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A golden statue depicts Donald Trump, left, and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands. In the background, the Capitol is out of focus.

Why there has been no ‘reckoning’ in Trump’s Washington for the Epstein files

Mychael Schnell

Elissa Slotkin, right, speaks into a microphone. Mark Kelly is out of focus behind her and to her left.

Grand jury rejects sedition charges against Democratic senators

Carol Leonnig & Ken Dilanian

A photo collage showing Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon with correspondence overlayed

‘Can u call me’: What the Epstein files reveal about the sex offender’s relationship with Steve Bannon

Brandy Zadrozny

Mike Johnson walks up to a podium with his head down and hand in his pocket.

House Republicans revolt over GOP’s attempt to hand Trump Congress’ tariff authority

Syedah Asghar

On Iran and tariffs, watch what Trump does, not what he says

Steve Benen

DHS is headed toward a shutdown. Democrats say that's just fine.

Mychael Schnell

Savannah Guthrie, right, and her mom, Nancy, sit at a table in the TODAY studio.

Person detained for questioning in Nancy Guthrie case has been released

Clarissa-Jan Lim

A closeup of Jack Jmith's face is photographed from below.

Cannon faces fresh appellate review of her pro-Trump actions on Jack Smith report

Jordan Rubin

Bad Bunny stands on the roof of a light yellow truck. People dance in the truck bed and on the football field below.

House Republicans eye official investigation into Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show

Steve Benen

President Donald Trump speaks at a Religious Liberty Commission meeting on Sept. 8, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission fragments in heated antisemitism argument

Ja'han Jones

A federal agent holds a phone up to a person in the driver's seat of a car. The phone screen shows a program that is scanning the driver's face.

The Trump administration is using secretive orders to crack down on dissent

Sarah McLaughlin

People are silhouetted before a screen that reads "AIPAC" and shows a visual of the American flag and the Israeli flag.

The warning for AIPAC in Tom Malinowski’s primary loss

Paul Waldman

John Phelan is seen among the soldiers standing in front of him.

Epstein files expose late sex offender’s connections to members of Trump’s orbit

Rachel Maddow

A closeup shot shows Tulsi Gabbard speaking outside.

Trump’s spy chief Tulsi Gabbard is in the hot seat

Akayla Gardner

A woman helps another woman to put her absentee ballot into a box outside.

FBI search in Fulton County originated from former Trump campaign lawyer

Ebony Davis

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick during a hearing on Feb. 10, 2026 in Washington, D.C.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick grilled over ties to Epstein

Sydney Carruth

Catherine Hanaway participates in a forum on Jul 26, 2016 in Jefferson City, Mo.

Missouri’s failed DEI lawsuit shows the limits of MAGA world’s threats

Ja'han Jones

Hunter Hess holds a championship belt and his skis.

Joe Scarborough blasts Trump’s ‘unbelievable’ hypocrisy after president slams U.S. Olympian

Allison Detzel

This is a close up portrait of Epstein.

The catchy label some critics are using to try to minimize the Epstein files

Marcella Szablewicz

Gretchen Whitmer sits at the stage, seen through two lines.

Whitmer aide says bridge between Michigan, Canada will open ‘one way or another’ after Trump threat

Rachel Van Dongen & The Associated Press

Sen. Bill Hagerty during a Senate committee hearing on Feb. 5, 2026, in Washington, D.C.

GOP senator pushes to punish Verizon for legally handing over his phone records

Ja'han Jones

Todd Lyons speaks at a podium outside during daytime.

ICE chief goes before Congress today as DHS funding deadline looms

Clarissa-Jan Lim

Rumeysa Ozturk speaks to press outside a courthouse. The photo is a tight frame and shot from below.

