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Bets on Iran war draw scrutiny

Jelinda Montes
Attorney General Pam Bondi attends a press briefing held at the White House February 20, 2026 in Washington. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images)

DOJ gave Dems "damning" Trump memo

Garrett Owen
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Is this WWIII? It's the wrong question

Troy Farah
An ICE agent at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

ICE at airports: Trump troll backfires

Amanda Marcotte
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Trump's EPA rollback meets resistance

Jelinda Montes
Donald Trump takes questions at Mar-a-Lago on Dec. 22, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

The GOP's losing the Latino vote again

Gary M. Segura, Matt A. Barreto - The Conversation
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and an image of the Meta logo. (DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images)

Meta loses child exploitation case

Alex Galbraith
Steve Bannon speaks on stage during The Semafor 2025 World Economy Summit on April 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Shannon Finney/Getty Images for Semafor)

Bannon: ICE at airports is "test run"

Alex Galbraith
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U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks with Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia at the White House on November 18, 2025. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Saudis pushed Trump to continue Iran war

Garrett Owen
President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (CARLOS BARRIA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Next for Cuba: A GOP oligarchy

Heather Digby Parton
Attorney General Pam Bondi, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are among the Cabinet and White House officials who have been granted military housing (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

A Cabinet behind military gates

Chauncey DeVega
A general view of Tehran with smoke visible in the distance after explosions were reported in the city, on March 02, 2026. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)

Trump’s rising Iran War price tag

Garrett Owen
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A child cries after his father is detained by federal agents as they left a court hearing in immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on August 26, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

ICE detains citizens' parents

Jeff Ernsthausen, Mario Ariza, McKenzie Funk, Mica Rosenberg, Gabriel Sandoval - ProPublica
In his second term, President Donald Trump is openly profiteering from the presidency (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump: Pass SAVE Act "for Jesus"

Alex Galbraith
An Air Canada Express plane sits on the tarmac after it collided with a fire truck on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport on March 23, 2026 in New York City. Two people are believed to have been killed in the late-night accident, with dozens injured. The plane had landed from a flight from Montreal. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

LaGuardia plane crash kills two

Alex Galbraith
Vice President JD Vance (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

How Iran emasculated JD Vance

Amanda Marcotte
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Why AI chatbots are getting political

Russell Payne
Los Angeles consumers and nationwide are feeling the strain of higher prices at the pump and other parts of their budget as the Iran War and block of the Strait of Hormuz continues into its fourth week. (Frederic J. BROWN / AFP / Getty Images))

An ultimatum & a global oil prices shock

CK Smith
United States President Donald Trump speaks to the press before his departs the White House en route Miami, Florida on March 20, 2026, in Washington DC. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Getty Images)

Trump condemned for Mueller post

Alex Galbraith
A pastor inspects his church after the floods recede on Oahu. The mud covering the floor and the high watermarks on the walls and curtains are the remnants of the historic flash floods in the area. (Stephen Lam / Getty Images)

Hawaiians return to flood-ravaged homes

CK Smith
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ICE Police watch as Rep. Ilhan Omar, center, U.S. Representative Kelly Morrison, left, and U.S. Representative Angie Craig, (not shown) on right, make their way into the the entrance of the Whipple Federal Building in Fort Snelling, MN on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. (Elizabeth Flores / Getty Images)

Trump threatens ICE airport deployment

Alex Galbraith
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard testifies before the House Select Intelligence Committee (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Tulsi Gabbard’s Iran pivot

Heather Digby Parton
Dolores Huerta, labor leader, civil rights activist and co-founder of United Farm Workers, speaks during Together for Democracy 2026, Jan. 29, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Democracy Forward)

Chavez news rocks farmworker movement

Chabeli Carrazana, Shefali Luthra, Marissa Martinez - The 19th
As the Epstein Files continue to be released and redacted, new discoveries of missing files, photos and suspects also continue to unravel. (Scott Olson / Getty Images)

Epstein’s shredded records resurface

CK Smith
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