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Trump has no one else to blame for surging gas prices. Polls show Americans know it.

Zeeshan Aleem

TSA gridlock at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport

Trump and his border czar say ICE will arrive at airports today

Erum Salam

Mike Johnson looking down.

It’s already a record-setting Congress — for all the wrong reasons

Kevin Frey

Donald Trump standing at the White House lawn.

Trump announces 5-day pause on threatened power plant strikes following ‘productive’ conversations

Hayley Meissner

Iran’s foreign ministry has reportedly denied that talks are underway and suggested Trump’s post was an effort to reduce energy prices.

2 pilots killed in collision between Air Canada plane and fire truck at LaGuardia Airport

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Donald Trump's profile is seen as he speaks and Washington Monument is in the background.

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Katelyn Burns

In key race, Trump reverses his reversal, backs GOP incumbent a month after condemning him

Steve Benen

Light casts shadows over a statue of justice.

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Ray Brescia

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Clarissa-Jan Lim

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Sen. Schumer slams Trump and ‘spineless Republicans’ for holding up TSA pay
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This very closeup shot shows Robert Mueller's face, cropped on top and bottom.

By celebrating Mueller’s death, Trump steps on lazy lies he’s apparently forgotten

Steve Benen

Sen. Markwayne Mullin is sworn in.

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

Michael Steele

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

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer

Trump threatens to deploy ICE to run airport security during shutdown

Clarissa-Jan Lim

Two people look at a permanent map titled "Smithsonian Museums in the Washington, D.C., area."

Trump’s next Smithsonian target: A future women’s history museum

Julianne McShane

US soldiers of the United Stade Marine Corps (USMC) of Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment (BLT 2/6), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit during the joint Israeli-US military "Juniper Cobra" exercise at the Tze'elim urban warfare training centre.

Trump administration doubles U.S. ground troops heading to Persian Gulf

David Rohde

A photo illustration of Alex Jones surrounded by snakes.

The Infowars era of MAGA media is dead — and making room for something darker

Michael Edison Hayden

President Donald Trump greets Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts Jr.

Trump v. Roberts: The president crashes out online while the chief stays the course

Jordan Rubin

Donald Trump attends a worship service.

Trump is planning a Christian ‘revival’ for America’s 250th anniversary

Ja'han Jones

FILE - A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flight operates out of King County International Airport-Boeing Field, Aug. 23, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Secretive deal leaves deportees from the U.S. stuck in Equatorial Guinea with ‘no more hope’

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Cuban Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío

Cuba says it is ‘preparing’ for potential U.S. aggression

Erum Salam

Audi Crooks #55 of the Iowa State Cyclones runs down court.

Audi Crooks is a generational talent — no matter what critics say about her body

Evette Dionne

Frey on ICE heading to airports: Trump ‘doesn’t actually mean he’s going to keep people secure’

Lawyer for Liam Ramos and his family say 5-year-old is ‘traumatized’

Rachel Maddow says Robert Mueller’s death marks the ‘end of an era’

Maine governor goes hard at Senate primary challenger with new campaign ad

‘I’m not doing that’: Lauren Boebert bucks Trump’s $200B Iran war ask

Democrats frustrated over slow-walk of Pam Bondi deposition on Epstein files

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    Take César Chávez’s name off everything

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  2. 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.

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  5. 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

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    Eric Garcia

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

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

    Zeeshan Aleem

  10. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

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

    Brian Finucane

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

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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

gas prices and polling numbers overlay a extreme closeup of Donald Trump

Trump has no one else to blame for surging gas prices. Polls show Americans know it.

Zeeshan Aleem

TSA gridlock at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport

Trump and his border czar say ICE will arrive at airports today

Erum Salam

Mike Johnson looking down.

It’s already a record-setting Congress — for all the wrong reasons

Kevin Frey

Donald Trump standing at the White House lawn.

Trump announces 5-day pause on threatened power plant strikes following ‘productive’ conversations

Hayley Meissner

Iran’s foreign ministry has reportedly denied that talks are underway and suggested Trump’s post was an effort to reduce energy prices.

2 pilots killed in collision between Air Canada plane and fire truck at LaGuardia Airport

Kathleen Creedon

Donald Trump's profile is seen as he speaks and Washington Monument is in the background.

Why the GOP’s latest, desperate attempt to rescue the SAVE Act failed

Katelyn Burns

In key race, Trump reverses his reversal, backs GOP incumbent a month after condemning him

Steve Benen

Light casts shadows over a statue of justice.

