his runoff in a landslide — but ceded the moral high ground to Talarico

Paul Waldman

Brian O'Hara, wearing his blue police uniform, walks into a room as he passes by multiple people. His head is down.

Minneapolis police chief resigns after mayor accuses him of ‘breach of trust’

Clarissa-Jan Lim

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House Democrats launch new anti-corruption caucus targeting Trump-era ethics concerns

Kevin Frey & Jack Fitzpatrick

Rep. James E. Clyburn speaks during the South Carolina Democratic Party State Convention

Why a dozen South Carolina senators bucked Trump on redistricting

Alex Tabet & Will McDuffie

Stephen Miller lifts his hands as he speaks.

Why Stephen Miller’s claims about fraud and the budget deficit were so absurd

Steve Benen

Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa and Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan all smile while the latter two men put their right hands over their hearts.

Why does Trump keep harping on the Abraham Accords?

Daniel R. DePetris

In this closeup shot, Donald Trump's hands are seen as he stands behind a podium. His right hand is covered with foundation.

White House gets defensive about Trump’s many medical appointments

Steve Benen

Todd Blanche, left, speaks at a podium as Kash Patel stands slightly behind him.

SPLC cites Abrego dismissal, says DOJ charges came after Trump’s ‘clear instigation’

Jordan Rubin

Former U.S. National Security Advisor Michael Flynn looks on before President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Justice Department.

Republicans keep trying (and failing) to find people worthy of ‘slush fund’ payouts

Steve Benen

A newly sworn in US citizen holds a US flag while listening to a speech from a US government employee at a naturalization ceremony/

Trump’s new green card proposal could have devastating consequences

Annell López

Health workers wearing protective equipment walk outside the General Referral Hospital during the Ebola outbreak response in Mongbwalu, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Trump’s USAID cuts leave health leaders vulnerable in latest Ebola outbreak

Julia Jester

Joe Scarborough; Ken Martin.

Joe Scarborough blasts DNC Chair Ken Martin for being ‘so bad at his job’

Allison Detzel

a man with a microphone hifives another person

The long list of scandals that will dog Texas’ Ken Paxton from now until Election Day

Steve Benen

Supreme Court building shot from right side and below.

Alabama seeks Supreme Court’s permission to use map deemed discriminatory

Jordan Rubin

Photoillustration of a man in a business suit tripping over law books and a gavel.

The DOJ’s new bench of mediocre attorneys rack up loss after loss in court

Hayes Brown

Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito look on.

Thomas and Alito dissent from refusal to let Florida sue California over driver’s licenses

Jordan Rubin

Al Sharpton: South Carolina GOP did the ‘right thing’ rejecting Trump’s redistricting push

Allison Detzel

Trump walks back claims about U.S.-Iran deal

Talarico blasts GOP challenger as nation’s ‘most corrupt politician’

Texas-sized problem for GOP? Trump-backed Senate candidate advances

South Carolina rejects Trump’s plan to redraw maps

Pope Leo pushes AI regulation in first teaching document

Exclusive: FBI fires senior analyst who worked 2017 congressional baseball practice shooting case

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Understand Today’s News

  1. Elizabeth MacDonough, the Capitol building and Donald Trump.

    Why one of the most powerful women in Washington is still out of Trump’s reach

    Hayes Brown

  2. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during the National Republican Congressional Committee's annual President's Dinner.

    Trump’s increasing interest in invading Cuba defies comprehension

    Zeeshan Aleem

  3. Pope Leo XIV looks up in this closeup photo shot from this left side.

    Pope Leo apologized for the church’s role in slavery — and warned AI risks similar mistakes

    Anthea Butler

  4. Numbers, an American flag and pedestrians are reflected on a window.

    Wall Street keeps acting like nothing’s wrong. That could make things worse.

    Charles Herman

  5. Elon Musk at the U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif.

    What Elon Musk’s latest culture war ranting shows about his waning relevance 

    John DeVore

  6. Photoillustration of Donald Trumps smiling behind a mask of Donald Trump frowning, all on an orange background.

    Polls show many Republicans don’t believe these three facts. That’s bad for America — and the GOP.

    Ryan Teague Beckwith

  7. Photoillustration of a black-and-white Todd Blanche in behind the Department of Justice building, alongside a DOJ logo.

    This omission in Todd Blanche’s testimony says so much about the Trump Justice Department

    Duncan Levin

  8. A closeup of a Black athlete and their white, purple and yellow jersey with the part that reads LSU is seen.

    Black athletes are central to the southern political economy. Republicans are about to find that out.

    Symone D. Sanders Townsend

  9. A person, only their gloved hands visible, uses a micropipette.

    There’s one clear takeaway from the hantavirus and Ebola outbreaks

    Robert W. Cross

  10. Photoillustration with the word ‘BREAKING’ repeated three times in large red letters over a blurred image of Donald Trump’s face. Red emergency siren icons and bold blue abstract shapes overlap the composition, creating a chaotic news-alert aesthetic in red, blue, black, and white.

    How to keep the onslaught of political news from wrecking your mental health

    Zeeshan Aleem

  11. Donald Trump, seen from a low angle, with his hands up.

    Trump’s loyalists face a reconciliation mess of his own making

    Hayes Brown

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