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U.S. President Donald Trump smirking.

New disclosures show Trump bought bonds affected by government policy changes

Ja'han Jones

America’s housing crisis isn’t an accident — it’s by design

Ali Velshi

Close up of young woman using mobile app device on smartphone to hail a taxi ride on city street after work in the evening.

Uber is doing its part to protect women — and now some male drivers are upset

Kendra Stanton Lee

Lindsey Halligan; James Comey.

Judge cites ‘disturbing pattern’ in ordering disclosure of James Comey grand jury materials

Jordan Rubin

McIver’s vindictive prosecution motion loss shows how Comey and James could win theirs

Jordan Rubin

Comey and James ask judge to dismiss their criminal cases

Lisa Rubin

‘I’m sorry’: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene makes remarkable turnaround on rhetoric

Chicago pastor sounds alarm after brutal ICE arrest: U.S. is facing a ‘crisis of morality’

Allison Detzel

Lance Wallnau.

Pro-Trump extremist pastor decries immigration policies

Ja'han Jones

U.S. President Donald Trump's booking photo at the Fulton County Jail.

Why Georgia is on Trump’s mind — again

Hayes Brown

U.S. Border Patrol arrest a person in Chicago on Nov. 6, 2025; Ali Velshi.

Trump’s immigration crackdown is sweeping up U.S. citizens

Ali Velshi

Alexis Wilkins and her boyfriend, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel.

Kash Patel’s girlfriend being protected by FBI SWAT agents as security perk

Ken Dilanian & Carol Leonnig

Donald Korb.

The unfortunate reason Trump withdrew his nominee for a key IRS post

Steve Benen

David Richardson, Acting Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Trump-appointed FEMA chief resigns after six troubled months on the job

Steve Benen

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On Walmart and Thanksgiving costs, Trump’s ‘big fact’ is neither big nor fact

Steve Benen

Facing defeat, Trump completes dramatic U-turn on Epstein Files Transparency Act

Steve Benen

A pro-Trump mob breaks into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

10 months later, Trump issues another round of pardons for Jan. 6 rioters

Steve Benen

Epstein’s emails reveal the true definition of ‘Trump derangement syndrome’

Anthony L. Fisher

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents take people they detained earlier to a parking lot before transferring them to an ICE facility in Chicago.

ICE and DHS have created exactly what the Founders always feared

Robert Frommer

U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Foreign governments have figured out how to receive favorable treatment from Trump

Steve Benen

Protesters gather at First Ward Park for the 'No Border Patrol In Charlotte' rally.

Immigration agents arrest more than 130 as crackdown spreads to Charlotte

Clarissa-Jan Lim

Furloughed federal workers wait in line at a Capital Area Food Bank distribution site.

The shutdown SNAP battle proved hunger isn’t a moral failure — it’s a policy failure

Rep. Troy Carter

Rep. Eric Swalwell slams Trump over ‘false’ mortgage fraud allegations: ‘Connect the dots’

Allison Detzel

A person hold cannabis flower.

Congress’ restrictions on hemp-derived THC is a short-sighted overreaction

Jeremy Berke

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.

How Republicans’ shutdown ‘victory’ may actually end up hurting them

Michael A. Cohen

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White, male and… skinny? What Trump seems to want America to look like

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PSA from Epstein survivors: ‘Release all of the Epstein files’

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North Carolina lawmaker slams Trump’s ‘total disregard’ for Charlotte as immigration crackdown continues

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Gov. Polis: ICE shares ‘zero information’ about Colorado immigration operations

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Trump selectively walks back some tariffs amid rising cost of living

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NYT: How a 17-year-old high schooler became involved in the Matt Gaetz scandal

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  1. Trump boards Air Force Once

    Trump’s reticence around reporters is a sign that he’s rattled by the Epstein crisis

    Zeeshan Aleem

  2. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries conducts a rally at the Capitol to oppose the Senate-passed spending bill that would reopen the government because it does not extend the the Affordable Care Act tax credits.

    Democrats need to start thinking beyond Obamacare

    Paul Waldman

  3. Ghislaine Maxwell; Donald Trump.

    Trump doesn’t just have an Epstein problem. He has a Ghislaine Maxwell problem.

    Zeeshan Aleem

  4. Employees ring customers up at cash registers inside a Target store in Jersey City, N.J.

    Target’s new smile policy disrespects its employees — and the shoppers who left

    Jarvis DeBerry

  5. A view of a "closed sign" as the 23rd day of the ongoing federal government shutdown.

    The shutdown is over. It’s time to end them for good.

    Ryan Teague Beckwith

  6. Donald Trump.

    Trump’s promising $2,000 checks to Americans again — but the math doesn’t add up

    Philip Bump

  7. A voter fills out their ballot inside San Francisco City Hall.

    The quiet victories keeping American democracy alive

    Symone D. Sanders Townsend

  8. James Uthmeier.

    Florida is suing Planned Parenthood for racketeering. It’s part of a bigger plan.

    Mary Ziegler

  9. Everything about Trump’s very bad week comes back to the same cause

    Jared Bernstein

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