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Donald Trump and media personality Megyn Kelly at Trump's campaign rally in Pittsburgh, P.A.

Megyn Kelly’s shocking viral comments mirror a broader MAGA obsession

Anthony L. Fisher

A State Representative reviews a map of proposed Texas congressional redistricting.

Supreme Court sides with Texas in challenge to congressional map deemed discriminatory

Jordan Rubin

A screengrab of Lee Beaman as he speaks during a hearing on his nomination to be a member of the board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority.

He has no relevant experience, sex scandal baggage and a Senate confirmation battle. He was also Mike Johnson’s landlord.

Peggy Helman

State Attorney General Letitia James speaks at National Action Network Headquarters in New York City.

Grand jury fails to reindict Letitia James

Carol Leonnig, Ken Dilanian, Fallon Gallagher, Nora McKee & Lisa Rubin

Is there a downside to Comey and James getting their cases dismissed?

Comey may still face a new indictment — but that case could be over before it starts

Brooke Rollins, US agriculture secretary, in Washington, D.C.

Trump is weaponizing food stamps again — for a terrible new cause

Zeeshan Aleem

U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin in Washington, D.C

Rep. Raskin wants to know why CBS News edited damning responses from recent Trump interview

Ja'han Jones

President Donald Trump looks on during a Cabinet meeting in the White House on Dec. 2, 2025.

Trump’s anti-nap manifesto comes back to haunt him

Hayes Brown

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth departs after a secure briefing about Venezuela with lawmakers and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Capitol Hill on Nov 5, 2025, in Washington, D.C.

4 key takeaways from the inspector general’s Signalgate report

Julia Jester

My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell waves in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 19, 2025.

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is about to try to take Tim Walz’s job

Clarissa-Jan Lim

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer departs the Capitol.

Schumer dares Republicans to block an Obamacare fix. Republicans are eager for the chance

Kevin Frey

A screengrab of surveillance footage, released by the FBI, of the suspect in the pipe bomb case in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

Following arrest in pipe-bombs case, White House rejects questions about Jan. 6 pardons

Steve Benen

Sabrina Carpenter at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards in Elmont, N.Y.

Sabrina Carpenter’s scorching ICE takedown highlights a dark White House trend

Noor Noman

Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, T.N.

Trump’s pardon of a former Honduran president boils down to a cryptocurrency play

Philip Bump

Jack Smith in Washington.

Despite talk of ‘transparency,’ Team Trump wants to keep Jack Smith’s findings under wraps

Steve Benen

President Donald Trump attends a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Dec. 2, 2025.

Trump’s plan to ban state regulation of AI suffers yet another setback

Ja'han Jones

People celebrate becoming U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony in Riverside, C.A.

Trump administration pauses immigration from 19 countries

Erum Salam

Former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez is escorted by the police to be extradited to U.S.to face charges of taking bribes from drug traffickers at Honduran National Directorate of Special Forces on April 21, 2022, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Trump’s pardon of Honduras’ former president gives away the game

Zeeshan Aleem

Members of the Somali community await the arrival of the president of Somalia at the Minneapolis Convention Center in Minneapolis.

How one article sparked Trump’s ire at Somali immigrants

Julianne McShane

Jim Himes; Tom Cotton.

‘Righteous’ or ‘troubling’? Congress divided after watching ‘double-tap’ boat strike video

Syedah Asghar & Mychael Schnell

Democrat Aftyn Behn interacts with supporters after delivering her concession speech at an election-night watch party at Marathon Music Works on Dec. 2, 2025 in Nashville, TN.

The Democrats’ loss in Tennessee was their own fault

Bruce Barry

Timothy J. Leiweke.

Trump derails his own DOJ’s corruption case with yet another controversial pardon

Steve Benen

Any Lucia López Belloza celebrates her high school graduation in Texas.

‘It felt like if I was a criminal when I’m not,’ says college student deported to Honduras

Julianne McShane

The pipe bomber suspect is identified as Brian Cole Jr. of Woodbridge, Virginia.

What we know about the Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect

Nnamdi Egwuonwu & Sydney Carruth

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during a Cabinet meeting in the White House.

Hegseth was already an embarrassment. Then he posted ‘Franklin the Turtle.’

Jeff McCausland

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson at the U.S. Capitol.

Amid rancor and feuds, Mike Johnson faces new speculation about his political survival

Steve Benen

‘This is family separation’: College student deported ahead of Thanksgiving flight home speaks out

GOP lawmakers beginning to turn on Speaker Johnson

Has RFK Jr. put lives at risk with his leadership? ‘100%’ says Ex-CDC official

Rep. Jayapal: Trump admin’s mass detention policy ‘is in violation of due process’

Epstein victims’ attorney slams Maxwell’s request for prison release: ‘Ridiculous and insulting’

Sources: FBI’s case against pipe bomb suspect based on review of existing evidence

Republicans question the legality of double-tap strike, conducted by Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon

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  1. People wait in line before their hearings at the New York Federal Plaza Immigration Court in New York City.

    Trump wants ‘deportation judges’ presiding over lawless courts

    Hayes Brown

  2. President Donald Trump at the White House.

    The cruel consequences of Trump’s casual use of the R-word

    Eric Garcia

  3. Framed portraits of President Donald Trump flank an image of former President Joe Biden's signature and an autopen along "The Presidential Walk of Fame" at the White House.

    The dangerous strategy at the heart of Trump’s nonsensical autopen obsession

    Barbara McQuade

  4. Afghan refugees disembark from a U.S. Air Force aircraft in Spain after an evacuation flight from Kabul on Aug. 31, 2021.

    There’s a bill to improve Afghan vetting and resettlement. Congress hasn’t passed it for three years.

    Kristen L. Rouse

  5. Lane Kiffin stands behind a podium at a press conference at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, L.A.

    The fallout from Lane Kiffin’s Ole Miss departure will be felt for years to come

    Jason Page

  6. Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, T.N.

    Trump’s pardon of a former Honduran president boils down to a cryptocurrency play

    Philip Bump

  7. U.S. Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino sits in the driver's seat surrounded by media and protesters.

    Greg Bovino’s blatant lying to a judge crossed a line — even for MAGA supporters

    Austin Sarat

  8. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

    RFK Jr.’s latest anti-vaccine move will cause untold harm to autistic Americans

    Eric Garcia

  9. Donald Trump; Nicolás Maduro.

    Why Trump’s potential military action in Venezuela would backfire

    Zeeshan Aleem

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