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A Shiite Muslim pilgrim holds up a picture of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R), Iran's late founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (C), and the head of Lebanon's militant Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, during a break in Najaf on their way to the shrine central city of Karbala on Dec. 9, 2014.

The U.S. is struggling to get Iran to the negotiating table. Trump is to blame.

Zeeshan Aleem

FBI Director Kash Patel testifies during a Senate Committee on Intelligence hearing on Capitol Hill.

FBI reportedly investigated a reporter after she wrote article Kash Patel didn’t like

Steve Benen

Photoillustration of repeated hands holding stacks of U.S. dollar bills in front of white classical columns, set against a rendering of the new White House ballroom.

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Hayes Brown

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Chris Hayes

Democrats warn GOP that partisan funding plan will come back to bite them

Jack Fitzpatrick

Laura Loomer; Bill Maher.

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Jordan Rubin

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CDC buries report that showed the efficacy of the Covid vaccine

Steve Benen

Two men walk past the capitol building in this photo shot from below the stairs and the dome.

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American Kuwaiti journalist held in Kuwait acquitted of all charges, lawyer says

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Carter Page speaks with reporters on Nov. 2, 2017 on Capitol Hill.

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Ali Vitali

Clay Travis is making a hand gesture on stage as he looks afar.

MAGA world uses bogus SPLC indictment to downplay the existence of racist extremism

Ja'han Jones

Todd Blanche at a press conference at the Department of Justice.

DOJ inspector general to review compliance with Epstein Files Transparency Act

Steve Benen

Todd Blanche, acting U.S. attorney general, speaks at a podium.

Todd Blanche makes splashy moves to land AG job permanently

Ken Dilanian

A trader at the New York Stock Exchange holds two phones up to his ears while looking at computer monitors.

The stock market in Trump’s second term remains jittery but still positive

Lily Becker

Rep. Devin Nunes and President Donald Trump on the third day of the Republican National Convention on July 17, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wis.

Devin Nunes steps down as CEO of Trump’s media company

Ja'han Jones

Pete Hegseth, left, and John Phelan standing next to a poster.

Hegseth ousts the Navy secretary, further destabilizing the military during a war

Steve Benen

The exterior of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

What the DOJ’s Southern Poverty Law Center indictment is really about

Michael Edison Hayden

Donald Trump and Joe Biden on Jan. 20, 2025 in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.

Trump trips over his ignorance while trying to talk about the basics of inflation

Steve Benen

Donald Trump makes a hand gesture that resembles to showing something very small.

As Trump’s approval rating reaches new depths, the GOP has a decision to make

Steve Benen

California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra stands in front of a podium and points.

California’s woes at the center of debate among leading candidates for governor

The Associated Press

US Customs and Border Protection agents patrol a neighborhood during immigration enforcement activity in Minneapolis.

Immigration officer charged over shoving protester to ground in Colorado

Clarissa-Jan Lim

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., seen sitting down from a low angle.

GOP senator grills RFK Jr. on abortion, measles and CDC leadership at health hearing

Will McDuffie & Julianne McShane

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. In the background, people in military uniforms are visible.

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Lt. Col. Rachel E. VanLandingham (ret.)

Photoillustration of Kahn Davison and his parents, layered with a newspaper report detailing their deaths.

I only know a fraction of what the children of Justin Fairfax and his wife are about to endure

Kahn Davison

Voters arrive at a polling location, past signs that tell voters to vote for and against the redistricting referendum.

Judge temporarily strikes down Virginia’s redistricting referendum

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  1. Tucker Carlson looking up.

    It’s too late for Tucker Carlson’s apology over supporting Trump

    Lyz Lenz

  2. President Donald Trump — only his hands and torso visible — holds a Bible.

    Trump’s participation in a marathon Bible-reading event is a cruel joke on America

    Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons

  3. Photoillustration of a person seated at a desk with one wrist handcuffed to the desk leg, rendered in a blue-green duotone style.

    Tennessee’s ‘Charlie Kirk Act’ should terrify us all

    Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones

  4. Signs during the Virginia redistricting referendum.

    The hardest part is still to come for Virginia Democrats after redistricting win

    Paul Waldman

  5. People hold one another during a memorial. The surround a large wooden cross.

    The violent killings of eight children aren’t just about mental illness

    Denese Shervington

  6. People call for a regime change in Iran, waving lion and sun Iranian flags.

    Trump has only one real option left when it comes to Iran

    Vice Admiral Robert S. Harward (ret.)

