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Julia Jester covers politics for MS NOW and is based in Washington, D.C.

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Cage fighting, anyone? Welcome to Trump’s 80th birthday party on the White House lawn.

Erum Salam & Akayla Gardner

Donald Trump's face super imposed over a painting of Henry VIII

Trump’s birthday UFC fight is a shameful spectacle

Hayes Brown

Trump appears at White House UFC event as thousands cheer on their favorite fighters

Abbas Araghchi sits and folds his glasses in his hands. There is a large Iranian flag standing behind him and a small one on the desk in front of him.

U.S. and Iran say they have finally reached a deal, but details are still emerging

Ebony Davis & Julia Jester

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Trump claims the Strait of Hormuz will reopen ‘toll free’ following announcement of peace deal

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

Sen. Mitch McConnell hospitalized, his office says

Mychael Schnell

A person holds a yellow paper that reads "Ballot Southern Baptist Convention."

A message for Southern Baptist women who’ve been betrayed once again

Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons

Omar Artan, right, holds out his hand to grab a Somali flag, which a fan on the left side of the photo is also reaching out and holding.

I worked in Homeland Security. I don’t believe the government’s story about the Somali World Cup referee.

Haris Tarin

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

How U.S.-Iran draft agreement fails to meet Trump’s war goals

David Rohde

A man with a Knicks jersey celebrating their win

What this Knicks win means to all of New York

Anthony L. Fisher

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

Republican primary voters have made one thing clear about Epstein

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

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

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'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

Spencer Pratt.

Spencer Pratt concedes LA mayoral race with combative message

Julianne McShane

Elissa Slotkin walks down the hall in a hurry.

Republican senators block effort to bar federal troops from election interference

David Rohde

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

E. Jean Carroll departs Manhattan federal appeals court.

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

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

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

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

FULL EXTENDED VIDEO: Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger talks with Jen Psaki

Why trillionaire Elon Musk’s investment relies on you

BREAKING: MAGA allies will get CNN as CBS whistleblower hits Trump ‘lies’ and bias

‘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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  1. A soccer ball decorated with an American flag and Donald Trump's face sits inside a glass cube.

    How Trump undermined the World Cup

    Roey Hadar

  2. 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

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

    Why Elon Musk is the worst person to become the world’s first trillionaire

    Paul Waldman

  4. 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

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

    Trump may control the House, but Thune runs the Senate

    Hayes Brown

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

    What’s most worrying about Trump’s ‘I love the inflation’ statement

    Zeeshan Aleem

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

    Trump promised to protect Social Security. He didn’t.

    Zeeshan Aleem

  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.

    Hayes Brown

  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

    Ayman Mohyeldin

  10. A plane flies over MetLife Stadium, which has signage that says "FIFA WORLD CUP 2026."

    The World Cup presents a public health challenge the U.S. hasn’t prepared for

    Dr. Omer Awan

  11. Pete Hegseth, seen from a low angle. He is in the bottom right corner of the frame, and a cloudy sky fills the rest of the photo.

    Pete Hegseth’s repugnant cuts to the Pentagon’s list of recognized religions

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