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Rachel Kahn

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Hafiz Rashid

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Watchdog Exposes How Hegseth Endangered Troops’ Lives in Signalgate

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Trump Nearly Has a Stroke Trying to Pronounce Names of African Leaders

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Top Military Commander Plans Wild Defense of Second Boat Strike

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Trump Is Now Denying Visas to People Who Worked in Content Moderation

Malcolm Ferguson

Hegseth Barely Cooperated With Signalgate Probe—and Still Got Wrecked

Malcolm Ferguson

Trump Pardons Sports Executive His Own Justice Department Charged

Malcolm Ferguson

Trump Official Fights for His Life as Fox News Grills Him on Economy

Rachel Kahn

Trump, 79, Falls Asleep Again During Peace Agreement Signing

Hafiz Rashid

Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details

Greg Sargent

JD Vance Sent Weird Late-Night Text After Signal Messages Leaked

Rachel Kahn

Top Military Commander Showed Lawmakers Boat Strike Video—and It’s Bad

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Now We Know Why Top Navy Admiral Suddenly Resigned Under Hegseth

Hafiz Rashid

France’s Macron Warned Other Leaders About Potential Trump Betrayal

Hafiz Rashid

Mike Johnson Proves It Doesn’t Take 50 Days to Swear In a Rep.

Hafiz Rashid

Pete Hegseth Hit With Major Lawsuit Over DOD Media Restrictions

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Pete Hegseth’s Main Defense for Boat Strike Survivors Just Fell Apart

Malcolm Ferguson

Transcript: Angry Trump Loses 2026 Plot as GOP Panics: “Flashing Red”

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Trump’s Crackdown on Afghan Refugees Will Have Dire Consequences

Grace Segers

Angry Trump Unravels over 2026 Woes as GOP Panic Grows: “Flashing Red”

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Minneapolis Will Prove It’s Better than Trump’s Sick Somali Smear

Samuel G. Freedman

Gertrude Stein’s Preparations for the Afterlife

Evan Kindley

Republican Senators Question Hegseth’s Future as Outrage Grows

Rachel Kahn

Trump Jr.-Backed Company Cashes In on Massive Pentagon Contract

Rachel Kahn

What We Know About the Suspect in the January 6 Pipe Bombing Case

Hafiz Rashid

Zillow Doesn’t Care If Climate Change Destroys Your New Home

Liza Featherstone

Trump Accidentally Lets Slip Plan to Rename Kennedy Center

Rachel Kahn

Trump’s Excuse for Getting Random MRI Has Major Issues, Doctor Says

Edith Olmsted

Lindsey Graham Is Now Pissed at the Pope for Telling Off Trump

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Judge Rips Stephen Miller as “Ignorant or Incompetent, or Both”

Edith Olmsted

Did Pete Hegseth Even Read the Signalgate Report?

Edith Olmsted

Jack Smith to Testify on Trump—but GOP Won’t Let It Be Public

Edith Olmsted

Trump Pardons Democrat, Showing He Loves All Grifters

Edith Olmsted

Costco Is Coming for Trump. It Wants Its Money Back.

Matt Ford

The Radical Honesty of Trump’s Racist New Asylum Policy

Melissa Gira Grant

Trump’s Travel Ban Gets More Extreme—Hitting Citizenship Applicants

Hafiz Rashid

Trump Backs Pete Hegseth on Boat Strikes Even as GOP Turns on Him

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Pete Hegseth Tells Katie Miller to Her Face That He Hates Her Husband

Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling

Rand Paul Drags Pete Hegseth: Either Lying to Us or Incompetent

Malcolm Ferguson

Transcript: Trump White House Rages at Pop Star Who Nailed MAGA “Evil”

The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent

Republicans Panic After Narrow Victory in Deep-Red Tennessee