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Jade Below is a Ph.D. candidate in global health equity at Meharry Medical College and a reproductive justice advocate focused on maternal health, health policy and structural determinants of health. Her work centers Black women and birthing people, with an emphasis on maternal mental health, community-led care models and advancing birth equity in the U.S. and globally.

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Kash Patel speaks as his girlfriend Alexis Wilkins looks on during his swearing in ceremony.

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Phil Berger stands behind as he looks on in an upset way.

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President Donald Trump stops to speak to reporters.

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Steve Benen

Stock exchange monitors can be seen in the background in focus as two men work in the foreground.

Unusual trading activity raises the possibility of a grave national security breach

Zeeshan Aleem

‘Perfect’: Trump picks the wrong word to describe the U.S. war in Iran

Steve Benen

No plan B: Trump is flailing to find an off-ramp for the Iran war

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ICE agents stand in an airport. One hides their face by tipping their baseball cap down.

Trump told ICE agents to unmask in airports — and exposed a MAGA lie

Jarvis DeBerry

This split image shows Darren Indyke on the left and Richard Khan on the right.

4 revelations from Epstein’s lawyer’s and accountant’s depositions

Clarissa-Jan Lim

In this closeup photo, Nick Adams makes a hand gesture as he speaks.

Hypermasculine influencer Nick Adams tapped as national tourism envoy

Ja'han Jones

Mark Zuckerberg exits Los Angeles Superior Court.

Jury finds Meta and YouTube liable in landmark social media trial, awards $6 million

Jordan Rubin

Savannah Guthrie cries as she talks about her mother's disappearance.

Savannah Guthrie gives first interview since her mom disappeared

Erum Salam

Photo illustration of a judge looming above a pregnant woman in a hospital bed.

Dignity, autonomy and the systematic stripping of humanity from those who give birth

Dr. Joia Crear Perry & Jade Below

Michael Flynn speaking in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room during the daily news briefing at the White House.

Trump’s Justice Department agrees to financial settlement with Michael Flynn

Steve Benen

Linda McMahon.

Education Dept.’s vengeful probes into Harvard continue Trump’s anti-DEI obsession

Ja'han Jones

The White House’s stance on Trump’s classified documents case gets the facts backward

Jordan Rubin

In this photo shot from below, journalists with mics and recorders can be seen on the left as Donald Trump speaks to them as he makes a gesture with his hands.

This Iraq war general’s infamous question offers an ominous warning for Trump

Michael A. Cohen

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth provides updates on military operations in Iran during a press briefing.

After court loss, Hegseth’s Pentagon imposes new restrictions on journalists

Steve Benen

Photo illustration of Donald Trump on an orange background pushing back against a flood of images, including images of the late Ayatollah Khamenei, high gas prices, military jets, protests and destruction in Tehran.

The Houdini of political spin may have finally found a box he can’t escape

Glenn Kessler

Donald Trump looks down looking upset as he sits in a meeting.

Trump’s bluff on voter ID is forcing the GOP’s hand on the DHS shutdown

Jack Fitzpatrick

A close up of Cory Booker smiling subtly.

Sen. Cory Booker argues for a different path for Democrats

Lillie Boudreaux & Ali Vitali

Darren Indyke; Richard Kahn.

Democrat vows to turn ‘Epstein files into Epstein trials’ after release of new depositions

Allison Detzel

In this close-up photo, Donald Trump is seen speaking.

Trump appeared to have business motive for keeping classified documents, Jack Smith finds

Carol Leonnig & Jacqueline Alemany

Chuck Schumer; John Thune.

Democrats and Republicans already showing buyer’s remorse as deal to DHS shutdown takes shape

Jack Fitzpatrick & Mychael Schnell

Judge OKs release of embarrassing DOGE employee deposition videos

Ja'han Jones

Florida Democrat who flipped Mar-a-Lago district credits win to blocking out ‘the noise’

Allison Detzel

NYT: TSA tipped off ICE agents before arrest of mother and child at airport

Unusual stock trades 15 minutes before Trump posted about Iran spark insider trading concerns

Michigan AG sues to block ICE warehouse in Detroit suburbs: ‘Public safety nightmare’

Fmr. CDC official: We need a CDC director who ‘stands behind the science’

Has a Democrat found a way to combat Trump? Why Newsom is trying to ‘fight fire with fire’

Sen. Van Hollen criticizes Trump’s messaging around Iran war: ‘Delusional president’

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  1. In this aerial shot, people are seen gathering in an immigration facility.

    Ms. Rachel’s call with a child held by ICE says all we need to know about Trump’s America

    Noor Noman

  2. Photoillustration of Peter Thiel looking at a stained-glass window depicting the devil.

    What Peter Thiel’s sold-out lectures on the ‘antichrist’ are really about

    Anthea Butler

  3. Donald Trump with his mouth open. A white baseball cap that "USA" casts a shadow on his face, obscuring his eyes.

    There’s reason to be skeptical of Trump’s ‘productive’ talks with Iran

    Zeeshan Aleem

  4. This collage shows Donald Trump on the left and Robert Mueller on the right.

    Trump offered another brutal reminder of who he is after Robert Mueller’s death

    Barbara McQuade

  5. Palestinians who were injured in Israeli fire receive care at Nasser hospital in the southern Gaza Strip.

    Pete Hegseth’s awful rhetoric is a backdrop to an inhumane war strategy

    Dr. Jalal Baig

  6. gas prices and polling numbers overlay a extreme closeup of Donald Trump

    Trump has no one else to blame for surging gas prices. Polls show Americans know it.

    Zeeshan Aleem

  7. A person puts brown paper on top of a mural featuring Cesar Chavez.

    Take César Chávez’s name off everything

    Julio Ricardo Varela

  8. James Boasberg looks up in front of a plain blue background.

    Trump thinks he can say whatever he wants. Judge Boasberg just publicly called his bluff.

    Duncan Levin

  9. George Bush speaks to Al Gore while Gore reacts by opening both arms.

    Republicans are rejecting the rule on military ballots that helped Bush win

    Ryan Teague Beckwith

  10. Donald Trump; Gavin Newsom.

    Trump’s take on dyslexia is wrong — and Newsom’s response isn’t much better

    Eric Garcia

  11. Light casts shadows over a statue of justice.

    The unlikely hero picking up the pieces of Trump’s tariff disaster

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