  7. Kevin Warsh sits, hands clasped, in front of a microphone.

    Elizabeth Warren’s deceptively simple question for Kevin Warsh was a test. He failed.

    Hayes Brown

  8. Photoillustration of Kash Patel with a collage of torn newspapers and scales of justice.

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

    Jessica Levinson

  9. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; Joe Rogan.

    The next measles outbreak should be called ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’

    Anthony L. Fisher

  10. Jamie Raskin.

    Raskin’s 25th Amendment plan is a distraction. Here’s a better way to replace Trump.

    Andy Craig

  11. John Eastman, from the mid-torso up, looks away from the camera.

    This former Trump attorney and Jan. 6 architect deserved his disbarment

    Jessica Levinson

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RacheL Maddow

Deadline: White House

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White House

Congress

Supreme Court

Culture

World

Science & Tech

Civil Rights

Business

Sports

Sen. Josh Hawley at the Punchbowl News Conference on March 10, 2026 in Washington, D.C.

Democrats see a war powers shift coming. Republicans say not so fast.

Mychael Schnell

A Shiite Muslim pilgrim holds up a picture of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R), Iran's late founder of the Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (C), and the head of Lebanon's militant Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, during a break in Najaf on their way to the shrine central city of Karbala on Dec. 9, 2014.

The U.S. is struggling to get Iran to the negotiating table. Trump is to blame.

Zeeshan Aleem

FBI Director Kash Patel testifies during a Senate Committee on Intelligence hearing on Capitol Hill.

FBI reportedly investigated a reporter after she wrote article Kash Patel didn’t like

Steve Benen

Photoillustration of repeated hands holding stacks of U.S. dollar bills in front of white classical columns, set against a rendering of the new White House ballroom.

Why the White House is working hard to conceal Trump’s ballroom donation list

Hayes Brown

Political inflection point? Trump’s approval rating is cratering

Chris Hayes

Democrats warn GOP that partisan funding plan will come back to bite them

Jack Fitzpatrick

Laura Loomer; Bill Maher.

Laura Loomer loses defamation suit against Bill Maher and HBO over Trump relationship joke

Jordan Rubin

Jayanta Bhattacharya speaks at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on March 5, 2025 on Capitol Hill.

CDC buries report that showed the efficacy of the Covid vaccine

Steve Benen

Two men walk past the capitol building in this photo shot from below the stairs and the dome.

Even worse than Trump: Disapproval for Republican-led Congress reaches 86%

Steve Benen

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Trump orders Navy to ‘shoot and kill’ minelaying vessels in strait
48 minutes ago

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Julianne McShane

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Ahmed Shihab‑Eldin attend "Palestine 36" red carpet during the Doha Film Festival 2025 in Doha.

American Kuwaiti journalist held in Kuwait acquitted of all charges, lawyer says

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Carter Page speaks with reporters on Nov. 2, 2017 on Capitol Hill.

Former Trump adviser Carter Page latest to get lucrative Justice Department payout

Steve Benen

Mike Pence, former vice president.
EXCLUSIVE

Pence: Trump should back off Pope Leo

Ali Vitali

Clay Travis is making a hand gesture on stage as he looks afar.

MAGA world uses bogus SPLC indictment to downplay the existence of racist extremism

Ja'han Jones

Todd Blanche at a press conference at the Department of Justice.

DOJ inspector general to review compliance with Epstein Files Transparency Act

Steve Benen

Todd Blanche, acting U.S. attorney general, speaks at a podium.

Todd Blanche makes splashy moves to land AG job permanently

Ken Dilanian

A trader at the New York Stock Exchange holds two phones up to his ears while looking at computer monitors.

The stock market in Trump’s second term remains jittery but still positive

Lily Becker

Rep. Devin Nunes and President Donald Trump on the third day of the Republican National Convention on July 17, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wis.

Devin Nunes steps down as CEO of Trump’s media company

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Pete Hegseth, left, and John Phelan standing next to a poster.

Hegseth ousts the Navy secretary, further destabilizing the military during a war

Steve Benen

The exterior of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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Michael Edison Hayden

Donald Trump and Joe Biden on Jan. 20, 2025 in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.

Trump trips over his ignorance while trying to talk about the basics of inflation

Steve Benen

Donald Trump makes a hand gesture that resembles to showing something very small.

As Trump’s approval rating reaches new depths, the GOP has a decision to make

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California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra stands in front of a podium and points.

