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Sen. Markwayne Mullin is sworn in.

Trump chose this Oklahoma hothead to replace Kristi Noem for one reason

Michael Steele

Pete Hegseth holding a cup with a dollar in it, standing in front of a cardboard sign that reads "NEED MONEY 4 WAR".

The biggest problems with Pete Hegseth’s $200 billion request

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Commercial vessels are pictured offshore in Dubai.

Experts: Reopening the Strait of Hormuz may require U.S. ground troops

David Rohde

Donald Trump; Stephanie Ruhle.

Trump tells MS NOW it will take Iran ‘10 years’ to rebuild after U.S., Israeli strikes

Clarissa-Jan Lim

How does the Iran war end? Lawmakers say the answer isn’t so easy.

Mychael Schnell

The Iran war’s central mystery: What is the U.S. actually trying to accomplish?

Julia Jester

Brendan Carr, commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

FCC approves major merger that will reshape local media landscape

Sydney Carruth

Chuck Norris on July 24, 1985 in Taormina, Sicily.

Chuck Norris, martial arts master and actor whose toughness became internet lore, dies at 86

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RFK Jr. Looks down at the Oval Office.

Federal court ruling deals blow to Trump’s war on gender-affirming care

Ja'han Jones

KUWAIT - JANUARY 15: A derek pumps in a oil field January 15, 2003 near the Saudi Arabian border, Kuwait. Kuwait produces 10% of the worlds oil and has promised to increase production as needed in the event of a war in Iraq. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Iran hits Kuwaiti oil refinery and explosions boom over Tehran from Israeli attack

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This close up shot shows Ron Wyden sitting as he speaks.

Blacked-out DEA report on Epstein becomes latest transparency flashpoint

Ja'han Jones

Donald Trump; Shou Che.

Mark Warner raises questions about Trump’s ‘tremendous’ fee for TikTok deal

Ja'han Jones

In this photo that was shot from below, Robert Garcia points his left index finger at something or someone. He looks at the same direction.

Garcia explains why lawmakers walked out of ‘fake’ Bondi hearing

Allison Detzel

Photoillustration of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps member blocking an image of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

What Trump and Netanyahu’s assassination strategy in Iran gets worryingly wrong

Imran Khalid

An illustrative rendering of an obverse and reverse of a coin. The obverse shows Donald Trump leaning over a desk. The reserve shows a bald eagle lifting its wings atop the Liberty Bell.

Fine arts panel urges U.S. Mint to make Trump gold coin ‘as large as possible’

Julianne McShane

James Boasberg looks up in front of a plain blue background.

Trump thinks he can say whatever he wants. Judge Boasberg just publicly called his bluff.

Duncan Levin

Photoillustration of Donald Trump, Mike Johnson and a sign in front of the Supreme Court that reads: Defund Planned Parenthood

New data reveals the devastating consequences of defunding Planned Parenthood

Julianne McShane

A photo illustration depicting a group of NFL players facing an American tank.

There’s nothing patriotic about the NFL’s role in Trump’s war propaganda

Kevin B. Blackistone

Photoillustration of David Gentile, collaged with photos of Donald Trump, Donald Trump’s signature and clippings of $100 bills.

It was a billion-dollar fraud. The mastermind was sent to prison. Trump set him free.

Ken Dilanian

A person puts brown paper on top of a mural featuring Cesar Chavez.

Take César Chávez’s name off everything

Julio Ricardo Varela

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks into a microphone behind a podium with insignia for the Department of Health and Human Services.

HHS investigates 13 states that require insurance plans to cover abortion

Julianne McShane

Joe Scarborough slams GOP for ‘screwing their own constituents’ to protect ICE

Allison Detzel

James Comey surrounded by media members holding out cell phones.

James Comey subpoenaed in ‘grand conspiracy’ investigation

Ken Dilanian & Clarissa-Jan Lim

Katie Britt walks toward the camera with a smile on her face, wearing a red jacket.

Lawmakers finally start negotiating an end to the DHS shutdown

Jack Fitzpatrick & Mychael Schnell

Taylor Paul smiles while posing.

ABC cancels ‘Bachelorette’ season with Taylor Frankie Paul, citing 2023 video

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People walk through a gate as they exit Harvard Yard.

Trump administration suing Harvard over alleged antisemitism

Trump makes awkward joke about Pearl Harbor to Japanese prime minister

Who is the biggest alleged grifter in the Trump administration?

Rep. Summer Lee: Comer ‘lacks the competence’ to lead Oversight Committee

Epstein attorney ‘very likely’ perjured himself to House Oversight Committee, Rep. Ro Khanna says

Sen. Rosen: Trump ‘hasn’t done a damn thing’ to help Americans, blasts ‘ridiculous war’ in Iran

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  1. A close up of Tulsi Gabbard as she bites her lip.

