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President Donald Trump holds up a football presented to him during a presentation ceremony for the Commander-in-Chief Trophy in the White House on April 15, 2025.

Trump’s football troubles take a weird turn as he eyes new name ‘for the NFL stuff’

Steve Benen

(L-R) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts, Justice Elena Kagan, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, and retired Justice Anthony Kennedy.

SCOTUS poised to ‘destroy the structure of government’ in Trump v. Slaughter case

Jordan Rubin

President Donald Trump participates in a video call with military service members from his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov.27, 2025.

A new poll shows where Trump has a surprising vulnerability with his own voters

Zeeshan Aleem

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.

Trump weighing Noem’s ouster at Homeland Security

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Alina Habba outside the White House.

Alina Habba steps down as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey following court ruling

Julianne McShane

Rep. Elise Stefanik and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson conduct a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Jan. 30, 2024.

Johnson was having an exhausting week. Then Stefanik jumped in

Hayes Brown

Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Pop Star Katy Perry.

Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and singer Katy Perry make their relationship official

Erum Salam

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at the Reagan National Defense Forum.

Hegseth hedges on releasing video of the ‘double-tap’ boat strike, despite Trump’s vow

Steve Benen

Associate Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts during Donald Trump's inauguration in the Capitol.

Republican-controlled Supreme Court considers granting a Project 2025 wish

Jordan Rubin

President Donald Trump on Oct. 14, 2025, in the Rose Garden of the White House.

Two Trump mortgages make same claim that led to fraud charges for foes

Steve Benen

MTG discusses Trump’s ‘unkind’ response to death threats she says targeted her son

President Donald Trump, accompanied by his son Eric, left, tees off at a new 18-hole course at Trump International Golf Links on July 29, 2025, in Balmedie, near Aberdeen, Scotland.

How a round of golf led to one of Trump’s most bizarre pardons

Steve Benen

President Donald Trump sits in the Cabinet room.

Trump slams Texas Democrat’s ‘lack of loyalty’ after granting him pardon

Erum Salam

An aerial view of the Netflix logo displayed at Netflix studios, with the Hollywood sign in the distance, on Dec. 5, 2025, in Los Angeles.

Trump plans to play a role in proposed Netflix, Warner Brothers deal: ‘I’ll be involved’

Steve Benen

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer at the US Capitol.

As Schumer pitches an ACA plan, new poll suggests Republicans should embrace it

Steve Benen

Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, T.N.

Trump’s pardon of a former Honduran president boils down to a cryptocurrency play

Philip Bump

The U.S. Supreme Court building.

Supreme Court agrees to consider Trump’s bid to thwart birthright citizenship

Jordan Rubin

Former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez is escorted by Members of the Police Special Forces to be extradited to the U.S. to face charges of taking bribes from drug traffickers at Honduran National Directorate of Special Forces on April 21, 2022, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Senate Republicans play dumb on Trump pardon for notorious foreign drug trafficker

Steve Benen

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries during a news conference at the Capitol.

The new slogan that highlights everything wrong with today’s Democratic leadership

Paul Waldman

Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison.

Paramount launches hostile bid to take over Warner Bros. after Netflix deal

Julianne McShane

Border Patrol agents arrest two people smuggling drugs into Yuma, A.Z., on June 22, 2022.

My state is the fentanyl funnel for the rest of America. Trump is turning his back on it.

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes

President Donald Trump salutes Army troops on the National Mall.

MLK Day is replaced by President Trump’s birthday at National Parks

Clarissa-Jan Lim

Surveillance footage of boat strike; Ali Velshi.

War crime or murder? The central legal question looming over U.S. boat strikes

Ali Velshi

Sean Combs.

We didn’t need 50 Cent’s documentary on Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

Darryl Robertson

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Trump insults CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins: ‘stupid and nasty’

Clarissa-Jan Lim

Former Rep. Colin Allred drops U.S. Senate bid

Hegseth lashes out at journalists after being pressed on ‘double-tap’ boat strike

How Netflix-Warner Bros. Discovery megadeal could forever change Hollywood

GOP Rep. Anna Paulina Luna leads the charge to ban congressional stock trading

Trump ramps up attacks on Somali community as Supreme Court agrees to take up birthright citizenship

White House’s tiplines are priming the public to police each other

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  1. Former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez is escorted by the police to be extradited to U.S.to face charges of taking bribes from drug traffickers at Honduran National Directorate of Special Forces on April 21, 2022, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

    Trump’s pardon of Honduras’ former president gives away the game

    Zeeshan Aleem

  2. Donald Trump and media personality Megyn Kelly at Trump's campaign rally in Pittsburgh, P.A.

    Megyn Kelly’s shocking viral comments mirror a broader MAGA obsession

    Anthony L. Fisher

  3. President Donald Trump at the White House.

    The cruel consequences of Trump’s casual use of the R-word

    Eric Garcia

  4. Framed portraits of President Donald Trump flank an image of former President Joe Biden's signature and an autopen along "The Presidential Walk of Fame" at the White House.

    The dangerous strategy at the heart of Trump’s nonsensical autopen obsession

    Barbara McQuade

  5. Afghan refugees disembark from a U.S. Air Force aircraft in Spain after an evacuation flight from Kabul on Aug. 31, 2021.

    There’s a bill to improve Afghan vetting and resettlement. Congress hasn’t passed it for three years.

    Kristen L. Rouse

  6. Lane Kiffin stands behind a podium at a press conference at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, L.A.

    The fallout from Lane Kiffin’s Ole Miss departure will be felt for years to come

    Jason Page

  7. Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, T.N.

    Trump’s pardon of a former Honduran president boils down to a cryptocurrency play

    Philip Bump

  8. U.S. Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino sits in the driver's seat surrounded by media and protesters.

    Greg Bovino’s blatant lying to a judge crossed a line — even for MAGA supporters

    Austin Sarat

  9. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

    RFK Jr.’s latest anti-vaccine move will cause untold harm to autistic Americans

    Eric Garcia

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