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This split image shows Pope Leo on the left and Donald Trump on the right.

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Donald Trump points, his hand partially blocking his face.

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RFK Jr. looks on as half of his face is visible at the bottom of the frame.

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Robert Edward Ted Turner III at Atlanta Stadium.

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A Secret Service agent with their back to the camera.

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Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, and Pete Hegseth during a cabinet meeting at the White House.

Trump steps on his own team with ‘Project Freedom’ pause

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Ex-Trump staffer says GOP should see ‘the writing on the wall’ ahead of midterms

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This split image shows Samuel Alito on the left and Ketanji Brown Jackson on the right.

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Jordan Rubin

A man walks past a banner depicting Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's late supreme leader in Tahrir Square on March 9, 2026.

A new report exposes how Trump is failing at his main goal in Iran

Zeeshan Aleem

Howard Lutnick, close up, behind a microphone.

Lutnick to be questioned about Epstein relationship by House committee today

Erum Salam

Chuck Schumer looks on as he leaves a room.

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A nurse fills a syringe with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

It’s not just the CDC: The FDA also blocked evidence in support of Covid-19 vaccines

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Andy Ogles looks on.

Trump’s Justice Department takes steps to drop its case against the GOP’s Andy Ogles

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Photoillustration of Sherrod Brown, Vivek Ramaswamy and Jon Husted over a map of Ohio.

Trump won Ohio by 11 points. Democrats think they can win there anyway.

Hunter Woodall

Voters walk by an early voting sign.

Nearly 80,000 ballots in limbo after Louisiana halted House primaries

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Donald Trump is seen at sunset waving as he walks away.

The one weird trick to lower gas prices the Trump administration hates

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This split image shows a Black person protesting on the left and MS NOW's Rachel Maddow on the right.

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Commercial vessels are seen off the coast of Dubai.

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Elizabeth Warren points upward.

Senate Democrats call out the Trump administration for hypocrisy on IVF

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People walk holding signs about equality and freedom.

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President Donald Trump steps off of Air Force One upon arrival at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

Nicolle Wallace rips Trump’s ‘bizarre’ social media spree amid mental fitness concerns

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In this photo, shot from below and side, Kevin Warsh speaks into a microphone.

Elizabeth Warren seeks information on finances of Trump’s Fed nominee

Ja'han Jones

Smith College sign is visible.

Trump administration investigates all-women’s Smith College for admitting trans students

Erum Salam

Josh Shapiro holds a microphone with one hand and gestures with the other while speaking.

Pennsylvania sues AI company over chatbots impersonating doctors

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Chuck Schumer, left, and Hakeem Jeffries.

After denouncing heated rhetoric, Trump labels Democrats ‘human garbage’

Steve Benen

Joe: If this is what JD Vance calls ‘a blip,’ JD Vance is not a serious person

Sherrod Brown talks economy after winning Ohio Democratic Senate primary

Steve Rattner: Monthly premiums have climbed to $178 — a 58% increase over last year

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  2. People hold anti-abortion signs.

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  5. Gregg Phillips in a DHS vest in front of a FEMA sign.

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  6. Hakeem Jeffries, left, and Chuck Schumer.

    House Republicans caved — and changed the politics of government shutdowns

    James Downie

  7. Black-and-white portrait of Donald Trump, split composition with abstract concentric rings and a map-like silhouette of Iran with explosion imagery in the background.

    Trump’s Iran war Schrödinger moment is a constitutional crisis hiding in plain sight

    Hayes Brown

  8. Photoillustration of Tucker Carlson in red and blue alongside cutouts of Israel and missiles.

    Why Tucker Carlson has broken from Trump on Israel

    Zeeshan Aleem

  9. A person stands, silhouetted, in front of an American flag.

    Here is the best response to the Supreme Court’s Callais ruling

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  10. The CBS eye logo and Bari Weiss

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  11. A person holds a sign that reads "Disability Rights are Human Rights" while participating in a march.