    The humiliating end of Tulsi Gabbard’s dubious ‘anti-war’ persona

    Ben Burgis

  2. The word AIPAC is seen on a black background.

    AIPAC’s Illinois strategy should be a wake-up call — for candidates and for voters

    Paul Waldman

  3. A crowd of people wave Haitian flags and hold signs calling for an extension to Haitian TPS.

    Trump’s plan to send these refugees home fits his discriminatory plan

    Sumayyah Waheed

  4. A bustling hallway in the emergency department.

    A growing number of Americans are falling off a health insurance cliff. We’re seeing it firsthand.

    Hasan Nadeem & Vin Gupta

  5. Photoillustration including an image of Brendan Carr, with a distorted image of Trump looking at him. Also overlaid are logos of ABC, CBS and NBC.

    Brendan Carr doesn’t have the law on his side. So he’s trying a menacing shortcut.

    Paul Farhi

  6. Tankers at the Khor Fakkan Container Terminal along the Strait of Hormuz on June 23, 2025.

    Why the international community isn’t rushing to help Trump reopen the Strait of Hormuz

    Zeeshan Aleem

  7. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

    Pete Hegseth may have violated the laws of war with a simple phrase

    Brian Finucane

  8. Photoillustration of a spotlight on Donald Trump, smiling over a red voting ballot.

    Trump’s vanity projects are becoming a burden for Republican candidates

    Hayes Brown

  9. Donald Trump; Gavin Newsom.

    Trump’s take on dyslexia is wrong — and Newsom’s response isn’t much better

    Eric Garcia

  10. Three federal agents talk to two men in a white truck.

    Louisiana’s empty crawfish processing plants shine a light on Trump’s visa restrictions

    Kevin McGill

  11. A person's hand is seen holding an unfolded piece of paper. The paper, drawn on with marker, says, "Black Lives Mater any life." Below it are four ovals colored in with different shades of brown.

    How a first-grader’s misspelled ‘Black Lives Matter’ note became a federal case

    Nicholas Mitchell

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Opinion

Morning Joe

RacheL Maddow

Deadline: White House

The weekend

NEWSLETTERS

White House

Congress

Supreme Court

Culture

World

Science & Tech

Civil Rights

Business

Sports

Sen. Markwayne Mullin is sworn in.

Trump chose this Oklahoma hothead to replace Kristi Noem for one reason

Michael Steele

Pete Hegseth holding a cup with a dollar in it, standing in front of a cardboard sign that reads "NEED MONEY 4 WAR".

The biggest problems with Pete Hegseth’s $200 billion request

Hayes Brown

Commercial vessels are pictured offshore in Dubai.

Experts: Reopening the Strait of Hormuz may require U.S. ground troops

David Rohde

Donald Trump; Stephanie Ruhle.

Trump tells MS NOW it will take Iran ‘10 years’ to rebuild after U.S., Israeli strikes

Clarissa-Jan Lim

How does the Iran war end? Lawmakers say the answer isn’t so easy.

Mychael Schnell

The Iran war’s central mystery: What is the U.S. actually trying to accomplish?

Julia Jester

Brendan Carr, commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

FCC approves major merger that will reshape local media landscape

Sydney Carruth

Chuck Norris on July 24, 1985 in Taormina, Sicily.

Chuck Norris, martial arts master and actor whose toughness became internet lore, dies at 86

The Associated Press

RFK Jr. Looks down at the Oval Office.

Federal court ruling deals blow to Trump’s war on gender-affirming care

Ja'han Jones

KUWAIT - JANUARY 15: A derek pumps in a oil field January 15, 2003 near the Saudi Arabian border, Kuwait. Kuwait produces 10% of the worlds oil and has promised to increase production as needed in the event of a war in Iraq. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Iran hits Kuwaiti oil refinery and explosions boom over Tehran from Israeli attack

The Associated Press

This close up shot shows Ron Wyden sitting as he speaks.

Blacked-out DEA report on Epstein becomes latest transparency flashpoint

Ja'han Jones

Donald Trump; Shou Che.

Mark Warner raises questions about Trump’s ‘tremendous’ fee for TikTok deal

Ja'han Jones

In this photo that was shot from below, Robert Garcia points his left index finger at something or someone. He looks at the same direction.

Garcia explains why lawmakers walked out of ‘fake’ Bondi hearing

Allison Detzel

Photoillustration of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps member blocking an image of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

What Trump and Netanyahu’s assassination strategy in Iran gets worryingly wrong

Imran Khalid

An illustrative rendering of an obverse and reverse of a coin. The obverse shows Donald Trump leaning over a desk. The reserve shows a bald eagle lifting its wings atop the Liberty Bell.

Fine arts panel urges U.S. Mint to make Trump gold coin ‘as large as possible’

Julianne McShane

James Boasberg looks up in front of a plain blue background.

Trump thinks he can say whatever he wants. Judge Boasberg just publicly called his bluff.

