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FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a press conference on Oct. 23, 2025, in New York City.

Kash Patel’s new ride of choice: an armored luxury BMW

Ken Dilanian & Carol Leonnig

Vice President JD Vance speaks at Turning Point USA's AmericaFest in Phoenix

JD Vance to Turning Point crowd: ‘You don’t have to apologize for being white anymore’

Erum Salam

Rep. Thomas Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna during a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act on Nov. 18, 2025 outside the U.S. Capitol.

Members eye ‘inherent contempt’ against Bondi after incomplete Epstein disclosures

Steve Benen

Sen. Rick Scott arrives for a vote at the Capitol.

Is it Trump’s economy yet? Republicans in Congress have a nakedly political answer.

Kevin Frey & Mychael Schnell

Holiday shoppers feel the impact of Trump’s tariffs

Arielle Hixson

The five words Trump probably regrets saying right now

Eugene Daniels

A composite image of Charlie Kirk, Erika Kirk JD Vance, Tucker Carlson, and Ben Shapiro

AmericaFest revealed a hidden war being waged in MAGA land over Charlie Kirk’s killing

Brandy Zadrozny

A close up of President Donald Trump's hand holding a pen.

Trump’s pardon spree is doing real harm to real people

Hayes Brown

Ice agents detain a person as he exits an immigration courtroom hearing at the Jacob K. Javitz Federal Building.

Kavanaugh’s infamous September concurring opinion is already being weaponized by Trump

Anthony L. Fisher

Todd Blanche sits in the courtroom at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 3, 2024 in NYC.

Deputy AG Blanche contradicts Trump, adding to systemic credibility concerns

Steve Benen

An illustration airplane flying through a dollar sign cloud

Booking flights is already a nightmare. Delta is testing a way that could make it worse.

Ganesh Sitaraman

Vice President JD Vance speaks on the final day of Turning Point USA's annual AmericaFest conference on Dec 21 in Phoenix, AZ.

Why JD Vance’s ‘Christian nation’ claim is more than just ahistorical nonsense

Steve Benen

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche attends a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington.

Trump’s DOJ defends removal of Epstein files from website

Erum Salam

A Tyson Foods worker walks through a facility on April 24, 2020, in Lexington, Neb.

The wobbly economy comes to Trump country

Rosa Flores

White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller.

Stephen Miller wanted to be tough on drug boats. He may regret it.

Hayes Brown

Oil tankers sail the Maracaibo Lake on March 15 , 2019 in Maracaibo, Venezuela.

U.S. seizes another oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast, Noem says

Clarissa-Jan Lim

Trump Media stock market trading information seen on a television at the Nasdaq Marketplace on March 26, 2024 in NYC.

Trump Media enters $6 billion deal with fusion energy company

Sydney Carruth

Women walk past a mural depicting an oil pump on April 14, 2021 in a street of Caracas, Venezuela.

Trump is done being coy about what he really wants out of Venezuela

Zeeshan Aleem

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House.

On Trump’s failures to create jobs, the White House flubs the meaning of ‘strong’

Steve Benen

Donald Trump shakes hands with Joe Biden at Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025 in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.

White House is still trying to rewrite recent history about the Biden-era economy

Steve Benen

President Donald Trump.

New poll shows even Republicans are starting to see Trump for who he is

Philip Bump

An illustration showing Donald Trump and Jeffery Epstein

This is why the Epstein files needed to be public

Paul Waldman

Jeffrey Epstein during a party on Feb. 12, 2000 at the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, FL.

Justice Department releases documents from its Epstein investigation

Clarissa-Jan Lim & Julianne McShane

Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during a campaign rally in Toledo, O.H.

Vivek Ramaswamy calls out racism on the right at AmericaFest

Alex Tabet

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during a news conference.

Hegseth announces ‘top-down’ changes ahead for military chaplains

Ja'han Jones

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer attends a news conference outside the Capitol.

Democrats slam Trump administration for incomplete release of Epstein files

Mychael Schnell

Justices of the US Supreme Court during a formal group photograph on Oct. 7, 2022 at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Seated from left: Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr. and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. Standing from left: Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

The Supreme Court is poised to deliver GOP wins in 2026. The question is how far it will go.

Jordan Rubin

U.S. Coast Guard in ‘active pursuit’ of third oil tanker in waters off Venezuela

‘Incompetence or duplicity’: Barbara McQuade on DOJ defending removal of Epstein files from website 

‘Sick and tired of lip service’: Doug Emhoff on leaders’ failure to address antisemitism

Record number of lawmakers won’t return after 2026

Michelle Obama talks race, beauty and more in exclusive sit-down with Jonathan Capehart

‘Families don’t know where to turn’: HHS cuts millions in grants to American Academy of Pediatrics

‘We’ll be back in court’: Oversight Democrat says DOJ Epstein release violates judicial order

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    The GOP is using its anti-abortion playbook against trans kids. It might not stop there.

    Katelyn Burns

  2. Donald Trump in the main foyer of his mansion Greenwich, CT., circa 1987.

    Trump’s spent a lifetime crafting an image now working against him

    Helaine R. Olen

  3. Dried marijuana awaits curing at a cannabis dispensary in Wareham, M.A.

    How legalizing marijuana could flip Trump’s sinking popularity around

    Jeremy Berke

  4. An aerial view of Speaker of the House Mike Johnson as he holds a news conference surrounded by the checkered floor of the Capitol.

    Mike Johnson may have already lost

    Max Burns

  5. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson at a news conference at the Capitol.

    Mike Johnson’s belated health care proposal disappoints across the aisle

    Hayes Brown

  6. FBI Director Kash Patel conducts a news conference on Dec. 4 at the Department of Justice.

    Kash Patel fires far-right FBI agent for unleashing bigoted attack on him

    Ja'han Jones

  7. Michelle Obama with Jonathan Capehart in “The Look: A Conversation with Michelle Obama” on Dec. 15.

    Michelle Obama, free from politics, gets candid about race and attacks on women in exclusive interview

    Jonathan Capehart

  8. A person holds their hand up to their chest as they swear allegiance to the U.S. flag during a naturalization ceremony in Miami, F.L., on April 28, 2006.

    If you want to see how Trump has poisoned our country, go to a citizenship ceremony

    Zeeshan Aleem

  9. Head Coach Andy Reid, Travis Kelce #87 and Patrick Mahomes #15 of the Kansas City Chiefs look on before taking the field against the Washington Football Team.

    The impact of Patrick Mahomes’ torn ACL will be felt far beyond the Chiefs

    Keith Reed

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