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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on July 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

GOP saber-rattles over Cuba

David Letterman on pit road prior to the NTT IndyCar Series 103rd running of the Indianapolis 500. (Photo by Khris Hale/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Letterman rages at CBS News: "Idiots!"

Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang pose backstage at the new play "Messy White Gays" at The Duke on 42nd Street Theater on November 20, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas/Getty Images)

Yang, Rogers apologize for Crockett dig

Cheers! But in moderation, according to recently released HHS dietary guidelines. But what counts as "moderation"? (Maria Korneeva)

RFK Jr. encourages “moderate drinking”

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"Mar-a-Lago face" was abundant at the Trump's recent New Year's Eve party as many MAGA women aspire to look like the carefully crafted First Lady Melania Trump. But that fad might be dissolving faster than their lip fillers. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

“Mar-a-Lago face” hit expiration date

Troubles continue for the "Trump-Kennedy Center" as the venue has now parted ways with the Washington National Opera after 70 years. (Maxine Wallace / Getty Images)

Opera departs amid Kennedy Center woes

Protesters hold photos of Renee Nicole Good, the day after her shooting death Wednesday by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, in front of the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles on January 8, 2026. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

New ICE video shows Good's last words

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One on Nov. 16, 2025.

Trump rejects new Venezuela election

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President Donald Trump (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump asks Machado for Nobel Prize

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 8: U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks alongside Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) (R) and Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) during a news conference after a vote on healthcare subsidies at the U.S. Capitol on January 8, 2026 in Washington, D.C. The House of Representatives passed legislation for a three year extension of expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act. The legislation will now go to the Senate. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

House Republicans pass ACA subsidies

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 08: A portrait of Renee Nicole Good is pasted to a light pole near the site of her shooting on January 08, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to federal officials, an ICE agent shot and killed Good during a confrontation yesterday in south Minneapolis. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

ICE officer had prior violent arrest

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One on Nov. 16, 2025.

Trump: No one can stop me

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) (Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump rages as Senate weighs war powers

Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz makes a speech during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, United States, on August 21, 2024. (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)

FBI bullies MN cops off of ICE probe

Crown Prince Christian of Denmark participates in the Danish Armed Forces Lieutenant Training at Antvorskov Guard Hussar Barracks on August 14, 2025 in Slagelse, Denmark. (Photo by Martin Sylvest Andersen/Getty Images)

Denmark ready to fight US for Greenland

President Donald Trump (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump demands $6M from dismissed case

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Trump insurrectionists cheer as more of the crowd gains access to the U.S. Capitol on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Shay Horse/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

J6 rioters have a recidivism problem

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The Wyoming state Supreme Court building is in downtown Cheyenne Wyoming not far from the state capitol. The building also houses the state library. (Photo by Don and Melinda Crawford/Getty Images)

GOP amendment kills Wyoming abortion ban

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago club on January 03, 2026, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump admin defends oil tanker seizures

Mayor Jacob Frey used salty language to condemn the shooting of a Minneapolis resident by ICE in Minneapolis, Minn., on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Getty Images)

Frey to ICE: "Get the f**k out"

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Ilulissat, Greenland (Getty/Sean Gallup)

Europe prepares as Trump eyes Greenland

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 07: Ranking Member Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) speaks during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing about the Trump Administration's decision to freeze $10 billion in child care funds for families with low incomes in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York at the U.S. Capitol on January 07, 2026 in Washington, DC. Federal prosecutors filed charges against dozens of people in Minnesota, many from the area's Somali community, with stealing upwards of billions of taxpayer dollars through fraudulent social services schemes. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Dems respond to childcare fund freezes

Lindsey Halligan, attorney for U.S. President Donald Trump, looks on during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House, on March 31, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)

Halligan grilled over US attorney title

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Finance Committee. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

RFK's vaccine changes spark backlash

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