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U.S. President Joe Biden (L) speaks next to former US President Barack Obama onstage during a campaign fundraiser at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on June 15, 2024. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

What Democrats didn't hear from voters

Chauncey DeVega
Elon Musk and X, formerly Twitter, logo. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Elon's harassment reveals his weakness

Amanda Marcotte
Members of the Drug Enforcement Administration raided two homes side-by-side, in an assumed illegal marijuana operation, on January 31, 2019 in Commerce City, Colorado. (RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Trump DEA pick withdraws

Kelly McClure
Bonita Springs, Florida, Goodwill Donation Drop Off entrance. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

US may close minimum-wage loophole

Marin Scotten
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From left, Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, deputy Senate Democratic Conference secretary, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., chair of outreach, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., vice chair of the conference, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., chair of steering and policy committee, Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., conference secretary, and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., vice chair of the conference, are seen after being voted into their new positions, after the leadership elections in the U.S. Capitol, on Tuesday, December 3, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Senate Democrats stick with Schumer

Charles R. Davis
Participant holding a sign outside the the Supreme Court on October 08, 2019. (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The Supreme Court takes on trans rights

Marin Scotten
In this handout image provided by South Korean Presidential Office, South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol speaks during the declaration of emergency martial law at the Presidential Office on December 03, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. (South Korean Presidential Office via Getty Images)

South Korea imposes martial law

Charles R. Davis
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) departs the Senate Chamber following a vote at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, May 4, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

How Congress crushed free speech in 2024

Andy Lee Roth, Mickey Huff
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Donald Trump, Joe Biden and Hunter Biden (Photo illustration. by Salon/Getty Images)

The political high road is a mirage

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Pete Hegseth (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Pete Hegseth's church explains it all

Amanda Marcotte
Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth leaves a meeting with Republican Senators at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 21, 2024. (Allison Robbert for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Hegseth coworkers say he was often drunk

Marin Scotten
US Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat from Massachusetts, speaks to reporters on her way to a vote at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 14, 2024. (ALLISON ROBBERT/AFP via Getty Images)

Dems concerned Trump will deploy troops

Marin Scotten
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Former Chief of Staff to the United States Secretary of Defense Kash Patel speaks during a Turning Point Action 'United for Change' campaign rally for former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Las Vegas, Nevada, on October 24, 2024. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's Patel pick "all about loyalty"

Charles R. Davis
Former Chief of Staff to the U.S. Secretary of Defense Kash Patel speaks during a campaign rally for U.S. Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump at Findlay Toyota Center on October 13, 2024 in Prescott Valley, Arizona. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

The "persecution" of Kash Patel

Heather Digby Parton
Pregnant woman being cared for inside ambulance (Getty Images/xavierarnau)

What the abortion death cover-up reveals

Amanda Marcotte
U.S. Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris waves as she leaves the stage on the fourth and last day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 22, 2024. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

The problem with what voters want

Chauncey DeVega
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Ireland's Taoiseach (or prime minister) Simon Harris, talking with media at the European Union and Gulf Cooperation Council Summit, Oct. 16, 2024, in Brussels. (Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images)

Ireland's election: Trump didn't win

Andrew O'Hehir
President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden during the 2024 White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House, Monday, April 1, 2024. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

President Biden pardons son Hunter

Alex Galbraith
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks on stage during the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 20, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Sanders: Musk is right to cut spending

Alex Galbraith
Former Chief of Staff to the Department of Defense Kash Patel speaks during a campaign rally at Minden-Tahoe Airport on October 08, 2022 in Minden, Nevada. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Critics: Patel pick is "middle finger"

Alex Galbraith
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Kash Patel, a former chief of staff to then-acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller, speaks during a campaign event for Republican election candidates on July 31, 2022 in Tucson, Arizona. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trump tags Patel to head FBI

Alex Galbraith
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) holds the gavel while checking the podium during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 15, 2024. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

How GOP won: The gerrymander, again

David Daley
Donald Trump and an American flag on fire (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump's second term could reshape world

Alfred McCoy - TomDispatch.com
World Central Kitchen Chef Jose Andres meets with Lawmakers about getting humanitarian aid to Gaza at the U.S. Capitol on March 14, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Israel strikes aid org in Gaza again

Griffin Eckstein
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