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State representatives look at a congressional redistricting map in Austin, T.X.

Judge issues berserk dissent from ruling blocking Texas congressional maps

Jordan Rubin

A tattered American flag whips in the wind from a flagpole.

Most Americans believe the U.S. is on a path to another civil war, according to poll

Allison Detzel

Lindsey Halligan is destroying her own case against James Comey

Andrew Warren

Grand jury never saw version of Comey indictment the government filed

Erum Salam & Fallon Gallagher

A patient receives medical attention at Humboldt Park Health in Chicago.

Republicans revisit the health care trap that derailed Trump’s first term

Vaughn Hillyard & Laura Barrón-López

President Donald Trump talks to reporters in Joint Base Andrews, M.D.

Trump’s ‘quiet piggy’ outburst was extreme even for him

Paul Farhi

U.S. Seventh Congressional District candidate Aftyn Behn.

Why a special election in Tennessee is suddenly generating unexpected attention

Steve Benen

A health worker administers a vaccine during a mass vaccination campaign in Mexico City, Mexico.

Three countries. Three measles outbreaks. One cause.

Dr. Adam Ratner

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace at the U.S. Capitol.

Mace introduces resolution to censure Mills after failed Plaskett vote

Clarissa-Jan Lim

How the Trump administration can keep some Epstein files secret under new bill

Lisa Rubin & Jordan Rubin

Trump official sought to interfere in federal probe of influencer Andrew Tate

Ja'han Jones

Demonstrators hold signs at a pro-Trump protest during the 2020 Presidential election in Detroit.

Trump’s latest pardons send a disturbing message. GOP lawmakers are passing it on.

Jocelyn Benson

How the Epstein bill drove a wedge between Mike Johnson and John Thune

Ali Vitali

Why Trump’s potential military action in Venezuela would backfire

Zeeshan Aleem

Trump is reusing his scandal playbook on the Epstein files

Ryan Teague Beckwith

President Donald Trump at the McDonald’s Impact Summit in Washington, D.C.

The problem with Trump’s speech to McDonald’s franchisees

Philip Bump

Trump administration advances plan to dismantle Department of Education

Steve Benen

How the Epstein files could affect the midterms

Jen Psaki

In the end, Trump and his GOP allies were no match for the Epstein survivors

Jen Psaki

Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit in Gyeongju, South Korea.

Nvidia is still a conquering force — as its latest earnings report attests

Joseph Zeballos-Roig

Grand jury never saw version of Comey indictment the government filed

Erum Salam

It’s nearly impossible for normal Americans to sue the government. Not so for U.S. senators

Laura Barrón-López

Stephanie Ruhle: Will Trump throw a lifeline to Big Tech at the expense of taxpayers?

Allison Detzel

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‘I want to just speak plainly’: Mamdani on his upcoming meeting with Trump

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‘The public isn’t buying it’: Nicolle Wallace on Pam Bondi promising transparency over Epstein Files

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Sen. Coons: ‘Amount of public corruption’ in Trump admin ‘is unprecedented’

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‘Shocking and unheard of’: Judge left stunned at Lindsey Halligan’s grand jury misconduct

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Ex-Trump WH lawyer Ty Cobb blasts Comey case: ‘Both Halligan and Bondi should be disbarred’

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Ari Melber: Trump has made it very clear he’d like to end the business life of many media entities

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University actions in Indiana and Texas should worry speech advocates everywhere

Jacques Berlinerblau
Why Georgia is on Trump’s mind — again

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

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

Zeeshan Aleem
Democrats need to start thinking beyond Obamacare

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

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

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

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

Philip Bump