The unlikely hero picking up the pieces of Trump’s tariff disaster

Ray Brescia

President Donald Trump

‘Shamefully stupid’: Critics blast U.S. move to lift Iran oil sanctions

Clarissa-Jan Lim

Watch

Sen. Schumer slams Trump and ‘spineless Republicans’ for holding up TSA pay
Watch

Watch ‘No Kings’ rallies expect to draw millions nationwide this weekend

This very closeup shot shows Robert Mueller's face, cropped on top and bottom.

By celebrating Mueller’s death, Trump steps on lazy lies he’s apparently forgotten

Steve Benen

Sen. Markwayne Mullin is sworn in.

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

Michael Steele

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

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer

Trump threatens to deploy ICE to run airport security during shutdown

Clarissa-Jan Lim

Two people look at a permanent map titled "Smithsonian Museums in the Washington, D.C., area."

Trump’s next Smithsonian target: A future women’s history museum

Julianne McShane

US soldiers of the United Stade Marine Corps (USMC) of Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment (BLT 2/6), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit during the joint Israeli-US military "Juniper Cobra" exercise at the Tze'elim urban warfare training centre.

Trump administration doubles U.S. ground troops heading to Persian Gulf

David Rohde

A photo illustration of Alex Jones surrounded by snakes.

The Infowars era of MAGA media is dead — and making room for something darker

Michael Edison Hayden

President Donald Trump greets Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts Jr.

Trump v. Roberts: The president crashes out online while the chief stays the course

Jordan Rubin

Donald Trump attends a worship service.

Trump is planning a Christian ‘revival’ for America’s 250th anniversary

Ja'han Jones

FILE - A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement flight operates out of King County International Airport-Boeing Field, Aug. 23, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Secretive deal leaves deportees from the U.S. stuck in Equatorial Guinea with ‘no more hope’

The Associated Press

Cuban Vice Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío

Cuba says it is ‘preparing’ for potential U.S. aggression

Erum Salam

Audi Crooks #55 of the Iowa State Cyclones runs down court.

Audi Crooks is a generational talent — no matter what critics say about her body

Evette Dionne

Frey on ICE heading to airports: Trump ‘doesn’t actually mean he’s going to keep people secure’

Lawyer for Liam Ramos and his family say 5-year-old is ‘traumatized’

Rachel Maddow says Robert Mueller’s death marks the ‘end of an era’

Maine governor goes hard at Senate primary challenger with new campaign ad

‘I’m not doing that’: Lauren Boebert bucks Trump’s $200B Iran war ask

Democrats frustrated over slow-walk of Pam Bondi deposition on Epstein files

MS NOW Daily

Understand Today’s News

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

    Take César Chávez’s name off everything

    Julio Ricardo Varela

  2. 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

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

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

    Ben Burgis

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Donald Trump; Gavin Newsom.

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

    Eric Garcia

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

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

    Brian Finucane

  11. 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

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The Weeknight

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The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

Know Your Value

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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

Did you just get the ‘Gen Z stare’ at work? This is why.
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.

Halle Berry: Women shouldn’t have to stay ‘forever 30’
A graphic headlined "Forbes 30/50 Summit." On it, photos from (top left, clockwise) Simone Biles, Diane von Furstenburg, Sophia Bush and Diana Flores.

Simone Biles, Diane Von Furstenberg, Sophia Bush, and more to headline Know Your Value, Forbes’ 30/50 Summit
Shot of a young black businesswoman looking stressed out in an office.

The words that slipped out after HR fired me still terrify me
Sue Zarco Kramer smiles at an outside venue.

This ‘Divorcee Doula’ wants women to reclaim their confidence and get their ‘zhoosh’ back
African American woman using social media on her phone.

The 5 keys to resisting social media envy — for good
Mandana Dayani poses with her daughters after being sworn in as a trustee to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council on Dec. 8.

“Never Again” is more than remembrance. It’s a mandate to act before hate becomes violence.
Mika Brzezinski in her car with the Christmas Tree she bought.

Mika: Why this year’s Christmas tree comes with extra weight – and hope
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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Pressed on Iran war polling, a key member of Team Trump says a bit too much
11h ago
News

Iran threatens to ‘completely’ close Strait of Hormuz and hit power plants after Trump ultimatum
1d ago
News

Trump threatens attacks on Iranian power plants if Tehran fails to open the Strait of Hormuz
1d ago
News

Trump threatens attacks on Iranian power plants
2d ago
News

Trump posts shocking response to Robert Mueller’s death: ‘I’m glad he’s dead’
2d ago
Opinion

An air power expert explains why Iran is more powerful now than before the war
2d ago
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Iran says its Natanz nuclear facility has been hit in an airstrike
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