    The Trump White House has a new target: Disabled adults and their families

    David M. Perry

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Morning Joe

RacheL Maddow

Deadline: White House

The weekend

NEWSLETTERS

White House

Congress

Supreme Court

Culture

World

Science & Tech

Civil Rights

Business

Sports

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House.
LIVE UPDATES

Trump vows to restart bombing if Iran doesn’t ‘give what has been agreed to’
25 minutes ago

Trump dismisses ballroom cost as Americans blame him for rising gas prices

Julianne McShane

34 minutes ago

France increases naval presence 

Sydney Reynolds

54 minutes ago

Iranian, Chinese foreign ministers meet in Beijing

Sydney Carruth

FBI Director Kash Patel testifies during a Senate Committee on Intelligence hearing on March 18, 2026 on Capitol Hill.
EXCLUSIVE

FBI investigating leaks to journalist who wrote explosive article on Kash Patel, sources say

Ken Dilanian & Carol Leonnig

Patel’s defamation lawsuit will have real ramifications — even if he’s likely to lose

Jessica Levinson

Kash Patel suggests his defamation case against The Atlantic is a ‘legal lay up.’ It’s not.

Jordan Rubin

This split image shows Pope Leo on the left and Donald Trump on the right.

Trump renews offensive against Pope Leo

Steve Benen

Donald Trump points, his hand partially blocking his face.

Defy Trump, lose your seat: Indiana primary delivers a warning to GOP lawmakers

Hunter Woodall & Ebony Davis

RFK Jr. looks on as half of his face is visible at the bottom of the frame.

RFK Jr. is on a crusade against the medication that helped me survive

Miranda Yaver

Robert Edward Ted Turner III at Atlanta Stadium.

CNN founder Ted Turner, a brash television pioneer, has died at age 87

The Associated Press

A Secret Service agent with their back to the camera.

Secret Service officer arrested in Miami after working Trump event

Sydney Carruth

Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, and Pete Hegseth during a cabinet meeting at the White House.

Trump steps on his own team with ‘Project Freedom’ pause

Steve Benen

Ex-Trump staffer says GOP should see ‘the writing on the wall’ ahead of midterms

Allison Detzel

This split image shows Samuel Alito on the left and Ketanji Brown Jackson on the right.

Alito says Jackson’s Louisiana voting case dissent ‘cannot go unanswered’

Jordan Rubin

A man walks past a banner depicting Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's late supreme leader in Tahrir Square on March 9, 2026.

A new report exposes how Trump is failing at his main goal in Iran

Zeeshan Aleem

Howard Lutnick, close up, behind a microphone.

Lutnick to be questioned about Epstein relationship by House committee today

Erum Salam

Chuck Schumer looks on as he leaves a room.

Has Schumer misread the political moment?

Elizabeth Maline

A nurse fills a syringe with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

It’s not just the CDC: The FDA also blocked evidence in support of Covid-19 vaccines

Steve Benen

Andy Ogles looks on.

Trump’s Justice Department takes steps to drop its case against the GOP’s Andy Ogles

Steve Benen

Photoillustration of Sherrod Brown, Vivek Ramaswamy and Jon Husted over a map of Ohio.

Trump won Ohio by 11 points. Democrats think they can win there anyway.

Hunter Woodall

Voters walk by an early voting sign.

Nearly 80,000 ballots in limbo after Louisiana halted House primaries

Ebony Davis

Donald Trump is seen at sunset waving as he walks away.

The one weird trick to lower gas prices the Trump administration hates

Hayes Brown

This split image shows a Black person protesting on the left and MS NOW's Rachel Maddow on the right.

The Trump administration is waging a war on Black Americans

Rachel Maddow

Commercial vessels are seen off the coast of Dubai.

The real reasons Trump launched a ‘humanitarian’ operation in the Strait of Hormuz 

Zeeshan Aleem

Elizabeth Warren points upward.

Senate Democrats call out the Trump administration for hypocrisy on IVF

Julianne McShane

People walk holding signs about equality and freedom.

This insidious language from Alito could topple the Civil Rights Act, too

Nicholas Mitchell

President Donald Trump steps off of Air Force One upon arrival at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

Nicolle Wallace rips Trump’s ‘bizarre’ social media spree amid mental fitness concerns

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In this photo, shot from below and side, Kevin Warsh speaks into a microphone.

