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JD Vance confirms DOJ investigation into yet another person Trump doesn’t like

Steve Benen

In this photo shot from above, Brett Kavanaugh, left, and Amy Coney Barrett look on.

Kavanaugh and Barrett join Democratic appointees in surprise death penalty dismissal

Jordan Rubin

A farmer walks out from inside a barn. The photo is taken inside the barn, so the farmer is silhouetted against the bright outside, where a cornfield is nearby.

The chicken breasts may come home to roost this fall for Republicans

Adam Hudacek

Kamala Harris looks to her right with a somber face as she stands behind a podium.

DNC releases autopsy of devastating 2024 election cycle

Hunter Woodall

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Trump and Fox News are trapped in a doom loop on Iran

Matt Gertz

Stephen Colbert stands in front of a skyline.

A subdued Stephen Colbert prepares to say goodbye to ‘The Late Show’

Jacques Berlinerblau

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House.

Trump’s absurd choice for ‘the most violent thing’ he has seen in politics

Steve Benen

Barney Franks lifts both his hands as he speaks at a podium in front of an equality sign.

Barney Frank’s unfortunate deathbed message to Democrats

Katelyn Burns

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., seen at profile, wearing an earpiece.

‘Why is RFK Jr. attacking vaccines?’ The answer is not what you think.

Demetre Daskalakis

In this diagonal photo shot from below, Jared Polis makes a hand gesture as he stands in front of a train station and sky background.

Colorado Democrats censure Gov. Jared Polis over Tina Peters commutation

Sydney Carruth

Top half of Donald Trump's head is visible behind his desk that is covering the part of the frame.

Americans witness the most corrupt week of Donald Trump’s political career

Steve Benen

Ken Paxton; Donald Trump.

Trump’s GOP primary victories could spell general election headaches

Hayes Brown

Illustration of a large hand in a red, white, and blue sleeve lowering a green money bag with a dollar sign toward a cartoon burglar carrying it away. The background is beige, with a shadow beneath the figures.

Here’s a remedy for Trump’s self-dealing that no pardon can touch

Justin Florence & Justin Vail

Brendan Carr in front of a circular logo for the U.S. FCC.

Trump’s war on trans people could be headed to a screen near you

Ja'han Jones

President Donald Trump looks through a window in the East Room of the White House.

Judge orders White House staff to comply with Presidential Records Act after DOJ calls it ‘unconstitutional’

Ebony Davis

Both Donald Trump, left, and John Thune look down as they shake hands at the podium.

GOP’s Thune balks after Trump demands ouster of Senate parliamentarian

Steve Benen

A cloud of smoke from a vape covers the left half of the frame while right side has multiple man vaping.

Trump’s FDA delivers for tobacco industry following $5 million super PAC donation

Steve Benen

The seal of the US Department of Justice on a podium at the Department of Justice.

DOJ prosecutor disguised stolen copy of Smith report as cake recipe, indictment alleges

The Associated Press

Donald Trump gestures with his hands while speaking in front of the construction site at the White House. On the right of the frame, an easel holds up a poster of what the ballroom is proposed to look like.

Republicans start walking away from own plan to spend tax dollars on Trump’s ballroom

Steve Benen

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gestures with his hand.

RFK Jr. fires leaders of influential preventive care task force

The Associated Press

A woman sitting in an office conference room

Epstein ‘potential co-conspirator’ who says she was also a victim testifies to Congress

Lisa Rubin

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media near the ballroom construction site at the White House.

California Democrat tears into Trump over ‘erratic,’ ‘concerning’ behavior

Allison Detzel

A round blue and yellow poster with the NAACP logo stands on an easel outside the Lincoln Memorial. A person stands behind the poster; their legs are seen below but the top half of their body is not visible.

MAGA sees red after NAACP calls for athletes to boycott southern schools

Ja'han Jones

Sen. Ossoff: ‘Mighty wave’ building to check ‘corrupt’ Trump administration

Busted: Video suggests Trump botched deadline for lawsuit at heart of $1.776 billion ‘slush fund’

Norm Eisen blasts $1.8B Trump-DOJ fund: ‘Grotesque act of corruption’

W.H.O.: 500+ suspected Ebola cases, 139 deaths

Nicolle on Trump polling: ‘Devastating political news for someone as vain as Donald Trump’

Lawrence: Trump says he’s too busy to explain his Iran war. A Democrat did it in five minutes.

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  1. Photoillustration of a sea of Benjamin Franklins wearing red baseball caps that say Make America Great Again.

