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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds her first news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on January 28, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Iran strikes may have been ineffective

Alex Galbraith
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump: Iran, Israel ceasefire in place

Alex Galbraith
Dolly Parton attends Dolly Parton's Rockstar VIP Album Release Party with American Greetings on November 16, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images for American Greetings)

Dolly Parton announces Vegas residency

Cheyenne McNeill
Donald Trump | The U.S. Supreme Court Building (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

SCOTUS allows third-country deportations

Alex Galbraith
US President Donald Trump during a a press conference in the East Room to the White House in Washington, DC, on February 24, 2025. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran strikes, Trump makes "n-word" joke

Garrett Owen
This pool photograph distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik shows Russia's President Vladimir Putin arriving for a welcoming ceremony for heads of delegations participating in the Third Belt and Road Forum, hosted by Chinese President and his wife, in Beijing on October 17, 2023. (KONSTANTIN ZAVRAZHIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin slams US strikes on Iran

Cheyenne McNeill
Under the motto "Rally & March for Drag" member of the LGBTQ+ community and their friends rally and march in Washington, D.C., March 8, 2025, to protest "the hostile Trump takeover of the Kennedy Center." (Astrid Riecken for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Dems host Pride event at Kennedy Center

Garrett Owen
Iranian protesters chant slogans and one holds a poster with a vampire-like illustration of US President Donald Trump in Revolution Square to protest US attacks on nuclear sites in Iran on June 22, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. (Getty Images)

Iran attacks US military base in Qatar

Cheyenne McNeill
This photo shows a US Border Patrol patch on a border agent's uniform in McAllen, Texas, on January 15, 2019. (Suzanne Cordeiro/Afp/getty Images)

Video: Masked agents assault landscaper

Garrett Owen
President Donald Trump speaks before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on March 31, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump: Iran "would use" nuke

Alex Galbraith
US actor Johnny Depp arrives at the start of the day during the 50 million US dollar Depp vs Heard defamation trial at the Fairfax County Circuit Court in Fairfax, Virginia, on April 28, 2022. (MICHAEL REYNOLDS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Depp trashes reality TV stars

Alex Galbraith
US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a visit to East Palestine, Ohio, on February 3, 2025. (REBECCA DROKE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

VP: "Dumb presidents" start Mideast wars

Alex Galbraith
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks to reporters after meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on December 5, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Hegseth: Trump's Iran attack "powerful"

Alex Galbraith
U.S. launches three coordinated missle attacks on Iranian military targets in overnight strikes on June 22, 2025. The Pentagon confirmed coordinated action with Israeli forces targeting nuclear-related sites. (HIROON / Contributor / Getty Images)

Trump: “Very successful” Iran strikes

CK Smith
B-2 stealth bombers head to Guam which could signal intensified U.S. pressure to engage in the Middle East conflict between Israel and Iran. (Gary Ell / Getty Images)

B-2s to Guam to "intensify" pressure

CK Smith
Lightning striking over the city (Getty Images/Natalya Mamaeva)

Teen struck by lightning: "I’m lucky"

CK Smith
Senior Trump Adviser Kari Lake just axed 85% of media workers to fulfill a recent executive order. This included the historic radio outlet Voice of America. (Kayla Bartkowski / Getty Images)

"Dark day for truth": Lake cuts US media

CK Smith
The message was clear: “Uphold the First Amendment. Free Mahmoud Khalil.” After his release, supporters called it a victory for protest rights and a blow to political targeting. (VIEW press / Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / Getty Images)

"Justice prevailed," Khalil freed

CK Smith
Pro Palestine demonstrators hold a rally and march to the national ICE headquarters to protest the arrest of Palestinian activists, April 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

Judge orders Mahmoud Khalil's release

Blaise Malley
U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks at a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on February 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)

Jeffries: Only Congress can declare war

Blaise Malley
Bullet holes are seen in the door outside the home of DFL State Sen. John Hoffman on June 15, 2025 in Champlin, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Democrat recounts assassination attempt

Blaise Malley
President Trump and Elon Musk during happier days at a SpaceX launch. This week, another rocket exploded during testing, just one part of a brutal stretch for Musk that includes AI losses, political fallout and a fraying public image. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)

Musk’s meltdown era is here

CK Smith
ICE enforcement doesn’t just target undocumented immigrants. Legal residents and U.S. citizens have also been caught in the dragnet. As raids ramp up, the line between “illegal” and “American” blurs, exposing deep flaws with real consequences. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)

This ad hits a nerve because it's true

CK Smith
ICE continue to arrest those they suspect of being "illegal aliens." Now, online, its supporters call for action, even against U.S. citizens. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Handout / Getty Images)

“Send them back!" Even when they’re ours

CK Smith
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