Elizabeth Warren seeks information on finances of Trump’s Fed nominee

Ja'han Jones

Smith College sign is visible.

Trump administration investigates all-women’s Smith College for admitting trans students

Erum Salam

Josh Shapiro holds a microphone with one hand and gestures with the other while speaking.

Pennsylvania sues AI company over chatbots impersonating doctors

Ja'han Jones

Chuck Schumer, left, and Hakeem Jeffries.

After denouncing heated rhetoric, Trump labels Democrats ‘human garbage’

Steve Benen

Joe: If this is what JD Vance calls ‘a blip,’ JD Vance is not a serious person

Sherrod Brown talks economy after winning Ohio Democratic Senate primary

Steve Rattner: Monthly premiums have climbed to $178 — a 58% increase over last year

‘You are the donors!’: Hayes slams Trump’s $1 billion ballroom bait-and-switch

Fulton County officials blast Trump DOJ for demanding personal info on 2020 election workers

Obama defends his choice to be selective about publicly critiquing Trump

MS NOW OPINION

Understand Today’s News

  1. A Spirit Airlines plane in front of multiple American Airlines, JetBlue and Southwest airplanes.

    Spirit Airlines’ demise will be felt by Americans who never flew it

    William J. McGee

  2. People hold anti-abortion signs.

    The mifepristone ruling could bring Trump’s high-wire act on abortion crashing down

    Mary Ziegler

  3. Assistants help fix an attire at Met Gala.

    How Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos helped turn the Met Gala into a caricature of itself

    Hannah Holland

  4. Photo illustration of three men inside of the numbers 28.

    The GOP whispers about JD Vance are getting louder

    Matthew Bartlett

  5. Gregg Phillips in a DHS vest in front of a FEMA sign.

    Trump has gutted FEMA. Americans will pay the price this hurricane season.

    Rep. Bennie Thompson

  6. Hakeem Jeffries, left, and Chuck Schumer.

    House Republicans caved — and changed the politics of government shutdowns

    James Downie

  7. Black-and-white portrait of Donald Trump, split composition with abstract concentric rings and a map-like silhouette of Iran with explosion imagery in the background.

    Trump’s Iran war Schrödinger moment is a constitutional crisis hiding in plain sight

    Hayes Brown

  8. Photoillustration of Tucker Carlson in red and blue alongside cutouts of Israel and missiles.

    Why Tucker Carlson has broken from Trump on Israel

    Zeeshan Aleem

  9. A person stands, silhouetted, in front of an American flag.

    Here is the best response to the Supreme Court’s Callais ruling

    Michael Latner, Guy-Uriel E. Charles & Luis Fuentes-Rohwer

  10. The CBS eye logo and Bari Weiss

    It’s becoming clear what viewers really think of Bari Weiss’ CBS News

    Zeeshan Aleem

  11. A person holds a sign that reads "Disability Rights are Human Rights" while participating in a march.

    The Trump White House has a new target: Disabled adults and their families

    David M. Perry

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Miranda Kerr: Ingredient transparency isn’t just about beauty — it’s health

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From home to planet: The Earth Day push for cleaner, safer living
EWG HighSchool students gather for annual Earth Day dinner.

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Earth Day: Why sustainability and transparency matter more than ever

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Dawn Staley argues with Geno Auriemma during the second half of a NCAA Women's Final Four semifinal game.

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Nancy Pelosi smiles while gesturing behind a podium.

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Portrait of American NASA astronaut Eileen Collins at the Pilot's Station on Shuttle Discovery.

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Annika Malacinski smiles with her ski outside.

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China’s top envoy tells his Iranian counterpart a ‘comprehensive ceasefire’ is needed
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News

Correspondents’ dinner suspect indicted, faces four felony charges
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Joe Scarborough blasts Trump as allies send aid to Ukraine: ‘Wrong side of history’
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Why the Justice Department’s signing bonuses are so deeply embarrassing

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