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New Hampshire State House, the state capitol building of New Hampshire.

Democrat flips seat in New Hampshire special election

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Jeremy Carl speaks at the National Conservatism Conference.

Accused of being a white nationalist, Trump State Department nominee withdraws

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Richard Kahn arrives for a House Oversight Committee deposition.

Jeffrey Epstein’s accountant testifies before House committee

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In this closeup frame, Donald Trump can be seen seriously looking away.

What Trump doesn’t want Americans to know when they pay for gas this week

Hayes Brown

Republicans shrug as gas prices spike from Trump’s Iran war

Kevin Frey

Trump wants war with Iran and low gas prices. He’s learning he can’t have both.

Chris Hayes

President Donald Trump during the opening of his new golf course at his Trump International Golf links resort in Balmedie, Scotland.

Trump is using one of his favorite phrases to describe the war in Iran

Philip Bump

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Julia Jester

White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy .

How Stephen Miller is reportedly helping Trump create his own MAGA ‘deep state’

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Men carry a casket with a little girl's photo on it.

Trump claims ignorance as preliminary finding blames U.S. for strike on Iranian school

Steve Benen

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaking to the press.

Pressed on religious bigotry, Speaker Johnson makes an ugly problem even worse

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A voter drops their ballot into a drop box outside of the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Center in Phoenix.

Trump administration widens 2020 election probe in Arizona

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Joe Rogan slams Trump’s ‘insane’ war in Iran
James Comer sits behind other members of the congress in front of an American flag.

James Comer: DOJ in 2019 ‘asked New Mexico to stop’ Epstein ranch probe

Ja'han Jones

Shawn Harris; Clay Fuller.

Trump’s candidate to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene is headed to a runoff with a Democrat

Allison Detzel

Bennie Thompson speaks into a microphone at a podium while pointing his finger.

Rep. Bennie Thompson defeats younger Democrat in Mississippi primary

Allison Detzel

IRAN WAR

Ron Johnson surrounded by people holding their phones out to him.

As Trump weighs boots on the ground in Iran, Republicans want no part of ‘divisive votes’

Mychael Schnell & Kevin Frey

Iranian trolls posture as Latina women from the Americas, U.K. residents amid war

Brandy Zadrozny

President Donald Trump speaks with the media as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth looks on aboard Air Force One.

Team Trump haunted by misguided pre-combat decisions as war continues

Steve Benen

Kai Schwemmer.

College Republicans tap MAGA influencer tied to Nick Fuentes for leadership role

Ja'han Jones

Gregory Bovino speaks during a press conference in Minneapolis.

Trump administration wins Minnesota ruling despite its likely ‘unconstitutional policies’

Jordan Rubin

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a news briefing.

White House continues to emphasize Trump’s ‘feelings’ on U.S. policy in Iran

Steve Benen

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a news conference.

Trump’s overlapping contradictions on Iran war are more than just exasperating

Steve Benen

A veiled Iranian worshipper shouts slogans in Tehran.

Trump said the Iran war would benefit ‘other parts of the world.’ The facts disagree.

Rachel Maddow

A woman is seen wearing a black hijab on the right side of the frame as she throws flower petals on a coffin.

Trump struggles when pressed on his claim about strike on girls’ school in Iran

Steve Benen

A Post carrier works handing out flyers with mail on his route.

Virginia PAC led by ex-GOP lawmaker invokes KKK in anti-redistricting ad

Ja'han Jones

The Live Nation logo is displayed at a Live Nation corporate office.

The Live Nation-Ticketmaster settlement, explained

Jessica Levinson

Jes Staley; Leon Black.

DOJ site still missing documents with accusations against Epstein associates

Lisa Rubin

Pam Bondi attends a press briefing at the White House.

House Democrat unveils impeachment resolution targeting Pam Bondi

Steve Benen

Voters cast their ballots during the North Carolina primary election.

Democrats sue for answers about potential Trump plans to deploy armed agents to polls

Sydney Carruth

Jes Staley; Leon Black.

DOJ site still missing documents with accusations against Epstein associates

Lisa Rubin

Israeli strikes hit Lebanon’s capital of Beirut

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

U.S. strikes Iranian mine-laying ships

Democrats look to sway MAHA voters

Trump eyes regime change in Cuba amid war in Iran

Epstein’s accountant testifying today before House Oversight Committee

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

    Patrick G. Eddington

  2. A collage showing Timothée Chalamet, a woman singing opera, ballet shoes, and a person using a phone

    The harsh truth in Timothée Chalamet’s viral ballet insult

    Noor Noman

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. A close up of Christina Applegate.

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

    Meredith O’Brien

  6. 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

  7. 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

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

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

    Hayes Brown

  9. 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

  10. 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

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  11. 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

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