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Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton during "An Evening With The Clintons" on April 11, 2019 in New York City.

House panel votes to hold Clintons in contempt in Epstein investigation

Ebony Davis

A person holds a sign reading "Good Rest in Power" during a vigil on Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis.

Why the White House shifted its tone on Renee Good and the deadly ICE shooting

Steve Benen

Lisa Cook in the back seat of a vehicle with the door still open.

Lisa Cook hearing highlights extreme nature of Trump’s Federal Reserve stance

Jordan Rubin

President Donald Trump delivers a special address during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting on Jan. 21, 2026 in Davos.

Trump backs off tariffs over Greenland, says a deal is in the works

Clarissa-Jan Lim

The real reason Trump is so fixated on seizing Greenland

Philip Bump

Some of the U.S.’ closest allies are talking about Trump like he’s the enemy

Chris Hayes

A person inspects a giant banner with the image of President Donald Trump hanging on the outside of the U.S. Department of Labor.

Europe has new reasons to think Trump isn’t just pretending to be a ‘madman’

Zeeshan Aleem

A protester holds a sign reading "Impeach Trump" during a "Hands Off!" rally in on April 05, 2025 in Los Angeles.

Impeaching Trump now would be a mistake

Austin Sarat

Elon Musk, wearing a black hat that says "DOGE," puts his hand to his chin while looking down.

Social Security whistleblower vindicated on DOGE allegations five months later

Steve Benen

The Washington Post offices on Nov. 03, 2024 in Washington, D.C.

Judge orders feds not to examine devices seized from WaPo reporter

Sydney Carruth

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky during a meeting on Jan. 3, 2026 in Kyiv.

Zelenskyy won’t travel to Davos to meet with Trump, official says

Sydney Carruth & Vaughn Hillyard

Gavin Newsom walks down a hallway during the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Newsom accuses Trump administration of icing him out of a Davos media appearance

Akayla Gardner

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents walk down a street on Jan. 26, 2025, in Chicago.

Trump administration launches ICE ‘Operation Catch of the Day’ in Maine

Erum Salam

Donald Trump, left, and Gianni Infantino reflected in the floor of the Kennedy Center.

Trump’s visa restrictions sow confusion for visiting World Cup fans

Ja'han Jones

President Donald Trump during a news conference on Jan. 20, 2026 in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House.

Trump advances bizarre conspiracy theory about Venezuela, 2020 election

Steve Benen

Jonas Gahr Store, left, is shaking Donald Trump's hand with Trump's face behind Store's.

Trump’s weird text to Norway’s prime minister renews 25th Amendment talk

Steve Benen

As DOJ lags Epstein files deadline, Joe Scarborough asks, ‘Who are they protecting?’

Allison Detzel

Bottles of wine are displayed on April 25, 2025 at a Costco Wholesale store in San Diego.

By threatening France with a tariff on wine, Trump gives away the game

Steve Benen

US Border Patrol agents stand guard on Jan. 8, 2026 in Minneapolis.

Pentagon orders more active-duty soldiers to ready for possible Minneapolis deployment

Laura Barrón-López & David Rohde

Klobuchar blasts DOJ for targeting Dems instead of ICE agent who shot Renee Good

Allison Detzel

A photo of a young Latino man holding a photo of himself and his father, a view of the young man in the hospital wearing a neck brace, and a view of the man being detained by immigration officers.

How a drive to school became a violent chase and a snapshot of immigration agents’ tactics

Antonia Hylton & Kay Guerrero

People wave Greenlandic flags as they take part in a demonstration on Jan. 17, 2026 to protest against the US President's plans to take Greenland in Nuuk.

It’s up to Congress to stop Trump’s Greenland power trip

Claire McCaskill

Federal law enforcement agents confront anti-ICE protesters during a demonstration on Jan. 15, 2026 in Minneapolis.

Democrats scored the smallest of wins with ICE’s 2026 budget

Hayes Brown

Lisa Cook, governor of the US Federal Reserve, on Jan. 21, 2026 outside the US Supreme Court.

Supreme Court appears likely to side with Lisa Cook in Federal Reserve case

U.S. appeals court temporarily allows DHS to continue Minn. surge

‘He’s not going to be president forever’: Pritzker vows accountability for Trump officials

‘We are in the midst of a rupture’: NATO allies warn against Trump Greenland aggression

Doesn’t advance the investigation: House Democrat on why he’s a no on contempt vote against Clintons

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  1. Karim Diane as Jay-Den Kraag in "Star Trek: Starfleet Academy."

    Why Stephen Miller is suddenly very upset about ‘Star Trek’

    John DeVore

  2. A crowd of people, many carrying Trump flags and American flags.

    Trump’s ‘big lie’ doesn’t seem to have gone far enough for him

    Eric Lutz

  3. A United States map in blue shows President Trump through the blue state holes that voted for Biden in 2020.

    Trump’s plot to tear the country in two

    Paul Waldman

  4. A photo illustration of a person holding an iPhone while filming an ICE agent

    There’s a reason the DOJ wants to stop Minneapolis citizens from filming ICE

    Scott Hechinger

  5. A photo collage of menacing-looking ICE agents with Trump pointing overlayed

    Something darker is taking shape inside Trump’s ICE

    Zeeshan Aleem

  6. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks in United Nations Plaza at the culmination of the April 15, 1967 anti-Vietnam War march that went from Central Park to the UN.

    MLK Jr.’s anti-war warning feels impossible to ignore now

    Hayes Brown

  7. A photo illustration of a whistle in front of Renee Good's vehicle after being involved in a shooting by an ICE agent during federal law enforcement operations.

    Trump’s latest smear of Renee Good

    Jarvis DeBerry

  8. Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in Washington, D.C.

    How ICE could sink a deal to fund the government

    Hayes Brown

  9. President Trumps walks out of the White House at night, holding a large black umbrella.

    Trump’s Minnesota threats suggest he may be close to unleashing what he’s always wanted

    Philip Bump

  10. Federal law enforcement officers during confrontations with residents in Minneapolis.

    I’m a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here’s how ICE observers are helping.

    Nicole Bedera

  11. An ICE agent signals "stop" with his left hand up while holding a spray bottle as other agents follow him.

    ICE funding jumped $75 billion. Here’s my plan to redirect the windfall.

    U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto

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