Judge drops deportation case against Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk

Julianne McShane

Trump’s Commerce Secretary admits he visited Epstein’s island with his family

‘Likely incriminated’: Congressman names six men unredacted from Epstein files

A person has been detained for questioning in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance

CBP chief refuses to answer whether Alex Pretti deserved to die

‘All over the files’: Maddow spots the people in Trump’s orbit named in the Epstein files

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  1. Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

    Why Congress deposed Maxwell knowing she wouldn’t talk

    Duncan Levin

  2. Jamie Siminoff, founder of Ring, in a commercial introducing "Search Party from Ring."

    Cute dogs can’t distract from the disturbing subtext in Ring’s Super Bowl ad

    Hayes Brown

  3. Kamala Harris sits at the stage while smiling and her hands are crossed over her legs.

    Kamala Harris needs to do better than this

    Kaivan Shroff

  4. Workers in green construction lifts work on the facade of the Kennedy Center, which is reflected in a puddle.

    Trump’s Kennedy Center ‘renovations’ explanation is a fig leaf for something darker

    Symone D. Sanders Townsend

  5. Paul Allen, left, and Russell Wilson hoist the Lombardi trophy in the air as blue and green confetti falls around them.

    Why the Seahawks’ Super Bowl win is good for America

    Keith Reed

  6. Birds fly past a giant banner with the image of President Donald Trump on Jan. 05, 2026 hanging on the outside of the U.S. Department of Labor.

    Why Trump wants to rename Dulles Airport and Penn Station after himself

    Zeeshan Aleem

  7. The Kennedy Center reflected in the Potomac River at dusk.

    Trump’s contempt for the Kennedy Center has reached a new level. I’m pushing back.

    Rep. Chellie Pingree

  8. People hold signs saying "Only Citizens Vote" and "Pass the SAVE Act" outside.

    There’s a deceptively simple problem with Trump’s push to change voter ID rules

    Ryan Teague Beckwith

  9. People hold signs calling for an end to censorship at Texas A&M's campus.

    Texas A&M’s bogus reason for cutting women’s and gender studies

    Evette Dionne

  10. Jeanine Pirro, left, points to a table of guns in front of her.

    Jeanine Pirro’s troubles with gun activists could come with a steep cost for MAGA

    Stephen Gutowski

  11. a photo illustration of Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post logo reflected in cracked glass

    How billionaires are destroying American journalism

    Zeeshan Aleem

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A golden statue depicts Donald Trump, left, and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands. In the background, the Capitol is out of focus.

Why there has been no ‘reckoning’ in Trump’s Washington for the Epstein files

Mychael Schnell

Elissa Slotkin, right, speaks into a microphone. Mark Kelly is out of focus behind her and to her left.

Grand jury rejects sedition charges against Democratic senators

Carol Leonnig & Ken Dilanian

A photo collage showing Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon with correspondence overlayed

‘Can u call me’: What the Epstein files reveal about the sex offender’s relationship with Steve Bannon

Brandy Zadrozny

Mike Johnson walks up to a podium with his head down and hand in his pocket.

House Republicans revolt over GOP’s attempt to hand Trump Congress’ tariff authority

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On Iran and tariffs, watch what Trump does, not what he says

Steve Benen

DHS is headed toward a shutdown. Democrats say that's just fine.

Mychael Schnell

Savannah Guthrie, right, and her mom, Nancy, sit at a table in the TODAY studio.

Person detained for questioning in Nancy Guthrie case has been released

Clarissa-Jan Lim

A closeup of Jack Jmith's face is photographed from below.

Cannon faces fresh appellate review of her pro-Trump actions on Jack Smith report

Jordan Rubin

Bad Bunny stands on the roof of a light yellow truck. People dance in the truck bed and on the football field below.

House Republicans eye official investigation into Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show

Steve Benen

President Donald Trump speaks at a Religious Liberty Commission meeting on Sept. 8, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission fragments in heated antisemitism argument

Ja'han Jones

A federal agent holds a phone up to a person in the driver's seat of a car. The phone screen shows a program that is scanning the driver's face.

The Trump administration is using secretive orders to crack down on dissent

Sarah McLaughlin

People are silhouetted before a screen that reads "AIPAC" and shows a visual of the American flag and the Israeli flag.

The warning for AIPAC in Tom Malinowski’s primary loss

Paul Waldman

John Phelan is seen among the soldiers standing in front of him.

Epstein files expose late sex offender’s connections to members of Trump’s orbit

Rachel Maddow

A closeup shot shows Tulsi Gabbard speaking outside.

Trump’s spy chief Tulsi Gabbard is in the hot seat

Akayla Gardner

A woman helps another woman to put her absentee ballot into a box outside.