California’s woes at the center of debate among leading candidates for governor

The Associated Press

US Customs and Border Protection agents patrol a neighborhood during immigration enforcement activity in Minneapolis.

Immigration officer charged over shoving protester to ground in Colorado

Clarissa-Jan Lim

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., seen sitting down from a low angle.

GOP senator grills RFK Jr. on abortion, measles and CDC leadership at health hearing

Will McDuffie & Julianne McShane

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. In the background, people in military uniforms are visible.

The dangerous irony of Pete Hegseth’s absurd anti-flu vaccine mandate

Lt. Col. Rachel E. VanLandingham (ret.)

Photoillustration of Kahn Davison and his parents, layered with a newspaper report detailing their deaths.

I only know a fraction of what the children of Justin Fairfax and his wife are about to endure

Kahn Davison

Voters arrive at a polling location, past signs that tell voters to vote for and against the redistricting referendum.

Judge temporarily strikes down Virginia’s redistricting referendum

Ebony Davis

Pence on JD Vance: ‘We haven’t spoken’

Trump’s numbers ‘extremely reminiscent’ of second term Bush, pollster says

Tucker Carlson says he’s ‘tormented,’ regrets backing Trump

Florida probes ChatGPT’s role in FSU shooting

Kash Patel ‘on the run’ amid mounting scrutiny, says Raskin

UNICEF spokesperson describes conditions in Lebanon: ‘So much death, so much destruction’

MS NOW OPINION

Understand Today’s News

  1. Tucker Carlson looking up.

    It’s too late for Tucker Carlson’s apology over supporting Trump

    Lyz Lenz

  2. President Donald Trump — only his hands and torso visible — holds a Bible.

    Trump’s participation in a marathon Bible-reading event is a cruel joke on America

    Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons

  3. Photoillustration of a person seated at a desk with one wrist handcuffed to the desk leg, rendered in a blue-green duotone style.

    Tennessee’s ‘Charlie Kirk Act’ should terrify us all

    Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones

  4. Signs during the Virginia redistricting referendum.

    The hardest part is still to come for Virginia Democrats after redistricting win

    Paul Waldman

  5. People hold one another during a memorial. The surround a large wooden cross.

    The violent killings of eight children aren’t just about mental illness

    Denese Shervington

  6. People call for a regime change in Iran, waving lion and sun Iranian flags.

    Trump has only one real option left when it comes to Iran

    Vice Admiral Robert S. Harward (ret.)

  7. Kevin Warsh sits, hands clasped, in front of a microphone.

    Elizabeth Warren’s deceptively simple question for Kevin Warsh was a test. He failed.

    Hayes Brown

  8. Photoillustration of Kash Patel with a collage of torn newspapers and scales of justice.

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

    Jessica Levinson

  9. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; Joe Rogan.

    The next measles outbreak should be called ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’

    Anthony L. Fisher

  10. Jamie Raskin.

    Raskin’s 25th Amendment plan is a distraction. Here’s a better way to replace Trump.

    Andy Craig

  11. John Eastman, from the mid-torso up, looks away from the camera.

    This former Trump attorney and Jan. 6 architect deserved his disbarment

    Jessica Levinson

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

From home to planet: The Earth Day push for cleaner, safer living

Did you just get the ‘Gen Z stare’ at work? This is why.
EWG HighSchool students gather for annual Earth Day dinner.

Small swaps, big impact: How to start cleaner living today

Earth Day: Why sustainability and transparency matter more than ever

Nominations for Forbes and Know Your Value’s 2026 ‘50 Over 50’ list are open now!
Dawn Staley argues with Geno Auriemma during the second half of a NCAA Women's Final Four semifinal game.

Mika on Dawn Staley’s big moment — and why it’s good for women everywhere
Nancy Pelosi smiles while gesturing behind a podium.

The skill that helped Nancy Pelosi fight for women for 40 years
Portrait of American NASA astronaut Eileen Collins at the Pilot's Station on Shuttle Discovery.

‘Don’t follow the crowd’: How Eileen Collins forged her own path to space
Annika Malacinski smiles with her ski outside.

The only winter Olympic sport without women — and the athlete determined to change that
This is a video screenshot, showing Mamdana Dayani interviewing Noor Pahlavi - side by side.

‘If you care about women’s rights, you should care about Iran’: Activist Mandana Dayani
Halle Berry poses for photos at a red carpet event.

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10h ago
News

Senate passes budget plan for ICE and Border Patrol in bid to reopen Homeland Security
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20h ago
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Republicans are suddenly having some regrets over the redistricting war
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