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A profiled view of President Donald Trump in front of a poster of the "Trump Gold Card."

Within Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ plan is another tough truth for MAGA’s working class

Philip Bump

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in New Jersey

Trump’s escalating abuse of female journalists is getting personal

Ari Bernick

Kilmar Abrego Garcia surrounded by people at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Baltimore Field Office.

Judge orders ICE not to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia at his check-in

Clarissa-Jan Lim

Donald Trump is seen in a scan of a photo with multiple women
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House Democrats release new Epstein photos featuring Trump

Ali Vitali, Kevin Frey & Clarissa-Jan Lim

The photos feature some of the richest and most powerful men in the world — including former President Bill Clinton, Steve Bannon, Bill Gates, Woody Allen and, most notably, President Donald Trump.

State Senator Rodric Bray speaks to members of the media at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis, Ind.
State Senator Rodric Bray speaks to members of the media at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis, Ind.

Trump pretends his power-grab flop in Indiana wasn’t humiliating (but it was)

Steve Benen

A close up of Marjorie Taylor Greene talking to reporters following a House GOP caucus meeting at the Capitol on April 10, 2024.

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s farewell gift to Mike Johnson: a longshot plot to oust him

Mychael Schnell

Tina Peters in Hudson, Colo.

Trump’s pardon for Colorado’s Tina Peters suffers from one fatal flaw

Steve Benen

Martin Makary, the commissioner of the FDA, during an interview in Washington, D.C., on July 18, 2025.

The Trump administration’s next assault on abortion rights may be in an 11-month holding period

Susan Rinkunas

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, center, attends a news conference with Republican Congressional leadership outside the Capitol.

Republicans swear they have an affordability plan — if they could just agree on one

Jack Fitzpatrick

Lori Chavez-DeRemer, wearing a cross necklace, gestures during her confirmation hearing to be Secretary of Labor in Washington, D.C.

The Labor Department just held a prayer service for employees

Julianne McShane

Officers with the Shelby County Sheriff's Office assist the motorcade of US Attorney General Pam Bondi, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller in Memphis, T.N.

The Trump administration’s bogus claim that it’s made Memphis safer

Earle J. Fisher

Protesters clash with federal agents in Chicago.

Chicago grand jurors continue stunning streak of rejecting Trump DOJ indictments

Jordan Rubin

Chris Hayes; Attendees holding signs that read "BIGGER PAYCHECKS" as US President Donald Trump delivers remarks.

Trump says his economy deserves an ‘A+++++’ — but his own voters disagree

Chris Hayes

Lindsey Halligan on Aug. 20, 2025 outside of the White House.

Trump seeks Senate confirmation for prosecutor whose cases were thrown out

Carol Leonnig & Lisa Rubin

Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the State Dining Room of the White House.

Why is Calibri typeface on Marco Rubio’s target list? DEI, of course.

Steve Benen

National flag of Denmark in Bornholm, Denmark.

A longtime NATO ally raises concerns about security risks from a Trump-led U.S.

Steve Benen

Grand Prismatic Spring at Yellowstone National Park

Trump-imposed changes at national parks face swift pushback in Congress, courts

Steve Benen

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

New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Trump DOJ fails to secure a Letitia James indictment — for the second time in a row

Jordan Rubin & Carol Leonnig

Israeli Speaker of the Knesset Amir Ohana and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson at the Capitol on Feb. 6, 2024.

As Americans sour on the economy, Mike Johnson is focused on getting Trump a Nobel Peace Prize

Ja'han Jones

Representative Josh Gottheimer talks on his phone before a meeting on Capitol Hill in on Dec. 6, 2022.

Progressives raise red flags over Democrats’ new House AI panel

Ja'han Jones

Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s immediate release from immigration custody

Jordan Rubin

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer at the U.S. Capitol.

Senate face-plants on health care as Obamacare premiums are set to skyrocket

Kevin Frey

A Mickey Mouse sign outside the Disney store in Times Square.

Disney deal gives fans AI power over Star Wars, Marvel characters — Mickey, too

Clarissa-Jan Lim

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during the 2025 New York Times Dealbook Summit in NYC.

The unsubtle subtext of Gavin Newsom’s ‘culturally normal’ comment

Nicholas Mitchell

‘He doesn’t get it’: New polling gives Trump lowest marks yet on economy

Judge orders DHS to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody

Lawrence: The K.I.N.D. Fund girls sing their thanks for scholarships

‘What if JFK said TIME needed to go away?’: Joe on Trump’s call for CNN to be sold off

The architects of AI named as TIME’s 2025 Person of the Year

Steve Rattner: Fed signals further rate cuts next year likely to be modest

Trump Jr. sees fortunes soar with his father back in office

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  1. 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

  2. Olivia Nuzzi.

    RFK Jr.’s escape from accountability in the Olivia Nuzzi scandal is no accident

    Eric Garcia

  3. California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during the 2025 New York Times Dealbook Summit in NYC.

    The unsubtle subtext of Gavin Newsom’s ‘culturally normal’ comment

    Nicholas Mitchell

  4. Israeli Speaker of the Knesset Amir Ohana and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson at the Capitol on Feb. 6, 2024.

    As Americans sour on the economy, Mike Johnson is focused on getting Trump a Nobel Peace Prize

    Ja'han Jones

  5. Miami Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins at her election night party on Dec. 9, 2025 in Miami, F.L.

    Why Democrats’ mayoral win in Miami is bad news for Trump

    Philip Bump

  6. Protestors demonstrate inside the rotunda of the Missouri Capitol Building in Jefferson City, M.O.

    Missouri activists just took a big step toward stopping their state’s Trump-backed congressional maps

    Ja'han Jones

  7. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on July 29, 2025, in Championsgate, FL.

    Florida AG files suit against medical groups over gender-affirming care

    Ja'han Jones

  8. President Donald Trump participates in a roundtable discussion with farmers in the White House on Dec. 8, 2025.

    It doesn’t take a mathematician to see Trump’s $12 billion farmer bailout doesn’t add up

    Hayes Brown

  9. Justice Elena Kagan sits between Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

    Justice Kagan knows why the Supreme Court majority wrongly supported Texas’ redistricting effort

    Michael A. Cohen

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