Duncan Levin

Photoillustration of Donald Trump, Mike Johnson and a sign in front of the Supreme Court that reads: Defund Planned Parenthood

New data reveals the devastating consequences of defunding Planned Parenthood

Julianne McShane

A photo illustration depicting a group of NFL players facing an American tank.

There’s nothing patriotic about the NFL’s role in Trump’s war propaganda

Kevin B. Blackistone

Photoillustration of David Gentile, collaged with photos of Donald Trump, Donald Trump’s signature and clippings of $100 bills.

It was a billion-dollar fraud. The mastermind was sent to prison. Trump set him free.

Ken Dilanian

A person puts brown paper on top of a mural featuring Cesar Chavez.

Take César Chávez’s name off everything

Julio Ricardo Varela

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks into a microphone behind a podium with insignia for the Department of Health and Human Services.

HHS investigates 13 states that require insurance plans to cover abortion

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Joe Scarborough slams GOP for ‘screwing their own constituents’ to protect ICE

Allison Detzel

James Comey surrounded by media members holding out cell phones.

James Comey subpoenaed in ‘grand conspiracy’ investigation

Ken Dilanian & Clarissa-Jan Lim

Katie Britt walks toward the camera with a smile on her face, wearing a red jacket.

Lawmakers finally start negotiating an end to the DHS shutdown

Jack Fitzpatrick & Mychael Schnell

Taylor Paul smiles while posing.

ABC cancels ‘Bachelorette’ season with Taylor Frankie Paul, citing 2023 video

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People walk through a gate as they exit Harvard Yard.

Trump administration suing Harvard over alleged antisemitism

Trump makes awkward joke about Pearl Harbor to Japanese prime minister

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Rep. Summer Lee: Comer ‘lacks the competence’ to lead Oversight Committee

Epstein attorney ‘very likely’ perjured himself to House Oversight Committee, Rep. Ro Khanna says

Sen. Rosen: Trump ‘hasn’t done a damn thing’ to help Americans, blasts ‘ridiculous war’ in Iran

MS NOW OPINION

Understand Today’s News

  1. A close up of Tulsi Gabbard as she bites her lip.

    The humiliating end of Tulsi Gabbard’s dubious ‘anti-war’ persona

    Ben Burgis

  2. The word AIPAC is seen on a black background.

    AIPAC’s Illinois strategy should be a wake-up call — for candidates and for voters

    Paul Waldman

  3. A crowd of people wave Haitian flags and hold signs calling for an extension to Haitian TPS.

    Trump’s plan to send these refugees home fits his discriminatory plan

    Sumayyah Waheed

  4. A bustling hallway in the emergency department.

    A growing number of Americans are falling off a health insurance cliff. We’re seeing it firsthand.

    Hasan Nadeem & Vin Gupta

  5. Photoillustration including an image of Brendan Carr, with a distorted image of Trump looking at him. Also overlaid are logos of ABC, CBS and NBC.

    Brendan Carr doesn’t have the law on his side. So he’s trying a menacing shortcut.

    Paul Farhi

  6. Tankers at the Khor Fakkan Container Terminal along the Strait of Hormuz on June 23, 2025.

    Why the international community isn’t rushing to help Trump reopen the Strait of Hormuz

    Zeeshan Aleem

  7. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

    Pete Hegseth may have violated the laws of war with a simple phrase

    Brian Finucane

  8. Photoillustration of a spotlight on Donald Trump, smiling over a red voting ballot.

    Trump’s vanity projects are becoming a burden for Republican candidates

    Hayes Brown

  9. Donald Trump; Gavin Newsom.

    Trump’s take on dyslexia is wrong — and Newsom’s response isn’t much better

    Eric Garcia

  10. Three federal agents talk to two men in a white truck.

    Louisiana’s empty crawfish processing plants shine a light on Trump’s visa restrictions

    Kevin McGill

  11. A person's hand is seen holding an unfolded piece of paper. The paper, drawn on with marker, says, "Black Lives Mater any life." Below it are four ovals colored in with different shades of brown.

    How a first-grader’s misspelled ‘Black Lives Matter’ note became a federal case

    Nicholas Mitchell

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This is a video screenshot, showing Mamdana Dayani interviewing Noor Pahlavi - side by side.

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Halle Berry poses for photos at a red carpet event.

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A graphic headlined "Forbes 30/50 Summit." On it, photos from (top left, clockwise) Simone Biles, Diane von Furstenburg, Sophia Bush and Diana Flores.

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Shot of a young black businesswoman looking stressed out in an office.

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Sue Zarco Kramer smiles at an outside venue.

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African American woman using social media on her phone.

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Mandana Dayani poses with her daughters after being sworn in as a trustee to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council on Dec. 8.

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Mika Brzezinski in her car with the Christmas Tree she bought.

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Closeup shot of two businesspeople shaking hands in an office.

Want to get ahead in your career? Here’s the playbook on decoding workplace culture.
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Leaders, your meetings are quiet for a reason (and it’s you)

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