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Julianne McShane is a breaking news reporter for MS NOW who also covers the politics of abortion and reproductive rights. You can send her tips from a non-work device on Signal at jmcshane.19 or follow her on X or Bluesky.

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Chuck Schumer smirks.

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Jack Fitzpatrick

Donald Trump; Benjamin Netanyahu.

Israel’s fuel depot strikes caught Trump by surprise. Here’s why that matters.

Zeeshan Aleem

Several people kneel by a grave while others stand around the cemetery.

Latest polling shows the war in Iran is already unpopular at a historic scale

Steve Benen

A collage showing ICE agents, and a close up of Stephen Miller

Stephen Miller is down but not out

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Colorado lawmakers demand answers after report of 'secret ICE detention facilities'

Marjorie Taylor Greene looks on as she sits along with other representatives.

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Evan Turnage; Bennie Thompson.

The latest generational test for Democrats: A House race in Mississippi

Julianne McShane

President Donald Trump hugs an American flag.

Trump moves to cash in on the United States’ 250th anniversary

Ja'han Jones

Kristi Noem and federal agents look at a cell phone; one agent points ahead.

Look who’s buying up your personal data to get around the Fourth Amendment

Patrick G. Eddington

Rep. Kevin Kiley during the House Judiciary Committee hearing.

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IRAN WAR

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Trump says he’s ‘disappointed’ with new Iran leader

A US Air Force Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber jet taxis on the runway.

Iran highlights: Trump says war in Iran is ‘very complete,’ but also ‘it’s the beginning’
Donald Trump's face is obscured by the shadow of his umbrella as he stands outside of the White House.

Trump is afraid to tell Americans exactly why the U.S. attacked Iran

Sen. Chris Coons

President Donald Trump salutes during a dignified transfer.

Trump sparks controversy after wearing baseball cap at dignified transfer

Steve Benen

President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable to "save college sports" in the East Room of the White House.

To ‘fix’ college sports, Trump wants to kill athletes’ rights

Ja'han Jones

In this close up frame, Mike Johnson is shown tilted on the right side of the photo.

The fight over the Jan. 6 plaque is another example of Republican cowardice in the age of Trump

Joe Scarborough

President Vladimir Putin.

Team Trump says (and does) all the wrong things as Russia helps Iran during the U.S. war

Steve Benen

Mike Johnson, left, has a smirk on his face as Donald Trump speaks to him.

Trump issues odd ultimatum as part of his demand for new voting restrictions

Steve Benen

Lori Chavez-DeRemer is surrounded with Republican leaders in a frame partly obscured by a black mark.

Team Trump struggles to spin the worst job numbers since the Great Recession

Steve Benen

People wait in security check line in the parking garage.

Airport security lines are awful — what politicians are doing to TSA workers is worse

Everett Kelley

Kristi Noem holds a pen as she testifies where her image is also show on a screen in the background.

Kristi Noem’s firing is proof that political pressure works

Ali Velshi & Amel Ahmed

Neil Gorsuch looks on as he sits at a table with other people.

‘Unfortunate’: Gorsuch dissents from Supreme Court refusal to consider jury rights

Jordan Rubin

Tim Kaine looks in front of him with his lips pressed together.

Inside Congress’ classified briefings on Iran: Brief and not so classified

Kevin Frey

A person wearing a mask holds ballots.

FBI reviewing 2020 voting records from largest county in Arizona

Ebony Davis & Vaughn Hillyard

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks while President Donald Trump, left, listens.

Anthropic accuses Trump administration of ‘pure retaliation’ in deeming the AI company a risk

Jordan Rubin

Maddow: The wheels are already coming off Trump’s House majority

Lawrence: Donald Trump says it’s time to ‘show some guts’ in a warzone where no Trump would ever go

Trump sends conflicting messages on war as son of slain ayatollah named supreme leader
Zohran Mamdani stands in front of a microphone. Police officers are seen behind him.

Bondi says two people charged in Gracie Mansion attack

Vance, Hegseth attend dignified transfer of the remains of Sgt. Benjamin Pennington

Rep. Khanna: We’ll keep making a big deal out of the Epstein files until they are all released

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  1. Photoillustration of Donald Trump in front of American military assets and an illustrated globe icon, all overlaid on a bright orange background.

    Trump is seizing power abroad — before he loses it at home

    Zeeshan Aleem

  2. A close up of Christina Applegate.

    Christina Applegate’s honest answer to the worst question you can ask

    Meredith O’Brien

  3. Pictures of Kristi Noem showing how much she's changed her look in the recent years.

    Kristi Noem forgot the most important part of serving Donald Trump

    Hayes Brown

  4. Jeanine Pirro holding a press conference, looking angry.

    Jeanine Pirro’s failure to indict Biden speaks to something bigger

    Hayes Brown

  5. Backs of people's heads sitting in an audience. Multiple people wear Trump hats. The entire photo is tinted blue by the lights.

    The GOP’s future can be found in newly leaked racist, antisemitic MAGA college group chat

    Anthony L. Fisher

  6. Men put their faces on the ground as they pray outside the ruins of a building.

    The many reasons the U.S. economy may not be able to take Trump’s Iran war for long

    Joseph Zeballos-Roig

  7. A man waves an Iranian flag in front of a crowd during a protest.

    As world powers distance themselves from the Iran war, the U.S. has an existential problem

    Nayyera Haq

  8. James Talarico, left, is about to hug a supporter while a crowd is cheering for him.

    What could help explain James Talarico’s surprising strength with Latino voters

    Zeeshan Aleem

  9. Tina Peters at a rally on April 5, 2022 on the west steps of the State Capitol in downtown Denver.

    The Tina Peters debacle is turning Colorado’s Democratic governor into a cautionary tale

    Anthony Coley

  10. Photoillustration of Donald Trump gesturing with the words "two weeks" overlaid.

    Trump’s claim that Iran was close to a nuclear weapon included an obvious tell

    Jarvis DeBerry

  11. The Department of Justice building, seen reflected in a puddle.

    How the DOJ embarrassed itself by reversing its attack on law firms

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