FBI search in Fulton County originated from former Trump campaign lawyer

Ebony Davis

Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick during a hearing on Feb. 10, 2026 in Washington, D.C.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick grilled over ties to Epstein

Sydney Carruth

Catherine Hanaway participates in a forum on Jul 26, 2016 in Jefferson City, Mo.

Missouri’s failed DEI lawsuit shows the limits of MAGA world’s threats

Ja'han Jones

Hunter Hess holds a championship belt and his skis.

Joe Scarborough blasts Trump’s ‘unbelievable’ hypocrisy after president slams U.S. Olympian

Allison Detzel

This is a close up portrait of Epstein.

The catchy label some critics are using to try to minimize the Epstein files

Marcella Szablewicz

Gretchen Whitmer sits at the stage, seen through two lines.

Whitmer aide says bridge between Michigan, Canada will open ‘one way or another’ after Trump threat

Rachel Van Dongen & The Associated Press

Sen. Bill Hagerty during a Senate committee hearing on Feb. 5, 2026, in Washington, D.C.

GOP senator pushes to punish Verizon for legally handing over his phone records

Ja'han Jones

Todd Lyons speaks at a podium outside during daytime.

ICE chief goes before Congress today as DHS funding deadline looms

Clarissa-Jan Lim

Rumeysa Ozturk speaks to press outside a courthouse. The photo is a tight frame and shot from below.

Judge drops deportation case against Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk

Julianne McShane

Trump’s Commerce Secretary admits he visited Epstein’s island with his family

‘Likely incriminated’: Congressman names six men unredacted from Epstein files

A person has been detained for questioning in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance

CBP chief refuses to answer whether Alex Pretti deserved to die

‘All over the files’: Maddow spots the people in Trump’s orbit named in the Epstein files

MS NOW OPINION

Understand Today’s News

  1. Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

    Why Congress deposed Maxwell knowing she wouldn’t talk

    Duncan Levin

  2. Jamie Siminoff, founder of Ring, in a commercial introducing "Search Party from Ring."

    Cute dogs can’t distract from the disturbing subtext in Ring’s Super Bowl ad

    Hayes Brown

  3. Kamala Harris sits at the stage while smiling and her hands are crossed over her legs.

    Kamala Harris needs to do better than this

    Kaivan Shroff

  4. Workers in green construction lifts work on the facade of the Kennedy Center, which is reflected in a puddle.

    Trump’s Kennedy Center ‘renovations’ explanation is a fig leaf for something darker

    Symone D. Sanders Townsend

  5. Paul Allen, left, and Russell Wilson hoist the Lombardi trophy in the air as blue and green confetti falls around them.

    Why the Seahawks’ Super Bowl win is good for America

    Keith Reed

  6. Birds fly past a giant banner with the image of President Donald Trump on Jan. 05, 2026 hanging on the outside of the U.S. Department of Labor.

    Why Trump wants to rename Dulles Airport and Penn Station after himself

    Zeeshan Aleem

  7. The Kennedy Center reflected in the Potomac River at dusk.

    Trump’s contempt for the Kennedy Center has reached a new level. I’m pushing back.

    Rep. Chellie Pingree

  8. People hold signs saying "Only Citizens Vote" and "Pass the SAVE Act" outside.

    There’s a deceptively simple problem with Trump’s push to change voter ID rules

    Ryan Teague Beckwith

  9. People hold signs calling for an end to censorship at Texas A&M's campus.

    Texas A&M’s bogus reason for cutting women’s and gender studies

    Evette Dionne

  10. Jeanine Pirro, left, points to a table of guns in front of her.

    Jeanine Pirro’s troubles with gun activists could come with a steep cost for MAGA

    Stephen Gutowski

  11. a photo illustration of Jeff Bezos and the Washington Post logo reflected in cracked glass

    How billionaires are destroying American journalism

    Zeeshan Aleem

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"Forbes 30/50 Summit" headliners Diane Von Furstenburg, Jordan Chiles, Sophia Bush, Georgina Chapman, Diana Flores, and Crystelle Pereira.

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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.

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.

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Woman in front of a device screen in video conference for work.

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Mika Brzezinski and Huma Abedin.

Know Your Value, Forbes honor women shaping success at age 50 — and beyond
Black and white photos of Neiny and Shaquita Garcia

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