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A worker paints the White House May 2, 2019, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

Pantone draws a blank

Alex Galbraith
U.S. Vice President-elect Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) arrives for the Senate Republican leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Vance joked about Signalgate in chat

Alex Galbraith
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives for his Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

IG: Hegseth put troops at risk

Blaise Malley
A stop sign outside the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on March 18, 2025. Cost-slashers of US President Donald Trump seized control on March 17 of the institute, ousting the leader of the taxpayer-funded center for conflict resolution created by Congress in 1984. ((Photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images))

USIP renamed for Trump amid dispute

Blaise Malley
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Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Shapiro speaks during a rally with Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman, former U.S. President Barack Obama, and President Joe Biden at the Liacouras Center on November 5, 2022 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Mark Makela/Getty Images)

Shapiro: Harris tried "cover her a**"

Alex Galbraith
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he departs the White House on Sept. 26, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump legal fees could cost GA taxpayers

Garrett Owen
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. (Celal Gunes / Anadolu / Getty Images)

Hill presses Hegseth on strike

Blaise Malley
Senator Angus King (I-ME) speaks at a press conference with other Senate Democrats who voted to restore government funding, in Washington, DC on November 9, 2025. ((Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images))

ACA subsidies teeter on the brink

Blaise Malley
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MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - AUGUST 28: U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) (C) speaks during a press conference at City Hall following a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School on August 28, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to Minneapolis Police, a gunman fired through the windows of the Annunciation Church at worshippers sitting in pews during a Catholic school Mass, killing two children and injuring at least 17 others. The gunman reportedly died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Trump ripped for Somali tirade

Garrett Owen
Sabrina Carpenter during the BBC Radio1 Big Weekend at Stockwood Park, Luton. Picture date: Sunday May 26, 2024. (Ian West/PA Images via Getty Images)

WH responds to Carpenter slam

Alex Galbraith
Former President Barack Obama speaks during day two of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Obama to old Dems: "Get out of the way"

Alex Galbraith
U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) speaks at a news conference in the U.S. Capitol on December 1, 2025, in Washington, DC. Kelly held the event to address what he described as intimidating actions by U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, following a video in which Kelly and several lawmakers urged U.S. troops to refuse “illegal orders.” (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Kelly: Hegseth is "playing Army"

Alex Galbraith
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on September 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

WH on drug boat strike: "Self-defense"

Alex Galbraith
Trump lawyer Alina Habba speaks at a campaign rally for US President Donald Trump at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on October 29, 2024. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Habba out as top NJ attorney

Garrett Owen
President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro delivers a speech while holding the Venezuelan independence hero Simon Bolivar's 'Sword of Peru' during a military ceremony on November 25, 2025, in Caracas, Venezuela. The United States recently designated the "Cartel De Los Soles" (Cartel of The Suns) as a foreign terrorist organization, a group allegedly led by the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, and which, it is presumed, includes high-ranking members of the Venezuelan government. ((Photo by Jesus Vargas/Getty Images))

Trump's message to Maduro: Get out now

Garrett Owen
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)

Kash Patel "in over his head" at FBI

Garrett Owen
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NOVEMBER 30: ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One en-route to Washington, DC on November 30, 2025. The first family is returning to Washington, DC after spending the Thanksgiving holiday weekend at his Mar-A-Lago Resort In Florida. (Photo by Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

Trump isn't sure why he got an MRI

Garrett Owen
An Oklahoma student is decrying her failing grade on a reflection essay for psychology course. Her instructors say it was well-deserved not for her religious views but for her lack of empirical evidence, not following directions and a poorly written assignment. (Pawel Kacperek / Getty Images)

Student cries bad grade is faith attack

CK Smith
Sen. Cory Booker (R) and Alexis Lewis wed in 2 private ceremonies this week in Newark and D.C., surrounded by close family. (Bobby Bank / Getty Images)

Sen. Booker weds in 2 private ceremonies

CK Smith
George Clooney attends the "Wolfs" photocall during the 81st Venice International Film Festival at Palazzo del Casino on September 01, 2024 in Venice, Italy. (Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

Clooney: Pressuring Biden was "mistake"

Alex Galbraith
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt answers questions during the daily press briefing on Sept. 9, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

WH launches "media offender" list

Alex Galbraith
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a Cabinet meeting on Oct. 9, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Kelly: Hegseth's double-tap a war crime

Alex Galbraith
Incarcerated fathers line up in tuxedos and pink boutonnieres to wait for the arrival of their daughters for a new tradition at a Lousiana prison: a father-daughter dance. It was a way for families to reconnect with a loved one behind bars and part of a re-entry program for the prisoners. (God Behind Bars)

A brief escape: One night for family

CK Smith
In the latest episode of The Kardashians, Kim finds out she has "low brain activity." But neurologists point to inconsistent data, scans and misdiagnoses. (Mike Marsland / Getty Images)

Kim K.’s "low brain activity" scan

CK Smith
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