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U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick in the Oval Office at the White House.

The White House moves the goalposts as Americans sour on Trump and the economy

Steve Benen

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene; President Donald Trump.

What the Trump-MTG breakup means (and doesn’t mean) for the GOP’s future

Charlie Sykes

US President Donald Trump meets with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office at the White House.

Trump on Mamdani: ‘We agree on a lot more than I would have thought’

Clarissa-Jan Lim

President Donald Trump speaks with the media aboard Air Force One.

Trump’s ‘quiet, piggy’ comment should be seen as a warning

Cynthia Miller-Idriss

We are former CDC officials. RFK Jr.’s change to vaccine guidance is propaganda.

Daniel Jernigan, Demetre Daskalakis & Debra Houry

Fox News poll shows that Trump’s aura of invincibility is fading

Philip Bump

A person practices shooting at a concealed carry permit class in Rexburg, I.D.

Concealed carry ‘reciprocity’ law splits MAGA gun and law enforcement groups

Ja'han Jones

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‘He lies so pretty’: Joe slams Johnson’s attempt to defend Trump’s ‘seditious behavior’ post

US President Donald Trump salutes cadets at a US Military Academy graduation ceremony.

Guidance from Democrats to disobey illegal orders is of no use to our service members

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

Senate Majority Leader John Thune at the U.S. Capitol.

House Democrats push Thune to strip $500,000 ‘payoff’ for senators

Kevin Frey

‘In the old days, it was death’: Trump rages again against Democratic military veterans

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the Cabinet Room of the White House.

RFK Jr. fesses up: He ordered the change to the CDC website on vaccines and autism

Steve Benen

Social media and messaging apps on a mobile phone screen.

Republicans embrace a dramatic new position on social media moderation

Steve Benen

Federal Agents walk through a park in Downtown Charlotte, NC.

Federal immigration agents pull out of Charlotte after less than a week

Erum Salam

U.S. President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House.

The problem(s) with the White House-backed plan for Russia’s war in Ukraine

Steve Benen

Grand jury investigating potential misconduct in probes of Trump critics

Carol Leonnig & Ken Dilanian

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of press aboard Air Force One.

White House says Trump’s ‘piggy’ insult was just him being ‘open and honest’

Steve Benen

A Coast Guard ship sails past the Statue of Liberty.

Coast Guard reverses course, keeps swastikas and nooses on list of hate symbols

Steve Benen

Emails reveal Trump ally Steve Bannon’s plot to rehab Epstein’s image

Ari Melber

Gregory Bovino talks with other federal agents.

Judge blasts Trump enforcer as SCOTUS mulls giving Trump more power

Jordan Rubin

Republicans scramble for a health care plan before premiums explode

Kevin Frey

An attendee wearing a hard hat decorated with "Trump" stickers during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House.

Why manufacturing jobs have declined under Trump’s second term

Jared Bernstein

Would the Georgia 2020 election case have to wait until Trump leaves office?

Jordan Rubin

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Trump and Mamdani speak inside Oval Office

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House GOP demands Clintons appear for depositions over Epstein

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‘Doesn’t feel American’: Mika reacts to Border Patrol operation in Charlotte

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George W. Bush gives touching tribute to his former Vice President Dick Cheney

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Leader Jeffries: We saw Trump’s ‘extraordinary meltdown in real time’ over Epstein files bill

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Texas mother died after being unable to get abortion, ProPublica report finds

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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
Nigerians reject Trump claims that Christians are being persecuted

Ines de La Cuetara
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Dr. Uché Blackstock
Trump’s investment in the Saudi crown prince is a bad deal in the making

Hayes Brown
University actions in Indiana and Texas should worry speech advocates everywhere

Jacques Berlinerblau
Trump doesn’t just have an Epstein problem. He has a Ghislaine Maxwell problem.

Zeeshan Aleem
Trump’s reticence around reporters is a sign that he’s rattled by the Epstein crisis

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

Kendra Stanton Lee