    A clear picture of Trump’s intentions for the ‘anti-weaponization fund’ is emerging

    Zeeshan Aleem

  2. Hundreds gathered to hold a vigil at Lindbergh Park, down the street from the Islamic Center of San Diego, to mourn the loss of three people from the Islamic Center of San Diego.

    The San Diego mosque shooting is a deadly byproduct of Trump-era rhetoric

    Ayman Mohyeldin

  3. Pregnant woman beside a courthouse exterior in a photo illustration for coverage of birth in custody.

    Why a New York City woman was forced to give birth in a courtroom

    Madeleine Lippey

  4. Donald Trump smiles behind bulletproof glass. Supporters holding signs are seen reflected in the glass.

    MAGA world may one day regret Trump backing Ed Gallrein in Kentucky

    Matthew Bartlett

  5. Photoillustration of Donald Trump with a giant paper gold star eclipsing his face, all on a blue background.

    The grim reason Trump is so obsessed with the SAVE America Act

    Hayes Brown

  6. Donald Trump's head is visible at the bottom of the frame. There is a lot of empty space above him from the ceiling of the Oval Office.

    Trump got his revenge on Thomas Massie — but at a huge price

    Max Burns

  7. In this tight shot, Donald Trump looks down and off the frame on the right side.

    Trump’s astonishingly brazen stock trades suggest we still don’t understand the scale of his corruption

    Michael A. Cohen

  8. A fifty-dollar bill sticks out of Donald Trump's back pocket as he boards Air Force One. Trump's head is not visible.

    Trump’s nearly $1.8 billion ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ is simply indefensible

    Ray Brescia

  9. A single family house inside a bell jar

    Congress could pass the biggest housing law in decades. But one thing might grind it to a halt.

    Hayes Brown

  10. A person with their back toward the camera holds a cardboard sign that says "Trans Women are Women" with a blue, pink and white heart.

    Texas orders a children’s hospital to open a ‘detransition clinic’

    Dr. Jack Turban

  11. Alex Murdaugh looks down.

    The bone-chilling disregard for prosecutorial conduct that led to Murdaugh’s overturned conviction

    Madeleine Lippey

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Morning Joe

RacheL Maddow

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White House

Congress

Supreme Court

Culture

World

Science & Tech

Civil Rights

Business

Sports

In this diagonal shot, JD Vance looks and listens to a journalist intently.

JD Vance confirms DOJ investigation into yet another person Trump doesn’t like

Steve Benen

In this photo shot from above, Brett Kavanaugh, left, and Amy Coney Barrett look on.

Kavanaugh and Barrett join Democratic appointees in surprise death penalty dismissal

Jordan Rubin

A farmer walks out from inside a barn. The photo is taken inside the barn, so the farmer is silhouetted against the bright outside, where a cornfield is nearby.

The chicken breasts may come home to roost this fall for Republicans

Adam Hudacek

Kamala Harris looks to her right with a somber face as she stands behind a podium.

DNC releases autopsy of devastating 2024 election cycle

Hunter Woodall

Read the Democratic National Committee’s 2024 election autopsy report

FULL TEXT

Fmr. GOP Rep: Democratic party ‘needs to be much more transparent’ about 2024 loss

WATCH

Trump and Fox News are trapped in a doom loop on Iran

Matt Gertz

Stephen Colbert stands in front of a skyline.

A subdued Stephen Colbert prepares to say goodbye to ‘The Late Show’

Jacques Berlinerblau

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House.

Trump’s absurd choice for ‘the most violent thing’ he has seen in politics

Steve Benen

Barney Franks lifts both his hands as he speaks at a podium in front of an equality sign.

Barney Frank’s unfortunate deathbed message to Democrats

Katelyn Burns

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., seen at profile, wearing an earpiece.

‘Why is RFK Jr. attacking vaccines?’ The answer is not what you think.

Demetre Daskalakis

In this diagonal photo shot from below, Jared Polis makes a hand gesture as he stands in front of a train station and sky background.

Colorado Democrats censure Gov. Jared Polis over Tina Peters commutation

Sydney Carruth

Top half of Donald Trump's head is visible behind his desk that is covering the part of the frame.

Americans witness the most corrupt week of Donald Trump’s political career

Steve Benen

Ken Paxton; Donald Trump.

Trump’s GOP primary victories could spell general election headaches

Hayes Brown

Illustration of a large hand in a red, white, and blue sleeve lowering a green money bag with a dollar sign toward a cartoon burglar carrying it away. The background is beige, with a shadow beneath the figures.

Here’s a remedy for Trump’s self-dealing that no pardon can touch

Justin Florence & Justin Vail

Brendan Carr in front of a circular logo for the U.S. FCC.

Trump’s war on trans people could be headed to a screen near you

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President Donald Trump looks through a window in the East Room of the White House.

