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‘Benefits of being a state’: Trump escalates tariff war with Canada

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Postal Service issues ‘final order’ to restrict mail-in voting

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Trump’s list of historical figures he admires has a big flaw

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The president reportedly thinks that he is a “Top 10” world historical figure who is meant to change the world. That level of self-aggrandizing often doesn’t end well.

A man erects a giant inflatable ear of corn at the Iowa State Fair

How struggling farmers could turn Iowa blue and hand Democrats power

Peggy Helman & Alex Tabet

Photoillustration of a blurred silhouette of a pregnant person in profile against a pale blue background.

A dispute between a couple and their surrogate is exposing another risk of abortion restrictions

Mary Ziegler

Donald Trump speaks into a microphone at a podium inside the White House. Other men in suits stand next to him.

Trump could be caught in a billionaire bubble ‘doom loop’

Charlie Herman

In this photo shot from below, Natalie Harp looks at Donald Trump with a smile on her face, as several men stand near her.

‘It is I who is unworthy’: Natalie Harp reportedly wrote gushing letters to Trump

Clarissa-Jan Lim

Rosie O'Donnell looks on as she sits at Jimmy Kimmel's desk durng the show.

Rosie O’Donnell saved her best jokes for one viewer during her late-night stint

Jacques Berlinerblau

A woman speaks into a microphone at a podium with her fist raised. Donald Trump smiles behind her, out of focus.

Trump tries to clean up Darline Graham’s debate mess in S.C.

Mychael Schnell & Soorin Kim

Photoillustration of Donald Trump pointing at Kristen Holmes holding a microphone against a red-and-textured background.

In hitting back at the FCC, Disney also acknowledged a chilling reality

Symone D. Sanders Townsend

Front facade of Kennedy Center where the name is covered with a white tarp is seen from below.

Emergency motion in Kennedy Center case seeks to halt ‘breathtaking act of defiance’

Jordan Rubin

Different packages of ground beef on the shelf at a supermarket.

GOP lawmakers say Trump’s beef plan ‘undercuts’ U.S. farmers and ranchers

Lillie Boudreaux & Adam Hudacek

a row of political candidates

Trump’s endorsement isn’t as valuable as it used be

Michael A. Cohen

Donald Trump's shadow is seen as he makes a hand gesture on the ground as bottom part of his legs take up the top[ right of the frame.

Trump’s 5 favorite excuses for his many failed 2026 endorsements

Steve Benen

Editorial illustration of Michael Cohen, left, and President Donald Trump smiling across a microphone.

Michael Cohen’s big moment with Trump is yet another humiliation

Anthony L. Fisher

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as the Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum.

Trump administration reportedly looks to arm U.S. Park Police with creepy spy tech

Ja'han Jones

Photoillustration of Lindsay Clancy in profile surrounded by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., antidepressant pills, blister packs and clipped medical documents.

She killed her 3 kids. MAHA blames her antidepressants.

Julianne McShane

Trump and price tags with various high prices

Billions of dollars in tariff relief are rolling out — just not to consumers

Joseph Zeballos-Roig

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry look on. Markle smiles while Harry looks serious.

Why Harry and Meghan are making the move back to Britain

Autumn Brewington

A man in a suit and tie looks on in front of a blue curtain.

DOJ to take fight over Trump-appointed U.S. attorney to Supreme Court

Ebony Davis

Alex Jones speaks to the press.

Texas court cuts $50 million judgment against Alex Jones to $1.5 million in Sandy Hook lawsuit

Clarissa-Jan Lim

Nancy Kassebaum Baker

Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former U.S. senator from Kansas, dies at 94

The Associated Press

Trump withholds key 2024 election files from the public

‘Except for Natalie’: Trump’s favorite aide skirted security clearance required by other WH staff

NYT: Hegseth’s wife involved in his duties at the Pentagon

Lawrence: Trump’s treasury secretary said ‘we don’t know when’ Trump’s war will end

‘Ken Paxton is anti-puppy’: Talarico unloads on his Texas Senate rival

Cook Report shifts Texas and Iowa Senate races to toss-ups

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  1. Photoillustration of Elon Musk’s face repeated around a pink piggy bank against a yellow background of calculators and math symbols.

    The $40 trillion debt is a reminder of Musk’s DOGE farce

    Matthew Bartlett

  2. Donald Trump, right, speaks to a group of over 20 members of the media outside. Marine One and the Washington Monument are visible in the background.

    Trump gutted public media — and now white supremacists want to fill the void

    Ja'han Jones

  3. Seen from a low angle, Donald Trump — his full body visible — is partially silhouetted against a cloudy sky. In the foreground, boom mics cast odd silhouettes.

    There’s one word that describes Trump’s attacks on journalists

    Glenn Kessler

  4. In this diagonal frame, Jim Justice makes a hand gesture as he speaks.

    Republicans are getting a taste of their own anti-Obama medicine years later

    Hayes Brown

  5. Stephen A. Smith speaks on stage at Fanatics Fest in New York City.

    Stephen A. Smith’s problematic commentary still didn’t warrant Black journalists’ harshest rebuke

    Keith Reed

  6. A man in glasses seen at an extreme close up.

    Scott Bessent knows Treasury markets hate surprises. He just gave them one.

    Anthony Coley

  7. Photoillustration of the U.S. Capitol rendered as a glowing green digital image with glitch effects and a wireframe grid.

    Everyone in Congress is using AI and I’m worried

    Hayes Brown

  8. the White House photoshopped to look gold plated

    The price tag on Trump’s renovations is getting absurdly high

    Hayes Brown

  9. A woman among a large group of mourners and supporters holds up a photo of Jason Arday.

    Why all universities should be paying close attention to the Jason Arday tragedy

    Anthea Butler

  10. The ABC building against a blue sky. Blurred in the foreground, a fencepost topper made to look like Mickey Mouse frames the building.

    A year after suspending Jimmy Kimmel, ABC is calling Trump’s bluff

    Brian Lowry

  11. Donald Trump, seen at profile looking left, speaks into a microphone at a podium. On the top right is a jumbotron screen showing Trump speaking. A blue light in the foreground fills the bottom right of the frame.

    Trump’s latest scheme betrays the perverse logic of right-wing populism

    Zeeshan Aleem

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