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The East Wing of the White House was demolished on Oct. 23, 2025. (Eric Lee/Getty Images)

Donald Trump’s wrecking ball hits his own movement

Sophia Tesfaye
The entire East Wing of the White House is gone — and people are angry
Signage for the US government's humanitarian agency USAID is seen on a cargo container beside a tricycle in Manila on February 4, 2025. (JAM STA ROSA/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump wants to torch contraception for poor women. So far, Belgium says no

Nicole Karlis
After killing USAID, Trump administration intends to incinerate contraceptives meant for low-income countries
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt takes questions during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 28, 2025. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump and Leavitt watch with glee as the press is crumbling

Brian Karem
The administration is staging the news and telling reporters how to present it. When will it stop?
An excavator works to clear rubble after the East Wing of the White House was demolished on Oct. 23, 2025. (Eric Lee/Getty Images))

Trump destroys the East Wing — and decades of important history

Errin Haines, Amanda Becker
First ladies made history in the East Wing. It was razed for Trump’s ballroom
Secretary of State Marco Rubio (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

“Little Marco” goes big MAGA — with his eyes on the White House

Heather Digby Parton
Once a Trump tormentor, Marco Rubio is now a MAGA powerhouse — and driving the illegal war on Venezuela
President Bill Clinton after addressing the nation from the Oval Office, June 10, 1999. (Joyce Naltchayan/AFP via Getty Images)

How corporate Democrats lost the working class — and fueled Trump

Norman Solomon
Bill Clinton and his party embraced the market — and a system of cruel inequality that nurtured MAGA populism
Bernie Sanders attends during "Bernie Sanders: It's OK To Be Angry About Capitalism" at Royal Geographical Society on February 22, 2024 in London, England. (Joe Maher/Getty Images For Fane)

“Allowed Trump to win”: Sanders points out Harris campaign flaws on conservative podcast

Alex Galbraith
The Vermont senator criticized Harris' campaign on comedian Tim Dillon's podcast
California Gov. Gavin Newsom holds a bill signing event after the state legislature passed a constitutional amendment referendum to redraw the state’s congressional maps. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Gavin Newsom deploys California’s National Guard to aid food banks

Joy Saha
"This is serious, this is urgent — and requires immediate action," the governor said in an Oct. 22 statement
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks during a news conference after the House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol Building on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Arizona AG sues Mike Johnson for refusing to swear in Democrat for weeks

Garrett Owen
Attorney General Mayes called on Johnson to "respect the will of the voters" and seat Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva
Proud Boys members Stewart Rhodes, Enrique Tarrio, Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl at the Capitol on Feb. 21, 2025. (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

How the Proud Boys invented antifa

Amanda Marcotte
The far-right gang has been fully absorbed by Trump's White House
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press aboard Air Force One on Oct. 19, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Donald Trump’s “No Kings” sewage video is no joke

Chauncey DeVega
Trump's scatological video shows his contempt for democracy
Protesters attend the No Kings march on Boston Common on Oct. 18, 2025. (Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

“No Kings” missed the mark. Here’s how we can fix that

Austin Sarat
Opposing Donald Trump is not enough for No Kings to be truly successful
Former Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought testifies before a US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on his second nomination to be OMB director, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on January 15, 2025. (JEMAL COUNTESS/AFP via Getty Images)

What you should know about Russ Vought, Trump’s shadow president

Andy Kroll
This DC insider the architect of many of Trump's policies in his second term
Vice President JD Vance takes questions from reporters about the government shutdown at the White House on Oct. 1, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Newsom slams “reckless” JD Vance after celebratory Marines artillery shell explodes over highway

Garrett Owen
Shrapnel from the “prematurely detonated” shell struck a vehicle in Vance's security detail
(Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / ALEX WROBLEWSKI / BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI)

Mike Johnson exploits the shutdown to hide the Epstein files

Amanda Marcotte
The backlash to #MeToo was always about silencing victims
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Amy McGrath speaks during an Early Vote rally at Lynn Family Stadium on October 27, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

Amy McGrath isn’t sorry for trying again

Russell Payne
McGrath tells Salon "no one got rich" off her last Senate campaign, but that she could step aside for someone else
President Donald Trump in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Oct. 17, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Democrats are finally exposing Donald Trump’s weakness

Heather Digby Parton
By holding firm in shutdown fight, Dems are revealing Trump's strongman limitations
Americans turned out for another "No Kings" protest across the nation. In the middle of a shutdown, their cries for love and justice ring clearer than ever. (TIMOTHY A.CLARY / AFP / Getty Images)

“No Kings” protests sweep the nation against Trump

CK Smith
Millions of Americans rallied in more than 2,600 locations to protest Trump's authoritarian practices
The silhouette of a commercial airplane flies over skyscrapers (Marcos del Mazo/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The government shutdown is making the air traffic controller shortage worse and leading to delays

Brian Strzempkowski, Melanie Dickman
The impact has been severe, with thousands of flights delayed or canceled since the shutdown began
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)

“Politically dumb”: Karoline Leavitt blasted “grossly dark” Democrat smear

Garrett Owen
"Every day, Trump & his enablers are working to divide Americans and make us hate one another," said Jason Crow
President Donald Trump holds a press availability on Oct. 15, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump aims for one-party rule — and puts despotism at our doorstep

Brian Karem
The president's ruthless consolidation of power is continuing unabated
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani visits "The Story With Martha MacCallum" at Fox News Channel Studios on October 15, 2025 in New York City. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

How the left can win on cable news

Sophia Tesfaye
From Zohran Mamdani’s Fox News debut to AOC and Bernie Sanders’ CNN town hall, the limelight is finally on the left
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a news conference to kick off the Yes on 50 campaign at the California Democratic Party Headquarters on Aug. 21, 2025 in Sacramento, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Trump swipes anti-terrorism funds from Democratic states

Blaise Malley
Democratic-led states accuse the administration of shifting funds to GOP allies to punish its political opponents
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) talks to reporters following vote on a stopgap government funding bill at the Capitol on September 25, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

Arizona AG threatens “legal action” against Mike Johnson if he doesn’t swear in new Democrat

Garrett Owen
Johnson has for weeks avoided swearing in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz.
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