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Trump sued for charging up to $100,000 for early access to his Truth Social posts

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The left should listen to AOC’s wise words on ‘woke one’

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President Donald Trump boards Air Force One.

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Steve Benen

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Darline Graham has already made one thing depressingly clear about her political ideology

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Republicans aren’t the only party with a brand problem — and Democrats are concerned

Kevin Frey

Donald Trump, left, looks on as Mike Lindell speaks at a podium.

Lindell flop in Minnesota’s GOP gubernatorial primary adds to Trump’s endorsement woes

Steve Benen

Francesca Hong makes a hand gesture like she is greeting or gesturing farewell while speaking on stage.

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ICE agents clash with protesters outside the federal immigration center at Delaney Hall.

ICE to purchase gloves for officers that can send electric shocks upon contact

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On the Strait of Hormuz, Trump increasingly prefers made-up boasts to reality

Steve Benen

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Jordan Rubin

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Dozens of military family members were detained by ICE. Democrats demand changes.

Laura Haefeli

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Nicolle Wallace slams Trump’s Air Force One switch as ‘extraordinary act of deception’

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Donal Trump is seen from behind on the new Air Force One, that was gifted by the Qatari Government.

Trump secretly swapped planes at NATO summit due to security threat

Jake Traylor & Erum Salam

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The buck never stops with the boss in Trump’s White House. Hegseth proves it.

Hayes Brown

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Trump’s DOJ plans to treat his communications with ‘outside advisors’ as privileged. Why now?

Lisa Rubin

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On Trump’s voter suppression bill, GOP senators ignore his call to delay August recess

Steve Benen

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Trump seems to think he has credibility on medicine, science and public health. He doesn’t.

Steve Benen

Rep. Jim Jordan speaks to members of the media as he arrives for a House Republican Conference meeting.

Leading White House adviser says Jim Jordan has been ‘so unhelpful in so many ways’

Steve Benen

Royce White made his case as the U.S. Senatorial nominee for the GOP at the Minnesota Republican state convention.

These former NBA players are making a mockery of trans women and the WNBA

Mike Wise

Consumer prices inched higher in July, amid discouraging economic data

Steve Benen

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A veteran Democratic congressman lost Tuesday. He’s not the only one to go down this election cycle.

Hunter Woodall

Wisconsin Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong during a campaign rally.

Republicans meddle in Democratic primaries but fall short of their intended results

Steve Benen

People in bulletproof vests and face masks stand together outside.

Texas Democrats push cities to end contracts allowing ICE to deputize local law enforcement

Laura Barrón-López

President Donald Trump exits Marine One near the White House.

‘Let me put an idea in your head’: Radio host offers Trump a disturbing suggestion on elections

Steve Benen

Trump ‘has to accept’ he’s going to ‘lose’ Iran war: Former deputy NSA

Lawrence: With Air Force One switch, Trump fails his self-imposed Hollywood Hero Test

Crowley speaks after victory, says focus on progressives vs. establishment ‘misses the point’

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  1. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol.

    The powerful vulnerability of AOC’s public egg freezing announcement

    Miranda Yaver

  2. A man speaks at a podium, the frame partially obscured by the foreground.

    Bill Cassidy was right about Todd Blanche — just not in the way he meant

    Duncan Levin

  3. Elon Musk holds a chainsaw above his head. People in the foreground film with their phones. In the background is a giant photo of Musk, which is visually cut in half by the chainsaw that Musk is holding up.

    The full cost of Musk’s DOGE is still being tallied — but a new report gives a hint

    Hayes Brown

  4. Conservatives’ response to a college student’s $20 burrito gripe won’t win at the ballot box

    Helaine Olen

  5. President Donald Trump dances as he leaves the stage after speaking at an event in Las Vegas, Nev.

    Trump has long coveted other countries’ oil. It’s backfiring.

    Joseph Zeballos-Roig

  6. Ariana Grande.

    It’s not problematic to state the obvious about Ariana Grande

    Evette Dionne

  7. Susan Collins walks down the hallway, looking down on the ground.

    Susan Collins is back to her old tricks. Voters should see right through them.

    Max Burns

  8. Photoillustration of Donald Trump between a sweatshop worker and a chain gang, illustrating forced labor.

    If Trump wants to change countries tolerant of forced labor, he can start at home

    Jeremy Busby

  9. Education Secretary Linda McMahon appears in front of her “National Call to Action” letter and a college classroom.

    Linda McMahon’s latest directive to universities isn’t about education at all

    Jacques Berlinerblau

  10. A man in a blue blazer, seen from a low angle, with ceiling lights in the background.

    Many Michigan Democrats voted with their hearts, not their heads. That’s not always good strategy.

    Michael A. Cohen

  11. A small boat sails past cargo ships and other commercial vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz.

    Iran’s Hormuz deal with Oman is Trump’s biggest loss in the war to date

    Nicholas Grossman

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