Judge orders White House staff to comply with Presidential Records Act after DOJ calls it ‘unconstitutional’

Ebony Davis

Both Donald Trump, left, and John Thune look down as they shake hands at the podium.

GOP’s Thune balks after Trump demands ouster of Senate parliamentarian

Steve Benen

A cloud of smoke from a vape covers the left half of the frame while right side has multiple man vaping.

Trump’s FDA delivers for tobacco industry following $5 million super PAC donation

Steve Benen

The seal of the US Department of Justice on a podium at the Department of Justice.

DOJ prosecutor disguised stolen copy of Smith report as cake recipe, indictment alleges

The Associated Press

Donald Trump gestures with his hands while speaking in front of the construction site at the White House. On the right of the frame, an easel holds up a poster of what the ballroom is proposed to look like.

Republicans start walking away from own plan to spend tax dollars on Trump’s ballroom

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gestures with his hand.

RFK Jr. fires leaders of influential preventive care task force

The Associated Press

A woman sitting in an office conference room

Epstein ‘potential co-conspirator’ who says she was also a victim testifies to Congress

Lisa Rubin

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media near the ballroom construction site at the White House.

California Democrat tears into Trump over ‘erratic,’ ‘concerning’ behavior

Allison Detzel

A round blue and yellow poster with the NAACP logo stands on an easel outside the Lincoln Memorial. A person stands behind the poster; their legs are seen below but the top half of their body is not visible.

MAGA sees red after NAACP calls for athletes to boycott southern schools

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Sen. Ossoff: ‘Mighty wave’ building to check ‘corrupt’ Trump administration

Busted: Video suggests Trump botched deadline for lawsuit at heart of $1.776 billion ‘slush fund’

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W.H.O.: 500+ suspected Ebola cases, 139 deaths

Nicolle on Trump polling: ‘Devastating political news for someone as vain as Donald Trump’

Lawrence: Trump says he’s too busy to explain his Iran war. A Democrat did it in five minutes.

MS NOW OPINION

Understand Today’s News

  1. Photoillustration of a sea of Benjamin Franklins wearing red baseball caps that say Make America Great Again.

    A clear picture of Trump’s intentions for the ‘anti-weaponization fund’ is emerging

    Zeeshan Aleem

  2. Hundreds gathered to hold a vigil at Lindbergh Park, down the street from the Islamic Center of San Diego, to mourn the loss of three people from the Islamic Center of San Diego.

    The San Diego mosque shooting is a deadly byproduct of Trump-era rhetoric

    Ayman Mohyeldin

  3. Pregnant woman beside a courthouse exterior in a photo illustration for coverage of birth in custody.

    Why a New York City woman was forced to give birth in a courtroom

    Madeleine Lippey

  4. Donald Trump smiles behind bulletproof glass. Supporters holding signs are seen reflected in the glass.

    MAGA world may one day regret Trump backing Ed Gallrein in Kentucky

    Matthew Bartlett

  5. Photoillustration of Donald Trump with a giant paper gold star eclipsing his face, all on a blue background.

    The grim reason Trump is so obsessed with the SAVE America Act

    Hayes Brown

  6. Donald Trump's head is visible at the bottom of the frame. There is a lot of empty space above him from the ceiling of the Oval Office.

    Trump got his revenge on Thomas Massie — but at a huge price

    Max Burns

  7. In this tight shot, Donald Trump looks down and off the frame on the right side.

    Trump’s astonishingly brazen stock trades suggest we still don’t understand the scale of his corruption

    Michael A. Cohen

  8. A fifty-dollar bill sticks out of Donald Trump's back pocket as he boards Air Force One. Trump's head is not visible.

    Trump’s nearly $1.8 billion ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ is simply indefensible

    Ray Brescia

  9. A single family house inside a bell jar

    Congress could pass the biggest housing law in decades. But one thing might grind it to a halt.

    Hayes Brown

  10. A person with their back toward the camera holds a cardboard sign that says "Trans Women are Women" with a blue, pink and white heart.

    Texas orders a children’s hospital to open a ‘detransition clinic’

    Dr. Jack Turban

  11. Alex Murdaugh looks down.

    The bone-chilling disregard for prosecutorial conduct that led to Murdaugh’s overturned conviction

    Madeleine Lippey

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Packed ice cream bars and cones are seen in a fridge.

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Want a financial glow-up? Start with money fluency

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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.

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.

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Who’s applying for the $1.8 billion slush fund?
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Trump abandons subtlety, eyes Venezuela playbook for Cuba
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SpaceX reveals plans for what could be the biggest-ever initial public offering
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