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President Donald Trump displays a signed executive proclamation in the Oval Office

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A person, silhouetted in the foreground, looks at volumes upon volumes of bound Epstein files on shelves.

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James Downie

Rep. Troy Nehls speaks to reporters upon arrival to a House Republican Conference meeting.

‘Born a very special baby’: GOP rhetoric on Trump becomes even more cultish

Steve Benen

Donald Trump claps his hands from his box at Madison Square Garden.

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A man with a Knicks jersey celebrating their win

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Elissa Slotkin walks down the hall in a hurry.

Republican senators block effort to bar federal troops from election interference

David Rohde

Spencer Pratt.

Spencer Pratt concedes LA mayoral race with combative message

Julianne McShane

Hands pull a rope around a jeweled crown in an illustration about the No Kings protest message.

Democrats seem to be missing the point of ‘No Kings’

Christian Schneider

Samuel Alito leans back as Clarence Thomas adjusts his glasses.

Thomas, Alito and Gorsuch wanted an execution that a Trump judge deemed illegal

Jordan Rubin

A person in the foreground, who is soaking wet, pulls back their arm to throw something. A crowd of people in the background hold protest signs and Albanian flags.

Albania’s outrage over Ivanka and Jared’s real estate project is snowballing

Ines de la Cuetara

Top of UFC cage is seen behind the White House while the George Washington Monument is seen on the left at night.

Trump stands to profit from this weekend’s UFC fight at the White House

Laura Barrón-López

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and President Donald Trump at the National Republican Congressional Committee's annual President's Dinner.

Republicans prioritize effort to ‘expunge’ Trump’s impeachments from the record

Steve Benen

President Donald Trump sits in the Oval Office gesturing with his hands.

Trump says U.S. strike killed leader of Tren de Aragua gang with help from Venezuela

The Associated Press

One woman, left, counts number of ballots as a young man puts down some on the table.

Trump adds a bizarre twist to his baseless California election conspiracy theory

Steve Benen

A UFC fighting ring in construction on the South Lawn of the White House.

Judge declines to halt UFC Freedom 250 fights at White House this weekend

Jordan Rubin

a person's hand reaches into the ballot box form the left side of the frame as another person in a red west talks. Right side of the frame is taken up by the box.

USPS eyes new rule that would block ballots in states that balk at Trump’s demands

Steve Benen

Photoillustration of Ben Bergquam beside a circular inset showing an ICE officer, with barbed wire layered across the image.

ICE brings this far-right streamer on immigration raids as he pumps out MAGA propaganda

Christopher Mathias

Todd Blanche.

Judge indefinitely blocks Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund, wants guarantee it’s dead

Fallon Gallagher, Sydney Carruth & Lillie Boudreaux

E. Jean Carroll departs Manhattan federal appeals court.

Will the Supreme Court ‘entertain’ Trump’s E. Jean Carroll letter?

Jordan Rubin

A voting sign appears outside of a polling place in Ohio,

FBI raids Ohio voting rights organization

Carol Leonnig, Will McDuffie, Alex Tabet & Laura Barrón-López

Christian Pulisic, in focus, during a training session with three other players from the U.S. men's national soccer team. He and two other players wear neon green practice jerseys.

It’s time for the U.S. men’s soccer team to put up or shut up

Julio Ricardo Varela

Ariana Grande at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards.

Ariana Grande blasts White House for using her song in an ICE video

Clarissa-Jan Lim

A crowd is covered with facial recognition boxes in an illustration about Bill Pulte, FISA and warrantless surveillance.

Americans’ surveillance crisis is far bigger than Bill Pulte

Don Bell

‘It’s all about the rule of law’: Rep. Beatty on watching Trump’s name come off the Kennedy Center

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‘Brand new low for America’: Nicolle rips into Trump for ‘tragically tacky’ White House UFC event

Pakistan PM says final text for Iran peace deal reached

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    Roey Hadar

  2. A gloved hand touches a stack of ballots with their pointer finger.

    LA loves a good story. But the DOJ investigation of Trump’s election fraud claims is a nightmare.

    Jessica Levinson

  3. A man does the Nazi salute in front of rockets launching

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    Paul Waldman

  4. In this diagonal closeup frame, Donald Trump opens his mouth big as he speaks, taking up the right side of the photo.

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  5. John Thune stands at a lectern in front of a close-up of Donald Trump in an illustration about their political relationship.

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  6. Brendan Sorsby attends an NCAA college basketball game between Texas Tech.

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  7. Photoillustration of Donald Trump beside a Social Security card engulfed in flames.

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  8. People look up at a screen that shows Elon Musk speaking.

    SpaceX goes public as Musk becomes the first-ever trillionaire. That’s nothing to celebrate.

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  9. MetLife Stadium and the surrounding parking lot seen through a chainlink fence in the foreground.

    Hosting the World Cup in the U.S. should be a global scandal

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